The 2017 portion of the 2017-2018 basketball season was a bit tough on FCJ covered teams. Ten of fourteen posted sub-500 overall records. Eight of those sub-500 squads took on each other early in 2018. Laying Down the Second Half Lawston A Lanesboro (2-6) at R-P (2-7) girls game was a free-throw-line tale of two halves. The visiting Burros went 13 of 21 in the first half, … [Read more...]
Wrestling (1/5 & 1/6)
Chatfield 42, D-E 23 (Chatfield went 4-2 in decision-matches. Carter Fishbaugher’s pin at 195 gave the Gophers an insurmountable 36-17 lead. Seth Goetzinger (106), Nathan Goldsmith (138), and A.J. Karver (220) also had pins. Cael Bartels (113 > 12-6), Chase Ketterhagen (132 > 5-0), Jacob Stephas (160 > 5-4), and Davontae Goldsmith (170 > 13-7) won by decision. … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
R-P’s boys (1-3, 5-3) hosted their own holiday tourney, posting season-bests in points in wins over Mankato-Loyola (74-35) and Klawock, Alaska (76-42). In other SEC/TRC holiday games, James Hongerholt had 24 points to lead Houston past FC 64-43. The Falcons then got four in double figures to beat M-C 66-47. FC’s girls beat M-C’s in double overtime 51-46, as the teams … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (12/28 – 12/30)
Mankato-Loyola 35, R-P 74 (RP: Payton Hahn 13 pts; Peyton Morrison 11 pts; Kobe Lind 9 pts; Luke O’Hare 9 pts, 7 rebs; Ben Ansell/Dawson Dahl 8 pts. Trojans holiday tourney) FC 43, Houston 64 (H: J. Hongerholt 24 pts (10-12 FGs); A. Van Gundy 19 pts. FC: Nate Haugerud 10 pts, 8 rebs, 4 stls. Hurricanes led 24-22 at halftime, out-scored FC 40-21 in second stanza. SEC/TRC … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (12/28 – 12/30)
M-C 46, FC 51 in 2 OT (FC: Madison Scheevel 9 pts, 5 stls; Alleigh Meyer 8 pts, 6 rebs. MC: P. Danielson 17 pts (10-15 FTs), 6 rebs. FGs: FC 13-62, MC 12-42. FTs: FC 23-51, MC 18-29. Threes: MC 4-16, FC 2-18. Game was tied 40-40 after regulation and 42-42 after first overtime. FC ends a 5-game skid. SEC/TRC holiday game. Falcons: 2-4, 3-6. Cougars: 1-3, 2-8) … [Read more...]
FC’s Rid Monkeys
On the same night, a couple of Fillmore Central’s squads got off winless streaks of differing proportions. FCLMC wrestling competed at the Triton Triangular. Versus the host Cobras, senior Eric Kunz’s pin at 170 stoked the Wolves’ lead to insurmountable levels (36-9) with four weights left. A 36-33 victory gave FCLMC its first dual meet win since January 24, 2015, a streak … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (12/19 – 12/22)
M-C 73, Lanesboro 41 (MC: Brenden Kerns 16 pts (4-7 threes); Drew Wyffels 14 pts, 5 rebs, 8 assists; Blake Henry 11 pts, 9 rebs; Dylan Loppnow 10 pts (5-7 FGs), 12 rebs. L: C. Schwichtenberg 21 pts (3-9 threes, 6-12 FTs), 5 rebs; Brady Johnson 10 pts, 8 rebs) #7 in A R-P 48, La Crescent 49 in OT (RP: Payton Hahn 14 pts (3-8 threes), 6 rebs; L. Skalet 13 pts; J. Paulson 9 pts, … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball
La Crescent 51, R-P 42 (RP: M. Oian career-high 14 pts (6-9 FGs), 7 rebs; Nicole Blagsvedt 10 pts. R-P led 31-22 at half) Cotter 51, FC 40 (FC: Kassidy Broadwater 9 pts, 6 rebs; Emma Breitsprecher 8 pts, 6 rebs. FTs: C 14-27, FC 5-7) Chatfield 40, SC 67 (C: M. Pederson 15 pts (4-6 threes); Megan Hopp 9 pts; Belle Berg 8 pts) M-C 23, Kee (Lansing, IA) 52 (MC: Kenidi McCabe … [Read more...]
Wrestling (12/11)
W-K 30, Chatfield 45 (Gophers won first five (27-0) and seven of first nine weights (39-9). Seth Goetzinger (113), Jake Mandt (152), and Jacob Stephas (160) had pins. Cael Bartels (126) won via tech fall (22-4). Chase Ketterhagen won an MD (10-2). W-K forfeited 106, 120, and 220. Gophers are 3-0 versus TRC foes, 6-1 overall) LARP 15, GMLOS 61 (Ross Herber (106) and Sam … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (12/11 – 12/16)
Chatfield 54, W-K 45 (C: Alanna Goetzinger career-high 16 pts (8-11 FGs), 6 rebs; M. Pederson 10 pts (5-6 FTs); Megan Hopp 9 pts, 6 assists. Goetzinger had 14 second half points) FC 50, La Crescent 57 in OT (FC: E. Breitsprecher 15 pts; Alleigh Meyer 10 pts; Paige Donlinger 7 pts, 8 rebs; Courtney Nelson 8 pts. FTs: FC 9-23, LC 20-42. FC led 48-46 late, but a foul away from … [Read more...]