R-P 56, Houston 48 (R-P: L. O’Hare 19 pts (9-18 FGs), 11 rebs; J. Ruberg 19 pts, 10 rebs, 4 asts; Malachi Bunke 10 pts. H: M. Schutte 26 pts (9-18 FGs, 5-6 FTs), 13 rebs, 5 blks; Alex Van Gundy 12 pts) FC 41, Spring Grove 68 (FC: H. Gunderson 17 pts (3-4 threes, 7-11 FGs), 10 rebs, 4 stls; Zach Haugerud 11 pts (6-7 FTs). FC trailed by 10 (46-36) with 7:51 left) #11 … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (2/3 – 2/8)
Chatfield 58, Pine Island 66 (C: Jaiden Zimmerman 14 pts, 4 rebs, 4 asts; Peyton Berg 12 pts (3-8 threes); Tessa McMahon 9 pts, 5 rebs, 6 asts) FC 72, Lanesboro 36 (FC: Kassidy Broadwater 16 pts (4-5 threes); Kandace Sikkink 14 pts, 8 rebs; Emma Breitsprecher 10 pts, 7 rebs. L: Payton Benson 13 pts) Kingsland 49, #7 in A BP 64 (K: E. Buchholtz 18 pts (7-9 FTs), 10 … [Read more...]
Wrestling (2/6 & 2/7)
Winona Tri > LARP 51, Winona 27 (LARP built a 51-6 lead after 170. Screaming Eagles took 106 (Quintin Betthauser), 126 (Ross Herber), 145 (Caleb Mueller), 152 (Kolton Riser), and 170 (Colin Klug) by forfeit, forfeited 120, 182, and 220. Tyler Kreidemacher (113), Gable Speltz (138), and Brennan Corcoran (160) had pins, Carter Jonsgaard (132) a 5-3 decision win); LARP 54, … [Read more...]
Falcons Girls Get Big Win in FC/Houston Split
The FC/Houston boy/girl series was highlighted by the key Section 1A match-up between the gals teams. The Hurricanes (14-4) led FC (13-5) most of the first half. But the game’s key was ‘Cane leading scorer Emma Geiwitz’s foul trouble. She had three in the first half, picked up her fourth early in the second, then fouled out. Houston’s ability to “point-up” against FC’s … [Read more...]
Trojans and Falcons Split
R-P and FC’s squads went at it. The FC boys (3-13) had a woeful night from deep (1-22). R-P (8-10) got a great night from Luke O’Hare. The Trojans led 21-16 in the first half before going on an 11-2 run to take command 32-18. Paced by O’Hare’s 18 points (7-10 shooting, seven straight made FGs), R-P led 40-20 at intermission and cruised to a 64-43 win. O’Hare matched his … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (1/27 – 1/31)
G-E 54, M-C 49 (M-C: Cayden Tollefsrud/Gavin Johnson 12 pts) Lanesboro 61, Cotter 56 (L: J. Prestemon 25 pts (8-14 FGs, 4-7 threes, 5-5 FTs), 5 rebs, 6 asts; Ryan Holmen 16 pts (8-9 FGs); Sawyer Johnson 10 pts (3-8 threes); J.T. Rein 7 pts, 6 rebs, 6 asts) GM 77, FC 40 (FC: H. Gunderson 18 pts (7-13 FGs), 8 rebs; C. Kiehne 13 pts. GM: Colton Landers 35 pts) M-C … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (1/27 – 1/31)
AC/G-E 58, Lanesboro 61 (L: S. Taylor 12 pts (6-12 FGs), 9 rebs; J. Schreiber 11 pts, 15 rebs; Sophia Simes 9 pts, 9 rebs, 7 asts; Payton Benson 8 pts, 6 rebs, 4 asts; Alida Berg 9 pts, 6 rebs) Houston 60, L-A 53 (H: S. Torgerson 22 pts (10-13 FGs), 15 rebs; E. Geiwitz 19 pts, 11 rebs, 7 asts) R-P 28, Cannon Falls 54 (R-P: K. Ruberg 15 pts (5-12 threes), 5 rebs) … [Read more...]
Wrestling (1/30 & 2/1)
Chatfield 57, W-K 21 (Gophers took 113 (C. Bartels), 132 (Cody Guenther), 145 (Seth Goetzinger), 160 (Campbell Berge), 220 (A.J. Karver), and 285 (Erik Seha) by forfeit. Carson Rowland (106), Luke Ihrke (152), and G. Schott (170) had pins, Kailan Schott (126) won a 3-2 decision) PEM Tri > GMLOS 56, LARP 21 (S-Eagles forfeited 220, took 285 by forfeit (Jaydon Boynton). … [Read more...]
Fillmore Central sets 2020 board assignments
At the January 27 Fillmore Central School Board meeting, the board elected the board officers and set the committee assignments for 2020. Ross Kiehne was elected as chairperson, Craig Britton as vice-chair, Deb Ristau as clerk, Jennifer Pickett as vice-clerk, and Sue Sikkink as treasurer. Britton and Shelly Topness were appointed to the Community Education committee, Pickett to … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Chatfield’s Cael Bartels (113) and Grady Schott (170) took first at the Lake City wrestling invite. Payton Danielson had 21 points and Lauren Wyffels a career-high 20 points as M-C’s girls beat L/P 51-50, ending a 15-game series losing streak that dated to 2010. FC’s girl’s went 2-1 on the week to improve to 7-3, 13-5. Kandace Sikkink had 22 points in a win over L/P, 22 … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball
Lanesboro 32, Schaeffer Academy 52 (L: J.T. Rein 12 pts, 6 rebs. Halftime scored: L 21, SA 20) D-E 49, R-P 47 (RP: L. O’Hare 18 pts (8-10 FGS), 7 rebs; Malachi Bunke 10 pts, 6 asts; J. Ruberg 10 pts) L-O 68, Kingsland 59 (K: Nathan Lund 12 pts (4-7 threes); William Jahn 10 pts; Reed Merkel 9 pts, 9 rebs) PEM 96, FC 61 (FC: Haidyn Gunderson 17 pts (3-8 threes), … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball
Chatfield 68, R-P 22 (C: Jaiden Zimmerman 12 pts (3-5 threes), 4 asts; Peyton Berg 12 pts (5-8 FGs); Tessa McMahon 7 pts, 7 asts, 5 stls; Zayda Priebe 10 pts (5-7 FGs). RP: Kaylee Ruberg 8 pts, 7 rebs, 4 stls) M-C 53, SG 41 (MC: Camryn Cox 18 pts (6-8 FGs), 7 rebs, 4 asts; L. Wyffels 12 pts, 15 rebs; Jordyn Newgard 10 pts) Schaeffer Academy 60, Lanesboro 58 (L: P. … [Read more...]
Wrestling
FCLMC Tri > Lake City 60, FCLMC 12 (Wolves took 285 (Stefan Nikoloski) by forfeit, forfeited 120 and 220. Devin Troendle (182) had a pin); La Crescent 16, FCLMC 60 (Wolves took 113 (Connor Wingert), 126 (Ryan Kelly), 138 (Boston Wright), 145 (Caden Anderson), 152 (Carter Hovland), 182 (Michael Barrett), 220 (Zach Krage), and 285 (Nikoloski) by forfeit. Bodey Wright (160) … [Read more...]
Robotics clubs growing in local schools
Robotics clubs are popping up in local schools, and students are benefiting with skills that can take them beyond high school into the work force. The Kingsland school district started their club in 2011. The team is known as the TEKnights and is affiliated with FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), an organization that works to create and nurture … [Read more...]
Turbidity at Top of Girls Race
The 1A girls basketball race is intriguing. Three Journal-covered teams – Fillmore Central, Houston, and Kingsland – very much have chances at making the section final four (and beyond). FC entered the week as the kayfabe #1 team among the Journal seven. They were the first to reach ten wins. With two victories on the week, Houston caught up to and kayfabe tied/usurped FC … [Read more...]