Grand Meadow (23-7), Kingsland (19-9), and Lanesboro (19-9) were the top teams in the SEC. The All-SEC girls basketball team is thus headed by players from the Larks, Knights, and Burros. Section runner-up Grand Meadow gets two 1st Team All-SEC picks and two 2nd Team All-SEC selections. Sisters Kendyl Queensland (5’9” Jr. G) and Lauren Queensland (5’9” Fr. F) make the 1st Team. … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (2/21 – 2/26)
Three Rivers Conference Chatfield 72, St. Charles 34 (C: C. Johnson 21 pts (10-16 FGs), 7 rebs, 10 asts, 6 stls; Drew Schindler 12 pts, 5 rebs, 5 asts; Isaac Stevens 12 pts, 7 rebs; Drew O’Connor 10 pts (5-9 FGs), 5 stls; Sam Backer 8 pts. Gophers shot 32 of 62 (52%)) Cotter 41, Fillmore Central 61 (FC: J. Kiehne 16 pts (6-8 FTs), 6 rebs, 7 stls; W. Parker 12 pts, 8 … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball Play-Offs Begin
Knights and Falcons Move on to Square Off Maybe a highlight of the 1A girls b-ball quarterfinals will be a match-up of Fillmore Central (7-seed, 11-15) and Kingsland (2-seed, 17-8). The second-seeded defending section runner-up Knights made Rochester by taking care of Alden-Conger/Glenville-Emmons (15-seed, 7-19) in the Round of 16. Steve Hauser’s group put up season-high … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (2/14 – 2/19)
Three Rivers Conference Fillmore Central 56, La Crescent/Hokah 80 (FC: J. Kiehne 20 pts (7-14 FGs, 6-8 FTs), 4 asts; L. Hellickson 12 pts (6-7 FTs), 6 rebs. LCH had 28 offensive rebounds to FC’s 10, out-shooting FC 29 of 75 (39%) to 18 of 44 (41%)) Chatfield 57, Wabasha-Kellogg 46 (C: C. Johnson 20 pts (9-14 FGs), 6 rebs, 5 asts, 4 stls; E. Hopp 13 pts, 5 asts, 5 stls; … [Read more...]
…Controversial Last Second Shot Propels GM Over Burros, to 20 Wins
The first time they met, Grand Meadow’s girls beat Lanesboro 56-44. A re-match, this time counting for SEC standings, was a battle that went down to the wire. Each team employed a zone. Scoring was difficult. At the half, Lanesboro led 18-17. In the second half, the Burros used long inside players Kaci Ruen and Jessie Schreiber, who combined for nine second-chance-points, … [Read more...]
Trojans Up Streak to Nine
It was a good week for Class A 9th-ranked Rushford-Peterson’s boys basketball. On Monday, Chris Drinkall’s group took on Southland in a rematch of last year’s 1A semi (won by the Rebels 73-55). R-P jumped out 7-2 and never trailed. And though Southland never led, they pulled to down one four times, down two six times. Their last push made it 48-46. R-P responded spurting … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (1/31 – 2/5)
Three Rivers Conference Cotter 47, #8 in A Rushford-Peterson 69 (R-P: J. Ruberg 19 pts, 10 rebs; Andrew Hoiness 13 pts (4-6 FGs, 3-4 FTs), 5 asts, 5 stls; Grady Hengel 10 pts (4-5 FGs); Logan Skalet 8 pts. R-P hit 14 of 19 free throws (74%)) Chatfield 68, Lewiston-Altura 81 (C: Drew Schindler 18 pts, 4 asts; E. Hopp 12 pts; Drew O’Connor 9 pts (4-5 FGs); Isaac Stevens 9 … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (1/10 – 1/15)
Three Rivers Conference Fillmore Central 68, Plainview-Elgin-Millville 77 (FC: Gunner Benson 16 pts (4-6 threes); Jayce Kiehne 14 pts (3-4 threes), 6 rebs; Luke Hellickson 14 pts (4-8 threes), 7 rebs, 4 asts; Bryce Corson 9 pts, 11 asts; Jake Fishbaugher 7 pts, 6 rebs. PEM: Aeron Stevens 21 pts. PEM started up 17-0 and led 33-17 at half. FC hit 13 of 27 threes (48%), … [Read more...]
GM Girls Get to 10 Wins
After two weeks off, Grand Meadow girls basketball got back to playing. They won twice to get to 10 wins on the season. Ryan Queensland’s Larks had no problem with Spring Grove in a 66-21 SEC win. Four GM gals hit double figures; McKenna Hendrickson (19 pts, 4 rebs, 6 stls), Kendyl Queensland (17 pts, 4 rebs), Lauren Queensland (14 pts, 9 rebs), and River Landers (10 pts, … [Read more...]
Journal Writing Project The prevention of the dog meat trade
By Delaney Alden The dog meat trade is a very sad issue in today’s world that needs to be prevented and stopped.Today thousands and thousands of dogs are prepared to be slaughtered and used for dog meat in countries such as Nigeria, Switzerland, Vietnam, China, Thailand, Cambodia, and South Korea. Unfortunately, eating canines is legal in these countries and is done in many … [Read more...]