In girls b-ball quarterfinals, #6 GM slid by #3 Houston 49-45, #4 Hayfield beat #5 Kingsland 47-43, and 8th-ranked #3 Goodhue downed #11 Chatfield 82-38. In boys play-ins, #14 Kingsland beat #19 B.A. 51-46 and #15 FC beat #18 M-C 76-43. Haidyn Gunderson had a career-high 32 points and Zach Haugerud added 21 for the Falcons. Kingsland then fell to #3 Randolph 69-42 and FC to … [Read more...]
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Kingsland’s boys avenged a loss to Lanesboro via 69-61 win. Walker Erdman (King) and John Prestemon (Lanes) each had 20 points to lead their respective teams. Erdman (9 of 9) and Brady Musel (8 of 9) were masters at the free throw line. Kingsland (4-11, 7-19) is 1A’s 14-seed, will host 19-seed Faribault B.A. (1-25). Lanesboro then avenged a loss to L-O via a 60-54 win. … [Read more...]
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FC’s girls beat Caledonia 53-42 and L-A 75-50. Kandace Sikkink had 21 points versus the Warriors, 27 points and 16 rebounds versus the Cardinals. The Falcons (10-5, 18-8) are 1A’s 2-seed, will host 15-seed Faribault B.A. (6-20). Houston’s girls beat A-C/G-E 79-32 and Schaeffer 51-47. Emma Geiwitz had 23 and 20 points respectively. Twenty-win Houston (12-1, 20-6) is the … [Read more...]
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Mikkel Schutte had 26 points, but R-P got double-doubles from Luke O’Hare (19 pts, 11 rebs) and Justin Ruberg (19 pts, 10 rebs) in a 56-48 Trojan win over Houston. The Hurricanes then got 21 points each from Alex Van Gundy and Caiden Danielson in an 84-65 win over Kingsland. Houston hit 16 threes and got five guys to double figures. Brady Musel had 22 in defeat for the … [Read more...]
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Chatfield’s Cael Bartels (#3 at 113), Grady Schott (170), and A.J. Karver (#8 at 220) each won titles at the JWP wrestling tournament. Schott (four) and Karver (three) had all pins. It was the third titles for Bartels (27-3) and Schott (26-9). The Gophers beat W-K 57-21 to improve to 5-2, 11-3. FCLMC beat La Crescent 66-9 and Pine Island 57-18 at a quadrangular, as Joe … [Read more...]
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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...]
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Chatfield wrestling regrouped from a difficult triangular double loss at D-E by beating LARP 64-9 and Caledonia/Houston 45-30 at a home triangular. The Gophers improved to 3-2, 9-3. FCLMC wrestling notched its fourth win of the year (1-5, 4-6), beating St. Charles 40-27. FCLMC’s four wins equals what they had the last five seasons combined and are the most in a season since … [Read more...]
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Alayna Helgemoe hit her second free throw with 1.2 seconds left to lift R-Ps’ girls past Schaeffer 52-51. Houston’s boys posted a 2-0 week, paced by Athletes of the Week Alex Van Gundy and Mikkel Schutte. The Hurricanes beat Lanesboro 72-63, as Caiden Danielson had 24 points. Schutte (22 pts, 11 rebs, 7 asts, 5 stls, 10 blks) and Van Gundy (18 pts, 12 rebs) added huge/big … [Read more...]
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Class A Lean and Mean Chatfield wrestling went 3-1 at the Farmington Duals to improve to 7-1 on the year. Kail Schott at 126 (three pins, MD), Seth Goetzinger at 145/152 (two pins, two decisions), and Tate Karver at 138 (pin, forfeit, two decisions) each went 4-0. Becca Rostad had a career-high 23 points, as Houston’s girls (4-0, 7-3) beat Hayfield 52-37 to retake the girl’s … [Read more...]
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Haidyn Gunderson had 23 (pts) and 15 (rebs) while Zach Haugerud had 21 (pts) and 6 (stls) as FC beat M-C 66-42. Chatfield’s boys got their first win, beating Lanesboro 68-46. Reid Johnson scored 22 points, though the Gophers fell to Z-M 58-49. Justin Ruberg had 20 (pts) and 12 (rebs) as R-P beat D-E 65-53. Malachi Bunke had 21 points as the Trojans fell to Nevis 74-65. … [Read more...]
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Banking in three threes, fighting defensively, and getting a round game from Ellie Buchholtz (18 pts, 7 rebs, 9 asts, 6 stls), Kingsland’s girls posted a big SEC win over GM 58-45. Buchholtz also had 24 points in a 48-44 non-con loss to Central Elkader. Kingsland (3-0, 4-2) leads the SEC-West. Houston’s Emma Geiwitz had 24 and 31 points in wins over R-P and La Crescent. The … [Read more...]
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R-P’s boy’s finally got G-E-T, beating the Red Hawks 60-55. The Trojans were 0-5 in the teams’ five-year series. Houston’s boys beat Lanesboro 68-49. Mikkel Schutte had 13 (pts), 16 (rebs), 7 (asts), and 4 (blks). Alex Van Gundy had 24, but Houston fell to SG 63-58 in OT. The Hurricanes led by five in 0:48 left. Big guys 6’6” Brady Musel (career-high 27 pts, 11 rebs) and … [Read more...]
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Chatfield wrestling got off to a great start, going 3-0 at the Rochester duals. Cael Bartels, Seth Goetzinger, and Grady Schott led the way, each wrestling out three victories. Goetzinger had three first period pins. Girls Basketball (11/26) FC 45, La Crescent 38 (FC: Kassidy Broadwater 11 pts, 5 rebs, 7 asts, 9 stls; Ashlyn Simon 10 pts (4-6 FGs, 2-2 FTs); Emma … [Read more...]
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Triton Meldahl (26-261, 2 TDs) authored his fourth 200-yard rushing game, as R-P beat W-K 39-8 in a 1A quarterfinal. The Trojans then spotted Goodhue a 21-0 lead and fell 34-18 in the semis. Halen Schwendinger was credited with 20 tackles for R-P. Gavin Johnson was huge (32-202, TD rushing) as M-C football pushed #2 L-O in the quarters, but fell 38-22. Sydney Taylor had 23 … [Read more...]
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J.T. Rein’s 3-yard TD run late propelled Lanesboro football over L/P 33-28. The Burros led 21-0. Rein ran for 156 and 3 TDs. Lucas Howard authored Kingsland’s first three-TD game in a long time, but the Knights fell to #2 L-O 52-22. Play-off football seeding (9-man); 6-seed Lanesboro (3-4, 3-5) at 3-seed SG (6-2), 7-seed Kingsland (1-6, 1-7) at 2-seed GM (7-1), 5-seed … [Read more...]