1st Team Ellie Buchholtz (5’8” junior G/F, Kingsland): Arguably the SEC’s best all-around talented player, led Kingsland in scoring (19.4 PPG), assists (4.3 APG), and steals (3.1 SPG) while finishing second in rebounding (6.7 RPG). Said numbers (save rebounding) all exceeded Sister Lauren as a senior. Ellie scored in double digits in all but two games while hitting … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
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...]
Boys Basketball (2/24 – 2/27)
M-C 41, Grand Meadow 71 (M-C: Reid Crawford 9 pts (3-4 threes); Gavin Johnson 9 pts. Game from Feb 21) L-A 83, M-C 49 (M-C: Cayden Tollefsrud 19 pts (5-9 threes), 5 rebs, 4 asts; G. Johnson 7 pts, 12 rebs. Game from Feb 22) 1A Play-in > 19-seed Faribault B.A. (1-25) 46, 14-seed Kingsland (7-19) 51 (K: Walker Erdman 13 pts (7-12 FTs), 10 rebs; Lucas Howard 11 pts; … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball Play-Offs (2/24)
1AA Qtr > 11-seed Chatfield (10-17) 38, 3-seed Goodhue (24-3) 82 (C: Jaiden Zimmerman/Sydney Allen 8 pts. Wildcats used defense to build 48-16 halftime lead. Gophers finish at 10-18) 1A Qtr > 6-seed GM (17-9) 49, 3-seed Houston (21-6) 45 (H: Emma Geiwitz 15 pts, 7 rebs; Sydney Torgerson 11 pts, 14 rebs; Becca Rostad 8 pts, 4 stls. GM: R. Queensland 20 pts, 5 rebs. … [Read more...]
Hurricanes Level Lions a Third Time
It can be a trap. Two teams play in the playoffs for a third time, on the wings of the favorite having already won twice. But for a third time this year, Houston (3-seed, 20-6) was able to suffocate Spring Grove (14-seed, 6-20). SG hung in there for a half of a 1A Round of 16 game, trailing 21-15 at intermission. But the ‘Canes posted a 50-30 win. Junior guard Emma Geiwitz … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (2/7 – 2/14)
Lanesboro 72, G-E 42 (L: Sawyer Johnson 15 pts (4-7 threes); J.T. Rein 10 pts, 6 rebs, 4 asts; Ryan Holmen 10 pts, 8 rebs. Game from Feb 7. All 12 Burros scored. Score/stats in last week’s paper were from Cochrane-Fountain City game) Fillmore Central 50, Goodhue 73 (FC: Haidyn Gunderson 12 pts, 8 rebs; Carson Kiehne 10 pts) M-C 44, L/P 85 (M-C: Ethan Underbakke 11 … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (2/10 – 2/14)
La Crescent 49, M-C 38 (M-C: P. Danielson 21 pts, 9 rebs, 7 asts; Jordyn Newgard 7 pts, 6 rebs) Lanesboro 27, R-P 43 (R-P: Kaylee Ruberg 13 pts, 13 rebs; Ellie Dahl/Alayna Helgemoe 8 pts. L: J. Schreiber 9 pts, 5 rebs; B. Ruen 6 pts, 8 rebs, 6 stls. Trojans end 11-game losing streak) Caledonia 42, FC 53 (FC: K. Sikkink 21 pts (7-8 FTs), 7 rebs; Lauren Mensink 8 pts, … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
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...]
‘Canes Get to 18 Wins
And to think, it wasn’t too many years ago (four) Houston girls basketball had never posted a winning season. The three-year run of excellence has continued this year. Dale Moga’s Lady ‘Canes took out three more SEC foes to stay perfect in SEC play. Houston held L-O down majorly offensively in a 69-14 non-conference win. Fourteen was a season-low for points given up (the … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (2/3 – 2/8)
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...]