Girls basketball teams Kingsland and Houston had a converging final week of the regular season. The Hurricanes (9-2, 13-9) entered atop the SEC-East, Knights (7-3, 12-9) in second, Houston two league games left, Kingsland three (including a head-to-head). Two seniors each set their school’s basketball all-time scoring marks. On Monday, Houston hosted La Crescent. … [Read more...]
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Landon Skalet hit 9 of 10 threes and scored a career-high 35 points, but Noah King authored a last second tip-in to propel #10 Caledonia past R-P 75-73. Kingsland’s boys had a 3-0 week, beating FC 54-46, Schaeffer 70-37, and G-E 75-44. Wyatt Pruter had 30 points versus Lions, 16 (pts), 13 (rebs), 11 (asts), 5 (stls) and 4 (blks) versus the Wolverines. The Knights (9-3, … [Read more...]
County-County Week
The first full week in February, tinged with some cancellations, featured six b-ball games between county teams. Monday authored the Kingsland/Chatfield (now) non-conference series. In Spring Valley, 6’8” senior center Josef Fahrenholtz had career scoring and rebounding highs (27 pts, 11-17 FGs, 19 rebs, 9 offensive) to lead the Gophers to a 77-69 win. Wyatt Pruter … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (2/4 – 2/9)
FC 50, Schaeffer Academy 69 (FC: Z. Haugerud career-high 16 pts (6-11 FGs); J. Peters 9 pts (3-9 threes)) Cotter 65, M-C 53 (M-C: Drew Wyffels 19 pts (8-9 FTs), 5 rebs, 7 asts, 5 stls; Ethan Underbakke career-high 10 pts, 6 rebs) GM 67, M-C 52 (M-C: D. Loppnow 25 pts (11-15 FGs), 9 rebs; D. Wyffels 8 pts, 8 rebs, 9 asts) L/P 65, Houston 67 (H: Noah Kingsley career-high 16 … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (2/4 – 2/9)
Schaeffer Academy 21, FC 82 (FC: K. Sikkink 11 pts, 7 rebs, 4 stls; M. Scheevel 11 pts (3-8 threes); E. Breitsprecher 10 pts; Kas. Broadwater 9 pts, 6 rebs, 6 asts, 6 stls; K.J. Corson 9 pts (4-4 FGs). Thirteen Falcons scored) Lanesboro 29, #3 in A GM 66 (L: Emily Snyder 8 pts. Larks are 23-0) Chatfield 35, Southland 50 (C: Silja Erickson 9 pts, 10 rebs) Cotter 70, R-P 47 … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (1/31 – 2/2)
Chatfield 49, PEM 65 (C: Reid Johnson 16 pts (6-11 FGs); Josef Fahrenholtz 16 pts, 8 rebs, 4 stls; David Castleberg 10 pts. Gophers: 3-7, 7-9) Cotter 61, FC 59 (FC: J. Peters 27 pts (4-13 threes), 8 rebs; Zach Haugerud 10 pts; Brock Walsh 9 pts (4-5 FGs), 8 rebs. Looking for first win, Falcons were tied late but Ramblers got ‘W’) Z-M 75, Kingsland 59 (K: W. Pruter 23 … [Read more...]
Knight Boys Again “Three” Past Burros
The first time Kingsland and Lanesboro’s boys played this season, the Knights rode a big first half of three-point shooting (9 of 10) to a 66-57 victory. In the re-match, a late quick barrage propelled John Fenske’s guys to victory. Chris Hanson’s Burros used a deliberate attack to lead most of a fast first half of b-ball. Their biggest edge, the biggest edge of the game … [Read more...]
Knights/Buchholtz’s Roll Again
On 17 occasions this year, FCJ covered b-ball teams have had teammates each score 20 in a game. Kingsland’s sister tandem of Lauren and Ellie Buchholtz has now done so thrice. Versus LeRoy-Ostrander, it was a one-sided affair with the Buchholtz’s pouring in the points. Ellie B. scored 17 in the first nine minutes or so. The Knights put 50 up in the first half (50-26). To … [Read more...]
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Emma Geiwitz had 22 points in a victory over Schaeffer, and Alyssa Rostad had 33 points (16 of 18 FTs) in a win over Cannon Falls, as Houston’s girls ended a four-game losing streak. Dale Moga’s girls (6-2, 9-9) lead the SEC-East over Kingsland (6-3, 11-7). Houston’s boys also beat CF, 78-74 in OT. Alex Van Gundy had 26 points (11 of 13 FTs) and Mikkel Schutte 21 points (8 … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (1/21 – 1/26)
Houston 76, L-A 94 (H: A. Van Gundy 25 pts (8-13 FTs), 6 rebs; James Hongerholt 18 pts, 10 rebs, 3 asts, 3 stls; M. Schutte 13 pts (6-10 FGs), 9 rebs, 4 stls; Caiden Danielson 9 pts; Noah Kingsley 9 pts (3-5 threes)) M-C 38, #10 in A Randolph 64 (MC: D. Loppnow 15 pts, 14 rebs; D. Wyffels 11 pts (5-7 FTs), 7 rebs, 6 asts) Stewartville 82, Chatfield 70 (C: R. Johnson 23 pts; … [Read more...]
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Kingsland’s Buchholtz sisters combined for 102 points in wins over BP and S.A. Lauren had career-high 35 (Ellie 17) versus the Blossoms. Ellie had 28 and Lauren 22 versus the Lions. Steve Hauser’s Knights are 5-3, 10-7. Alyssa Rostad had a career-high 38 points, but Houston’s girls fell to Byron. Dale Moga’s Hurricanes (5-2, 7-9) still leads the SEC-East over the Knights. … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (1/14 – 1/19)
Kingsland 57, #9 in A SG 60 (K: W. Pruter 25 pts (4-7 threes, 10-16 FGs); Reid Kruegel 18 pts (7-11 FGs, 3-5 threes), 10 rebs, 4 asts. Kingsland; 5-3, 8-7) R-P 43, St. Charles 49 (RP: L. Skalet 16 pts (7-12 FGs), 7 rebs; L. O’Hare 10 pts, 9 rebs, 4 asts. FTs: R-P 1-4, SC 13-18) FC 48, Chatfield 81 (C: J. Fahrenholtz 16 pts, 7 rebs, 4 asts, 3 blks; R. Johnson 14 pts. … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (1/14 – 1/19)
Kenyon-Wanamingo 55, Kingsland 31 (K: E. Buchholtz 15 pts, 9 rebs; L. Buchholtz 8 pts, 6 rebs) Houston 72, Byron 79 (H: A. Rostad career-high 38 pts; Emma Geiwitz 17 pts) BP 58, Kingsland 69 (K: L. Buchholtz career-high 35 pts (3-4 threes, 8-12 FTs), 13 rebs, 6 asts; E. Buchholtz 17 pts (3-8 threes), 7 asts; Sam Wernimont 9 pts (3-8 threes). Blossoms entered with an … [Read more...]
Knights Use Overtime to Dispatch Cougars
On paper, Kingsland (7-5) was probably the favorite versus M-C (5-6) in a boys basketball game. But with each team down a post player, with porous shooting, and with M-C’s top big guy near unstoppable, it took until overtime to seal the deal. A close regulation had eight ties, largest lead M-C 31-23. The teams went (nearly) back-and-forth late; Dylan Loppnow lay-up (43-39 … [Read more...]
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LARP wrestling took third of 15 at the PEM individual Invite. Gable Speltz (132) took first (won three decisions). He had a 5-0 week and is 18-6 overall. Teammates Ross Herber (120, 20-5), Dominic Jenkins (145/152, 17-5), and Noah Herber (182, 16-4) each went 4-1. Chatfield’s Cael Bartels (113), Seth Goetzinger (126), Nathan Goldsmith (152/160), and A.J. Karver (220/285) … [Read more...]