Kingsland 53, La Crescent 60 (K: Zach Bubany 18 pts, 4 stls; Wyatt Pruter 14 pts (4-10 three’s); Jordan Beck 6 pts, 9 rebs. Knights led 38-31 at intermission. The Knights top three shooters by volume went 13 for 46, or 28%) Kingsland 72, Southland 47 (K: I. Meisner 22 pts (8-14 FGs, 6-9 FTs), 9 rebs, 5 assists; W. Pruter 15 pts (3-8 three’s); Z. Bubany 10 pts. A night … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (12/1 -12/9)
Caledonia 56, R-P 39 (RP: Kjersta Hinz 15 pts (5-9 FGs, 5-6 FTs), 7 rebs; L. Lawston 9 pts (5-6 FTs). RP: 35 TOs) L-A 48, FC 66 (FC: Alleigh Meyer 13 pts (6-11 FGs), 4 rebs, 3 assists, 3 stls; Courtney Nelson 13 pts (7-8 FTs); Paige Donlinger 11 pts; Emma Breitspecher 10 pts, 7 rebs, 4 stls) Kingsland 62, Southland 48 (K: L. Buchholtz 22 pts, 10 rebs, 5 assists, 4 … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (11/30 & 12/2)
L-O 50, Kingsland 73 (K: J. Beck 16 pts (8-14 FGs), 18 rebs; Ian Meisner 17 pts (7-8 FGs); Zach Bubany 11 pts, 4 assists; Wyatt Pruter 11 pts. Knights are 1-0) GM 53, Lanesboro 46 (L: Carson Schwichtenberg 19 pts, 9 rebs; Brady Johnson 13 pts (3-4 three’s). Burros are 0-1) L/P 68, Houston 58 (H: J. Hongerholt 29 pts; Alex Van Gundy/Connor Van Gundy 9 pts. ‘Canes are … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (11/28 – 12/2)
Lanesboro 54, G-E 42 (L: L. Johnson 21 pts, 5 stls; Payton Benson career-high 16 pts; Bailey Ruen 10 pts, 18 rebs) Caledonia 74, FC 41 (FC: Paige Donlinger 14 pts (7-11 FTs), 7 rebs; A. Meyer 8 pts, 6 rebs. TOs: FC 32, C 13) Houston 43, GM 67 (H: A. Rostad 14 pts (3-8 three’s), 6 rebs; A. Chapel 9 pts, 3 stls. Halftime score was 28-22 Larks) R-P 28, Cotter 69 (RP: Nicole … [Read more...]
Post Season Football Awards
With Caledonia and Spring Grove each winning state titles, post-season football awards come out well after most teams finished. A plethora of county athletes make their respective All-District teams. In the MSE-East, R-P’s 8-2 squad has seven A-D players. Jake Paulson (6’0” 180 WR/LB) earns his second nod. The senior big play maker had another great receiving year (33-691 … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball Preview
The last county boys team left standing a year ago were the Trojans of Rushford-Peterson. Tom Vix’s group fell in double OT to Goodhue in the 1A title game. R-P finished 13-3 (TRC), 20-9 (overall), as 1A Runner-Up. Team green lost its two All-TRC picks (Noah Carlson, Luke Rasmussen). It returns a nice group of guys that should keep them in the Section title mix. Jake … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball Preview
The girls basketball season starts with a bunch of voids to be filled. A ton a talent including seven All-Conference picks graduated last year. Five of seven FCJ covered schools lost (multiple) high-profile, experienced players, including two all-time leading scorers. The last county girls basketball team left standing last season were the Fillmore Central Falcons. In … [Read more...]
Volleyball Post-Season Awards
It was another good year for the spikers and diggers. This year’s All-Conference volleyball teams are dominated by players from the two best squads in the county, Mabel-Canton and Fillmore Central. For the first time this decade, no one made All-State though. Nine girls have done so since 2010; R-P’s Kenzie Lind (2010 HM), M-C’s Belle Sand (2011/2012 HM, 2013 1st Team), … [Read more...]
Football Teams All Fall
For the first time since 2011, no county football squad will make a Section title game. Four teams made the semis. But their good seasons didn’t become special. Section 1A 2-seed R-P (7-1) put up the first 42 points in handling 7-seed Kingsland (1-7) in the quarters 42-22. Jake Paulson (4-66, 2 TDs receiving), Landon Skalet (7-8, 88 yards, 2 TDs passing), Ethan Hermanson … [Read more...]
Volleyball (10/23 & 10/26) 1A and 1AA East Play-Offs
9-seed R-P (10-16) 0, 8-seed Kingsland (13-17) 3 > 25-23, 25-21, 25-19 (K: L. Buchholtz 26 kills, 3 aces; Kori Kruegel 11 kills, 12 digs; E. Buchholtz 33 assists; T. Zimmerman 18 digs, 13-13 serving; Jenna Schmidt 19-19 serving. RP: Nicole Blagsvedt 6 kills; Olivia Hoff 15 digs; Lauren Lawston 5 kills, 14 digs; Kensay Clobes 4 kills, 11 digs. Buchholtz had a 6-kill, 3-ace … [Read more...]
The Streak is Over
On September 7, 2012, Kingsland football beat W-K 22-10. Since, Chatfield won a state football title, R-P hasn’t had a losing season and has been state runner-up, FC went to two section title games, Lanesboro’s Niko Anderson ran for most of his 100-plus career TDs, and M-C had at least nine guys run for over 100 yards. R-P (43-15), Chatfield (36-23), M-C (34-28), FC (30-25), … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
LFC’s Kaylee Arndt took fourth at the TRC meet. Chatfield’s Tessa McMahon (7th) and LARP’s Emily Didier (10th) also finished top ten for the girls. Chatfield’s girls had six in the top 30. Luke O’Hare (9th) finished top ten for the boys. Sixth-ranked Houston football hammered L/P 52-20. Ryan Kuhn accounted for 249 yards of offense, 2 TDs, and had two interceptions, as M-C … [Read more...]
Volleyball (10/16-10/21)
Houston 3, L-O 1 > 24-26, 25-10, 25-20, 25-18 (H: Amber Chapel 7 kills, 7 aces; Ariel Scanlan 26 assists, 11 digs; Becca Lee 6 kills, 7 digs; Jenny Albrecht 4 kills, 4 blocks) Lanesboro 0, SA 3 > 8-25, 12-25, 16-25 (L: Peighton Prestemon 15 digs; Claire Pieper 12 digs; Payton Benson 4 aces) Lanesboro 0, FC 3 > 25-10, 25-20, 25-9 (FC: Cailey Rindels 11 kills; … [Read more...]
Cross Country (10/17)
TRC Meet (Boys: 1st PEM (37, 2nd La Crescent (49), 4th LARP, 7th Chatfield, 10th LFC, 11th (of 11) Kingsland. LC’s Matt Steiger took first over W-K’s Nick Meyer. LARP’s Luke O’Hare (9th), Aidan Ellinghuysen (18th) and Mitchell Ledebuhr (20th) finished top 20. Girls: 1st Cotter (30), 2nd D-E (82), 3rd Chatfield, 5th LFC, 6th LARP, 11th (of 11) Kingsland. Cotter’s Grace and … [Read more...]
Larson resigns from Kingsland Board
The Kingsland School Board met in regular session October 16, with Doug Plaehn, Ann Oeltjen, Jackie Horsman, Tiffany Mundfrom, Heather Betts, and Interim Superintendent James Hecimovich in attendance. Deb Larson was absent. The board voted to accept the resignation of Larson from the board, effective October 31. She is resigning due to health issues. The board voted to … [Read more...]