Fillmore County, in recent memory, has been well represented when it comes to girl’s sub-section tournaments at Rochester Civic Center. One county team has made the 1A final every year dating back to 2004 (and maybe beyond). This year is different. With no sub-sections and just one bracket for both 1A and 1AA, with many county teams having down years (five of seven had … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (2/22 & 2/23)
Kingsland 61, SG 79 (K: Zach Bubany 16 pts; Wyatt Pruter 15 pts (5-9 threes); I. Meisner 12 pts (6-7 FGs)) Cotter 39, R-P 63 (RP: Ben Ansell 17 pts (8-11 FGs), 6 rebs; Jake Paulson 11 pts (5-8 FGs); L. Skalet 9 pts, 4 assists; Trey Olson 8 pts (3-3 FGs); Luke O’Hare 7 pts, 7 assists) Chatfield 78, Southland 63 (C: R. Johnson 30 pts (11-21 FGs, 7-7 FTs), 9 rebs; J. … [Read more...]
Kingsland hears custodial crew and union concerns
The Kingsland School Board unanimously approved starting the 2018-19 school year roughly two weeks earlier than usual, to allow more time over the summer in 2019 to complete heating and ventilation system upgrades. As previously discussed, the school year will start around August 20, and graduation will likely be May 17. This decision was reached during the regular board … [Read more...]
Buchholtz Tops 1,000; Knights Sweep Sweep
In the span of a few hours, versus Chatfield, Kingsland b-ball players posted some rare feats. In Spring Valley, Lauren Buchholtz started the night 13 points away from 1,000. Late in the first half, after a Knight steal, the 5’8” junior guard out-raced all for an easy glide in lay-up. It put her at 1,001. She joins Paisley Larson (1,296), Amy Mahlum (1,217), Cheyenne Losey … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (2/12 – 2/16)
Lanesboro 46, FC 59 (FC: L. Ristau career-high 19 pts (9-15 FGs); Josh Peters 15 pts; Nate Haugerud 12 pts (6-7 FGs), 6 rebs, 5 assists. L: C. Schwichtenberg 22 pts (4-12 threes); A. Luck 14 pts (6-6 FTs). Falcons had a 19-3 first half run) Schaeffer Academy 71, M-C 61 (MC: D. Wyffels 16 pts, 8 assists; Dylan Loppnow 12 pts, 9 rebs; Brenden Kerns 11 pts; Logan Richardson … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (2/12 – 2/16)
SG 51, M-C 53 (MC: Payton Danielson 16 pts, 9 rebs, 6 stls; Jordyn Newgard 12 pts (6-7 FTS)) Hope Lutheran 30, R-P 38 (RP: L. Lawston 15 pts, 7 rebs, 5 stls) L-O 32, FC 82 (FC: Kelly Ristau career-high 15 pts, 13 rebs; Paige Donlinger 13 pts (3-3 threes), 5 rebs; Madison Scheevel 12 pts (4-9 threes); Grace Miller 11 pts, 4 stls. Falcons hit 11 of 22 threes. FC has won … [Read more...]
Knights Steal it From Lions
Spring Grove’s girls led Kingsland 57-50 with a little over two minutes to go, only for Kingsland to rally for a nice victory. The Knights ended on an 8-0 run. Freshman Ellie Buchholtz had six of those points. Senior Kori Kruegel had the game winning bucket (from E-Buchholtz) with about ten seconds left. Lion Lauryn Bohr took a shot with 0:02 but it was no good. The … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (2/5 – 2/10)
#14 in A R-P 64, Houston 48 (RP: L. Skalet 18 pts (5-9 threes), 5 stls; Ben Ansell 14 pts (7-12 FGs); Kobe Lind 12 pts; Jake Paulson 8 pts, 5 assists, 4 stls. H: J. Hongerholt 20 pts, 9 rebs; Alex Van Gundy 18 pts (4-7 threes)) S.A. 43, Lanesboro 39 (L: C. Schwichtenberg 12 pts, 7 rebs. Burros trailed 39-32, got to within 39-37, but no closer) Kingsland 42, D-E 50 (K: … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (2/5– 2/10)
D-E 46, Kingsland 35 (K: L. Buchholtz 15 pts, 12 rebs; Ellie Buchholtz 9 pts, 13 rebs. FTs: D-E 18-28, K 7-15) #4 in A Goodhue 69, R-P 35 (RP: L. Lawston 21 pts (10-14 FGs)) Lanesboro 31, Schaeffer Academy 52 (L: Emily Snyder 13 pts, 5 rebs) #9 in AA Stewartville 72, Chatfield 48 (C: Alanna Goetzinger 14 pts (6-11 FGs), 8 rebs. S: Erin Lamb (frosh) 29 pts)) FC 36, … [Read more...]
Kingsland ponders long 2019 summer break
The Kingsland School Board held a “work session” meeting on February 5, with all members present (Doug Plaehn, Ann Oeltjen, Leah Stier, Jackie Horsman, Tiffany Mundfrom, Heather Betts, and Interim Superintendent James Hecimovich). The board has adopted a process in which much of the discussion and “hashing out” on issues is done during work sessions, and then decisions are … [Read more...]