La Crescent 43, Chatfield 45 (C: Macy Pederson 14 pts (3-6 threes); B. Berg 13 pts; Alanna Goetzinger 10 pts, 9 rebs) L-O 30, M-C 56 (MC: K. McCabe 23 pts, 8 rebs, 6 stls; Payton Danielson 18 pts, 11 rebs, 4 assists, 4 stls) R-P 25, St. Charles 63 (RP: Lauren Lawston 8 pts. Seven other Trojans scored, but no more than 4 points) Schaeffer Academy 47, Lanesboro 29 (L: … [Read more...]
New member elected to Lanesboro School Board
School board member Terri Scott resigned from her position on the board due to moving out of the district. During a special meeting, Steve Storhoff was appointed to fill Scott’s seat until her term is up. He will begin serving on the school board in February. At their January 28 meeting, the Lanesboro School Board approved the 2018 board elections, appointments, etc. Dave … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
FCLMC’s Stefan Nikoloski (220) and Caden Anderson (120) each took first at the Robbinsdale-Cooper wrestling tourney. LARP wrestling (3-2 vs TRC, 6-5 overall) won two tight matches, beating D-E 39-37 and Caledonia/Houston 39-36 (Z-M Invite). Jordan Beck (19), Ian Meisner (16), and Wyatt Pruter (16) combined for 51 points, Zach Bubany had a point/assist (13/12) double-double, … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (1/15 – 1/20)
FC 36, Goodhue 43 (FC: Josh Peters 11 pts (3-11 threes); Matt Lutes 9 pts; Logan Corson 8 pts, 6 rebs, 5 assists, 3 stls. FTs: FC 2-5, G 10-19. Wildcats took lead for good in final eight minutes. Defending section champ Goodhue is 9-7) W-K 73, Lanesboro 52 (L: C. Schwichtenberg 18 pts, 9 rebs, 8 assists; Andrew Luck 15 pts. WK: Zach Kjeseth 25 pts) GM 59, Houston 56 … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (1/8 – 1/12)
FC 46, Lanesboro 19 (FC: Paige Donlinger 8 pts, 7 rebs; Emma Breitsprecher 6 pts, 6 rebs. L: Bailey Ruen 6 pts, 7 rebs. Ten Falcons scored; eight with either two or three made field goals. Halftime score was 27-5) La Crescent 55, Kingsland 61 (K: L. Buchholtz 23 pts, 13 rebs, 6 stls; Ellie Buchholtz 10 pts, 4 stls) G-E 10, Houston 60 (H: A. Rostad 21 pts (5-10 threes); B. … [Read more...]
Wrestling (1/9 – 1/13)
FCLMC 18, W-K 52 (Wolves forfeited six weights, won one forfeit. Eric Kunz (170) won by fall, Caden Anderson (126) a 6-0 decision. FCLMC is 0-4 versus TRC foes, 1-8 overall) Stewartville Invite (Chatfield took fifth of six. Places two (GMLOS 122.5) through five (Gophers 113.5) were separated by less than ten points. New Hampton (176.5) took first. Jake Mandt (145) went … [Read more...]
Looking For Wins
The 2017 portion of the 2017-2018 basketball season was a bit tough on FCJ covered teams. Ten of fourteen posted sub-500 overall records. Eight of those sub-500 squads took on each other early in 2018. Laying Down the Second Half Lawston A Lanesboro (2-6) at R-P (2-7) girls game was a free-throw-line tale of two halves. The visiting Burros went 13 of 21 in the first half, … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (1/2 – 1/6)
Klawock City (AK) 62, Houston 65 (H: J. Hongerholt 23 pts; M. Schutte 21 pts; Alex Van Gundy 14 pts) Houston 64, Kee (Lansing, IA) 53 (H: A. Van Gundy 28 pts; Brady Happel 14 pts; J. Hongerholt 14 pts) Lanesboro 51, L/P 75 (L: C. Schwichtenberg 23 pts (7-8 FTs), 6 rebs; Andrew Luck 13 pts) M-C 58, Hayfield 69 (MC: D. Wyffels 20 pts (3-9 threes), 10 assists; Ryan Kuhn 9 pts. … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (1/2 – 1/6)
GM 66, M-C 31 (MC: Payton Danielson 13 pts, 8 rebs. GM: Jordyn Glynn 26 pts) Kingsland 54, L-A 46 (K: L. Buchholtz 26 pts (3-5 threes, 5-6 FTs), 7 rebs, 4 assists, 8 stls; Lindsey Welch 12 pts (5-9 FGs), 7 rebs; Ellie Buchholtz 8 pts, 10 rebs, 3 assists, 3 stls. Knights had a 10-2 run late to go from up 42-40 to up 52-42) W-K 71, R-P 55 (RP: Kjersta Hinz career-high-tying … [Read more...]
Wrestling (1/5 & 1/6)
Chatfield 42, D-E 23 (Chatfield went 4-2 in decision-matches. Carter Fishbaugher’s pin at 195 gave the Gophers an insurmountable 36-17 lead. Seth Goetzinger (106), Nathan Goldsmith (138), and A.J. Karver (220) also had pins. Cael Bartels (113 > 12-6), Chase Ketterhagen (132 > 5-0), Jacob Stephas (160 > 5-4), and Davontae Goldsmith (170 > 13-7) won by decision. … [Read more...]