Volleyball season is a few months over, but statewide coaching honors were handed out. Mabel-Canton’s Lonnie Morken was named Class A Head Coach of the Year. The recognition was voted on by his volleyball peers who wanted to recognize his outstanding work this past season. The Cougars, devoid of any rotational player over 5’9”, went 30-6, losing in the 1A East final to … [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...]
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...]
Girls Basketball (1/31 – 2/2)
FC 52, Cotter 84 (FC: Emma Breitsprecher 15 pts, 11 rebs; P. Donlinger 14 pts; K, Sikkink 11 pts, 8 rebs) Lanesboro 22, Houston 68 (H: E. Geiwitz 30 pts (14-22 FGs), 5 stls; A. Rostad 23 pts (10-17 FGs, 3-4 threes), 8 rebs, 4 asts, 7 stls. L: Alida Berg 8 pts) PEM 49, Chatfield 44 (C: Alanna Goetzinger 10 pts, 12 rebs; Tessa McMahon 11 pts;. TOs: C 22, PEM 12) SG 51, … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
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...]
Girls Basketball (1/21 – 1/26)
R-P 63, L-O 73 (RP: Abbey Hoegh 28 pts; Megan Oian 9 pts, 9 rebs; Lauren Lawston/Kjersta Hinz 9 pts) St. Charles 67, Lanesboro 42 (L: Emily Snyder 12 pts, 6 rebs, 4 stls; Payton Benson 9 pts (3-7 threes)) M-C 43, Randolph 56 (MC: Payton Danielson 14 pts, 4 stls; Maddy Michels 14 pts, 9 rebs. Cougs: 3-6, 5-13) L/P 48, Lanesboro 24 (L: E. Snyder 7 pts, 8 rebs) L-A 66, R-P 62 … [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...]