Between a Chatfield/LARP dual and the FCLMC holiday wrestling tournament, mat action took center stage the week of December 11. Chatfield stood tall. It wasn’t too long ago the Gophers were hitting up big weekend dual meets and showing their grit versus higher class squads. It wasn’t long ago the Gophers were state champions. After a couple down years, Travis Bartels’ … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
The first R-P boys basketball game in the new gym was a win, as the seventh-ranked Trojans (2-1, 3-1) beat L-A 57-39. Ian Meisner had 21 points, but Kingsland fell to PEM. It was the Knights boys only loss on the week. They (2-3, 5-3) won three other games. Payton Danielson was one steal short of a triple-double (11 pts, 10 rebs, 9 stls) as M-C’s girls beat Lanesboro. Josh … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (12/11 – 12/16)
Kingsland 60, PEM 72 (K: I. Meisner 21 pts (8-16 FGs, 5-5 FTs); W. Pruter 19 pts (3-9 threes)) La Crescent 77, FC 25 (FC: Nate Haugerud 8 pts, 7 rebs. FC went 7 of 68 from field (12.6%)) W-K 62, Chatfield 53 (C: R. Johnson 16 pts (3-6 threes); Ben Brogan 9 pts, 10 rebs) Hayfield 42, Kingsland 73 (K: I. Meisner 16 pts (7-13 FGs), 5 rebs; J. Beck 14 pts (7-10 FGs), 5 rebs; … [Read more...]
Hongerholt Vaults ‘Canes Past M-C
The season is just barely started, but SEC boys squads Mabel-Canton and Houston can now put one high-pressure game on their resumes. The teams battled wire-to-wire in a game of interesting trends. M-C started 7-1, as Drew Wyffels cross-courted the ‘Canes 1-3-1 trap to Blake Henry often early. Houston replied with a 16-4 run to lead 17-11. The six point leads were the … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Ross Herber (106 > 12-1 MD, 17-2 TF, FF), Reece Riebel (138 > pin, pin, 16-0 TF), Dominic Jenkins (145 > 13-11 in SV-1, FF, pin) and Noah Herber (182 > three pins) all went 3-0 in helping LARP wrestling finish second (2-1) at the Byron Quad. The Screamin’ Eagles (3-1) loss was 38-32 to the host Bears. FC’s girls got four in double figures to beat L-A. The … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (12/1 – 12/9)
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...]
Wrestling Preview
Chatfield wrestling rebounded last year. A year after going 3-15, the Gophers went 7-6 (6-3 versus TRC foes). Travis Bartels’ group lost to D-E in the 1A quarters. The top returnee, in his high school swan-song, is senior Jake Mandt. The three-time state placer was last year’s 145-pound section and state Class A champion (31-2). Mandt is 137-19 the past four years. The … [Read more...]
Cougar Boys Up Scoring to 2-0 Start
The first week of boys and girls basketball action saw county teams play 22 total games. Only one posted a 2-0 start. A year ago, Mabel-Canton’s boys had a best offensive showing of 64 points. They topped 60 just five times. Versus Glenville-Emmons, M-C ripped the Wolverines on the glass and posted an 83-55 victory. M-C had 58 rebounds to G-E’s 29 (27 to 9 offensive … [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...]