“The beginning of any school year is exciting,” states Jon Thompson, who has a tentative agreement with the Rushford-Peterson School Board to take over as the school Superintendent on July 1, 2019, but says he is very excited for the start of the 2019-2020 school year and to be the superintendent of “a great school like Rushford-Peterson” and to get to know the students, … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
R-P, M-C, Lanesboro, and Chatfield all won play-in play-off games in girls basketball. Abbey Hoegh had 24 to lead the Trojans past SA 68-38. Maddy Michels had a career-high 24 to lead the Cougars past B.A. 49-34. Lanesboro (18-seed) upset L-O (15-seed) 64-42. Alanna Goetzinger hit a buzzer-beater to lead the Gophers past CF 48-46. All subsequently fell. FC’s girls’ fine … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (2/18 – 2/22)
FC 41, #10 in AA Caledonia 90 (FC: Tyler Raaen 12 pts (5-10 FGs)) Houston 83, G-E 49 (H: J. Hongerholt season-high 27 pts, 13 rebs; A. Van Gundy 17 pts, 8 rebs; C. Danielson 12 pts; C. Van Gundy 12 pts; Mikkel Schutte 10 pts, 18 rebs, 7 asts) L-A 66, R-P 65 (R-P: Landon Skalet 19 pts (6-10 FGs, 5-7 FTs), 4 asts; Luke O’Hare 16 pts, 5 rebs) M-C 56, Lanesboro 45 (M-C: D. … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (2/18 – 2/21)
L/P 55, M-C 36 (M-C: Payton Danielson 9 pts; Kenidi McCabe 9 pts, 7 rebs) (1A Play-In) #19 Faribault B.A. (1-22) 34, #14 M-C (7-19) 49 (M-C: M. Michels career-high 24 pts (10-12 FTs), 10 rebs; P. Danielson 10 pts; Lexi Thorson 3 pts (1-3 FGs), 12 rebs, 9 asts, 3 stls) (1A Play-In) #17 Schaeffer Academy (5-18) 38, #16 R-P (5-21) 68 (R-P: A. Hoegh 24 pts (3-11 threes), 6 asts; … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Landon Skalet hit 9 of 10 threes and scored a career-high 35 points, but Noah King authored a last second tip-in to propel #10 Caledonia past R-P 75-73. Kingsland’s boys had a 3-0 week, beating FC 54-46, Schaeffer 70-37, and G-E 75-44. Wyatt Pruter had 30 points versus Lions, 16 (pts), 13 (rebs), 11 (asts), 5 (stls) and 4 (blks) versus the Wolverines. The Knights (9-3, … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (2/11 – 2/16)
D-E 73, R-P 44 (RP: A. Hoegh 25 pts (5-12 threes)) SG 58, FC 69 (FC: K. Sikkink 20 pts (6-12 FGs, 8-13 FTs), 8 rebs; Madison Scheevel 12 pts (3-10 threes), 7 rebs; Paige Donlinger 11 pts, 5 rebs, 4 asts; Emma Breitsprecher 13 pts, 8 rebs; Kassidy Broadwater 3 pts (0-2 FGs), 10 rebs, 9 asts, 4 stls) Chatfield 41, Cotter 56 (Ch: Silja Erickson 9 pts, 6 rebs; Peyton Berg 8 … [Read more...]
Skalet, Trojans Topple
The levels to the game were many. It was a re-match of last year’s section title game. It was a renewal of a great Section 1A boys basketball rivalry. It was a firm statement by the section’s perennial power, now under a new coach, and with a near completely new cast of players. And said team’s old coach stood on the other sideline in a surreal situation. On a Monday … [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...]
Hot Shots
Section 1A wrestling team seeding’s are out. FCLMC (11-seed, 0-16) faces GMLOS (6-seed, 14-6), winner to face Chatfield (3-seed, 7-6). W-K (10-seed, 2-11) faces LARP (7-seed, 8-16), winner to face Goodhue (2-seed, R-P’s boys finished off a 3-0 week by beating Cotter. The Trojans (8-4, 15-6) have won 6 of 7 and 10 of 12. Houston’s boys got four in double figures each in wins … [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...]