Vince Lombardi once famously asked, “what the hell is going on out here?” In section 1A boys’ basketball, it’s a good question. As of January 5, 1A’s top three perennial powers, the schools that have represented the section in each of its last four title games, R-P, Goodhue, and SG, all were ranked outside the QRF’s top four. The section’s top four QRF-teams were … [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...]
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...]
LARP Trio Places at Bi-State
This season marked LARP wrestling’s third in the Bi-State Classic at La Crosse Center. In 2015, LARP had no individuals place. They took 16th of 19 (Division II pool). Last year, they had four top 12 placers and finished 7th (of 20). This year, LARP took 8th (of 22). The Screaming Eagles had three placers. Two finished top five. Freshman Carter Jonsgaard (113) used … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
R-P’s boys (1-3, 5-3) hosted their own holiday tourney, posting season-bests in points in wins over Mankato-Loyola (74-35) and Klawock, Alaska (76-42). In other SEC/TRC holiday games, James Hongerholt had 24 points to lead Houston past FC 64-43. The Falcons then got four in double figures to beat M-C 66-47. FC’s girls beat M-C’s in double overtime 51-46, as the teams … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (12/28 – 12/30)
Mankato-Loyola 35, R-P 74 (RP: Payton Hahn 13 pts; Peyton Morrison 11 pts; Kobe Lind 9 pts; Luke O’Hare 9 pts, 7 rebs; Ben Ansell/Dawson Dahl 8 pts. Trojans holiday tourney) FC 43, Houston 64 (H: J. Hongerholt 24 pts (10-12 FGs); A. Van Gundy 19 pts. FC: Nate Haugerud 10 pts, 8 rebs, 4 stls. Hurricanes led 24-22 at halftime, out-scored FC 40-21 in second stanza. SEC/TRC … [Read more...]
Pruter/Bubany Lead Knights Past R-P
This year is set to be Tom Vix’s last at R-P. Over the last five seasons, one of the squads his teams have feasted on, going 8-0, has been Kingsland. In the squads’ final get-together with Vix coaching R-P, the script flipped. A pair of Kingsland guards authored a going away present, just before the holidays; a Knight win. Junior Wyatt Pruter and senior Zach Bubany scored … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (12/19 – 12/22)
M-C 73, Lanesboro 41 (MC: Brenden Kerns 16 pts (4-7 threes); Drew Wyffels 14 pts, 5 rebs, 8 assists; Blake Henry 11 pts, 9 rebs; Dylan Loppnow 10 pts (5-7 FGs), 12 rebs. L: C. Schwichtenberg 21 pts (3-9 threes, 6-12 FTs), 5 rebs; Brady Johnson 10 pts, 8 rebs) #7 in A R-P 48, La Crescent 49 in OT (RP: Payton Hahn 14 pts (3-8 threes), 6 rebs; L. Skalet 13 pts; J. Paulson 9 pts, … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball
La Crescent 51, R-P 42 (RP: M. Oian career-high 14 pts (6-9 FGs), 7 rebs; Nicole Blagsvedt 10 pts. R-P led 31-22 at half) Cotter 51, FC 40 (FC: Kassidy Broadwater 9 pts, 6 rebs; Emma Breitsprecher 8 pts, 6 rebs. FTs: C 14-27, FC 5-7) Chatfield 40, SC 67 (C: M. Pederson 15 pts (4-6 threes); Megan Hopp 9 pts; Belle Berg 8 pts) M-C 23, Kee (Lansing, IA) 52 (MC: Kenidi McCabe … [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...]