Trojan Teams Sweep Border Battle

It was a work-in-progress second week for Rushford-Peterson’s basketball teams.  Each lost contests on school nights.  A big boys 1A East title game re-match with Spring Grove was re-scheduled per electrical issues.  But on Saturday, Trojan squads trekked to Decorah for the first weekend of the second season of the Border Battle.  Each came up victorious.  At Luther College, the girls took the floor first and beat West Central (Maynard, Iowa).  Under Iowa quarter rules, R-P lost the first (10-7) but won the final three to post a 47-31 win.  Lauren Lawston led the way (21 pts, 8-13 FTs, 6 rebs).  Megan Oian (9 pts) and Nicole Blagsvedt (6 pts, 3-4 FGs, 6 rebs) helped.  The boys then rebounded from a Caledonia loss by downing Decorah 56-26.  They won all four quarters while holding the Vikings to single-digits each stanza.  Jake Paulson (15 pts, 5 stls) and Payton Hahn (13 pts, 6-10 FGs) led the way.  Dawson Dahl (8 pts, 3-3 FGs, 2-2 FTs) was perfect in scoring his points.  R-P had just nine turnovers.  The boys are 0-1, 2-1.  The Lady Trojans are 0-3, 2-4.