Turbidity at Top of Girls Race

The 1A girls basketball race is intriguing.  Three Journal-covered teams – Fillmore Central, Houston, and Kingsland – very much have chances at making the section final four (and beyond).  FC entered the week as the kayfabe #1 team among the Journal seven.  They were the first to reach ten wins.  With two victories on the week, Houston caught up to and kayfabe tied/usurped FC for that top spot.  The Hurricanes hammered Schaeffer Academy 70-40.  Emma Geiwitz posted a season high (34 pts, 8 rebs, 4 stls).  Sydney Torgerson (16 pts, 7-10 FGs, 14 rebs, 4 asts, 5 stls) and Jenny Albrecht (9 pts, 4-7 FGs, 7 rebs, 4 asts, 7 stls) helped.   Houston then handed it to Class AA squad Cannon Falls 72-45.  The Hurricanes were a season-best 28 of 49 from the field (57%).  Geiwitz was again the ‘Canes best scoring weapon (29 pts, 3-6 threes, 12-23 FGs, 4 stls).  Torgerson was again super efficient (career-high 22 pts, 8-9 FGs, 6-8 FTs, 10 rebs, 6 stls).  Becca Rostad (10 pts, 4-4 FTs, 5 stls) helped.   The two games gave Geiwitz eight with 20-plus points.  She has double digit made field goals seven times.  The junior is averaging 21.4 PPG and 29.3 PPG over Houston’s four-game win streak.  It was the freshman Torgerson’s seventh double-double of the year and fifth in her last seven games.  She has scored in double digits every game (shooting 56%) and is averaging 15.2 PPG and 9.3 RPG.  Houston (7-0, 11-4), winners of seven of eight, is the East leader over Lanesboro (5-3, 6-9).  Only GM has played a league game versus Dale Moga’s group to a single digit score (39-32).