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HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS HOCKEY / SEASON PREVIEW HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL / STATE PLAYOFFS AT A GLANCE What happened: Down to the The Dodge County girls hockey team went 18-8 last season, ending its season with a 1-0 quarterfinals double-overtime loss to Lakeville North in the Three games at Regional Sports Stadium Section 1AA playoffs. Goalie Anna Hunter had Will momentum continue? 63 saves in that game. Sam Milbrett carried 40 STATE QUARTERFINALS What’s next: Hunter times for 194 yards and three Class AAA and the Wildcats are , leading No. 4 seed hoping to win their • Kasson-Mantorville (11-0) Waseca to a 27-26 win over first playoff game this Washburn in the vs. Waseca (8-3), 6 p.m. Satur- season. They open the Section 2AAA championship game day, at Lakeville North season a week from after trailing 26-12 at halftime, Class AA thanks to four first-half turnovers. today, on the road at St. (By the way, Milbrett now has • Caledonia (11-0) vs. Water- Paul United. Their first 1,633 yards and 20 touchdowns in ville-Elysian-Morristown (10-1), 7 home game is Nov. 21 11 games.) It was the first state p.m. Friday at Rochester Region- against Worthington. football playoff berth in Waseca’s al Sports Stadium. history. Can the Bluejays, who Class A started the season 2-3 but have • Blooming Prairie (10-1) vs. Freshman Anna Hunter won six in a row, stay with New Ulm Cathedral (11-0), 3 starts her second year as powerful No. 4-ranked Kasson- goalie for Dodge County. Mantorville? Waseca upended p.m. Saturday, at Rochester No. 6-ranked Belle Plaine in the Regional Sports Stadium. Scott Jacobson, [email protected] section semifinals. Nine-Man • Grand Meadow (10-1) vs. Return to glory? Nicollet (8-2), noon Saturday, Grand Meadow reached the 1987 at Rochester Regional Sports Prep Bowl. The Superlarks came Stadium. in second in (11-man) Class C after losing to Minneota, which won the unexpectedly early this year? The second of what would be three Greyhounds beat Springfield twice straight state championships. Can this season, in the season opener Grand Meadow win in Saturday’s and in the section title game, for quarterfinals against Nicollet Springfield’s only losses. and earn a shot in the semifinals, where a Prep Bowl berth is at stake? If so, the ninth-ranked Underrated? Young, but improving Superlarks will need to be sharp; Is Waterville-Elysian- bonus, Hunt- loss for the Wildcats. their semifinal opponent would Morristown better than No. 10 (its Dodge County goalie er’s intelli- Because Dodge County is a be either No. 2-ranked Clinton- state poll ranking) in Class AA? gence might co-op made up of Byron, Hayfield, Graceville-Beardsley or No. 3 The Buccaneers were ranked has been playing play the big- Kasson-Mantorville and Triton, Verndale. C-G-B was runner-up sixth on Oct. 2 when they lost gest factor in the state high school league uses to in last year’s Prep 20-19 to United South Central; since first grade her standout the combined enrollment of all Bowl and Verndale has been to they outgained USC and gave up a By Ben Pherson play. four schools when classifying the finals five times since 1987, on return of a fumble [email protected] “Funda- it for the playoffs. That bumps winning two state championships. recovery, yet still could have mentally, Dodge County into Class AA with Like many of her teammates won after scoring a touchdown she’s sound,” the big schools. on the Dodge County girls hockey Repeat of history? with 1:04 left but fell short on the Gunderson “That’s a huge challenge for conversion. That’s the only loss for team, Anna Hunter is young, Blooming Prairie’s opponent said. “But us,” Gunderson said. “Schools like W-E-M, which dominated Triton in driven and pressing toward a sub- her biggest Saturday is New Ulm Cathedral, stantive goal. Triton are included in our co-op, the Section 2AA title game. Could strength is but we haven’t had a girl on our which is ranked No. 1 in the state Hunter and the rest of the Wild- the state’s No. 1-ranked and two- Hunter one-on-one or high school team from Triton for Class A poll. NUC was No. 1 in cats want to win a playoff game, time defending state champion in breakaway six years. We have one girl from the state entering last year’s state something the Dodge County girls Caledonia Warriors have a situations. She doesn’t give up Hayfield and two from Byron, and quarterfinals, too, but committed surprisingly strong opponent on program has never done. five turnovers and lost 20-8 to goals there. She has very, very we count those enrollments. But their hands? If that happens this season — Springfield. Can the Blossoms good instincts. She reads a player, we look at it as a challenge.” or any time in the next four sea- send the top-ranked team home — Craig Swalboski and she anticipates what they’re Of course, it’s hard not to take a sons, really — Hunter will play a going to do. I think that’s because peak at how teams in Section 1A big part in it. Grand she’s so smart; she’s a 4.0 student.” are doing. Last year, Dodge County Just a freshman, Hunter is Hunter said she’s been playing beat Northfield, which was the No. Meadow QB Dodge County’s starting goalie. Caleb hockey since first grade, and she 1 seed in the Section 1A playoffs. That’s a role she filled last year tried on her goalie pads for the Leichtnam The Wildcats also had a 1-0 lead as an eighth-grader, too. first time in fifth grade. over Red Wing in the third period leads his Dodge County coach Jeremy “One day at practice, one of the Superlarks before falling 2-1. The Wingers Gunderson said it didn’t take long girls said she didn’t want to play went on to finish third at the Class into to see Hunter had the makings (goalie) any more, so I volunteered, A state tournament. Saturday’s of a top-end netminder. By mid- and it just stuck,” Hunter said. “We’re right there with the best Nine-Man season, Gunderson said an area As an eighth-grader last year, in Class A,” Gunderson said. he thought might be a question state Hunter, who lives in Hayfield, The Wildcats finished 18-8 mark had turned into a corner- quarterfinal had a 2.2 goals-against average last season. They’re banking on stone because of Hunter’s out- against and a .916 saves percentage. improvement in 2009-10, despite standing play in net. Nicollet at Her high point came in the post- an extremely young roster, made the “She’s improved 110 percent season, when she recorded 63 up mostly of seventh-, eighth-, Rochester from where she was two years saves in a 1-0, double-overtime ninth- and 10th-graders. ago,” Gunderson said. “She’s a Regional loss to Lakeville North. “Winning a playoff game is the great athlete. She’s in a great That close playoff setback ultimate goal,” Hunter said. “And Sports family of athletes, too. Her brother shows exactly how far the Dodge we’d like to go further than that if Stadium. was a captain for the Dodge County program has come over possible. We’re young, but we’re County boys team years ago, and P-B file photo the past few years, Gunderson getting the hang of it.” her parents are really athletic.” said. In the past, that game easily While her athleticism is a could have been a double-digit Page D3: Girls hockey previews. Not everything is positive at Gopher Nation PHERSY: Hey Feldy, let’s Michigan Tech, Alaska- There is still plenty of Up next in... go with rapid fire again ... Anchorage and the Gophers talent on the Hawks’ roster. Are you getting sick of the show up about 20 times each They have a hill to climb positive spin Tim Brewster on their schedule the rest to win the MnJHL, but the Sports puts on everything? I mean, of the year if they want to Hawks seem to play their there’s something to be said reach the playoffs. … Twins best when the postseason about a guy who can find the catcher Joe Mauer won a starts. And one thing we positive in everything. But at Gold Glove this week. Is he know about coach Nick Friday some point, you just throw the A.L. MVP? Fatis: He’ll have this team Swim preliminaries up, don’t you? PHERSY: Yes. Do you in championship form by FELDY: Yes, multiple need me to say more? Mauer the end of February, or Section One, Class AA times. The last straw in won another batting title, he’ll work himself into the girls swimming gets un- ground trying. … Cowboys convincing myself that he won a Gold Glove, and der way today at the Rec Brewster is a complete this season he added power (6-2) at Packers (4-4) on phony came after the Gophs to his arsenal. Maybe I’m a Sunday. As Vikings fans, Center, and we’ll have loss to Illinois last Sat- homer, and maybe the East who do we want to win this the first-day results. urday. He spewed more of Coast bias will come into game? his “rah-rah” junk about know that Gophers hockey play, but Mauer is the MVP. PHERSY: What? Who do how being disappointed faithful are growing impa- ... Feldy, your favorite Ice we want to win this game? If and working extra hard this tient. Coach Don Lucia won Hawks player, Justin Phelps, the Packers are playing, we Saturday week to beat South Dakota two national titles, but that is out again with a broken want them to lose. Because State. Really, Tim-Tim? honeymoon is over. With the hand. He’s chomping at the that’s what Vikings fans do State tournament You want a pat on the back talent Lucia lands year after bit, though, trying to get back ... we wish for the Packers The Caledonia opens its for beating the Jackrabbits year, he needs to start win- on the ice and whip some to lose, no matter the situa- state title defense (which hasn’t happened ning, now. ... Just when you of his teammates into shape tion. Packers hatred aside, I yet)? How about beating a gave up on the Wild, Feldy, (there are a few guys who are still don’t buy the Cowboys Friday. The Post-Bulletin mediocre Big Ten team in they start winning. Are you playing too soft for Phelps’ as a legitimate NFC title will be there covering all November at some point. ... buying the Wild’s recent taste). Will a healthy Phelps contender. Tony Romo is too the action. Speaking of the Gophers, “hot” streak, or do you think push the Ice Hawks back erratic; can you really rely the men’s hockey team had they’re still on the outside toward the top of the MnJHL on him in a big-game situ- another player leave mid- looking in at the Western standings? ation? So, let the Cowboys season this week when Sam Conference playoff race? FELDY: Yes. Do you need keep winning. If the Cowboys Monday Lofquist bolted. What’s FELDY: There’s too much me to say more? Phelpsy are a team the Vikings have going on at Mariucci? talent on this club to not will be back soon enough; to beat to win a conference Back in action PHERSY: It’s more than have a hot streak here and there will still be two full crown, they’re in a good spot. After a bye last week, likely a combination of there. The Wild aren’t the months left in the season Post-Bulletin sports writers things. First off, Lofquist Detroit Lions of the NHL, by the time he’s back in Ben Pherson and Jason Feldman the Vikings are back in bolted for the OHL, and but they’ve put themselves red and black. The fact that “faceoff’’ every Thursday. action Sunday against some will argue the hockey in a tough spot — in a tie for there is some hand-wringing They can be reached at Detroit. Look for Guy in the O is better than the last place in the Western over the Hawks’ 9-4-0-1 start [email protected] and Limbeck’s coverage. WCHA. While I have no Conference after Tuesday’s should tell us just how suc- [email protected]. idea if that factored into games. While the Wild have cessful they have been in A daily “Faceoff’’’ also ap- Lofquist’s decision, I do talent, they’ll need to hope recent years. It’s still early. pears on www.postbulletin.com. •••••••• ✩ Comments? Sports editor Craig Swalboski, 285-7721, [email protected] POST-BULLETIN / www.postbulletin.com Thursday, November 12, 2009 D3 Local Sports HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL / STATE PLAYOFFS ATAGLANCE Caledonia looks to keep on rolling Class AA quarterfinals By Guy N. Limbeck The Warriors had a big turnover in Lonnie Hudson (654 yards) have “They blitz their a lot so Site, time: 7 p.m. Friday at [email protected] personnel from a year ago, but have modest team-high totals for rushing they’re going to be coming,” Fruechte still outscored foes 460-59 and have leaders. Bobby Augedahl has com- said. “So we have to pick them up.” Rochester Regional Sports Stadium. Caledonia has been the big dog in won 22 straight games dating back to pleted 67 percent of his passes for 662 Records, rankings: Caledonia is Class AA football the past three years, That could put pressure on Cale- last season. yards and 12 touchdowns. Isaac donia’s offensive line, which is led by 11-0 and ranked No. 1 in the state; rolling past foes with relative ease. “It’s a new class,” Fruechte said. “I Fruechte has 35 catches for 662 yards senior Casey Klug, a two-year starter Waterville-Elysian-Morristown is 10-1 The Warriors have won the past two think our kids are feeling pressure and 13 TDs. at left tackle. and ranked No. 10. state championships in Class AA and and I don’t think it’s justifiable. I think The Warriors will face a W-E-M Offensively, W-E-M has used a bal- Last game: Caledonia won the this year are 11-0 entering state quar- they’ve done a good job; they just don’t team that has won six straight games, anced attack. Zach Geyer has rushed Section One title with a 20-12 terfinal play on Friday against Water- want to let the community down.” including a 27-0 win over Triton in for 997 yards and 17 touchdowns while ville-Elysian-Morristown (10-1) in Caledonia fans have had little the Section Two finals. W-E-M is Reid Roemhildt has added 719 yards. victory over Zumbrota-Mazeppa. Rochester. Caledonia is ranked No. 1 reason to be disappointed in recent ranked 10th in the state. While the Conrad Masberg has passed for 1,386 W-E-M claimed the Section Two in the state, but coach Carl Fruechte years. The Warriors are 37-2 over the Warriors have a speedy club, the Bucs yards and 12 TDs. crown with a 27-0 win over Triton. is trying to downplay his team’s suc- past three seasons. have the size advantage. “They throw the ball out of the What’s next: The winner faces cess. With all the success, and large “They’re a lot bigger than us,” coach spread (formation) real well and run the Eden Valley-Watkins (11-0) and “I don’t really put too much stock margin of victory in numerous games, Fruechte said. “They remind me of the ball well,” Fruechte said. Pierz (10-1) winner on Nov. 21 at into that,” Fruechte said of the state the Warriors have been able to play a Plainview in that regard.” “It should be a good game and we’re 5:45 p.m. at the Metrodome in the lot of players and develop depth. rankings. “We’re just happy to be The Warriors will also brace for just really looking forward to it,” the state semifinals. here.” Ivan Augedahl (681 yards) and W-E-M’s aggressive defense. coach added.

GIRLS SWIMMING AND DIVING / SECTION ONE, CLASS A PRELIMINARIES STATE FOOTBALL QUARTERFINALS

All games 7 p.m. unless noted CLASS AA Numerous Red Wing entrants have shot at state berths CLASS AAAAA Upper bracket Upper bracket • Today at Fargo, 6 p.m. Section finals are • Friday at St. Cloud, 8 p.m. Moose Lake-Willow River (11-0) Centennial (10-1) vs. Brainerd (7- vs. Hawley (10-1) 3) • Saturday at Gustavus, 1 p.m. Friday in Austin • Saturday at St. Paul, 6 p.m. Luverne (9-2) vs. Gibbon-Fairfax- Winthrop (8-3) Post-Bulletin staff Eastview (7-3) vs. Cretin-Derham Hall (9-1) Lower bracket AUSTIN — Red Wing’s Abbey Lower bracket • Friday at Rochester • Friday at Griffin Stadium Caledonia (11-0) vs. Waterville- Schnaith set section meet records Lakeville North (9-2) vs. Mounds Elysian-Morristown (10-1) in both of her individual events View (9-2) • Friday at St. Cloud, 5 p.m. in Wednesday’s Section One, Class • Friday at Metrodome Eden Valley-W. (11-0) vs. Pierz (10- A swimming and diving prelimi- Wayzata (9-1) vs. Eden Prairie (10- 1) 0) naries. CLASS A CLASS AAAA Upper bracket The sophomore tied St. Peter’s Upper bracket • Sat. at Gustavus, 10:30 a.m. Kaitlin Kamm for first in the 50 • Friday at Woodbury Adrian (9-2) vs. St. Bernard’s (7- free with a time of 24.15 and was St. Thomas Academy (10-0) vs. 3) first in the 100 free in 53.04. Mahtomedi (10-1) • Saturday at Duluth, noon • Saturday at St. Cloud, 6 p.m. E. Central (10-0) vs. Fosston (11- Seniors Michaela Holm (2:22.11), Bemidji (6-5) vs. Sartell (11-0) 0) Maura Walsh (2:23.94) and Steph Lower bracket Lower bracket Siewert (2:24.46) all advanced to • Friday at Lakeville North • Sat. at Rochester, 3 p.m. Northfield (8-2) vs. Mankato West Blooming Prairie (10-1) vs. New the finals in the individual medley. (10-0) Ulm Cathedral (11-0) Three Wingers also advanced in • Friday at Maple Grove • Saturday at Morris, 6 p.m. Rogers (9-1) vs. Totino-Grace (10- Minneota (11-0) vs. Barnesville the breaststroke: Holm (1:12.97), 0) (11-0) and eighth-graders Ashley CLASS AAA NINE-MAN Thompson (1:13.27) and Maddie Upper bracket Upper bracket Erie (1:15.10). • Friday at Macalester • Thursday at Fargo, 3 p.m. Glencoe-SL (11-0) vs. DeLaSalle And in the 100 backstroke, (11-0) Orr (9-2) vs. Stephen-Argyle (10- Scott Jacobson, [email protected] 1) freshman Sydney Steger (1:03.67) • Saturday at Duluth, 3 p.m. • Friday at Minn.-Morris and Walsh (1:04.97) advanced to Mora (9-2) vs. Pequot Lakes (10- Red Wing’s Ashley Thompson swims the butterfly portion of her individual medley Thursday in Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley (11-0) the championship finals. 1) Austin. The eighth-grader was ninth and just missed advanced to the section finals in this event Lower bracket vs. Verndale (11-0) Numerous other Wingers will but qualified in the breaststroke. • Saturday at Lakeville, 6 p.m. Lower bracket • Friday at Duluth swim in consolation finals Friday. Kasson-Mantorville (11-0) vs. in the top eight in the prelims and There, the top two in each event also qualify by beating standards Waseca (8-3) Cromwell (10-1) vs. Ada-B. (10-0) The 200 medley and 200 and 400 advanced to the championship automatically qualify for next in Friday’s section finals. • Saturday at St. Cloud, 3 p.m. • Saturday at Rochester, noon freestyle relay teams also landed finals Friday, also in Austin. week’s state meet. Swimmers may Minneapolis North (9-2) vs. New Grand Meadow (10-1) vs. Nicollet London-Spicer (11-0) (8-2) 2009-10 GIRLS HOCKEY SEASON PREVIEW

ROCHESTER MAYO Dec. 28-30 ...... at Schwan Cup TBD Jan. 30 ...... at Austin 1 p.m. the Section 1AA tournament. RED WING Head coach: Jeff Phillips, third season. Jan. 7...... at Albert Lea 7:30 p.m. Feb. 1 ...... at New Richmond (Wis.) 7 p.m. Who’s gone from last year’s team: Head coach: Scott Haley, fourth sea- Jan. 12 ...... at Faribault 7:30 p.m. Feb. 4 ...... Faribault (at Graham) 7:30 p.m. Last year’s record: 20-7. Jan. 14...... Rosemount 7:30 p.m. Feb. 6 ...... at Mankato East noon Tara Rasmussen, Sara Olson, Hillary son. Playoffs: Lost in section finals to Jan. 16 ...... Century 7:30 p.m. Stevens and Taryn Wohlfiel. Last year’s record: 18-11-1. Lakeville South. Jan. 19 ...... at Winona 7:30 p.m. Top returners: Kortney Kleber (14 Playoffs: Won Section 1A title and fin- Who’s gone from last year’s team: Jan. 21 ...... at Lakeville South 7:15 p.m. JOHN MARSHALL/LOURDES goals, 15 assists, 29 points), Darby ished third at the Class A state toiurna- Alyssa Weise, Keri Pickel and Melena Nel- Jan. 23 ...... Albert Lea 7:30 p.m. Head coach: Stephen Russell, fourth Dodds (16-8—24), Emily Gunderson (5- ment. son. Jan. 28 ...... Austin 7:30 p.m. season. 16—21), Alyssa Gibson Who’s gone from last year’s team: Jan. 30 ...... at Owatonna 7:30 p.m. Top returners: D Emma Leof (led team Last year’s record: 7-20. (6-10—16), Emily Return the entire team from a year ago. Feb. 4 ...... Mankato West 5:30 p.m. Playoffs: Lost to Lakeville South, which in blocks), F Mary Grace Flesher (top Feb. 6 ...... Park Center 2 p.m. Mundy (1-15—16), Top returners: D Rose Alleva (34 goals, points scorer, team captain), F Anna went on to win the Alaina Pappas (10-2— 28 assists, 62 points, AP all-state, four- section. 12), Rose Johnson (1- Billings (top defensive forward, team cap- ROCHESTER CENTURY time all-conference, Herb Brooks award tain) and D Kelli Anderson (defensive Who’s gone from 10—11), Anna Hunter winner, led state in defensive scoring last Head coach: Dan Maidl, fourth season. points leader, led team in takeaways). last year’s team: Hope (2.2 goals-against aver- year), G Lisa Nibbe (all-conference honor- Other returning letter-winners: Courtney Last year’s record: 1-24. Hoffman, Kelsey Grin- age, .916 saves per- able mention, Class A state all-tournament Schubauer, Katie Playoffs: Lost 2-1 in Section 1AA play- haug, Michaela Antolak centage). team), F Paige Haley (10 goals, 17 Trangsrud, Mackenzie in game to John Mar- and Hannah Sahli. Other returning let- assists, 27 points), F Lydia Wager (14 McCormack, Chloe shall/Lourdes. Top returners: G ter-winners: Madison goals, 10 assists, 24 points), D Elle Billings, Makinzee Who’s gone from Michelle Bonapace- Tibben (5-3—8), Haily Anderson (3 goals, 10 assists, 13 points, Kazek, Olivia Mewhort- last year’s team: Carly Potvin (AP all-state hon- Busch (1-7—8), Court- all-conference honorable mention), D Jack- er, Tessa Rud, Rebec- Waara, Taylor Knapp, orable mention, all-con- ney Quam (3-2—5), Kleber ie Friedrich (3 goals, 2 assists, 5 points, ca Graham and Jamie Alyssa Shubert, Lindsey ference), F Marissa Ashley Lushinsky (2-2— all-conference) and F Nicole Schammel Mills, Megan Skinner Bruesewitz (all-confer- Clay. Bonap.-Potvin 4), Emily Rohlik (1-2—3). (10 goals, 8 assists, 18 points. New players looking and Liz Maidl. ence honorable men- New players looking to make an Other returning letter-winners: Entire tion), F Sarah Arm- to make an impact: Top returners: D impact: Seventh-grader Dana Rasmussen roster lettered last year other than new- strong (all-conference), F Katie Armstrong, Gabby Laures and Sam Sonia Bakke, D Dana is the younger sister of last year’s cap- comers Reagan Haley and Hailee Johnson. Olofson, D Kelly Rosen- F Eleanor Lemish and D Megan Dekutoski Carlson. tain and Dodge County career points New players looking to make an blad, D Jessica (all-conference honorable mention). Team strengths: leader, Tara Rasmussen. Dana will wear impact: Several players from the youth Faunce, F Allie Schulte, Other returning letter-winners: Nicole Team unity, ability to Flesher No. 5, just like her sister. team that made the under-12 state tour- F Rachel Wohlford and Bakke Nelson, Breanna Englund, Sydney Dison, play as a team within Team strengths: Experience. Young nament a year ago. F Rebecca Lorsung. Paige Cook, Hannah Nelson, Laura Fisher the systems. Hard-working team on and team, but most of the sophomores have Team strengths: Other returning letter-winners: Logan and Kelly Beir. off the ice. Experienced. had two or three years of varsity experi- Excellent team speed, Areas needing improvement: Working Knapp, Sultanna White, Rose Wilson, Kait- New players looking to make an ence. Goaltending will be solid. lyn Schotte, Hannah Kautto, Maddie impact: None listed. goaltending, strong hard on conditioning and the basics. Areas needing improvement: Finding an offensive minded D. Coach Phillips’ thoughts: “I am confi- DeBolt, Ali Sahs. Team strengths: Depth at all positions, identity, leadership. Lost top two players New players looking to make an strong in net and on defense. Areas needing dent that we have the perfect roster this from a year ago, defenseman Sara Olson improvement: Better impact: Alyssa Dahl, Emma Rohleder, Elis- Areas needing improvement: Confi- year that will make team building and and forward Tara Rasmussen. communication, making abeth Soderlind. dence, cohesion and skills can always be unity easy, which will help us achieve our Coach Gunderson’s thoughts: “I see a better, quicker deci- Team strengths: Defense. All defensive improved, Russell said. ultimate goal of getting to and being suc- big improvement in the quality of hockey sions as passers and starters are returning from last season. Coach Russell’s thoughts: “The team cessful in the state tournament. I am players and teams in section 1AA this receivers. Areas needing improvement: Condition- shows a lot of promise this year. Many really looking forward to this season. We year. This year’s playoffs should be very Coach Haley’s have a large sophomore class led by our ing. “We don’t have the depth of skaters top players are returning and new players close. We’ll be very young this year, but we had last season. We have 15 skaters will contribute immediately, giving us more thoughts: “We hope to goaltenders Rebecca Graham and Jamie we’re also very experienced. We have have the same level of Alleva Clay. We have a good mix of solid and two goalies this year, so the girls depth than we have had in the past.” some depth, which is nice, and we’ll field will see plenty of ice time,” Maidl said. success as last year. defensemen like Makenzie Kazek and for- ROSTER a JV team for the first time.” The girls worked hard in the offseason Coach Maidl’s thoughts: “I expect this wards like Olivia Mewhorter and MacKen- Seniors — Marissa Bruesewitz, Michelle and appear to be a better team this sea- to be our breakout year. The girls have ROSTER zie McCormack. I have high expectations Bonapace-Potvin. Juniors — Eleanor Lem- worked awfully hard over the summer, Seniors — Alyssa Gibson, Courtney son. The schedule has gotten consider- from them this season. We have three ish, Katie Armstrong, Marissa Bruesewitz, Quam. Juniors — Alaina Pappas, Ashley ably harder. Our success will depend on first-year players this season that have and the improvement has been very evi- dent in practice. I believe ‘hockey sense’ Megan Dekutoski, Sarah Armstrong, Syd- Lushinsky, Rose Johnson. Sophomores — dealing with or growing with higher expec- jumped right in and are working hard — ney Valentine. Sophomores — Andrea Emily Mundy, Kortney Kleber, Emmylou tations of our program.” Nina Arteaga, Allie Durigan and Bethany has started to sink in, and the girls are Dripps, Breanna Englund, Hannah Nelson, Hermanson, Madison Tibben. Freshmen — ROSTER Gibson. We will of course be led by our understanding the game much better than Julie Thelen, Laura Fisher, Nicole Nelson. Camille Born, Anna Hunter, Emily Rohlik, seniors Emma Leof, Anna Billings and they have in the past. The girls are excit- Seniors — Rose Alleva, Jackie Friedrich. Freshmen — Brittany Arthur, Jiana Chez- Mikayla O’Connor. Eighth-graders — Mary Grace Flesher. They bring leadership, ed, as is the coaching staff, to get this Juniors — Quinn McGough, Annie Gorman, season under way.” ick, Kelly Bier, Sydney Dison. Eighth-grad- Samantha McElmury, Darby Dodds, Emily a great work ethic and talent to our team Taylor Burke. Sophomores — Cori Fair- er — Mia Bruesewitz. Gunderson, Hailey Busch, Eryn Larsen. banks, Elle Anderson, Deanna Schmitz, that is invaluable. All three have con- ROSTER tributed to and been dedicated to the SCHEDULE Seventh-graders — Madison Edgar, Dana Maddie Olin, Lisa Nibbe. Freshmen — Seniors — Logan Knapp, Rose Wilson, Home games at Recreation Center Rasmussen, Brieanna Westrom, Shelby Lydia Wagner, Maddie Flack, Paige Haley. success of this team since they were Kelly Rosenblad, Sonia Bakke, Dana Olof- Nov. 14 ...... Austin 5:30 p.m. freshmen. They will help lead this years Kiltinen, Brianna Knutson, Sarah Under- Eighth-graders — Emily Stegora, Hailee son, Sultanna White. Juniors — Alison Nov. 17 ...... Faribault 5:30 p.m. wood, Abbigail Andrashie. Johnson, Nicole Schammel. Seventh-grader team toward our goals of winning the Nov. 19...... at Century 8 p.m. Schulte, Emma Rohleder, Rachel Wohlford, — Reagan Haley. conference and the sections.” Kaitlyn Schotte. Sophomores — Alyssa Nov. 24 ...... Mankato West 7:30 p.m. SCHEDULE Dahl, Jessica Faunce, Hannah Kautto. Nov. 28 ...... at Highland Park 5:30 p.m. Home games at Four Seasons Arena SCHEDULE ROSTER Dec. 1 ...... Farmington 5:30 p.m. Freshmen — Rebecca Lorsung, Elisabeth Nov. 19 ...... at St. Paul United 7:30 p.m. Home games at Prairie Island Arena Seniors — Mary Grace Flesher, Anna Dec. 3 ...... at Winona 7:30 p.m. Nov. 17 ...... at Hastings 7:30 p.m. Soderlind, Ali Sahs, Madeline DeBolt. Nov. 21 ...... Worthington 1 p.m. Billings, Emma Leof. Juniors — Courtney Dec. 8...... Mayo 7:30 p.m. Nov. 24...... at Prior Lake 7 p.m. Nov. 19...... at S. St. Paul 7:30 p.m. Dec. 12...... at Dodge County 6 p.m. Schubauer, Kelli Anderson, Katie SCHEDULE Nov. 27...... at Robb. Armstrong 3 p.m. Nov. 24...... Farmington 7 p.m. Dec. 15 ...... at Owatonna 5:30 p.m. Nov. 28 ...... at Holy Angels 2:30 p.m. Trangsrud. Sophomores — Chloe Billings, Home games at Recreation Center unless noted Dec. 1 ...... at SPLSH 7 p.m. Dec. 17 ...... at Mankato West 5:30 p.m. Dec. 1 ...... at Hutchinson 6 p.m. Jamie Clay, Sam Carlson, Olivia Mewhort- Nov. 17 ...... Waseca (at Graham) 8 p.m. Dec. 5 ...... Luverne 3 p.m. Dec. 28-30 ...... at Sertoma Shootout TBD Dec. 8 ...... at Shakopee 7 p.m. er, Makinzee Kazeck, Mackenzie McCorma- Nov. 19 ...... JM/Lourdes 8 p.m. Dec. 8 ...... at Century 5:30 p.m. Jan. 5 ...... Albert Lea 5:30 p.m. Dec. 11...... at Dodge County 7:30 p.m. ck, Rebecca Graham, Gabrielle Laures, Nov. 24 ...... at Winona 7:30 p.m. Dec. 11 ...... Red Wing 7:30 p.m. Jan. 7...... Owatonna 5:30 p.m. Dec. 15...... Holy Angels 7 p.m. Kayle Fjelsted, Arteaga Nina. Freshmen — Nov. 27...... at TBD (in Blaine) 6 p.m. Jan. 8 ...... at River Falls Gold 7 p.m. Dec. 12 ...... JM/Lourdes 6 p.m. Nov. 28...... at TBD (in Blaine) 6 p.m. Dec. 17...... Minneapolis 7 p.m. Tessa Rud, Durigan Allie. Eighth-grader — Jan. 15 ...... at Faribault 7:30 p.m. Dec. 15 ...... Robb. Armstrong 7:30 p.m. Dec. 19...... Albert Lea 2 p.m. Dec. 3 ....Mankato East (at Graham) 7:30 p.m. Jan. 19 ...... Mankato East 5:30 p.m. Dec. 19 ...... at Fairmont 1 p.m. Bethany Gibson. Dec. 5 ...... at Mankato West 4:30 p.m. Dec. 22 ...... Minnehaha 6 p.m. Jan. 22 ...... at Austin 7:30 p.m. Dec. 21 ...... at Northfield 7:30 p.m. Dec. 28-30 ...... Schwans Cup TBD SCHEDULE Dec. 8 ...... Dodge County 5:30 p.m. Jan. 23 ...... Century noon Dec. 28-30 ...... Sertoma Shootout TBD Dec. 10 ...... at Albert Lea 7:30 p.m. Jan. 5 ...... at New Prague 7 p.m. Home games at Graham Arena Jan. 30 ...... Dodge County 1 p.m. Jan. 5 ...... Austin 7:30 p.m. Dec. 17 ...... at Farmington 7:15 p.m. Jan. 7...... Northfield 7 p.m. Nov. 17 ...... Owatonna 5:30 p.m. Feb. 1 ...... Winona 5:30 p.m. Jan. 7 ...... Waseca 7 p.m. Nov. 19 ...... at Lakeville North 7:30 p.m. Dec. 19 ...... Austin 1 p.m. Jan. 9...... Woodbury 3 p.m. Feb. 4 ...... at Albert Lea 7:30 p.m. Jan. 9 ...... Robb. Cooper 3 p.m. Nov. 27-28 ...... at Proctor Invite TBD Dec. 28-30 ...... at Sertoma Shootout TBD Jan. 12 ...... Prior Lake 7 p.m. Jan. 12 ...... Century 7 p.m. Dec. 1 ...... at Mankato West 7 p.m. Jan. 7 ...... Winona 7:30 p.m. DODGE COUNTY Jan. 15 ...... at Farmington 7:15 p.m. Dec. 3 ...... Faribault 5:30 p.m. Jan. 12 ...... at Dodge County 7 p.m. Jan. 14 ...... SPLSH 7 p.m. Jan. 19...... Hutchinson 6 p.m. Head coach: Jeremy Gunderson, fourth Jan. 16 ...... Fairmont 5 p.m. Jan. 21...... Shakopee 7 p.m. Dec. 8 ...... at JM/Lourdes 7:30 p.m. Jan. 16...... at Mayo 7:30 p.m. season. Dec. 15 ...... Eagan 7:30 p.m. Jan. 19 ...... Albert Lea 7:30 p.m. Jan. 19...... Owatonna 7 p.m. Jan. 23 ...... at Faribault 2 p.m. Dec. 17 ...... Mankato East 7:30 p.m. Jan. 22 ...... Mankato West 5:30 p.m. Last year’s record: 18-8. Jan. 26 ...... at Waseca 7 p.m. Jan. 29 ...... New Prague 7 p.m. Dec. 19...... at Chaska 2:15 p.m. Jan. 23...... at JM/Lourdes noon Playoffs: Lost to Lakeville North 1-0 in Jan. 30...... at JM/Lourdes 7:30 p.m. Feb. 1 ...... Northfield 7:30 p.m. Dec. 22 ...... at Farmington 7:15 p.m. Jan. 28 ...... at Owatonna 7 p.m. double-overtime in the opening round of Feb. 6 ...... New Ulm 7 p.m. Feb. 4 ...... Prior Lake 7 p.m. •••••••• ✩ Comments? Sports editor Craig Swalboski, 285-7721, [email protected] POST-BULLETIN / www.postbulletin.com Monday, November 16, 2009 D3 Sports Local Sports

WOMEN’S / GOPHERS 84, LAMAR 45 GIRLS HOCKEY / JOHN MARSHALL/LOURDES Buford, Ohm give Gophers easy win momentum, I think it's easy to best is yet come. She did miss By Myron P. Medcalf T A GLANCE score,” Buford said. “I just try five shots. So she still has a long McClatchy News Service A to come and play with energy. I way to go.” MINNEAPOLIS — In her first What happened: did have six turnovers, so I'll try Buford's teammates said year with the Minnesota Minnesota, behind to work on that. I feel like there's they're confident that her early- women's basketball team, Kiara sophomore Kiara Buford, got always things to work on.” season success is no fluke. Buford gave the Gophers every off to a 1-0 start to the The Gophers lost last year's The Gophers held Lamar, indication that she's the future regular season with an 84-45 leading scorer, Emily Fox, to which had the Southland's of the program. rout of Lamar on Sunday. graduation. second-best field goal per- The future, however, sounds What’s next: The Gophers But Buford's already doing centage last season, to 22.4 per- so far away. Buford is ready plenty to fill that void. Through play at Utah on Tuesday. cent shooting from the field and now. two exhibitions and one offi- a 3-for-28 mark from beyond the The sophomore guard regis- cial game, she's the team's arc. Minnesota also forced 20 went 3-for-5 from the three-point tered a double-double, the first leading scorer and its best line. turnovers on their way to a 39- of her career, in Minnesota's three-point shooter. point margin of victory. Scott Jacobson, [email protected] Buford credited her team- 84-45 victory over Lamar on mates for snatching the And head coach Pam Borton Senior co-captain and Elgin JM/Lourdes goaltender Michelle Bonapace-Potvin uses Sunday at Williams Arena. momentum early. As an indi- said she's certain that the native Katie Ohm fell one the stick to clear a puck out of the crease during the Buford scored 10 of her game- vidual, however, she talked former St. Paul Central rebound short of her own team’s 5-2 win over Austin Saturday at the Rec Center. high 23 points during a 20-0 run about eliminating her ballhan- standout will continue to grow. double-double with a 13-point, at the start of the game against dling problems, referencing her “Anything that she does out nine-rebound game. Ellis-Milan Lamar, one of the Southland six turnovers — the team had there on the court, I don't think became the 19th member of the Conference's best. She also 21 — instead of boasting about anybody's surprised,” Borton program's 1,000-point club on JM/Lourdes handles grabbed 11 rebounds, hit all the things she did well. said. “I think she's a tip in the a putback in the first half. She four of her free throws and “When we have the iceberg right now. I think the scored 11 points.\ Austin in opener By Pat Ruff Marissa Bruesewitz finished PRO HOCKEY / HURRICANES 5, WILD 4, SHOOTOUT ULTIMATE FIGHTING [email protected] with three goals for the Rochester John Rockets. She notched two in Marshall/Lourdes got off to a the first period, then one in Lesnar is winning start Saturday, the third. downing Austin 5-2 in girls Sarah Armstrong scored Awful loss for Wild seriously ill hockey at the Rochester twice for JM/Lourdes. Megan Recreation Center. Dekutoski had two assists. Wire services Associated Press JM/Lourdes scored three JM/Lourdes outshot Austin RALEIGH, N.C. — You’ve got MINNEAPOLIS — UFC 33-25. champion Brock goals in the first period, then to hand it to Carolina’s one each in the second and In goal for the Rockets was “Caniacs.” Lesnar is still sick, the third. Michelle Bonapace-Potvin. Given nothing to cheer about weeks after all season, the diehards still w i t h - arrived early on a beautiful drawing Sunday afternoon for some COLLEGE BASKETBALL / WOMEN from his NHL-style tailgating unique to title defense Carolina Hurricanes fans. match. One fanatic, probably aware RCTC’s 37-game U F C the road-weak president was the opponent, even waved Dana White a sign: “The winning streak confirmed winning string ends starts today.” Lesnar to The Asso- As the “Caniac” forecasted a By Pat Ruff the field, hitting just 36 per- ciated Press on Sunday that cent of its shots. It also was few hours before a 5-4 shootout Lesnar is in “rough shape.” A [email protected] victory, the Hurricanes were outscored 13-4 from the free- report on Canadian sports MADISON — For the first throw line. jumping for joy like they had network TSN’s Web site says time in 37 games, the won the 2006 Stanley Cup all Lesnar collapsed in Canada. Rochester Community and “We settled for outside over again. shots, not getting it inside as White says he can’t divulge Technical College women’s The Hurricanes were one much as we should have,” Associated Press details about what’s wrong basketball team didn’t come loss away from breaking the RCTC coach Steve Hucke said. with the 32-year-old native of away a winner. “Madison was more aggressive Hartford/Carolina 30-year fran- Carolina Hurricanes goalie Michael Leighton turns away an South Dakota, who wrestled chise-record winless streak of The Yellowjackets, national than we were.” attempt by the Minnesota Wild's Mikko Koivu during a for the University of Min- champions last year and 14 games. But in an epic battle shootout Sunday in Raleigh, N.C. nesota. But White says RCTC was led by Maria of last-place teams from each ranked No. 1 in the country, Gangelhoff with 22 points. Lesnar illness is serious and fell 69-54 to No. 2-ranked conference, the Wild couldn’t Koivu NG, Zidlicky NG), Carolina 1 (Ruutu ‘U’ women win narrowly that he’ll be out for a while. Nikki Borkhuis had 12 points complete a comeback from NG, Jokinen G, Cullen NG). Madison Area Technical Col- and Whitney Fick had six Shots on Goal — Minnesota 6-17-5-4 — MANKATO — Anne Schleper Lesnar announced in three goals down sparked by 32. Carolina 10-14-7-4 — 35. lege in the championship of points and 10 rebounds. and Noora Raty aided the No. October he was withdrawing two improbable goal scorers. Goalies — Minnesota, Backstrom. Caroli- Madison’s four-team tourna- The Yellowjackets play at na, Leighton. A — 12,194 (18,680). T — 3 from his upcoming title With the Wild looking help- 2:40. ment Saturday. North Iowa Area Community women’s hockey team to a 1-1 defense match due to an less, Robbie Earl and John unspecified illness. That RCTC (2-1) struggled from College at 6 p.m. Wednesday. Scott scored their first NHL Wolves lose 10th straight come-from-behind tie and a shootout win over Minnesota match, originally scheduled goals 20 seconds apart in the MEMPHIS — So where will for Nov. 21, was pushed back second period. Earl scored it end? State University, Mankato, Sunday. to January. But TSN reports COLLEGE BASKETBALL / MEN again early in the third, but in The Minnesota Timberwolves the fight has been postponed the end, the Wild allowed the lost their 10th consecutive game Schleper scored a power-play again. Hurricanes to taste sweet vic- Saturday night, a 97-87 decision goal at 11:31 of the third period, Messages left with Lesnar’s Yellowjackets’ defense tory for the first time since Oct. to a Memphis team that, just forcing the overtime period. manager and agent were not 9. like them, had only won once Minnesota is 9-2-1 overall and immediately returned “Imagine what kind of con- in its first nine games. 7-2-1 in the WCHA. Sunday. outstanding in victory versation we’d be having now Playing without Al Jefferson By Pat Ruff points. after a 4-1 lead if we lost that and Kevin Love for the second game,” Hurricanes coach Paul consecutive night, the Wolves [email protected] But it wasn’t RCTC’s offense that Yellowjackets coach Brian Maurice said. now are three more consecu- The next 3 games MADISON — Rochester Jussi Jokinen scored the lone tive losses away from the fran- Community and Technical Col- LaPlante was left smiling Next about. shootout goal against his good chise’s all-time worst start, a 3 for Minnesota teams lege played outstanding friend and former Karpat Oulu 1-13 beginning to the 1994-95 defense Saturday, and it led “Any time you can hold a teammate, Niklas Backstrom. season that delivered a fifth VIKINGS FOOTBALL it to an easy 63-45 men’s bas- team to 45 points at the col- lege level, you’ve done a really Skating all summer with Back- overall pick named Kevin Gar- Sunday: Nov. 29: Dec. 6: ketball win over Madison Area nett the next summer. good job,” LaPlante said. strom, Jokinen figured Back- Seattle, , at Arizona, Technical College. strom would assume he’d Two seasons ago, the Wolves RCTC also got 10 points and noon 3:15 p.m. 3:15 attempt his signature blocker- also started 1-10, in their first It came in the championship seven rebounds from side whizzer. But Jokinen month without Garnett. (Fox) (Fox) (Fox) game of the four-team MATC Demetrius Williams, 10 points tournament. instead roofed a backhander This time, they trailed by as WILD HOCKEY from Aubrey Rhodes, and for his 25th shootout goal, the many as 14 points and lost by Wednesday: Friday: Nov. 25: RCTC held Madison to just eight points and eight most in NHL history. 23 percent shooting. The Yel- rebounds from Kavon Martin. 10 to a Memphis team with only Phoenix, N.Y. Islanders, Boston, Mikko Koivu, Antti Miettinen one previous victory. lowjackets made 42 percent 7 p.m. (KSTC, 7 p.m. (KSTC, 7 p.m. (KSTC, RCTC is 3-0 and play at and Marek Zidlicky all missed GRIZZLIES 97, WOL VES 87 of their field goals and were North Iowa Area Community Charter 980) Charter 980) Charter 980) in the shootout as the Wild, MINNESOTA (87) led by Brandon Milde with 14 College on Wednesday. Gomes 7-11 0-0 15, Jawai 1-1 0-0 2, which gave up three power-play Hollins 7-9 1-1 15, Flynn 5-14 0-0 10, Brew- TIMBER WOL VES BASKETBALL goals, closed its disappointing er 7-19 2-2 16, Pecherov 4-8 0-0 8, Ses- road trip (1-1-2). sions 5-8 3-6 13, Cardinal 1-3 0-0 2, Pavlovic Wednesday: Saturday: Nov. 23: 3-9 0-0 6, Ellington 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 40- STATE FOOTBALL QUARTERFINALS With the afternoon start, the 83 6-9 87. Houston, at Portland, at L.A. Clippers, MEMPHIS (97) Wild wasn’t afforded a morning 7 p.m. 9 p.m. (KSTC, 9:30 p.m. • Saturday at Griffin Stadium, 6 p.m. Gay 7-17 5-6 19, Randolph 2-9 4-4 8, CLASS A SUMMAR Y skate after scrapping practice Gasol 8-8 1-1 17, Conley 4-8 2-2 10, Mayo (FSN) Charter 980) BLOOMING PRAIRIE 21, NUC 8 Cretin-Derham Hall 27, Eastview 24 Saturday to re-energize. Next 7-14 3-5 19, Young 7-11 1-1 15, Carroll 3- Blooming Prairie...... 14 7 0 0 — 21 • Friday at Griffin Stadium 7 0-0 6, Williams 1-5 1-1 3, Hunter 0-1 0- ICE HA WKS HOCKEY New Ulm Cathedral ..0 0 0 8 — 8 Mounds View 21, Lakeville North 17 day game, coach Todd Richards 0 0. Totals 39-80 17-20 97. FIRST QUARTER • Friday at Metrodome should awake the players Minnesota ...... 23 22 18 24 — 87 Nov. 27: Nov. 28: Nov. 29: BP — Cooper Nelson 25 pass from Luc Eden Prairie 7, Wayzata 3 around 4 a.m. to get one in. Memphis ...... 25 20 23 29 — 97 Zellmer (Aaron Niles kick), 8:15. CLASS AAAA 3-Point Goals — Minnesota 1-15 (Gomes Crusaders at Owls at Lumberjacks, Drive: 10 plays, 57 yards, 3:37 elapsed • Friday at Woodbury “You have a first period like 1-3, Cardinal 0-1, Brewer 0-1, Ellington 0-1, 7:05 p.m., 7:30 p.m. 4:30 p.m. time. Key play: Justen Ingvalson 2 run on St. Thomas Academy 20, Mahtomedi 15 this, that’s something that just Sessions 0-1, Pavlovic 0-2, Pecherov 0-3, 4th-and-1 moved ball to NUC 36. • Saturday at St. Cloud State, 6 p.m. BP — Ingvalson 8 pass from Zellmer Flynn 0-3), Memphis 2-14 (Mayo 2-4, Young B2 Networks Sartell 27, Bemidji 6 can’t happen,” Richards said. (Niles kick), 0:48. 0-1, Williams 0-3, Conley 0-3, Gay 0-3). • Friday at Lakeville North “We’re 20 games in now. A Fouled Out — Gasol. Rebounds — Min- GOPHERS FOOTBALL Drive: 7 plays, 46 yards, 2:12. Key play: nesota 42 (Hollins 8), Memphis 48 (Gasol Nelson 30 pass from Zellmer moved ball Mankato West 31, Northfield 20 fourth of the season is over 16). Assists — Minnesota 19 (Sessions 8), Saturday: TBD: to NUC 4. • Friday at Maple Grove with.” Memphis 20 (Conley 7). Total Fouls — Min- at Iowa, Possible bowl SECOND QUARTER Totino-Grace 56, Rogers 14 The Wild sleepwalked nesota 22, Memphis 18. Technicals — Min- BP — Ingvalson 75 punt return (Niles CLASS AAA nesota defensive three second. A — 10,019 11 a.m. game, time and kick), 11:30. • Friday at Macalester through the first. The players (18,119). (ESPN or ESPN2) date TBD FOURTH QUARTER Glencoe-Silver Lake 6, De La Salle 3, OT didn’t win a battle. Almost NUC — Brandon Berg 85 fumble recov- • Saturday at Duluth PSS, 3 p.m. every piece of contact ended Bemidji beats Gophers ery return (Ross Grathwohl pass from Kevin Mora 31, Pequot Lakes 14 GOPHERS MEN’S HOCKEY Larson), 1:04. • Saturday at Lakeville North, 6 p.m. with the Hurricanes skating MINNEAPOLIS — Bemidji BP NUC Friday: Saturday: Nov. 27: Kasson-Mantorville 46, Waseca 14 away with the puck. The Wild State doesn’t join the Western First downs 17 9 • Saturday at St. Cloud State, 3 p.m. Minn.-Duluth, Minn.-Duluth, at Michigan, Total Net Yards ...... 309 176 New London-Spicer 28, Mpls. North 8 took lazy penalties, went the Collegiate Hockey Association Rushes-yards...... 39-153 30-111 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 6:30 p.m. CLASS AA first seven minutes without a until next season, but the Passing ...... 156 65 • Thursday at Fargo Dome, 6 p.m. Comp-Att-Int ...... 13-25-3 7-25-1 shot and had only one scoring Beavers arrived on Sunday. (FSN) (FSN) (FSN) Moose Lake-Willow River 41, Hawley 35, Punts ...... 3-31.0 4-29.7 OT chance — Koivu hit the post. Fumbles-Lost ...... 2-1 4-2 Bemidji State scored three • Saturday at Gustavus, 1 p.m. GOPHERS WOMEN’S HOCKEY Penalties-Yards ...... 8-65 1-12 But with the Wild trailing 4- goals in a span of 1:26 of the Luverne 27, Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop 0 Friday Saturday: Nov. 27: INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS 1, Earl, playing his second game third period and coasted to a RUSHING — Blooming Prairie , Aaron • Friday at Rochester Regional Stadium with the Wild, and Scott, a last- 6-2 men’s hockey win over the Bemidji, Bemidji, Clarkson, Niles 22 carries for 115 yards, Gabe Kartes Waterville-Elysian-Morristown 20, Caledonia second fill-in at forward 4-18, Luc Zellmer 11-16, Justen Ingvalson 13 Minnesota Gophers. It was the 6:07 p.m. 6:07 p.m. 7:07 p.m. 2-6. New Ulm Cathedral , Michael Glawe • Friday at St. Cloud State, 5 p.m. because Benoit Pouliot has a first win ever by the Beavers 10-44, Nick Simon 3-43, Greg Genelin 7- Eden Valley-Watkins 41, Pierz 7 hand injury, scored to cut the (8-1-1) over the WCHA’s Gophers 42, Frank Johnson 6-14, Colin Wendinger CLASS A deficit to one. 1(-6), Kevin Larson 3-(-26). • Saturday at Gustavus, 10:30 am after seven straight losses, GOPHERS MEN’S BASKET ALL PASSING — Blooming Prairie , Luc Zellmer Adrian 27, St. Bernard’s 21, OT HURRICANES 5, WILD 4, SO including Saturday’s 4-1 setback 13 completions, 25 attempts, 156 yards, • Saturday at Duluth PSS, noon Minnesota ...... 0 3 1 0 — 4 Today : Thursday: Nov. 26: 2 touchdowns, 3 . New Ulm at Mariucci Arena. Fosston 49, East Central 7 Carolina ...... 2 2 0 0 — 5 Steph. F. Austin, Utah Valley, Butler (at Ana- Cathedral , Kevin Larson 7-24-65-0-1, Kyle • Saturday at Rochester Fischer 0-1-0-0-0. Carolina won shootout 1-0 Blooming Prairie 21, New Ulm Cathedral 8 Bemidji State put just 19 7 p.m. 7 p.m. heim), 7:30 RECEIVING — Blooming Prairie , Cooper First Period — 1, Carolina, Jokinen 4 • Saturday at Minn.-Morris, 6 p.m. (Ruutu, Cullen), 2:45. 2, Carolina, Corvo 3 shots on Alex Kangas (7 saves) Nelson 4 receptions for 72 yards, 1 TD, (No TV) (Big Ten Ntwk.) p.m. (ESPN2) Minneota 45, Barnesville 17 (Rodney, Whitney), 17:49 (pp). Justen Ingvalson 4-35, 1 TD, Aaron Niles and Kent Patterson (6 saves). NINE-MAN Second Period — 3, Carolina, Whitney 6 GOPHERS WOMEN’S BASKET ALL 2-16, Gabe Kartes 1-12, Luke Hueman 1- (Sutter, Corvo), 4:59 (pp). 4, Minnesota, Miet- Patterson played the second 6, Josh Gwilt 1-5. New Ulm Cathedral , • Thursday at Fargo Dome, 3 p.m. tinen 2 (Burns, Brunette), 8:43. 5, Caroli- period for the Gophers. Tuesday : Saturday: Sunday: Colin Wendinger 1-26, Ross Grathwohl 1- Stephen-Argyle 45, Orr 16 18, Frank Johnson 3-12, Nick Simon 1-8, na, Sutter 4 (Whitney), 10:08 (pp). 6, Min- at Utah, • Friday at Minn.-Morris nesota, Earl 1 (Koivu), 13:46. 7, Minnesota, Minnesota equaled its season Illinois-Chicago, Colorado, Andy Macho 1-1. Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley 46, Verndale 8 Scott 1 (Johnsson, Nolan), 14:06. total of power-play goals on Sat- 8 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m. OTHER SCORES • Friday at Duluth PSS Third Period — 8, Minnesota, Earl 2, 2:21. urday, getting two in a 4-1 win CLASS AAAAA Ada-Borup 38, Cromwell 14 Overtime — None. • Friday at St. Cloud State, 8 p.m. • Saturday at Rochester Shootout — ••••••••Minnesota 0 (Miettinen NG, over Bemidji. Brainerd 34, Centennial 28 Nicollet 35, Grand Meadow 28 C youth athletics SportsWednesday, November 18, 2009

GIRLS HOCKEY / ROCHESTER ROUNDUP Rochester teams 1-for-3 for night By Jason Feldman and Guy N. Limbeck [email protected] AT A GLANCE Rochester Mayo finished strong, overcoming a 3-1 deficit with four What happened: Mayo won goals in the last 14 minutes of the its season opener and Century game to beat Owatonna 5-3 in Big lost its debut in high school girls Nine Conference girls hockey hockey Tuesday night. John Mar- Tuesday at Graham Arena. shall/Lourdes — which won its Mayo, which hasn’t lost to Owa- season opener Saturday against tonna since December 2003, got Austin — lost in its second game goals from MacKenzie McCormack of the season. and Emma Leof to tie the game at 3-3 with 10:06 left in the game. What’s next: Century and JM/ Lourdes square off Thursday at Mary Grace Flesher scored the 8 p.m. Mayo plays at Lakeville game-winner and an insurance goal in the final three minutes of the North the same night. game. WASECA 10, CENTURY 2 Mayo put 38 shots on Owatonna goalie Keshia Reuvers. Panthers drop opener Century opened its girls hockey It was the season opener for both season with an eight-goal loss to teams. Waseca on Tuesday at home. Dana Sopkowiak had three goals FARIBAULT 5, JM/LOURDES 2 and one assist for Waseca while Panthers drop opener defenseman Alicia Knoll had two Rochester John Marshall/Lourdes goals and an assist. Waseca held a held its own against Faribault at 19-11 advantage in shots. the Rochester Recreation Center “The girls had a real good scrim- on Tuesday, but the Falcons had too mage week ago, but they found out a much offense for JM/L to handle in real game is a lot different,” Century Scott Jacobson, [email protected] a 5-2 victory. coach Dan Maidl said. Mayo’s Courtney Schubauer gets in tight for a shot on Owatonna goaltender Keshia Reuvers and then charges Rebecca Lorsung and Allie Schulte Marissa Bruesewitz scored an the rebound during second period action Tuesday. scored goals for Century, both unas- unassisted goal for JM/Lourdes, sisted. Senior goalie Sultanna White while Megan Berglund either scored shots on goal. their scoring opportunities and we controlling the play and generating had nine saves. or assisted on all five goals for Farib- “Faribault was a good challenge came close on many occasions. The scoring opportunities as much as ault. The Panthers (0-1) will face John for us,” JM/Lourdes coach Steve Rus- team has come a long way in just they have been.” Marshall/Lourdes on Thursday at the Faribault held a 24-19 edge in sell said. “They made the most of two games and it is great to see them Rec Center at 7:30 p.m.

PRO FOOTBALL / VIKINGS VS. SEAHAWKS Minnesotan excels as Seattle’s By Chip Scoggins gets, Carlson no doubt wants games at Notre Dame and McClatchy News Services T A GLANCE to have a big game Sunday developed into one of college As a senior at Notre Dame, A when the Seahawks play the football’s top tight ends. The John Carlson earned an $18,000 The story line: John Carlson Vikings at the Metrodome. The Seahawks rated Carlson as their postgraduate scholarship as former two-sport Litchfield top tight end prospect last year helped Litchfield win three star is expected to have a large and were willing to trade their one of 15 national finalists for straight state championships the prestigious Draddy Award, cheering section at his home- third-round pick to Baltimore to which recognizes athletic and in boys basketball, then went coming. The Vikings sold more move from No. 55 in the second academic achievement. on to play football at Notre than 260 tickets to the game round to No. 38 to draft him. Dame before going to the NFL through Litchfield High School. The Litchfield, Minn., native Carlson described it as a That naturally brought big is proud of the honor, but in Seattle after being a 2008 “business trip,” but admits he’s expectations. admits he won’t mind if he ulti- second-round draft pick. excited to have dinner with mately doesn’t use the money. “It’s tough making that jump What’s next: Carlson and family members on Saturday from college to the professional “I’d like to keep playing foot- his Seahawks play the Vikings and meet his 3-month-old niece, level, and there was a certain ball as long as I can,” he said, Elise, for the first time. Sunday at the Metrodome. amount of doubt going into it,” laughing. “Growing up and going to Carlson said. “I didn’t know That shouldn’t be a problem, school in Litchfield, a small how things would work exactly. in a season. judging by the start to his NFL town, I always felt like I was Just being able to compete and career. Carlson set several “We think he’s a really good supported well,” he said. play in every game and make it Seattle Seahawks receiving player, and we want to get him Carlson never made it to state through the season and make records as a rookie last season the ball every week,” Seattle in football, but he helped Litch- some plays was good for my and has established himself as coach Jim Mora said. “We’re field win three state champion- confidence. It showed me that I one of the league’s top young in his first year and a half in ships in basketball. He even could do it. But it also showed tight ends. the league now and he’s been considered attending St. Cloud me that I have a long ways to go, A second-round draft pick, a dependable tight end. He’s State in order to play basket- and I still do.” Carlson established team going to develop as time goes by ball with older brother Alex, a The Seahawks really had no records for tight ends in recep- into a really good tight end in standout guard for the Huskies. choice but to rely on Carlson tions (55) and receiving yards this league.” Carlson ultimately picked as a rookie because injuries (627), and he also tied the record Notre Dame and hung up his At 6-5 and 250 pounds (he decimated their receiving corps. for touchdown catches (five). basketball shoes. Associated Press hasn’t grown an inch since he He basically was the last guy He became only the fourth was a freshman in high school), “I’m pretty sure I never would standing. Seattle tight end John Carlson, right, runs in for rookie tight end in NFL his- Carlson is a big, athletic target have made the NBA,” he said. a touchdown in a game in September against St. tory to lead his team in catches, and already one of “Pretty positive about that.” “I was fortunate in that I man- Louis. Carlson is a native of Litchfield, Minn. receiving yards and touchdowns Matt Hasselbeck’s favorite tar- Carlson started 31 career aged to stay healthy,” he said.

Belichick’s decision is interesting to study Up next in... PRESSBOX VIEW • CRAIG SWALBOSKI We’re accustomed to seeing a lot of [email protected] number-crunching in with left- vs.-right batting averages, pitcher-vs.- hitter matchups, on and on. Sports I had another according to a lot of number-crunching I know football is studied into smith- column topic planned, bloggers and online commenters; ereens by coaches and players going but the events of Belichick didn’t mention odds or per- over video. It’s highly complex and far Sunday night — and centages in his next-day comments, more scientific than it used to be. Thursday the reactions and dis- saying little more than “I thought it was But at its heart, football is about emo- cussions they have prompted — have our best chance to win.” Let’s go bowling tion, inspiration and gut feelings. How been fascinating to me, so let’s take a In short, the probability argument in often do you hear about great dugout The RCTC football team look. favor of Belichick’s decision goes like speeches by baseball managers? will be playing in the What happened: New England was this: The Patriots have been successful I’m guessing Belichick did some of North Star Bowl this leading undefeated Indianapolis by six on 66 percent of third- or fourth-and-2 his own probability weighing and con- points and had the ball, fourth-and-2 situations the last 2 1/2 seasons, and it’s cluded his team was more likely to win weekend. We’ll look from its own 28-yard line with 2 min- a near certainty that making the first by going for it than by punting. Based on ahead at the big game. utes, 8 seconds remaining. down would have cinched the win. his own assessment and, yes, feelings. Instead of employing conventional On the other hand, what were the Speaking of feelings, how do you strategy and punting, the Patriots’ head percentages regarding Indy scoring a think the Patriots defensive unit felt coach, Bill Belichick, had his team touchdown from either the 28-yard line about the lack of confidence implicit Friday go for it. A pass play ended up a yard or (after a punt) perhaps 68 yards? in Belichick’s decision? ESPN analyst short. Quarterback Peyton Manning Those are estimates, but Chase and former New England Dome dreams drove the Colts 29 yards to a touchdown Stewart on pro-football-reference.com said Tuesday the Pats Kasson-Mantorville and with 13 seconds left, not enough time postulates that the Colts would have a defenders “should be upset about it. Blooming Prairie are for the Pats to counter. 40 percent chance of scoring a touch- You want to be the one to win the game. As I watched the situation unfold, down from 68 yards, based on league You feel emotional …. That’s the atti- playing in the state foot- I was amazed. It struck me as a bold and Colts statistics and adjusting for tude of a winning defensive player.” ball tournament. We’ll move, which I especially applaud in a game factors (such as time remaining, The whole thing would have been an preview the big games where teams time-outs, home field). interesting footnote to the game had, seem quick to imitate successful tactics Even if you think the 28-yard drive on the fourth-down pass, Kevin Faulk of others. had a 90 percent chance of succeeding, caught the ball cleanly and gotten the Bold and unwise. he says going for it on fourth down officials’ ball spot for a first down. Or, Saturday Whereas Belichick seemed to be would yield a higher probability of vic- if the Pats had not wasted two earlier concluding that if his team couldn’t tory than punting unless the 68-yard time-outs, they could have challenged Tennis, anyone? gain 2 yards on this key play they didn’t drive had a success likelihood of less the spot and maybe made the first down. We’ll take a look ahead But not nearly as interesting as it deserve to win, I was thinking that if the than 36 percent. at the Eric Butorac Patriots couldn’t keep Indy out of the The numbers kind of numb the mind, turned out. end zone from 60 or 70 yards away (with but the bottom line is that STATIS- Craig Swalboski, sports editor for the Tennis Challenge, a two minutes left and only one time-out TICALLY it wasn’t as much of a no- Post-Bulletin, tries to give readers a per- first-time event that will remaining), they didn’t deserve to win. brainer as I thought while watching it spective they can’t get elsewhere in his be held in December. Turns out Belichick was simply going happen. “view from the press box.” He can be con- with the higher probability. At least But … tacted at [email protected]. •••••••• Chase for the Cup hits D motorsports finale. D4 SportsFriday, November 20, 2009

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL / CLASS AAA STATE SEMIFINALS Just ‘goofy’ enough to pull it off By Pat Ruff [email protected] AT A GLANCE Do they have enough speed? Yes. Enough size and strength? What’s happening: Kasson- Yes. Enough offensive diversity Mantorville plays New London- and weapons? Yes. Enough veteran Spicer in the Class AAA state leadership? Yes. football semifinals at 3:15 p.m. Have they had enough competi- Saturday at the Metrodome. tion through the year? Also yes. Both teams are unbeaten. Indeed, the Kasson-Mantorville What’s next: The winner earns football team seems to be in an ideal place as it readies itself for a spot in the Prep Bowl, to be the semifinals of th Class AAA played Nov. 28 at the Metro- state football tournament. The No. dome. Three-time state defend- 4-ranked KoMets (12-0) take on No. ing champion and No. 1-ranked 3 New London-Spicer (12-0) at 3:15 Glencoe-Silver Lake plays Mora p.m. Saturday in the Metrodome. It’s today in the other semifinal. K-M’s first foray into the semifinals since 1992, when it lost in double- overtime to BOLD. scrambler than passer. He has fewer than 1,000 yards passing this These 2009 KoMets aren’t just season. really good, they’re also just loose enough. That can be key this time That’s in contrast to what K-M has of year, when performing under going. Ripley, operating an offense the bright lights of the Metrodome. that often goes with four wide As K-M 20-year coach Ivan Kroulik receivers, has passed for 1,644 yards puts it, “You don’t want to have and 22 touchdowns. Chris Paradise, stage fright.” one of the upper-echelon athletes in the state, has been his favorite “Our seniors are just goofy enough target with 580 yards in receptions to have fun with this and be loose,” and nine touchdowns. Kroulik said. “We’re confidently relaxed.” K-M can also run it. It’s rushed for 2,412 yards, just 200 fewer than The KoMets do have plenty to feel the Wildcats. good about. That 12-0 record, all but one of the wins earned in the Raymond Starin for the Post-Bulletin So, if you’re the KoMets, what’s rugged Hiawatha Valley League, there to worry about? Well, nothing tells it all. K-M, which relies on a The Kasson-Mantorville football team celebrates its victory last weekend in the Class AAA state quarterfinals. really, other than that these are spread offense quarterbacked by The KoMets will play at the Metrodome this weekend, against New London-Spicer in the state semifinals. the state semifinals, and that New strong-armed senior Bryan Ripley, London-Spicer wouldn’t be here has been a handful. The KoMets are Spicer is going to be the kind of “They are very similar to us,” Spicer, which beat Minneapolis unless it was also special. averaging 42 points, despite their romp K-M experienced in the quar- Kroulik said. “Both teams are North 28-8 in its state quarterfinal To that, Ripley has an answer. starters sitting out big chunks of terfinals, when it overwhelmed very athletic and both have lots of after being tied at halftime, leans “We just have to approach it like second halves. Waseca 46-14. speed.” heavily on its running game. Speedy another game, one day at a time On defense, K-M also has more halfback Jake Essler leads the way and not get caught up in the hype,” K-M knows it has its work cut out than held its own. The KoMets give Dangerously diverse with 1,026 yards rushing, with two he said. up 13 points per game. against the Wildcats, who also enter others in the 400 range. Wildcats Kroulik believes his team is just All of that is not to suggest that unbeaten and, like K-M, blessed But what Kroulik hopes separates quarterback Jayme Moten, consid- good enough — and goofy enough this semifinal with New London- with sprinters. them is diversity. New London- ered a wonderful athlete, is more — to pull that off.

JUNIOR / NORTH STAR BOWL Coffeyville loaded with quality players NORTH STAR BOWL When: Saturday, 2:30 p.m., According to York Giants running back Brandon positions where players have to be Rochester Regional Sports Stadium. RCTC faces Ravens in one recruiting Jacobs who torched RCTC for 257 prepared. (KWEB-AM 1270). North Star Bowl list, Coffeyville yards and three touchdowns. “I think we always have to stop Records: RCTC is 10-1; Coffeyville features 11 Coffeyville has a speedy back the run,” coach LaPlante said, Division I pros- is 6-4. By Guy N. Limbeck in Mulku Kalokoh (568 yards), but “because clock management and Last game: RCTC lost Central [email protected] pects and seven freshman quarterback Andy Sum- a lot of things come out of running of those are merlin is considered a Division I the ball.” Lake 20-14 in overtime of the MCAC If the Rochester Community and sophomores. prospect. He has thrown for 2,302 state championship game; Cof- Technical College football team The RCTC offense will face the The Ravens yards and 12 touchdowns. challenge of moving the ball against feyville lost to Butler 21-14. glances at the Division I prospects enter the game for Coffeyville Community College, “He’s probably one of the better a Coffeyville defense that features Last meeting: Coffeyville defeated ranked 19th in we’ve seen on film in four elite defensive linemen. RCTC 55-7 in the 2002 Dalton De- the Yellowjackets might take a col- the nation and lective gulp. a long time,” LaPlante said. “He can “No. 1, we have to be able to run fenders Bowl in Coffeyville, Kan. RCTC is rated run and throw and has good pocket RCTC will host Coffeyville on the ball so we’re not one dimen- RCTC notes: RCTC averages 14th. presence.” Saturday in the second North Star LaPlante sional,” LaPlante said. 304.3 yards a game on offense “It will be a Summerlin has a pair of D-I Bowl at Rochester Regional Sports great challenge,” RCTC coach Brad Freshman Bryan Schroeder of and allows 182.5 on defense. The Stadium. The Yellowjackets are 10-1 receiving prospects in Chris Bynes Stewartville, who has nearly 800 LaPlante said. “They are very good. and 6-foot-4 Marcus Kennard. Yellowjackets have outscored foes and Coffeyville is a modest 6-4. But They have good team speed, a good yards rushing, continues to be the 267-81. all of the Ravens’ losses have been LaPlante said a lot of defensive go-to back for RCTC. LaPlante said offensive line and nice (offensive) Coffeyville notes: The Ravens av- to highly rated teams. balance.” players are going to have to step a strong performance by the offen- “They’re only 6-4, but they’ve lost up for the Yellowjackets. He listed sive line will also be a key for the erage 362.7 yards per game on of- LaPlante was an assistant coach (Berg, James Howe, Yellowjackets. fense and allow 303.1 on defense. to very good teams,” RCTC defensive at RCTC when the Yellowjackets end Parker Berg said. “They’ve got a Josh LaPlante), outside linebacker “I guess the key for us is just to They have outscored foes 264-208. lost to the Ravens 55-7 in Coffeyville (John Valentine, Brandon Beilke) lot of good players, a good quarter- in the 2002 Dalton Defenders Bowl. get off to a fast start so we have Andy Summerlin has passed for back and a good tight end.” and safety (Jesse Okoi, Greg Lac- some confidence,” LaPlante said. 2,302 yards and 12 TDs. That team featured current New clair and Bruce Kelly) as three

HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS HOCKEY / ROUNDUP JM/Lourdes breaks into the win column Up next in... Lemish gets hat trick, shot Rochester Mayo by 12 and used Sports AT A GLANCE that to get past the Spartans 5-2 in non- Armstrong and Bruesewitz conference action. What happened: John Marshall/ After the teams were tied at 2 just into add two goals Lourdes won its first game of the the third period, Lakeville North scored Saturday season, defeating Century, 9-1 at the three unanswered goals in notching the By Jason Feldman and Pat Ruff win. Tennis, anyone? [email protected] Recreation Center. St. Paul United defeated Dodge County, 6-2. Mary Grace Flesher notched both Mayo We’ll take a look ahead Rochester John Marshall/Lourdes Next: On Tuesday, Century plays at goals. Chloe Billings and Kelly Anderson at the Eric Butorac jumped right into the new girls hockey assisted on one, Mackenzie McCormack Tennis Challenge, a season, playing three games in a five-day Winona while John Marshall/Lourdes and Emma Leof assisted on the other. span to open their schedule. host Mankato West at the Recreation first-time event that will “We struggled tonight moving the puck It took three Center. out of our zone and down to the other be held in December. games, but JM/ end,” Mayo Jeff Phillips said. Lourdes finally the third period, which Century coach broke into the win Dan Maidl said was his team’s best on “Despite the pressure in our own zone Monday column by defeating Thursday night. and playing down a goal for most of the intra-city rival Roch- game, we stayed competitive right up to “It was a pretty even period,” Maidl the end. Get in shape! ester Century. JM/ said. He said the Panthers, who have Lourdes topped the six seniors, but also four freshmen, are “We made a few critical mental errors Post-Bulletin columnist Panthers, 9-1, at still learning to play together. “We’ll get that cost us the game when it was still a Shelly Greenfield dives the Rochester Rec- there, it’s just going to take some time.” one-goal difference.” reation Center on into the fitness world Thursday night. JM/Lourdes outshot Century (0-2-0), and gives you tips 33-11. S.P. United 6, Dodge County 2 JM/Lourdes (1-2-0) for better workouts. scored three times Mia Bruesewitz, just an eighth-grader, ST. PAUL — Dodge County ran into Lemish i n t h e o p e n i n g got the start in goal for JM/ Lourdes and one of the better teams in the state in its period to take a per- stopped 10 shots to pick up the victory. season opener, falling to St. Paul United, manent lead. It followed with a five-goal Century sophomore Hannah Kautto the No. 14-ranked team in Class A. Tuesday second period and tacked on one more got her first start and stopped 24 shots Emily Gunderson had a goal and Horse judging in the third. for the Panthers. an assist for the Wildcats (0-1), while Junior forward Eleanor Lemish paced Century is back in action at 7:30 p.m. Kortney Kleber had two assists and sev- A local 4-H horse JM/Lourdes with a hat trick. Fellow Tuesday at Winona. JM/Lourdes is sched- enth-grader Dana Rasmussen scored her judging team did well junior forwards Sarah Armstrong and uled to play host to Mankato West at 7:30 first varsity goal. Marissa Bruesewitz added two goals p.m. Tuesday at the Rec Center. at the local level and Dodge County’s junior varsity team competed at the national apiece. played its first-ever game, falling 7-6. Junior forward Alison Schulte scored Lakeville North 5, Mayo 2 event in Kentucky. the Panthers’ lone goal. That came in The Wildcats play host to Worthington LAKEVILLE — Lakeville North out- at 11 a.m. Saturday at Kasson. •••••••• C youth athletics SportsWednesday, November 25, 2009 GIRLS HOCKEY / ROCHESTER ROUNDUP JM/Lourdes’ rally just short

By Jason Feldman WINONA 11, CENTURY 1 and Guy N. Limbeck Winhawks start fast [email protected] WINONA — Winona scored Rochester John Marshall/ seven times in the first period Lourdes did all it could to pull and rolled past Century in a non- out a come-from-behind victory conference game between two on Tuesday, but its rally came Big Nine foes. up just short. “We were pretty flat the first JM/Lourdes dropped a 3-2 Big period,” Century coach Dan Nine Conference game against Maidl admitted. Mankato West at the Rochester Recreation Center. Monica Sanvik scored four West built leads of 2-0 and 3-1, goals for Winona while Autumn but Marissa Bruesewitz scored Hayes had one goal and three twice for JM/Lourdes to pull her assists. team back within a goal. Her “Most of the goals early on second goal of the night made it were scored right in front of the a 3-2 came during a 4-on-4 situa- net,” Maidl said. tion with less than two minutes remaining, but JM/L couldn’t get Allie Schulte scored Century’s the tying goal. lone goal on an assist from Ali Sahs in the second period. West outshot JM/L 25-22. Sarah Armstrong had one Winona outshot the Panthers assist for JM/Lourdes (2-2-0) and 31-13. Goalie Sultanna White had Mia Bruesewitz and Michelle 20 saves for Century. Bonapace-Potvin split time in The Panthers (0-3, 0-1 Big Nine) goal. will play Irondale at a tourna- Scott Jacobson, [email protected] JM/Lourdes is back in action on ment in Blaine on Friday at 6 Saturday at the St. Paul Blades. p.m. John Marshall/Lourdes goaltender Mia Bruesewitz makes a big save as her team hosted Mankato West in Big Nine action Tuesday at the Recreation Center.

ACTIVITIES CAMP / RED WING His generosity provides place for teams to bond By Brett Boese you care about the person, not [email protected] the ball going through the hoop.” AT A GLANCE The decision to create an out- Alleva, who’s a former world class door activities camp was borne out nordic skier, has brought in groups The story line: After the son of bitter frustration for Red Wing’s from around the country to use of Red Wing’s Bob Alleva was in Bob Alleva. He’s invested nearly his facilities. The most prominent a coma for nearly three months a million dollars in a wilderness team was the U.S. nordic ski team following a car accident, Alleva facility called Wolverine Village that visited last year. Others have come from Marquette University, poured himself into a project over the last three years as an which led him to develop Wolver- expensive form of catharsis. St. John’s University and various 4-H clubs in the midwest, among ine Village, an outdoors activities Alleva’s son, Josie, was involved others. The Minnesota State, in a car accident as a high school camp in Upper Michigan which Mankato football team will use the he offers as a place for athletes freshman and was in a coma facilities for free after Alleva dis- for nearly three months. Doc- covered one of its coaches helped to gather to bond. tors weren’t sure if he’d survive. his son navigate through his What’s next: High School Despite severe brain damage — freshman year of college. he had to relearn basic cognitive League regulations threaten the However, the camp brought in skills — Josie beat the odds to less than $4,000 in 2008. It’s been use of the facility by Minnesota graduate deemed an acceptable loss by high school programs. high school Alleva, who views the camp as his in 2008. INTERESTED? contribution to the athletic com- “New Moon” together on Saturday He’s • $495 per week munity. He’s visited more than 70 — and discuss team goals. Coach currently Submitted photo high schools and colleges around Haley says the team’s drive to the per athlete (food halfway The Red Wing girls hockey team recently used the facilities at Wolverine the midwest to drum up interest. program’s first state tournament included) to earning Village, which Red Wing resident Bob Alleva built as a place to help bring Ten weeks are currently spoken appearance in 2008-09 started at • Alleva provides a college teams together. for in 2010. Ironwood. But the annual trip may transportation via degree at Red Wing’s girls hockey team no longer be possible. Minne- evas asked that Josie be allowed focuses on personal growth and his own vans was the first group to visit the A new Minnesota State High sota State, to take a face-off in a varsity game. development among athletes, cen- camp in 2007. The girls were School League rule limits out- • Bob’s home Mankato. For reasons that are still debated, tering more on the learning pro- treated like the U.S. national team of-state travel during the school number is 651- The Red that never happened. While dev- cess than the activity. at the local ice rink, according year. Ironwood, which is about five 388-5267. He Wing boys astating for the family, their patri- “People might say he’s a dandy, to coach Scott Haley, and later hours from Red Wing, is outside doesn’t believe in hockey arch took it particularly hard. he’s a character, he’s not playing enjoyed sledding in the rural set- program the 600-mile limit. The Wingers using cell phones Alleva retreated to Ironwood, with a full deck,” said the 61-year- ting. Lake Superior is 18 miles were one of 30-35 programs around or computers. helped Mich., to collect his thoughts. old man who made millions in real away and a waterfall adds to the the former the state to receive a one-year Three days later he purchased estate investments. “Riiiight. I’m scenery. Kayaking, hiking and three-sport exemption for their recent trip, but land to start a camp that he hoped wearing Wal-Mart jeans. I could other outdoors activities are also athlete regain his motor skills. that isn’t expected to be possible would prevent another person have anything I want, but those are readily available. After three years of participating in future years. from feeling the pain he experi- just things. The Wingers have typically used in non-contact practices, the All- enced through his son. The camp “If you really care about the kid, the time away to bond — they saw C5: Coach’s reaction

Thankful after parents survive bus crash Up next in... PRESSBOX VIEW • the motor coach crash last Wednesday “Until you go through something like PAUL CHRISTIAN afternoon near Austin where two that, you don’t realize how important people died and 21 were injured. that is.’’ pchristian@postbul- letin.com “We realized it easly could have His dad was released later on Sports been my mom and dad,’’ said Kesler, Wednesday and his mother the next day. the Rochester Lourdes football coach. No noticable broken bones but there “We grieve for those families. Our was plenty of trauma. Thursday prayers go out to them.’’ To celebrate the “They’re both home now, but they colony’s first harvest, The Strain Bus Line was returning got beat up pretty good,’’ said Mike. “It Hoops action from a day trip to the Diamond Jo the pilgrims held a feast of thanks- looks like they were in a heavyweight Area high school girls giving in the fall of 1621. Casino in Iowa when the driver lost title fight. control and the bus rolled in a ditch. basketball teams have President Abraham Lincoln “They’re taking medication for pain It’s a trip the Keslers, both 74 and declared it a national holiday in 1863. and are real sore and just trying to get started practice. retired, have taken before. This time Finally, Thanksgiving was to be held back to some normalcy. But I know they went with Mary’s three sisters and We’ll preview the the fourth Thursday in November, that’s going to take some time. One day their spouses. A total of eight. Rochester city teams. thanks to legislation introduced by at a time.’’ “They’ve always enjoyed outings like President Franklin D. His mother is retired from Mayo that,’’ said Mike. Roosevelt. Clinic and his dad, a big football fan, Most of us love But a festive time suddenly turned of course, from IBM. Friday ugly. Thanksgiving. It is Kesler said his parents were sitting a day for turkey, “I wouldn’t wish it on anybody,’’ said toward the rear of the bus although Drop the puck stuffing, mashed pota- Mike, who was finishing up his day’s one of his uncles was sitting near the Our Rochester boys toes and pumpkin work at Holy Spirit Elementary, where front and saw the whole thing unfold. pie. A day to watch he is a physical education instructor. He hockey preview will in- “What a nightmare,’’ said Mike. football and be among got a call from his cousin, around 4 p.m. Normally, all the Keslers gather at clude rosters and sched- family and friends. It’s “He told me about a bus crash near their parents’ house for Thanksgiving also a day to rest up Austin and I knew my parents were on ules from Century, Mayo, with mom as cook. and prepare for Black Kesler a bus,’’ he said. “We kept getting all JM and Lourdes. Friday. sorts of calls. We heard that my mom Not this year, of course. Thanks- Hey, some folks was hurt worse than my dad but we giving will be hosted by Julie. even remember to give thanks. didn’t know where they were taken. As usual, there’ll be plenty of food But that will be no problem whatso- “It turns out they got split up, they and football on TV but first and fore- Saturday ever for Mike Kesler and his extended took my dad to Albert Lea and my most, several prayers of thanksgiving Ice Hawks home family on Thursday. mom to Austin. And it was true, my will be offered. He’s thankful, beyond words. mom was in worst shape than my dad.’’ “It’s not easy dealing with an acci- The Rochester Ice Hawks His parents, you see — Earl and Mary Kesler is one of six siblings — Brian, dent,’’ Mike said, “but we’re fortuate. end an 11-day break There are those who are in a lot — will be around to celebrate, albeit Pam, Julie, Dan and Katie. All except with a home game battered, bruised and extremely sore. for Katie, who lives in Kentucky, are tougher situation than we are. “Obviously there is a lot to be from either Plainview, Mantorville or “And we’ll make sure they get our Friday. We’ll have thankful for,’’ he said. “Believe me, Rochester and were able to visit their prayers, too.’’ coverage. we’re counting our blessings.’’ parents in their respective hospitals. Paul Christian is a Post-Bulletin sports Earl, or Bill as he is commonly “The care they received at the hos- writer. He can be reached at pchristian@ known, and Mary were passengers in pitals was outstanding,’’ said Mike. postbulletin.com •••••••• ✩ D6 POST-BULLETIN / www.postbulletin.com Monday, November 30 , 2009 POST-Comments? Sports editor Craig Swalboski, 285-7721, [email protected] Local Sports Fitness GIRLS HOCKEY / ROCHESTER ROUNDUP Should Mayo defeats state-ranked team By Craig Swalboski and Pat Ruff she is in net.” with the puck and (limiting) odd-man rushes,” lifters use a [email protected] Saturday’s victory came the day after a Russell said. DULUTH — Rochester Mayo scored 4-0 victory over Cambridge-Isanti, also in JM/Lourdes (3-2) plays unbeaten Farmington an impressive girls hockey win Saturday, Duluth. at the Rochester Recreation Center at 5:30 defeating No. 16-ranked Proctor/Hermantown/ “This was a great two games for us,” Phillips p.m. Tuesday. weight belt? Marshall 3-2 in a non-conference game. added. “We need balanced scoring, and we got MOUNDS VIEW 20, CENTURY 0 it from all three lines this weekend with seven FITNESS MATTERS • Making the victory e`ven more impressive is Another lopsided loss the fact Mayo spotted P/H/M a two-goal lead in different players scoring the seven goals.” WES EMMERT BLAINE — Century was defeated 20-0 by the first period, on P/H/M’s home ice. Phillips said there should be a correction to [email protected] Mounds View in a game held Saturday at the the information that appeared in Saturday’s Sam Carlson got Mayo (3-1) National Sports Center. on the board with a first-period Post-Bulletin. The first Mayo goal against Cam- Century goalie Sultanna White turned back inion of using a weight goal. Mary Grace Flesher tied bridge was tipped in by Emma Leof, assisted by Makinzee Kazeck and Flesher. 39 shots. belt during lifting exer- it on a breakaway later in the cises. second period. No other details on the game were avail- JM/LOURDES 6, ST. PAUL BLADES 3 able. Century is 0-5. Mackenzie McCormack You see the prevalence of wide belts 3 players score two goals apiece during the training of power lifters and scored the game-winner with Sarah Armstrong, Katie NEW PRAGUE 3, DODGE COUNTY 1 a minute left; she picked off Third-place game their competitions when performing heavy Armstrong and Marissa Brue- lifts such as squats and dead lifts. a breakout pass and took the sewitz each had two goals NEW PRAGUE — New Prague scored two puck in alone, hitting the top as John Marshall/Lourdes goals in the third period, breaking a 1-1 tie There are two different schools of corner. downed the St. Paul Blades and going on to defeat Dodge County 3-1 in thought in regards to the use of weight McCormack McCormack assisted on 6-3 in non-conference girls the third-place game of the New Prague Invi- belts during resistance training. One is Flesher’s goal, while Anna hockey Saturday at Phalen tational Saturday. that they are very effective while the other Billings and Flesher assisted Carlson. Arena. Kortney Kleber scored Dodge County’s goal is that not only are they not needed, and in “This was a confidence-building win for us Kelly Bier, Eleanor Lemish at 16:49 of the second period on an assist from fact may be detrimental. today,” Mayo coach Jeff Phillips said. “Not and Megan Dekutoski each Alainaa Pappas, tying the game after New Weight belts are used under the premise only to beat a top-ranked team but to come had an assist. Bruesewitz now Prague led most of the second period, fol- that they protect the low back region from a two-goal deficit to do it. has a five-game goal streak. Mia Bruesewitz lowing a scoreless first period. (lumbar) from injury. They allow the lifter “Our defensive core of Chloe Billings, Kelli Mia Bruesewitz had 26 The Trojans scored 10 seconds into the third to lift more weight than they could have Anderson, Makinzee Kazeck, and Tessa Rud saves for the Rockets after being a surprise period to take the lead, then again at 3:25 of without the belt. A belt pulled tight can was outstanding, shutting down their top line. starter in goal. JM/Lourdes coach Steve Rus- the third on a power play. help to maintain the intra-abdominal pres- (Goalie) Rebecca Graham was at the top of her sell was pleased with the defensemen around Freshman Anna Hunter made 25 saves in sure (IAP), which can help to support the game today, turning aside 34 (shots on goal). her. goal for Dodge County, which drops to 1-4 for back. This can result in an increase in She gives our team a lot of confidence when “They played well, making good decisions the season. blood pressure, and the belt should be loosened between sets. The belt can also serve to cue the lifter to maintain proper back mechanics during the lift. For some HIGH SCHOOL RESULTS lifters, it simply feels better to wear one. The other school of thought is that the belt can develop a false sense of secu- rity for the lifter and encourage them to attempt lifts beyond their ability, leading to injury. The belt — while restricting some range of motion, i.e. hyperextension of the trunk — does not restrict the muscle from contracting or from being strained. A belt can decrease the contraction of the abdominals, leading to lesser-trained abdominals than when not using a belt. No substitute for good technique The belt is a superficial aid which will not prevent injury in the event of improper technique. The muscles of the low back are the weakest link in the chain when it comes to lifts such as the back squat, dead lift or any other ground based (standing with feet on the ground) overhead move- ment. The muscles of the low back are designed to support the spinal column and trunk for extended periods of time. They are endurance-based for low resistance for long periods of time and are not designed for heavy loads like the legs or chest for pressing movements. Many lifters feel that a belt will save them from injury in the event of improper technique. This is simply not the case. If the exercise is performed improperly Scott Jacobson, [email protected] with heavy loads, the low back will be Century’s Wyatt Travis pokes in a rebound to start the Panthers’ scoring Saturday in a home game with White Bear Lake. Century lost 4-3; injured. A belt does not prevent compres- see story on Page D1. sion (pushing down) forces when a bar/load is placed on the shoulders, as in a squat. BOYS HOCKEY 6, Morgan Berg 13, Katie Schreyer 6, Makenzie Franklin 4. The other school of thought is to develop NON-CONFERENCE Halftime: CAL 37, CF 14. strength in the internal belt of an indi- Free throws: CAL 19-35, CF 2-5. Bloomington Kennedy 5, JM 3 Three-point goals: CAL 7 (Sorenson 5, Fruechte vidual or the core which includes the Bloomington Kennedy: Sam Merchant 1 goal, 2 1, Dahlberg 1), CF 1 (Berg). abdominals, obliques, and the low back assists; Neil Hultgren 1 goal, 2 assists; Nick Rice 1 Notes: This is not a bracketed tournament, thus muscles. This is accomplished by per- goal; Chris Langer 1 goal; Zachary Booth 1 goal. Friday’s two winners — Caledonia and Lewiston-Al- John Marshall: Alex Antolak 1 goal, 1 assist; Bry- tura — played Cannon Falls and Stewartville respec- forming abdominal exercises, trunk rota- an King 38 saves (43 shots); Eric Mackey 1 goal; tively, not each other Saturday. tional exercises, and back extensions with Ryan Yetzer 1 goal; Anthony Johnson 1 assist; Reed Miller 1 assist; Jason Macken 1 assist; Zach John- LEWISTON-ALTURA INVITATIONAL light to moderate resistance for high rep- son 1 assist. Caledonia 63, Stewartville 62 etitions, i.e. 15 – 20 plus. White Bear Lake 4, Century 3 (Friday) White Bear Lake: Justin Hauswirth 1 goal, 1 as- STEWARTVILLE (62) ‘Button in, button up’ sist; Michael Jordan 14 saves (16 shots); Jared Rio Haack 3, Lisa Flynn 4, Julie Rainey 17, Shawn- Schletty 10 saves (11 shots). na Sperber 6, Liz Waugh 3, Jill Oftedahl 2, Lindsay Good back health involves understanding Century: Wyatt Travis 1 goal; Drew Anderson 1 Blahnik 14, Shannon Curtis 13. how to position your back in a neutral goal, 1 assist; Jordan Martini 1 goal; Luke Klugherz CALEDONIA (63) position. I commonly use the verbal cue, 1 assist; Blake Heroff 1 assist; Nick Raehsler 1 as- Maria Fruechte 4, Amber Sorenson 20, Arie Albert “button in, button up.” Pull your stomach sist; Brock Kautz 1 assist, 22 saves (26 shots). 4, Sadie Lange 5, Bobbi Jo Schuttemeier 8, Molly in and try to touch your belly button to your Roseville 7, Mayo 1 Mullins 2, Aly Meyer 18. Other stats: Meyer 7 re- bounds; Sorenson 7 rebounds, 4 steals, 4 assists; spinal cord, (belly) button in. Next raise Mayo: Adam Truex 1 goal; Spencer Lee 1 assist; Schuttemeier 7 assists. Chase Laures 1 assist; Stefan Elde 22 saves (29 your chest up, button up. Picture if you Halftime: CAL 31, STEW 25. shots). Free throws: STEW 8-19, CAL 18-27. were wearing a button shirt, the top button Roseville: Spencer Sand 2 goals, 1 assist; Jake McCann 2 goals, 1 assist; Brian Comiskey 16 saves Three-point goals: STEW 2 (Rainey 1, Waugh 1), would rise up, thus button up. (17 shots). CAL 3 (Sorenson 2, Albert 1). Notes: Caledonia led by five with 17 seconds left. Always lift with your legs and your back Faribault 5, Dodge County 1 Stewartville had a chance to win the game with 0.6 seconds left but missed two free throws. in a neutral position. When squatting, Dodge County: Nic Enerson 1 goal; Dustin Ste- dead lifting or lifting a load from the floor, vens 27 saves (32 shots). Lewiston-Altura 54, Cannon Falls 36 Faribault: Jack Helgeson 1 goal, 2 assists; get to neutral position, by pulling in your George Richie 1 goal, 1 assist; Bo Putrah 1 goal, (Friday) stomach, chest up and out, shoulders back, 1 assist; Ryan Dwyer 1 goal; Brandon Parker 2 as- LEWISTON-ALTURA (54) sists; Dan Mahoney 1 goal; Aaron Forgaard 15 saves No statistics reported. and tilt your hips forward. When squatting, (16 shots). CANNON FALLS (36) drive your hips backwards and keep your Natalie Reinardy 10, Ashley Banitt 4, Cortney John- knees behind your toes. Lift with your legs, GIRLS BASKETBALL son 3, Becca Welt 4, Samantha Wolter 4, Morgan Scott Jacobson, [email protected] Berg 6, Katie Schreyer 3, Makenzie Franklin 2. Other not your back. LEWISTON-ALTURA INVITATIONAL stats: Schreyer 11 rebounds, Berg 8 rebounds. John Marshall goaltender Bryan King uses the blocker to make a save Most back injuries come from loading Caledonia 70, Cannon Falls 35 Halftime: L-A 30, CF 21. Three-point goals: CF 1 (Reinardy). during the Rockets’ game with Bloomington Kennedy Saturday at the the back with too much weight and lifting (Saturday) Free throws: CF 7-12. Recreation Center. JM lost 5-3; see story on Page D1. from the floor with some rotation. As CALEDONIA (70) Maria Fruechte 3, Amber Sorenson 21, Arie Albert WAUKON, IOWA TOURNAMENT RICEVILLE, IOWA (37) Notes: This was the third-place game in the Wau- winter comes upon us and the subsequent 5, Sadie Lange 5, Bobbi Jo Schuttemeier 9, Molly Spring Grove 61, Riceville 37 Loralei Smith 12, Amanda Eggerichs 6, Marissa kon tournament. Spring Grove lost to Waukon, Iowa accumulation of snow —wet and heavy at Mullins 3, Aly Meyer 22, Carli Dahlberg 6, Taylor Yorgey 6. 63-56 in Friday’s first-round. Waukon — the No. Winjum 1. Other stats: Meyer 8 rebounds, 6 steals; times — don’t feel you have to lift a shovel SPRING GROVE (61) Halftime: SG 37, RICE 16. 2-ranked in Class 3A in Iowa — defeated Cedar Schuttemeier 6 steals, 7 assists. Richell Mehus 15, Brooke Johnson 15, Katelyn Falls, Iowa 40-33 in Saturday’s championship. .… full. Do the work using half shovel loads CANNON FALLS (35) Bjerke 10, Jordan Olerud 9, Taylor Elton 6, Becky Free throws: SG 13-19, RICE 9-14. Three-point goals: RICE 2. Mehus made the all-tournament team. and take frequent rests, the same as you Ashley Banitt 4, Becca Welt 2, Samantha Wolter Myhre 2, Jacey Anderson 2, Michaela Neuzil 2. would when exercising. Avoid throwing it over your head and especially with a GIRLS BASKETBALL / RED WING TIP-OFF TOURNAMENT rotational motion. I used to wear a belt and coached my athletes when doing heavy lifts to use them as well. Following a clinic many years Wingers shoot well, defeat Goodhue ago, I went 180 degrees the other way and By Brett Boese Senior Megan Fleming also hit three to Senior Grace Majerus was the lone Goodhue haven’t looked back. I have not used one [email protected] account for her nine points. player to reach double figures, totaling 11. or coached individuals, young athletes or others to use them. I coach them to use RED WING — Goodhue watched the Wingers When Goodhue adjusted its zone to a 3-2, Juniors Anne Lodermeier and Chanel Robert proper technique and to develop strength struggle mightily from the perimeter during Red Wing turned to post Macy Kelly. The added nine apiece. the first round of the Red Wing Tip-Off Tour- freshman came off the bench to score 10 of Buck and junior Jen Ulveling posted five in their internal weight belt. nament and planned their defense accord- her 14 points in the second half. assists apiece for Red Wing, which improves I think it is better training not to use a to 2-0 on the year. ingly for Saturday’s title game. It backfired, Red Wing jumped on Goodhue early as the belt and to use a load that can be accom- big time. visitors struggled with the Wingers’ half-court The Wingers play host Tuesday to Winona. modated by the weakest link, the muscles Goodhue hosts Byron on the same day. The Wingers drilled seven 3-pointers against pressure defense. The lead was as much as of the low back. Develop these muscles the Wildcats’ 2-3 zone in the first half. They 34-20 before the Wildcats scored the final five RED WING (62) and it will carry over to a healthier overall Tesha Buck 20, Macy Kelly 14, Megan Fleming 9, Jen Ulveling 6, back. finished 11-for-19 from deep less than 24 hours points of the half. Olivia Johnson 6, Kassy Guse 5, Danielle Brooks 2. after connecting on just 4 of 29. Freshman Goodhue made its final run in the middle GOODHUE (46) Should you decide to use a belt in your Tesha Buck led the way with six treys en route Grace Majerus 11, Anne Lodermeier 9, Chanel Robert 9, Laura Wat- of the second half, drawing as close as four son 6, Maggie Lexvold 4, Courtney Hinsch 4, Kelly Huneke 3. training, understand it is no substitute for to a game-high 20 points to lead Red Wing to points. However, Buck was there to slam the improper technique. I feel it carries over a 62-46 victory. door. to the field of play for athletes: much better The P-B’s Athlete of the Week recognizes outstanding “She was unconscious,” Goodhue coach Josh training without a belt than with one. “Every time Goodhue made a run, it seemed achievement by a southeastern Minnesota athlete, Wieme said. “I mean, she couldn’t even draw like Tesha made a three,” Red Wing coach each Tuesday. Wes Emmert is fitness director at the iron the other night.” Kraig Ulveling said. ••••••••Rochester Athletic Club. ✩ D6 POST-BULLETIN / www.postbulletin.com Wednesday, December 2, 2009 POST-BULLETIN / www.postbulletin.com Wednesday, December 2, 2009 XX Local Sports Youth Athletics HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL / LOURDES Eagles surprised Apple Valley in ‘79 title game By Paul Christian [email protected] David vs. Goliath? Kind of. Rochester Lourdes was the decided underdog against Apple Valley when the teams lined up for the Class A state football championship 30 years ago, in November of 1979. Lourdes entered with a 10-2 record, losing its first two games of the season, to Submitted photo Post-Bulletin file photo crosstown rivals Mayo and Rochester Bantam B1-Red took second place in the Hopkins Thanksgiving tournament. John Marshall. Lourdes and Apple Valley duked it out in the 1979 Class Front row: Tommy Fjelsted, Jacob Oliver, Andrew Boysen, Connor Fitzpatrick, Nick Paul- Apple Valley was 10-1, losing A championship game in adverse weather conditions. The son, Jordon Roth. Back row: McKay Carstens, Tommy Hanson, Kane Carstens, Brad Math- only to Owatonna, 18-0, in the Eagles prevailed 22-6. iowetz, Zach Struif, Sammy Broman, Matt Moore, Bryton Dahl, Griff Buck, Liam Sullivan second game of the season. (not shown). Head coach: Matt Notermann. That was the only time sizes. Apple Valley, which was run- 1979 RESULTS In the first round, Lourdes edged Princeton, 12-8 and in ning a potent veer offense, had John Marshall ...... L, 31-20 been held to fewer than two Mayo ...... L, 10-0 the state quarterfinals, the touchdowns, until it met Arch Bishop Brady . . . .W, 51-0 Eagles whipped Brooklyn Lourdes. Minneapolis DeLaSalle . .W, 68-24 Center, 40-15. Holy Angels ...... W, 40-16 Apple Valley’s enrollment St. Bernard’s ...... W, 37-0 In the semifinals, Lourdes was approximately four times Totino Grace ...... W, 38-12 hosted Crookston at JM Sta- as that at Lourdes. St. Agnes ...... W, 41-0 dium and won 14-9. It had Benilde St. Margaret’s . .W, 37-6 Lourdes won it, though, 22-6 snowed six inches the night State playoffs before. before a packed John Marshall Princeton ...... W, 12-8 Stadium crowd of over 5,000. Brooklyn Center . . . . .W, 40-15 “It was our (Don Bosco Con- Crookston ...... W, 14-9 ference turn to host that game,’’ “I think we caught them by Apple Valley ...... W, 22-6 surprise,’’ said Marv Peters, said Peters. “That morning we the current Lourdes athletic had several fans come in with The second half was score- shovels to help shovel the field. director who was an assistant less. coach (defense) for the ’79 That was in early November.’’ “The first half was domi- team. “The offense did a super Lourdes then won a coin flip nated by our offense and the job. to host the state championship. second half by our defense,’’ “We scored 22 points in the co-captain Paul Cierzan. “Our welcome home was first half and that gave us a that night at school,’’ said heckuva cushion.’’ Lourdes installed a new Peters, “and, of course, our defense that week, and Peters In fact, Lourdes scored the new gym wasn’t built yet. It said it caught Apple Valley by was held in the ‘old’ gym and first time it had the ball, surprise. Basically, the linemen driving 69 yards in 11 plays it was so packed in there. looped to Apple Valley’s strong Unbelievable. That’s one with Mike Macken scoring side on each snap. from the 1. Jim Gasner’s con- feeling I will never forget.’’ version run made it 8-0. Apple Valley’s Justin Taylor Joe Mayer was the Lourdes wasa held to 25 yards, the first “That first drive shocked the head coach. Assistant coaches time he had baeen held to heck out of them,’’ said Peters. were Dennis Nigon (line), Dave fewer than 100 yards in his Jewison (backs), Peters Submitted photo Lourdes scored again on its high school career. (defense) and Nick Kroska fourth drive, going 80 yards in The Rochester PeeWee B2 Windage Warriors took second place at the Hopkins Thanks- (receivers). 12 plays, scoring on quarter- Paul Ezell, a 9.8 sprinter, had giving Hockey Tournament Nov. 27-29. Players: Jack Dietz, Jack Zinzer, Jacob Olney, Josh back Dan Gray’s seven-yard 31 yards in 11 carries for Apple Sadly, Kroska died last week Valley. Frerks, Kevin Andrews, Daulton Carlson, Jack Ryan, Jake Mattern, Jon Trachsel, Joe run. Gray also ran in the two- of a brain tumor and his Hornsby, Bjorn Anderson, Clay Edwards, Isaac Lamppa, Austin Vagle, Luke Johnson, Justin point conversion. The game was played prior funeral was Monday. He was 59. Adams, Jacob Gursky, Andrew Walther. Coaches: Brent Lamppa, Ed Carlson, Matt Mat- Apple Valley finally scored, to the opening of the tern. helped by a roughing the Metrodome and, unlike today, Lourdes lost it first two passer penalty after an incom- not every team qualified for games, 31-20 to John Marshall pleted pass on a third-and-13 at the state playoffs. and 10-0 to Mayo. the Lourdes 40. The tournament run con- “It probably was best for us That made it 16-6 but sisted of only four games. A as a team to have not won Lourdes scored on the ensuing team had to win its conference those games because it really kickoff, drving 67 yards in in order to qualify for state. woke us up to what we needed seven plays. Lourdes scored Lourdes was a member of the to do to be a better team,’’ said the final points when Gray Don Bosco Conference and Cierzan. broke loose on an option play Apple Valley was a member “We ended up winning the around right end for a 43-yard of the Tri Metro. next seven by scores averaging touchdown. Thus the disparity of school 44-8 before the playoffs.’’

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL / ALL-STATE TEAM G.M.’s Gehling makes 2nd team By Pat Ruff Nelson (Blooming Prairie) and Chris Paradise [email protected] (Kasson-Mantorville); and lineman Dan Willert (Blooming Prairie). Grand Meadow senior defensive back Michael Gehling was named to the second unit of the Defensive honorable mention choices from Minnesota high school 2009 all-state football the Rochester area were linemen Charlie team. Snyder (Kasson-Mantorville), Logan Brand (Rushford-Peterson), MIchael Hirsch (Austin) Also making the second team was Owatonna running back Collin Wencl, Faribault line- and Troy Frank (Caledonia); linebackers AJ Submitted photo backer Bo Putrah and Mankato West Silber (Mayo), Sonny Eisenhuth (Houston) and JETS Level 6 gymnasts finished second at the recent Flips Fall Hoe-Down in North St. Ken Ouren. Trent Mayer (Caledonia); defensive backs Dillon Paul. The team also finished in third place at the first Minnesota state qualifier in St. Bergey (Mabel-Canton) and Justin Ingvalson Paul Park. From left: Natalie Nelson, Madeline Jensen, Avery Driscoll, Shannon Gudlin, Offensive honorable mention choices from (Blooming Prairie). the Rochester area were quarterbacks Tyler Carly Johnson, Callie Burritcher, Maddie Woodford, Meghan Grimes. Not pictured: Anabel Greguson (Lourdes), Caleb Leichtnam (Grand Houston’s Carrier also made honorable men- Thiemann, Hannah Friedrich, Sarah Felmlee. Coaches: Andrea Strohmeyer, Valentin Buse. Meadow), Luc Zellmer (Blooming Praire) and tion as a special teams player. Logan Brand (Rushford-Peterson); running Seantrel Henderson, an offensive lineman backs Tye Carrier (Houston), Caleb Leichtnam from Cretin-Derham Hall, was named the state’s How to submit items for the P-B’s Youth Athletics section (Grand Meadow), Blaine Miller (Plainview- player of the year. Henderson is considered Youth Athletics runs Wednesdays in the Post-Bulletin. Most photos and articles are contributed through Elgin-Millville), Aaron Niles (Blooming Prairie), the No. 1 high school recruit in the nation and youth sports organizations; please contact them with questions. Other inquiries may be made to Ken Hanson Trevor Ruhoff (Lewiston-Altura), Jarrad Ryks his team won the state Class AAAAA champi- at [email protected] or 281-7468. (Austin) and Jude Williams (La Crescent); wide onship. receivers Thomas Foote and Adam Valen Please include a phone number or e-mail address with your submission. Submitted print photos may be (Mayo), Isaac Fruechte (Caledonia), Cooper D2: Full all-state team list retrieved at the P-B front desk after they are published.

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1), FC 3 (Nagle 3). BOYS BASKETBALL Caledonia 80, P-E-M 39 NON-CONFERENCE PLAINVIEW-ELGIN-MILLVILLE (39) Hannah Jech 6, Kayla Lehnertz 0, Katie Riceville 84, Grand Meadow 50 Schmit 7, Kaylyn Wohlers 3, Sadie Tentis 11, Courtney Schwartz 5, Mackenzie Gen- RICEVILLE, IOWA (84) gler 5, Theis 8, Anderlik 10, Beresten 21, Mayer CALEDONIA (80) 13, Brincks 4, Budtke 4, Shedenhelm 6, Gomez 6, Lee 12. Taylor Winjum 2, Amber Sorenson 25, Arie Albert 6, Sadie Lange 9, Bobbi Jo Schutte- GRAND MEADOW (50) meier 11, Aly Meyer 19, Lindsay Gran 4, Bryce Benson 8, Mike Gehling 11, Killian Carli Dahlberg 4. Smith 15, Dezmon Johnson 9, Zac Finley 7. Other stats: Sorenson 8 rebounds, 5 Other stats: Benson 9 rebounds, Gehling steals, 5 assists; Meyer 10 rebounds; Albert 12 rebounds, Smith 15 rebounds. 7 rebounds. Halftime: Riceville 46, GM 27. Halftime: CAL 54, P-E-M 15. Free throws: Riceville14-20, GM 2-12. Free throws: P-E-M 5-7, CAL 13-19. Three-point goals: Riceville 10 (Theis 1, Three-point goals: P-E-M 4 (Gengler 1; Ten- Anderlik 3, Beresten 4, Mayer 2). GM 2 tis 1; Wohlers 1; Schwartz 1), CAL 7 (Soren- (Johnson 1, Finley 1). son 4; Schuttemeier 3). Montgomery-L. 52, Blooming P. 32 Notes: Caledonia moves to 1-0 in the Three Rivers and 3-0 overall. MONTGOMERY-LONSDALE (52) Eric Franek 2, Dalton Zeug 6, Ben Vlasak Chatfield 75, St. Charles 54 6, Colin Barnett 12, Mike Janovsky 9, Jack- ST. CHARLES (54) son Rynda 10, Danny Hollicky 2, Jesse Beulke Kim Storey 22, Katie Dunlay 0, Taige Thore- 5. son 13, Mackenzie Doty 0, Kaitlyn Gathje BLOOMING PRAIRIE (32) 3, Leah Putzier 9, Stacia Heim 7, Cassey Jeff Doerhoefer 3, Tim Boecker 0, Dudley Bailey 0, Taylor Heim 0. Smith 4, Daniel Hansen 3, Tom Fogarty 0, Other stats: Storey 22 pts. on 7-16 shoot- Gabe Kartes 0, Isaac Clark 0, Luke Hue- ing. man 5, Aaron Krejci 0, Luc Zellmer 0, Rudy CHATFIELD (75) Vasquez 0, Justen Ingvalson 9, Cooper Nel- Kenna Moechnig 5, Jordyn Dudek 0, Kait- son 8. lyn Keefe 11, Karen Sass 7, Erin Kammer Other stats: Nelson 11 rebounds, 4 blocked 0, Stephanie Prinsen 2, Emily VonWald 8, shots; Clark 6 rebounds. Erika LaPlante 4, Mackenzie Kerska 7, Hilary Halftime: M-L 29, BP 14. Danielson 2, Sarah Costello 0, Sam McDon- Free throws: ML 4-10, BP 1-10. ald 10, Emily Miller 19, Three-point goals: ML 4 (Janovsky 3, Other stats: Miller 19 pts., 12 rebounds; Beulke 1), BP 3 (Doerhoefer 1, Hueman 1, Sam McDonald 10 pts., 4 rebounds off the Hansen 1). bench; 10 players scored. Notes: Montgomery-Lonsdale jumped out Halftime: Chatfield 33, St. Charles 27. to a 29-7 lead in the first 12 minutes to Free throws: STC 16-30, CHAT 20-28. take control of the game. Three-point goals: STC 4 (Storey 3, Thore- Alma-Pepin 57, Wabasha-Kellogg 46 son 1); CHAT 1 (Keefe 1). WABASHA-KELLOGG (46) Wabasha-Kell. 81, Lewiston-Alt. 76 Cullen Shanrock 17, Brandon Wills 2, Ben LEWISTON-ALTURA (76) Edelbach 2, Holden Hartert 5, Jordan Dick Brooke Schilling 18, Natalie Kalmes 13, 16, Zach Wolfe 2, Ben Meyer 2. Alyssa Heim 12, Brooke Heim 12, Brianna Photos by Elizabeth Nida Obert, [email protected] ALMA-PEPIN (57) Heim 6, Amanda Baer 6, Danielle Harstad Sam Wieland 2, Shaun Meixner 4, Mitch 4, Jenny Mundt 4, Sidney Daley 1. Above, The Mayo Spirits perform Thursday night at the Rochester Dance Team Tri-Meet hosted by John Marshall High Huber 4, Dustin Huber 2, Travis Heit 21, WABASHA-KELLOGG (81) Nathan Stein 14, Trevor Fink 7, Korry Iberg No stats provided. School. Below, members of the Century dance team prepare to perform during Thursday’s all-city tri-meet. 2, Notes: W-K is 2-0 and L-A is 1-1. Halftime: W-K 23, Alma-Pepin 23. Lexi Hall 1, Aimee Nelson 10, Katlyn Peter- 2. Century; 3. (tie) Mayo, John Marshall. Bye (PI) maj. dec. Joel Gay 8-0. 152 — Free throws: W-K 2-6, Alma-Pepin 13-26. NON-CONFERENCE son 2, Meghan Drake 12, Emma McGrath Jazz Mike Lerum (PI) won by forfeit. 160 — Will Three-point goals: W-K 2 (Dick 1, Hartert 4, Sam McCabe 3, Grace Glor 5, unknown 1. Mayo; 2. Century; 3. John Marshall. Balow (LC) pinned Taran Turner 5:32. 171 1), Alma-Pepin 1 (Stein 1). La Crescent 72, Houston 21 3. — Phil Novak (LC) maj. dec. David Kriske HOUSTON (21) RUSHFORD-PETERSON (73) 10-2. 189 — Ben McPhail (PI)pinned Sam WRESTLING Dugstad 3:24. 215 — Aaron Waletzko (PI) GIRLS BASKETBALL Lierin Carrier 5, Brooke Anderson 4, Kylee Kenzie Lind 10, Michelle Ruberg 9, Kelsey Ness 2, Astri Runningen 6, Whitney Wieser pinned Alex Lundell :44. 285 — Pedro Gver- Nelson 2, Danielle Christian 2, Emily Cul- Scores vara (LC) pinned Curtis Hansen 1:21. THREE RIVERS CONFERENCE 4, hane 4, Jade Pelzl 23, Katie Walter 4, Laura Stewartville 51, Hayfield 19 LA CRESCENT (72) Rislove 14, Amy Todd 5. Pine Island 44, Lake City 31 St. Charles 58, La Crosse Logan 21 Skylar Minegar 6, Brooke Kubicek 6, Stacy Kingsland 40, Fillmore Central 37 Halftime: R-P 35, LAN 19. St. Charles 58, La Crosse Logan 21 103 — Drew Dayland (SC) won by pinfall. Schiltz 2, Taylor Gile 2, Jenna McDonough Owatonna 34, Scott West 28 112 — Carson Henry (SC) won by pinfall. KINGSLAND (40) 13, Kayla Sandvik 5, Katie Waller 0, Jena Free throws: LAN 18-29,R-P 13-23. Owatonna 51, Austin 11 119 — Cody Ball (SC) won by pinfall. 125 Molly Greiner 12, Amanda Tart 2, Cheyenne Kadlec 19, Melissa Williams 3, Lexi Hop- Three-point goals: LAN 0, R-P 8 (Pelzl 4). Scott West 60, Austin 9 — La Crosse Logan wrestler pinned Carter Losey 6, Morgan Thomas 3, Shawna Berhow penworth 0, Hannah Petersen 6, Morgan Notes: This was the first game of the sea- son for both teams. Swenson. 130 — Ian Peck (SC) won by pin- 7, Liz Bain 2, Erin Bernard 8. Sandvik 6, Jen Michalke 4, Pine Island 44, Lake City 31 fall. 135 — Josh Nicklay (SC) won by pin- FILLMORE CENTRAL (37) Other stats: Melissa Williams 6 rebounds, 103 — Andrew Schmidt (LC) dec. Adam fall. 140 — La Crosse Logan wrestler dec. Tiffany Johnson 1, Connor Nagle 15, Tri- Morgan Sandvik 6 rebounds. BOYS HOCKEY shots). Notes: The Wingers had 17 shots Pleschourt 7-2. 112 — Brad Haze (PI) maj. Cody Braun 3-2. 145 — Kameron Bailey (SC) cia Harstad 2, Brooke Ruesink 4, Becca Halftime: LAC 49, HOU 15. on goal. … Red Wing (0-2) hosts defending dec. Shane Siewart 11-2. 119 — Sam won by maj. dec. 152 — Cole Small (SC) Bakke 9, Alex Peterson 6. Free throws: HOU 3-4, LAC 3-9. state champion Breck at 6 p.m. Saturday. McPhail (PI) pinned Elliot Cox 3:14. 125 — won by pinfall. 160 — James Dean (SC) Other stats: Johnson 7 rebounds, Nagle Three-point goals: HOU 0, LAC 7 (Kubicek NON-CONFERENCE Nathan Waletzko (PI) pinned Chris Breuer won by pinfall. 171 — La Crosse Logan 4 steals. 2, McDonough 1, K. Sandvik 1, Kadlec 3). DANCE 1:54. 130 — Chris Moyer (LC) pinned Bran- wrestler pinned Alex Fenske. 189 — Matt Halftime: FC 18, KING 12. Mahtomedi 7, Red Wing 1 don Arndt 6:00. 135 — Rusty Grism (LC) Willson (SC) won by pinfall. 215 — La Crosse Free throws: KING 14-27, FC 4-7. Rushford-Peterson 73, Lanesboro 40 Red Wing: Jack Strusz goal; Dayton John- JOHN MARSHALL TRIANGULAR won by forfeit. 140 — Eric Newman (PI) Logan wrestler pinned Cullen Frisch. 285 — Three-point goals: KING 2 (Losey 1, Berhow LANESBORO (40) son assist; Sam Amendolar 23 saves (30 High kick pinned Zach Chambers 1:53. 145 — Brad Dylan Nisbit (SC) won by pinfall.

HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS HOCKEY / ROCHESTER ROUNDUP HIGHLIGHTS AND HEROES Boys basketball Saints with 22 points. Flesher leads Mayo past Faribault • Cullen • Amber Sorenson scored 25 points, grabbed eight rebounds and think I have seen a player score two goals step up to the plate,” JM/Lourdes coach Shanrock scored 17 had five assists Panthers, Rockets fall shorthanded on the same penalty in my Steve Russell said. as defending seven seasons with the Mayo girls.” points in in Big Nine matchups JM/Lourdes (2-5-0, 1-1-0) is back in action Wabasha-Kel- state Class AA Makinzee Kazeck added a power-play at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday against Rochester logg’s 57-46 Caledonia By Jason Feldman goal to cap the scoring for the Spartans. Mayo in a conference game at the loss to Alma- downed Plain- [email protected] “This was a great offensive effort,” Rochester Recreation Center. Pepin (Wis.). view-Elgin-Mil- lville 80-39. Aly Mary Grace Flesher led the way for Phillips said. “It was nice to see everyone EAST 8, CENTURY 0 • Killian contributing. … I was very happy with the Meyer added Rochester Mayo with four goals, including Smith had 15 improvements they made in their offensive Panthers fall at home 19 points and an astounding feat on the points and 15 game.” Rochester Century didn’t come out on 10 rebounds. penalty kill in the third the winning end, but rebounds in Smith period, as the Spartans MAYO 7, FARIBAULT 4 • Jade Pelzl Mayo: Mackenzie McCormack 1 goal; Mary Grace Flesh- coach Dan Maidl liked Grand topped Faribault 7-4 at scored 23 Sorenson er 4 goals; Courtney Schubauer 1 goal; Allie Durigan 1 the effort the Panthers Meadow’s 84-50 loss to Riceville, points as Rush- Graham Arena. assist; Tessa Rud 1 assist; Jamie Clay 1 assist; Kayla gave in a Big Nine Con- Fjelstad 1 assist; Makinzee Kazick 1 goal; Gabby Laures Iowa. ford-Peterson opened its season Mayo outshot the Fal- 1 assist. ference loss to Mankato cons 33-19 and scored the with a 73-40 victory over Lanes- WINONA 1, JM/LOURDES 0 East at Graham Arena. Girls basketball boro. first three goals of the The loss came on the game to pull away. JM/L falls on late goal • Emily Miller had 19 points and • Brooke Schilling scored 18 WINONA — Michelle Bonapace-Potvin heels of two losses over 12 rebounds to lead Chatfield past points in Lewiston-Aultra’s 81-76 After a scoreless first the weekend where the period, Mackenzie held her team in the St. Charles. Kim Storey led the loss to Wabasha-Kellogg. game for most of the Panthers’ effort wasn’t as McCormack, Flesher and Flesher strong. Courtney Schubauer night, but Winona put one past the talented Century and East were White scored early in the scoreless after one second. Faribault cut the John Marshall/Lourdes JUNIOR COLLEGE / WRESTLING goalie to pull out a con- period, and Century hit the pipe three or Mayo lead to 3-1, but four times with shots during the game. Flesher scored three ference victory. Bonapace-Potvin fin- East outshot Century 31-6 and scored five more times, twice short- goals in the second period and three in the Former RCTC wrestling handed on the same ished with 32 saves, as third. penalty-kill, in the third Winona won the shots- to collect a hat trick. on-goal battle, 33-12. Sultanna White, a senior, made 23 saves for Century. coach passes away “Flesher dominated The Winhawks (2-3-0 Bonapace-Potvin Faribault’s defensemen overall, 1-1-0 Big Nine) “It was a well-played game,” Maidl said. Post-Bulletin staff Community College to national notched the game-winning goal with less “We came out and played a great first getting in alone on the Former RCTC wrestling prominence. He coached seven than five minutes to go. period. The effort was there for three goalie often. She has McCormack coach John Philo passed away individual national champions periods, which was nice to see.” been working hard on “With a couple of regulars out of the Monday at the age of 84. before retiring in 1982. improving her scoring and it paid off,” lineup, opportunities were created for Century plays at Mankato West on Sat- Philo earned many awards Philo, who lived in Wabasha, Mayo coach Jeff Phillips said. “I don’t other players and it was nice to see them urday. in his career. He was elected grew up in Iowa and was an to the NJCAA Hall of Fame in accomplished three-sport ath- 1979. He also was a member of lete. the Minnesota Wrestling He was a member of the U.S. Coaches Association Hall of HIGH SCHOOL BOYS HOCKEY / ROCHESTER ROUNDUP Navy and served during World Fame. Philo also was elected War II. Philo later earned his to the Rochester Quarterback bachelors degree at Iowa State Club Sports Hall of Fame in Teachers College (now 1996, the National Wrestling Eagles skate to tie against Owatonna Northern Iowa) and his mas- Hall of Fame, Iowa Chapter in from junior defenseman HOLY FAMILY 6, JM 0 ters from Sacramento State Col- 2002 and the New Hampton Rockets falls to Holy Family lege. and top returning scorer Rockets topped on home ice High School Athletic Hall of Fame in 2003. He was the Rory Vesel. Senior Rochester John Marshall is off to a While teaching in Iowa, Philo Catholic in non-conference NJCAA Wrestling Coach of the defenseman Matt Roth tough start in the young season. coached New Hampton High contest at the Rec Center and freshman forward School to a state title in 1957. Year in 1966 and coached on Alex Funk each had a The Rockets dropped to 0-3-0 overall He was on the original coaching the staff of the U.S. Junior Pan after a shutout loss to By Jason Feldman goal in the second staff at Rochester John Mar- Am team in 1983. Holy Family Catholic of period. shall when the school opened A Celebration of Life will be [email protected] Victoria, Minn., at the in the fall of 1958. In 1962, he held for Philo on Saturday, Dec. OWATONNA — Rochester Lourdes put “We played poorly in Rochester Recreation moved to the community col- 12, at 1 p.m. at RCTC’s Rock- together a solid boys the first period, but we Center on Thursday. got stronger and stronger lege ranks, coaching Rochester enbach gymnasium. hockey season opener on Roth Holy Family outshot both ends of the ice, but as the game went on,” the Rockets 34-20 in the ended with a 3-3 tie first-year Lourdes head game, and JM goalie against Owatonna on coach Josh Spaniol said. Bryan King made 28 Thursday at the Four Nick Heimer played in goal for the saves. Seasons Centre. JUNIOR COLLEGE / WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Eagles and preserved the tie by stopping “(Holy Family) is a The Eagles outshot a Huskies player on a penalty shot in the nice-passing team, they King Owatonna 28-13 and final minute of overtime. played really well,” John Yellowjackets to raise banner received key contribu- Lourdes (0-0-1) is back at Owatonna Marshall coach Scott Lecy said. “We didn’t tions from veterans and today to face New Richmond (Wis.) in the play that well; they outworked us and out- NJCAA title team to The Yellowjackets won the newcomers. Vesel Owatonna Invitational. hustled us.” NJCAA Division III women’s Each time Owatonna LOURDES 3, OWATONNA 3, TIE basketball national champi- The Rockets get a day off before be honored tonight onship last season. grabbed a lead, the Eagles responded. Lourdes: Alex Funk 1 goal; Rory Vesel 1 goal; Matt Roth returning to the ice for a 7:30 p.m. game 1 goal; Nick Heimer 10 saves (13 shots). Post-Bulletin staff That team will be honored Lourdes received a first-period goal Note: The Eagles had 28 shots on goal. Saturday at Coon Rapids. The Rochester Community at 5:50 p.m. tonight, and they and Technical College women’s will raise the national cham- basketball team will raise its pionship banner. For more high school hockey updates and notes, check out national championship banner The Yellowjackets play Fond tonight prior to its game against du Lac, Wis., tonight, with a the Faceoff blog at www.postbulletin.com/sports Fond du Lac, Wis. scheduled 6 p.m. tipoff. •••••••• ✩ C4 POST-BULLETIN / www.postbulletin.com Wednesday, December 9, 2009 POST-BULLETIN / www.postbulletin.com Wednesday, December 9, 2009 XX Minnesota Sports Youth Athletics MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL / TWINS Still a third base hole baseman Kevin Kouzmanoff, game. Harris, Crede could who hit .255 with 18 homers “We talked about bringing be familiar answers and 88 RBI last season and is him up (in September),’’ Gar- headed for his first year of denhire said. “No one recom- to annual lineup arbitration. mended that he was ready for The Twins are willing to deal the big leagues.’’ question. lefthander Glen Perkins. Perhaps that’s why Valencia Perkins upset the club during By La Velle E. Neal III decided last week to go to the season when he hid an Puerto Rico and play winter McClatchy News Services injury until after he suffered ball. INDIANAPOLIS — New off- a rough outing and later tried “Give Danny Valencia to file a grievance to regain season. Same old problem. credit,’’ Smith said. “He'’s down Submitted photo “If we started today, Brendan lost service time that would in Puerto Rico, trying to get Harris would be my starting have made him eligible for better.’’ The Rochester Bantam B1 Black, Somerby, team took second in the Rochester Show- third baseman,’’ Twins man- arbitration this offseason. down tournament, then took second in the Stillwater Thanksgiving tournament. Front: The Twins could return to Case Hansen, Kyle Lawler, Charlie Van Galder, Jared Bromberg, Logan Berge, Matt Stur- ager Ron Gardenhire said. The Padres view Perkins as Joe Crede, who was supposed For a Twins fan, that might someone who can be a solid to be the answer last season, chio, Dallas Hager. Back: Lars Anderson, Ryan Martin, Bailey Kazeck, Nick Musta, Gar- be as comforting as the near- mid-rotation starter, yet they but batted .225 with 15 homers rett Strom, Cody Cossette, Drew Applegath, Justyn Sweet, Matt Rogers. Coaches are blizzard currently blowing are looking for more in return and 48 RBI in 90 games last Tom Musta, Mike Bromberg and Bob Lawler. through the state. for Kouzmanoff, who hit 23 season before he needed back homers in 2008 and has The Twins have used 17 dif- surgery in September for the improved his defense. ferent third basemen since third time in as many years. BASEBALL Corey Koskie left after the 2004 San Francisco has had talks The Twins are going to mon- • The Rochester Youth Baseball season. with San Diego about Kouz- itor Crede’s recovery and could Association will be conducting manoff, but the Giants' offer of And, once again, the Twins sign him to another incentive- coaching interviews for their Travel- outfielder Fred Lewis and are looking for a third laden deal (he made around ing Program on Jan. 5, 2008. If infielder Kevin Frandsen was you are interested in being consid- baseman during the offseason $4 million last season) before turned down. ered for a head coaching position and, like in many past years, the back injury ended his for one of our traveling teams, it could end with the Twins There are several free-agent season. That depends on if the please contact our Traveling Direc- crossing their fingers that third basemen on the market, hot corner is still proving hard tor, Kent Thielen, at (507) 281- someone in house can surprise but the Twins haven't been to fill. 3390 to schedule an interview them. linked to any of them yet. One “We’ll see,’’ Smith said. time. of them is Pedro Feliz, who We will again this year have 2- But Gardenhire, during a “We’ve had a couple conver- batted .266 with 12 homers and AAA teams and 1-AA team for teleconference arranged sations with Scott Boras 82 RBI for Philadelphia last each age group, 10 through 14 Tuesday when he was too sick (Crede’s agent). There are a lot years of age. season. Feliz's agents hope to to travel to the annual winter of third basemen out there. We speak with the Twins about meetings, pointed out that gen- have a pretty good inventory.’’ him during the winter meet- SOCCER eral manager Bill Smith also ings. The Twins checked one item • Registration for the Rochester is looking at possible free off their shopping list when Youth Soccer Association’s Spring Submitted photo agents and exploring deals. Twins prospect Danny righthander Carl Pavano 2010 Recreation Soccer season is Valencia will have a chance to “We have options in-house, agreed to accept their offer of open online now. The Spring 2010 The Rochester girls 10A team placed second in the annu- impress Gardenhire during and there are still options we arbitration Monday. But in season will run seven weeks, with al Rochester Girls Tournament Nov. 27-29. Front: Aryka spring training. Valencia was order to make room for Pavano the first games set to be played Bennett, Kelsey Miller. Middle row: Barret Boyer, Brooklyn can talk to,’’ Gardenhire said. on April 24, 2010 and the last promoted to Class AAA on the roster, the Twins desig- Birdseye, Megan Adair, Allison Dee, Allie Halverson, Katie Sources with knowledge of Rochester during last season games of the season scheduled talks confirmed Tuesday that nated righthander Boof Bonser for June 12, 2010. To register, Montrose, Renee Saltness. Back row: Lexi Grethen, Sarah and hit .286 with seven homers for assignment. If they can't the Twins and Padres have had and 41 RBI in 71 games, but visit the RYSA website at Montrose, Eryn Fjelsted, Brooke Hansen, Emily Bowron, discussions about third trade Bonser, 28, by Saturday, www.rysa.org and follow the regis- Brooke Haskins, Paige Anglin, Madi Lutz. needs more time to refine his they will release him. tration links. For the 2010 Spring Recreation season RYSA has implemented an “Early Bird” registration period, fol- lowed by a “General” registration PRO HOCKEY / WILD period. Costs and dates are as follows: EARLY BIRD Registration (Novem- Koivu putting the Wild on his back ber 15, 2009 - January 8, 2010) Grades 1-4 = $60 Grades 5-12 = By Michael Russo $80 McClatchy News Services GENERAL Registration (January 9, 2010 - January 31, 2010) — In late October, Grades 1-4 = $70 Grades 5-12 = after a loss in Chicago that $90 dropped the Wild’s road record Teams will practice for one to 0-8, coach Todd Richards hour, twice a week, in the pleaded for a leader to “take evenings and games will be held charge.” on Saturdays. Boys teams will practice on Tuesdays and Thurs- Fast-forward to last Friday. days and Girls teams will practice With the Wild down by two on Mondays and Wednesdays. The goals in the third period to RYSA Recreation league is “in- Anaheim, Richards looked at house” and teams only play other teams from Rochester and the Mikko Koivu and saw the surrounding areas. Each child Submitted photo intensity on his face. plays at least half of each game, So Richards started throwing no matter their skill level. Scores The John Marshall girls sixth-grade traveling basketball Koivu’s line onto the ice vir- and league standings are not team went 4-0 to capture the Onalaska Tournament cham- tually every other shift, and kept, and the emphasis is on hav- pionship on Dec. 5. Front row: Hannah Walker, Cate just like that, Koivu and Antti ing fun and learning the game in Arendt, Grace Dokken, Katelyn Priebe. Back row: Jenna a relaxed environment. Milligan, Kia Schepp, Jamie Ruden, Nicole Fautsch. Miettinen scored goals inside For more information on the the last five minutes en route Spring 2010 Recreation season, to a thrilling comeback victory. please contact the RYSA office at This came one game after Associated Press 280-7584. How to submit items Koivu willed the Wild to a Wild captain Mikko Koivu puts a shot on goal against SWIMMING Youth Athletics runs Wednesdays in the Post-Bulletin. Most photos comeback win over Nashville Chicago earlier this season. and articles are contributed through youth sports organizations; please by taking over the third period. • Med City Aquatics Swim contact them with questions. Other inquiries may be made to Ken “This is what you want from 17 games. their play isn’t up to snuff. Club participated in the Northfield Hanson at [email protected] or 281-7468. December Dazzler BC Open Swim your captain,” Richards said. Koivu has scored six goals Under Richards’ system, the Please include a phone number or e-mail address with your submis- and 18 points in the past 14 center is allowed to forecheck Meet on December 5-6. “It’s character and pride. Aiden Baranczyk-6 new best times, 4 top sion. Mikko, you know he’s a deter- games. He’s tied for 16th in the aggressively. Koivu is especially 8 events with 4 new C times, Ellen Baranczyk- mined player when you watch NHL with 30 points and 10th permitted because he and 6 of 6 best times, 5 top 8 with 3 new C times, 7 top 6 events, Champion in 1 event, 1 new C time, Lily Schimke-6 of 7 best with 21 assists. Brunette are two of the Wild’s times and 3 new B times, Kaitlin Bohn- 8 2 new B times and 1 new A time, Eun Hyuk times, 6 top 7 events with 2 new A times, him in practices and games. of 8 best times, 5 top 8 with 2 new B Lee-4 best times, 5 top 8 events, Champi- Erik-Jan van Deursen- 2 best times, 1 top But (Friday) night, he took it Teammates say they think best players when it comes to times, Madison DeJong-6 new best times, 2 on in one event, 3 new A times, Ha Jin 7 event, Hanneke van Deursen-6 best times, to another level. He’s your there are two reasons for protecting the puck. new B times, Anna DeMattos-5 new best Lee- 8 of 8 best times, Champion in one 2 top 4 events, 1 new C time and 1 new times, Megan Erickson-2 of 2 new best times, event and runner up in another with 2 new A time, Willemijn van Deursen- 7 of 8 best leader. He basically said, Koivu’s strapping play. “He’s good at every aspect Champion in one event and runner up in C times and 3 new B times, James McKel- times, 6 top 6 events, Champion in 1 event, the second, 1 new A time and 1 new MN ‘Come on guys, follow me.’” First, linemate Andrew of the game, but we’re noticing lar- 2 of 3 best times with 2 top 8 events 4 new B times and 1 new A time, Alex Ver- State qualifying time, Kathryn Ericson-5 of 6 and 1 new C time, Joseph McKellar- 3 of berg- 4 of 4 best times, 1 new C time, Koivu, always understated, Brunette believes it’s because him more because of the best times, Champion in 2 events, runner 4 best times, Eden Newman-1 of 2 best Mitchell Verberg- 3 of 3 best times, 3 top added element of the cycling up in another, 6 top 5 events, 3 new A times, 2 top 10 events with one new A 10 events, Morgan Verberg- 3 of 4 best said, “There are games that of a new system that allows times and 1 new MN State qualifying time, down low,” Brunette said. “We time, Elliott Newman- 2 of 4 best times and times and 1 new B time, Jenna Willenborg- you have it and games you Koivu to play to his strengths. Maggie Ericson-4 best times, Champion in 2 top 4 events with 1 new C time, Angela 2 new best times. 1 event, 5 top 9 events, 1 new B time, don’t have it, but you just have Second, goalie Nicklas Back- do that a lot more than we did Ostroot- 4 best times, 2 top 8 events with For additional information on to try to find it.” in the prior system. Hannah Fredricksen- 3 of 3 best times, 1 1 new B time and 1 new C time, Mark Ost- strom says Koivu must lead by new B time, Amanda Glowa-3 of 4 best root-7 of 8 best times, Champion in 2 events becoming a member of Med City Since those October dog example because his some- “We get on the puck a little times, 1 new C time, Kyle Glowa-1 best with 8 top 7 events, 4 new C times, Grant Aquatics Swim Club contact Head time, Champion in 1 event, runner up in days, the Wild has resurrected times-vocal style extends to bit more, forecheck a little bit Reeves- 8 of 8 best times, 3 top 8 events Coach Badger Faison at 254-2109 another, 4 top 6 events, Drew Hellickson- 5 with 3 new C times and 1 new B time, Ben or see our web site at www. Med- itself, going 10-4-3 in its past challenging teammates when more, make more plays.” best times, 2 top 7 events, 2 new C times Schimke- 8 of 8 best times, 4 top 10 events, and 1 new B time, Eva Koplin- 8 of 8 best cityaquatics.org.

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Photos by Scott Jacobson, [email protected] Century’s Cory Kautz gets a backhander on John Marshall goaltender Bryan King during sec- ond-period action of Saturday’s game at the Rec Center. Depth shines through as Century rolls past JM By Jason Feldman be key for that second line. [email protected] P-B’S 3 STARS “We’d like the scoring to One of Rochester Century’s be spread out, and in the primary goals this season has 1. Jordan Martini, Cen- past two games they’ve had John Marshall goaltender Bryan King makes a diving poke check to break up a scoring chance been to develop some scoring tury: The senior forward a lot of chances. We’re just of Century’s Jordan Martin. depth after its first line. had a hat trick, including not finishing,” Frutiger said. “There’s no need to be upset That line, with Cory Kautz five power-play opportunities. against Benilde-St. Margaret’s Just five games into the boys the first and last goals of hockey season, the Panthers when you’re getting good centering Jordan Martini and “We just had to stay focused on Dec. 22. are starting to see that depth the game. opportunities. Eventually the Drew Anderson, did most of on moving our feet and JM plays host to St. Paul emerge. Century received four goals will come.” the damage for the Panthers working harder away from Johnson on Tuesday and 2. Cory Kautz, Century: (3-2-0 overall). The trio com- points and a strong effort at The senior forward had four JM was coming off its first the puck,” Frutiger said when Mankato West in a conference bined for five goals and five asked what helped Century game on Thursday. both ends from its second line points, two goals and two victory of the season, a 5-3 win on Saturday in an 8-1 non- against rival Rochester Mayo assists, including a hat trick break out in the third period. from Martini. Junior defen- CENTURY 8, JM 1 conference victory against assists. on Thursday. The Rockets “I wasn’t sure why there was First period — 1. RC, Jordan Martini 2 (Drew seman Connor Faupel also Rochester John Marshall at 3. Dominick Jacobs, carried the momentum over some frustration showing (in Anderson 5, Cory Kautz 1) 10:57. 2. RC, Tyler the Rochester Recreation and held their ground for two had a big night, with two goals the second). In a tight game, Iverson 1 (Brandon Kautz 1, Dominick Jacobs Century: The sophomore and an assist. 2) 13:39 (pp). Second period — 3. RC, Martini Center. periods, despite being outshot the last thing you want is to 3 (Connor Faupel 3) 2:40 (pp). 4. JM, Tom Fo- forward had two assists, 37-8 through the first 34 min- Defenseman Tom Foley become frustrated.” ley 1 (Reed Miller 3, Eric Mackey 1) 14:04 (pp). Tyler Iverson had a goal, including one on Tyler Iver- Third period — 5. RC, C. Kautz 7 (Anderson 6) while linemates Dominick utes. scored for JM (1-5-0) on a shot That frustration vanished 3:00. 6. RC, Kautz 8 (unassisted) 5:01. 7. RC, Connor Faupel 3 (Jacobs 3, Applegath 2) 6:05. Jacobs (two assists) and Brett son’s game-winning goal. “We had better jump and a from the top of the circle. It with the big third period. cut the Rockets’ deficit to 3-1, 8. RC, Faupel 4 (Anderson 7, Nick Raehsler 3) Applegath (one assist) also positive attitude,” JM coach Century has three games 11:07 (pp, 5x3). 9. RC, Martini 4 (Raehsler 4, but Century exploded for five C. Kautz 2) 12:30 (pp). had points. Applegath said, “but it’s Scott Lecy said. “Obviously, remaining before the holiday third-period goals. Rockets Shots on goal — RC 18-19-14—51; JM 5-3- “We try to go out and always good to have more than the ice was tilted; (Century) break — a non-conference goalie Bryan King finished 6—14. Goalies, saves — RC, Brock Kautz (14 forecheck hard and keep the one line that can score.” has a darn good team. They’re game Tuesday at Owatonna, shots-13 saves); JM, Bryan King (51 shots-43 puck away from (the other fast, explosive and that first with 43 saves. saves). Power-play opportunities — RC 4-for- Panthers coach Bruce a conference game Thursday 5, JM 1-for-4. Penalties — RC, 6 minors-12 team) as much as we can,” Frutiger said patience will line is as good as they come.” Century also converted four of at Austin, and a home game minutes; JM, 8 minors-16 minutes.

GIRLS BASKETBALL / MAYO 58, EAST 42 LOCAL CALENDAR BOYS HOCKEY / ALBERT LEA 5, MAYO 1 TODAY (No local events scheduled). It’s 2 wins in 2 days TUESDAY Slow start costly for Spartans High School Boys Basketball By Jason Feldman had one point 43 seconds into the third Farmington at Century, 7:30 p.m. [email protected] each. period. Alex Heroff scored his for improved Spartans Owatonna at John Marshall, 7:30 second goal of the season, with p.m. Rochester Mayo got off to “We lost the first period an assist from defenseman tracked down 15 rebounds, Lake City at Lourdes, 7:30 p.m. a slow start and by the time By Donny Henn and a half, Steve Serratore. and Rachael Doll grabbed High School Girls Basketball it recovered, Albert Lea had [email protected] but played nine. pulled away in a 5-1 Big Nine Albert Lea outshot Mayo, MANKATO — The Roch- Century at Winona, 7:30 p.m. well in the Conference boys hockey vic- 26-18. Alex VanGalder started ester Mayo girls basketball Doll was Mayo’s top scorer John Marshall at Owatonna, 7:30 second half tory at Graham Arena on Sat- in goal for the Spartans (0-2-0, team is enjoying something it with 13 points, and Lauren p.m. of the game,” urday. 1-4-0) and was replaced by didn’t a season ago: A winning Ulsh added 12 points and Albert Lea at Mayo, 7:30 p.m. Mayo coach Stefan Elde at the 13:39 mark streak. eight rebounds. Lourdes at Lake City, 7:30 p.m. The Tigers (1-1-0 Big Nine, Lorne Grosso of the second period. Van- Mayo coach Angie Meister High School Boys Hockey 2-2-0 overall) scored the first said. “This Heroff M a y o Galder and Elde combined said that junior Bailey Alston Century at Owatonna, 7:30 p.m. team doesn’t d e f e a t e d five goals of the game, two in for 21 saves. Mankato East came off the bench and played St. Paul Johnson at John Marshall the first period and three in realize how good it can be, but 58-42 in a Big strong with six points and (Recreation Center), 7:30 p.m. the second. Five Tigers scored they must work.” Mayo is back in action Nine Confer- seven boards. High School Girls Hockey once each and eight players Mayo’s lone goal came just Thursday at Mankato East. e n c e g a m e “Hirssig played an all- John Marshall at Owatonna, 5:30 Saturday for around great game,” Meister p.m. its second win noted. “Everyone really con- Eagan at Mayo (Graham Arena), BOYS BASKETBALL / ROCHESTER ROUNDUP in as many tributed with a balanced 7:30 p.m. days. scoring attack.” High School Boys Swimming and Diving M a y o , Mayo is home against Albert Hirssig Mankato East at Mayo, 6 p.m. Mayo dominates second w h i c h w o n Lea on Tuesday. WEDNESDAY only three games last season, Mayo 58, Mankato East 42 improved to 2-3 overall and 2-0 MAYO (58) College Men’s Basketball in the Big Nine. Mankato East Brittany Sorgenfrie 6, Sarah Bohlen 1, Julie Western Wisconsin College at Miller 6, Ali Moat 7, Bailey Alston 6, Anna Hirs- RCTC, 8 p.m. half for comeback victory is 0-4, 0-3 in the conference. sig 7, Rachael Doll 13, Lauren Ulsh 12. College Women’s Basketball By Donny Henn and Pat Ruff Evan Morris had a team-high ical inside,” JM coach Rich The Spartans had a 5-point Other stats: Anna Hirssig 15 rebounds, Doll 9,Lauren Ulsh 8 rebounds, Alston 7 rebounds; Western Wisconsin College at [email protected] steals and seven points. Cain said. “We got caught out halftime lead, padded it early Hirssig 4 blocks, 5 steals, 2 assists. RCTC, 8 p.m. Up next for Mayo is a non- of position in the second half and never ALBERT LEA — Rochester MANKATO EAST (42) Mayo held Albert Lea to just conference game against New t o o m a n y relinquished it. Sarah Brozik 11, Taylor Homan 13, Sara Lun- t i m e s . W e dgren 2, Karli DesLauriers 2, Grace Benzkofer nine points in the second half Prague Thursday at home. Mayo made up for a poor played with 4, Kelsey Mosher 2, C. Ries 8. BASKETBALL / RCTC and the Spartans roared from Mayo 60, Albert Lea 39 free-throw shooting effort with Halftime: MAYO 24, ME 19. MAYO (60) (Woodbury) Free throws: MAYO 8-22, Mankato East 14- behind for a 60-39 win in a Big a strong game on the boards, Nine Conference boys basket- Sam Calcagno 13, Zach Rhodes 2, Michael t h e f i r s t out-rebounding East 44-25. 23. RCTC men ring Franzone 16, Evan Morris 7, Ian Hathaway 13, half, but we Three-point goals: MAYO 0, ME 4 (Brozik 2, ball game Saturday night. Kuai Mayen 2, Michael Idso 7, Ty Quint 0. Junior guard Anna Hirssig Ries 2). Other stats: Morris 7 steals; Quint 3 as- didn’t have up 111 points M a y o sists. t h e s a m e trailed 30-23 By Pat Ruff ALBERT LEA (39) i n t e n s i t y at half- Damian Montes 4, Taylor Bordelon 8, Aaron the second GIRLS HOCKEY / DODGE COUNTY 3, JM/L 1 [email protected] Klatt 8, Alik Smed 4, Kyle Ooms 9, Silas Ran- t i m e , b u t dall 3, Cameron Solie 1, Josh Eisenbraun 2. half.” VERMILION — Roch- the Tigers’ Rushton Halftime: AL 30, MAYO 23. J M w a s ester Community and o f f e n s e Free throws: MAYO 8-11, AL 6-10. paced by junior forward Ryan 3rd-period goals push Dodge Technical College got a went into a Three-point goals: MAYO 8 (Bordelon 2, Randell 1), AL 3 (Calcagno 1, Franzone 4, Mor- Rushton with 19 points. Senior sizzling offense effort and shell in the ris 1, Hathaway 2). guard Nate Miller added 15 rode it to a 111-101 win second half. County past JM/Lourdes points and freshman guard over Vermilion Commu- The Spartans WOODBURY 96, JM 64 John Mattison 12. Post-Bulletin staff “Michelle really played well nity College on Saturday. dominated Poor second half The Rockets host Owatonna KASSON — Dodge County for JM/Lourdes,” said Dodge the second Franzone County coach Jeremy Gun- RCTC (8-2 overall) had WOODBURY — John Mar- on Tuesday. scored two goals in the third half, 37-9. shall turned in one good half derson. “We just happened to seven players hit double Woodbury 96, John Marshall 63 period and broke away to a It was the first win for Mayo, hit a couple of breakaways; figures in scoring. The and one bad one. That wasn’t JOHN MARSHALL (63) 3-1 win over John Marshall/ now 1-2, and the first confer- otherwise it was a pretty even Yellowjackets were led nearly enough to contend with Nate Miller 15, Jordan Stokes 4, John Mat- Lourdes in a high school non- ence game for both teams. Woodbury as the Rockets fell tison 12, Ryan Rushton 19, Louis Hermansen game all the way through.” by Brandon Milde with 2, Kadri Plott 2, Mohamed Elmakki 6, Aaron conference girls hockey game 19 points. David Fritsch Albert Lea is 1-1. in the non-conference game Johnson 3, Saturday. The first period was score- had 18, Aubrey Rhodes “It was a good win over an Saturday afternoon. Other stats: Elmakki 6 rebounds.. Darby Dodds, Kortney less; Dodge County led 1-0 WOODBURY (96) 17, Demetrius Williams improved team,” Mayo coach JM (0-2) trailed 41-34 at Nick Quicksell 22, Joe Rizzardi 21, David Kleber and Rose Johnson all after the second period. 15 points and four assists, Shaun Lang said. intermission, then was out- Smith 17, scored goals for Dodge County. Halftime: WOOD 41, JM 34. Dodge County, which plays Logan Drager 11 and Michael Franzone scored scored 55-29 the rest of the Dodge added two assists, and Shiron Williams 10 points Free throws: JM 11-15, WOOD 16-30. an independent schedule, 16 points to lead three Mayo way. Three-point goals: JM 4 (Rushton 3, Mat- Kleber had one assist. and five assists. improved to 4-6. players in double figures. “We need to be more phys- tison 1), WOOD 6 (Quicksell 3). Dodge County goalie Anna Hunter made 26 saves. For JM/ JM/Lourdes (3-6) has a RCTC led 58-44 at half- time. Lourdes, Michelle Bonapace- Big Nine Conference game WWEDNESDAYS:EDNESDAYS: PPRESSRESS BBOXOX VIEWVIEW Potvin had 40. Tuesday at Owatonna. “It was a game where we got any shot that we Craig Swalbowski and Paul Christian are veteran members of the P-B sports team and each week they offer their wanted and shot almost perspectives on people or topics in local sports. 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GIRLS HOCKEY / ROCHESTER ROUNDUP LOCAL CALENDAR BOYS HOCKEY / ROCHESTER ROUNDUP TODAY College Men’s Basketball Eagan speeds its Western Wisconsin College at RCTC, 8 p.m. Panthers shoot high College Women’s Basketball Western Wisconsin College at way past Mayo RCTC, 8 p.m. percentage in blowout win By Jason Feldman Mayo: Mary Grace Flesher 2 goals; Anna Bill- THURSDAY ings 2 assists; Emma Leof 1 assist. By Jason Feldman shots into the third period,” Frutiger said. [email protected] High School Boys Basketball New Prague at Mayo, 7:30 p.m. [email protected] “When they’re leading by example like that, A speedy Eagan team proved OWATONNA 5, JM/LOURDES 2 it really helps.” High School Wrestling Rochester Century didn’t put many shots to be too much for Rochester JM/L falls in close battle on goal, but the Panthers made their good Century plays at Austin on Thursday. Mayo to handle on Tuesday Century at Austin, 7 p.m. OWATONNA — Rochester Mankato West at John Marshall, chances count. Century scored on seven of its CENTURY 7, OWATONNA 0 at Graham Arena. The result: Century: Brock Kautz 20 saves; Jordan Martini 2 goals, 1 assist; Drew John Marshall/Lourdes hung 7 p.m. 17 shots — including four power-play goals — A 7-2 non-conference girls Anderson 1 goal, 2 assist; Nick Raehsler 1 goal, 2 assists; Cory Kautz 1 tough with Owatonna into the Mayo at Mankato East, 5 p.m. to roll to a 7-0 victory at Owatonna in a non- goal, 1 assist; Dominick Jacobs 2 assists; Brandon Kautz 2 assists; Wyatt hockey victory for Eagan Travis 1 assist; Nate Musta 1 assist; Tyler Iverson 1 goal. third period, but the Huskies High School Boys Hockey conference boys hockey game on Tuesday. against the Spartans. Owatonna: Nick Paulson 10 saves. were able to convert on a late Century at Austin, 7:30 p.m. Century goalie Brock Kautz stopped 20 shots Eagan (4-4-1) exploded for power-play to ice a non-con- to earn his first varsity shutout. ST. PAUL JOHNSON 5, JM 1 five second-period goals after Mankato West at John Marshall ference victory at the Four (Recreation Center), 7:30 p.m. Century led 1-0 after the first period on a Rockets have chances, come up shy the teams played a scoreless Seasons Centre in Owatonna. first period. Eagan finished Mayoat Mankato East, 7:30 p.m. power-play goal by Nick Raehsler. Owatonna Rochester John Marshall narrowly missed with a 31-18 advantage in shots The Huskies took a 1-0 lead Lourdes at Northfield, 7:30 p.m. (2-2-2 overall) outshot the Panthers 9-3 in the on a handful of scoring opportunities. St. on goal. in the first period, but JM/ High School Girls Hockey period and 20-17 in the game. Paul Johnson converted on several of its best John Marshall at Mankato West (All “Owatonna hustled and played the body “Defensively we had dif- Lourdes’ Marissa Bruesewitz chances in a non-conference boys hockey win Seasons Arena), 5:30 p.m. well,” Century coach Bruce Frutiger said, “and ficulty getting into the game scored on a power play late in against JM at the Rochester Recreation Center Century at Farmington (Schmitz- they didn’t allow us to break and adjusting to the speed of the period to tie it 1-1. Sarah on Tuesday. Maki Ice Arena), 7:15 p.m. out of our zone as well as we Eagan,” Mayo Armstrong and Kelly Bier had Johnson took a 4-0 lead into the third period Mankato East at Mayo (Graham would like to.” coach Jeff assists. in a rematch of a game from last winter’s Arena I)m 7:30 p.m. The Panthers (4-2-0) broke Phillips said. Owatonna (2-1-0, 4-3-0) Hockey Day Minnesota, held outdoors at High School Boys Swimming/ the game open in the second “We did some built its lead Diving Phalen Park in St. Paul (Johnson won that nice things period, scoring three times game, 4-0). back to 3-1, Austin at Mayo (at Century), 6:30 in a span of 2 minutes, 27 offensively but captain p.m. Zach Johnson scored an unassisted goal for against a good seconds. Jordan Martini and Megan Deku- John Marshall at Mankato West, JM (1-6-0) in the third to cut the deficit to 4-1. defensive 7 p.m. Cory Kautz scored power-play toski scored a goals 22 seconds apart, and Johnson (1-3-1) outshot JM just 24-23. team, which Mayo at Red Wing, 6 p.m. short-handed Martini added his second goal “We played well,” JM coach Scott Lecy said. is encour- FRIDAY goal to pull just more than two minutes “Johnson has a good, hard-working team. They aging at this High School Boys Basketball Martini Flesher point in the within a goal later. gave a great effort and scored some scrappy after two. John Marshall at Faribault, 7:30 Tyler Iverson, Brett Apple- goals in front of the net. We had a pretty good season.” p.m. JM/L won gath and Drew Anderson scored in the effort and some opportunities, we just didn’t Mary Grace Flesher scored High School Girls Basketball a faceoff in third for the Panthers. Century’s top line of capitalize on them.” both goals for Mayo, both in Dekutoski Mayo at Century, 7:30 p.m. the second period. Anna Bill- Owatonna’s Anderson, Kautz and Martini combined for Matt Potoracke got his first start in goal for Faribault at John Marshall, 7:30 eight points. ings had two assists and Emma end and Deku- p.m. JM and made 19 saves. The Rockets play host “Those three were all dropping and blocking Leof one. toski shot it through traffic. Kenyon-Wanamingo at Lourdes, to Mankato West at 7:30 p.m. Thursday. It was Mayo’s first game in “Megan had a really strong 7:30 p.m. more than a week, after having game,” JM/L coach Steve Rus- High School Wrestling a game postponed due to last sell said. “We played pretty Century, Mayo at Minnesota Christ- HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS / JOHN MARSHALL ALUMNI NIGHTS week’s snowstorm. well. I was pleased with how mas Tournament (at RCTC). “We added several tough we skated with them and we High School Gymnastics JM wrestling alumni night Rockets boys hockey teams like Eagan to our played all three lines.” Quadrangular, Century, Mayo, John schedule this season to chal- Marshall, Winona (at Gage East Elementary), 6 p.m. alumni will gather Dec. 23 lenge ourselves and expose Michelle Bonapace-Potvin will be held Thursday had 36 saves for JM/L, which Post-Bulletin staff weaknesses that we need to Post-Bulletin staff work on,” Phillips said. “In had 28 shots on goal. JM/L The P-B’s Ben The annual Rochester John Marshall The Rochester John Marshall wrestling that aspect, (Tuesday) was (1-2-0, 3-6-0) is back in action Pherson and boys hockey alumni game is scheduled team will hold its annual “Alumni Night” on a success as we continue to at 5:30 p.m. Friday at Mankato for Dec. 23. Jason Feldman Thursday. improve and move forward.” West. The game, which will match alumni vs. write a blog, All former JM coaches, wrestlers and man- Mayo plays host to Mankato OWATONNA 5, JM/LOURDES 2 alumni, is set for 5:15-7 p.m. at the Roch- “Faceoff.” To agers are invited to attend the Rockets’ home East on Thursday. JM/Lourdes: Megan Dekutoski 1 goal; Ma- ester Recreation Center. rissa Bruesewitz 1 goal; Sarah Armstrong 2 as- find it, go to our dual against Mankato West. EAGAN 7, MAYO 2 All former John Marshall boys hockey sists; Kelly Bier 1 assist; Michelle Bonapace- web site, www. Junior varsity wrestling begins at 6 p.m., with Eagan: no statistics available. 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They are huge at the net two goals and two assists as University of Minnesota tied the score at 1-all. and any balls that came to the host Rochester Mayo defeated made a habit this season of Mankato East 7-2 on Thursday West outshot the Rockets net they dominated.” 41-30. In goal for JM/Lourdes dispatching teams with relent- in Big Nine Conference girls less defense and scrappy play. After losing the first two hockey. was Michelle Bonapace- sets, the Gophers jumped to Potvin. But the University of Texas Courtney Schubauer and provided too much size and a 12-8 lead in the third. But Kelli Anderson also scored a “It was a lot closer than firepower, sweeping Minne- Texas (29-1) went on a 12-1 pair of goals for Mayo, which the final score,” JM/Lourdes sota in three sets in the semi- run, punctuated by a pair of built an early 3-0 lead. Steve Russell said. “They got finals of the NCAA volleyball double blocks, both involving “Courtney Schubauer really a couple of quick goals near tournament at the St. Pete Hooker, the Big 12 Player of stepped up for us tonight the second period to open it Times Forum on Thursday the Year. getting seven shots on net and up.” night. Engle, a 6-3 lefthanded, scoring two really nice goals,” JM/Lourdes is 3-7 overall Texas All-Americas Ashley setter/hitter, presented Mayo coach Jeff Phillips said. and plays Blake at 8:15 p.m. Engle and Destinee Hooker Associated Press matchup problems for the “She has elevated her game in Tuesday at Graham Arena. Gophers, who often pitted combined for 27 kills for the Texas’ Destinee Hooker hits over Minnesota defenders Ari- many areas. She has become FARMINGTON 14, CENT. 1 second-seeded Longhorns in a 5-10 Hailey Cowles against a significant offensive threat 25-19, 25-20, 25-15 victory. ana Filho (11) and Megan Wilson (13) as teammate Heath- her. Cowles led the Gophers Panthers still winless er Kisner (19) looks on during the NCAA college volleyball with 12 kills and added two and is also doing really well “They have the athletes to on penalty kills, killing off FARMINGTON — Emily national semifinal match Thursday. service aces. Severson had three goals take advantage of any mistake two five-on-threes in the last “She’s a tiger of a player, and Farmington scored seven and they did,” said Gophers outdoor high jump titles, regis- jump serves that kept the two games.” but to have her matched up times in each of the first two coach Mike Hebert, whose tered three kills among the Gophers off balance. against Engle for two rota- Olivia Mewhorter also periods to build a 14-0 lead team finished 28-9. Longhorns’ first six points in “We came into this match tions, we knew that wasn’t scored for Mayo. Emma Leof Hooker, a 6-5 outside hitter the first game, setting the tone thinking our defense would going into the third. going to bode well for us,” added a pair of assists. who has won three NCAA for the match with an impos- outplay theirs,” said Gophers “Farmington’s got a good ing array of spikes, dinks and Hebert said. Jamie Clay was in net for program going and it shows,” middle blocker Lauren Gibbe- Mayo. She had 12 saves. The Century coach Dan Maidl Spartans outshot East 35-12. said. “We wanted to come out “They spread it around PRO HOCKEY / WILD 3, CANADIENS 1 and play with intensity for pretty good,” the coach three periods,” Phillips said. added. “The girls did a great job of this shutting down East’s Allie Schulte scored Centu- Wild stay sharp, keep on rolling attack and limiting their shots ry’s lone goal 27 seconds into on net.” the third period. Rebecca Associated Press get the lead and you get the a 2-1 loss at New Jersey one tonight,” Gill said. Lorsung assisted. MONTREAL — Mikko Koivu team going, and I think it’s night earlier. Montreal’s Roman Hamr- Mayo plays at Chaska at 2 important on the road,” Koivu p.m. Saturday. Farmington held a 38-10 provided Minnesota with key “It’s a tough thing we’re lik did not play after leaving shot advantage. Hannah offense, Niklas Backstrom said. “We did a pretty good going through,” Canadiens Wednesday night’s game with WEST 5, JM/LOURDES 1 Kautto played the first two stood tall behind the Wild’s job defensively, even if they defenseman Hal Gill said. a knee injury. With Hamrlik Scarlets trump JM/L periods in goal for Century defense, and the Montreal had a lot of shots. In the third “We’ve been playing a lot out, Montreal’s defense was MANKATO — John and Sultanna White played Canadiens once again came period we tried to keep it tight better, we’ve been in games, bolstered by the return of Marshall/Lourdes made a the final period. up short despite finally in the middle, and obviously we’re just coming out on the Paul Mara, who missed five game of it early, before fall- The Panthers (0-9 overall) outshooting an opponent. Backstrom played a great wrong end of them and we’ve games because of an upper- game so that always helps.” ing to Mankato West in Big will host Austin on Saturday Koivu broke a first-period got to find something to make body injury. Nine Conference action. at 3 p.m. at the Rec Center. tie with a power-play goal, Backstrom extended his the difference. We’ve got to “We’ve been hit with the and Backstrom made 30 personal winning streak to dig a little deeper and get injuries pretty hard,” Gill saves, leading Minnesota to a four as the Wild won their some goals and find a way to said. SKI & SNOW / GLOBAL WARMINGT 3-1 victory over Montreal on second in a row. Minnesota capitalize on chances.” WILD 3, CANADIENS 1 Thursday night. is 9-2-1 following a four-game Carey Price stopped 18 Minnesota ...... 2 0 1 — 3 losing streak. shots and fell to 2-5-2 in his Montreal ...... 1 0 0 — 1 Robbie Earl opened the First Period — 1, Minnesota, Earl Global warming could scoring early in the first, and “I think we played a pretty last nine starts. 3 (Johnsson), 2:41. 2, Montreal, good game,” Backstrom said. A.Kostitsyn 9 (Gomez), 3:26. 3, Min- Koivu restored the Wild’s one- The Canadiens held a 31-21 nesota, Koivu 10 (Havlat, Brunette), goal lead later in the period “The guys on defense did a advantage in shots, the first 14:08 (pp). with his 10th goal, tying great job to help me see the time they have outshot an Second Period — None. hamper ski resorts puck.” Third Period — 4, Minnesota, Clut- Andrew Brunette for the team opponent in 10 games. terbuck 6 (Kobasew, Schultz), 11:47. Associated Press he will host what he calls the lead. Cal Clutterbuck added Andrei Kostitsyn scored for “That was our goal, to go Shots on Goal — Minnesota 11-7-3 — SALT LAKE CITY — Ski first “legitimate debate” about his sixth goal in the third. Montreal, which has dropped and put the puck at the net, 21. Montreal 7-12-12 — 31. man’s role in climate change Goalies — Minnesota, Backstrom. resorts across the country “Early in the game, you five in a row (0-4-1), including and it just didn’t go in for us Montreal, Price. A — 21,273 (21,273). used the Thanksgiving week- in the spring. The former Real- end to jump start their winter tor who took office when Jon Huntsman resigned to become seasons, but with every pass- U.S. ambassador to China ing year comes a frightening maintains that it wasn’t. PRO FOOTBALL / VIKINGS realization: If global tempera- “He’s said to me that the jury NEXT 3 tures continue to rise, fewer The next 3 games for Minnesota teams and fewer resorts will be able is out in his mind whether it’s Pat Williams yearns to Team Opponent Time (CST) TV to open for the traditional man-caused,” said Herbert’s beginning of ski season. environmental adviser, Demo- Vikings football crat Ted Wilson. got out as Super Bowl champ Warmer temperatures at Herbert’s reluctance to By Chip Scoggins nator Leslie Frazier said he Sunday at Carolina ...... 7:20 p.m. NBC night are making it more Dec. 28 at Chicago ...... 7:30 p.m. ESPN acknowledge that green- McClatchy New Service and line coach Karl Dunbar difficult to make snow and adjusted Williams’ workload Jan. 3 N.Y. Giants ...... noon Fox house gases contribute to MINNEAPOLIS — Pat the snow that falls naturally is in practice to help preserve global warming frustrates ski Williams hasn’t been as Gophers football melting earlier in the spring. his body. resorts that depend on state rollicking and outspoken this Dec. 31 Insight Bowl vs. Iowa State ....5 p.m. NFL Network In few places is this a bigger marketing money. It infuriates season as in the past, but the “He’s really stepped it up,” concern than the American Wild hockey industry officials who liken Vikings nose tackle Frazier said. “I think a combi- West, where skiing is one of it to having a debate about cut loose after Thursday’s nation of his getting his body Saturday at Ottawa ...... 6 p.m. Fox Sports North the most lucrative segments whether the world is flat. practice. and legs in football condition Monday Colorado ...... 7 p.m. KSTC of the tourism industry. along with what we’ve done Wednesday Edmonton ...... 6 p.m. Fox Sports North “That’s just kind of raging The 13-year veteran said with his reps in practice have The industry is still grap- ignorance,” said Auden Schen- he’ll retire if the Vikings win Ice Hawks hockey improved his play, which in pling with leaders in some dler, of Aspen (Colo.) Skiing the Super Bowl this season Co. “We’re not environmental- turn has made us a better Sunday at Owls (at Isanti, MN) ...... 7:30 p.m. of their own ski-crazy states and will walk off the field ists, we’re business people. defense. The second half of Dec. 31 Mustangs (Rec Center) ...... 7:05 p.m. who refuse to concede that wearing Jan. 1 Wildcats (Rec Center) ...... 7:05 p.m. We have studied the (heck) out the season, he’s really taken humans have an impact on nothing but of the climate science. To have off and played like the Pat climate change. Chief among “tights and Gophers men’s hockey them is Republican Utah a neighboring governor not of old.” socks” after Jan. 2 Bowling Green ...... 7 p.m. Fox Sports North Gov. Gary Herbert, who says believe it ... It’s absurd.” tossing his Williams has 55 tackles and Jan. 3 N. Michigan or Clarkson ...... 7 p.m. Fox Sports North equipment is tied for second on the team Jan. 8 Harvard ...... 7 p.m. Fox Sports North to fans. with eight tackles for loss. He said any fluctuation in his Gophers women’s hockey SNOW CONDITIONS REPORT While play is a byproduct of how Jan. 8 Ohio State ...... 6:07 p.m. some of that opponents prepare. Jan. 9 Ohio State ...... 4:07 p.m. DOWNHILL SKIING or no snow, making it difficult to set is just Pat a track. Jan. 15 Bemidji State...... 6:07 p.m. Afton Alps (Hastings) — 20-36” being Pat, “I always play the same,” base. Runs open while continuing Rice Lake State Park: Trails it’s clear he said. “It’s just what the Timberwolves basketball to make snow. Tubing opens to- have begun to be used and are in P. Williams the three- other team is going to give Friday Sacramento ...... 7 p.m. Fox Sports North day. www.aftonalps.com, 800-328- fair condition as of Dec. 16. us.” 1328. time Pro Bowl selection feels Sunday at Boston ...... 5 p.m. Fox Sports North Williams calls the defen- Tuesday Atlanta ...... 7 p.m. Fox Sports North Buck Hill (Burnsville) — 12-48” CROSS COUNTRY SKIING on top of his game — both on and off the field — after a sive line “outlaws” and the base. Tubing open. www.buckhill. Root River State Trail and Gophers men’s basketball slow start to the season. members even have special com, 952-435-7174. Harmony-Preston Valley State Wednesday South Dakota State ...... 6 p.m. Big Ten Network Williams, 37, admitted a matching jackets. But what Coffee Mill (Wabasha) — 12- Trail: Good conditions as of Dec. about the backups? Dec. 29 Penn State ...... 8 p.m. ESPN2 32” base. Open normal hours to- 16. Trail is packed and tracked, minor knee procedure last Jan. 2 at Iowa...... 3 p.m. Big Ten Network day, Saturday, Sunday. www.cof- 41 miles from 1 mile east of offseason hindered him early, “They’re part of the gang,” feemillski.com, 651-565-2777. Fountain to Houston. but he’s regained his form as he said. “We have to be Gophers women’s basketball up front riding the horses Giants Ridge (Biwabik) — 18- Douglas State Trail: Good for a dominant run-stopper. In Dec. 28 at Purdue ...... 5:30 p.m. Big Ten Network 36” base. Minimum of six runs skiing as of Dec. 10. Plowed the past two games, Williams and the rest of them riding Jan. 3 Iowa ...... 2 p.m. (no TV) open. www.giantsridge.com, 800- for walkers from Rochester lot has registered 10 tackles, behind us. That’s how outlaws Jan. 7 Northwestern ...... 7 p.m. (no TV) 688-SNOW to Gibbs School. Ski trail from three tackles for loss, two ride.” Lutsen Mountains (Lutsen) — Gibbs: set your own tracks. pass breakups and a quarter- Williams leaves the outlaws 12-18” base, open daily starting to- Forestville/Mystery Cave State back hurry. And his imposing in obvious passing situations day, projecting 38-44 runs, 7 lifts, Park: Good as of Dec. 11. Sink- presence in the middle of the and estimates he’s still play- 3 mountains open. www.lutsen. hole Ridge and Fern Loop tracked line has been more notice- ing 30 to 35 plays per game. Wishing You and com, 218-663-7281. for touring. able. To him, that’s the ideal Frontenac State Park: Trails Mount Kato (Mankato) — 20- Vikings defensive coordi- amount. 30” base, open for skiing and groomed, conditions fair as of those Dear to You snowboarding. www.mountkato. Dec. 16. 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ROCHESTER / TOURISM Hotels cheer Pucks are flying Kiwanis hockey tournaments tournament continues. D1 Athletic events fill TOURNAMENTS rooms, coffers • Kiwanis/Wells Fargo Hockey Southeast MN By Elliot Mann Festival (boys), Monday, today and [email protected] Wednesday at Graham Arena. More security Amateur tournaments like next • Rotary/US Bank Holiday week’s The Clash Wrestling Duals Basketball Classic (boys and The Austin Public have helped Rochester’s hotels girls), Monday, today and Library will step up its escape from the sleeper hold of the economic downturn that’s hurt hotels Wednesday at Mayo Civic Center security measures after nationwide, say city tourism officials. and University Center Rochester. several disturbing Experts agree that Mayo Clinic- • Sertoma/Home Federal incidents. B1 related stays provide the largest Hockey Shootout (girls), Monday, chunk of business, but the athletic today and Wednesday at tournaments help increase traffic Rochester Recreation Center and during otherwise quieter periods, Dodge County Four Seasons Rochester Amateur Sports Commis- Obituaries sion Executive Director Ed Hruska Arena. said. • The Clash Wrestling Duals, Page B2 Rochester’s lodging business has Jan. 8-9 at University Center been down more than 3 percent this Rochester. Irene Allemann, Austin year compared to last year, according Sidney Davidson, Rochester to estimates from the Rochester Con- Two tournaments currently in play Robert Downer, Rochester vention and Visitors Bureau. The — the Kiwanis/Wells Fargo Hockey entire industry has been down about Laurel Grunwald, Owatonna Festival and Rotary/US Bank Hol- 14 percent nationally compared to Doris Higgins, Princeton, Minn. iday Basketball Classic — aren’t last year, the bureau said. organized by the amateur sports com- Thomas Louris, Rochester Sports tourism in 2009 accounted mission, but those tournaments also James McConnell, Cresco, Iowa for roughly 24,000 hotel stays, or help promote Rochester as a desti- Delores Olson, Chatfield about 33 percent of the Rochester nation for similar events, Hruska George Randall, Zumbro Falls CVB’s bookings. Hotel stays linked said. to sports tourism have remained “Over the years, we talk to people Edward Tarara, Rochester steady from 2008, according to fig- Lola Wendt, Stewartville in the sports world, (who say) ‘I was ures from the Rochester Amateur in Rochester for the Rotary tourna- Sports Commission. ment or I was there for the Kiwanis “Sports tourism plays a great role tournament,’” Hruska said. “It brings in building occupancy, especially on people to town and gets people Answer Man nights when we’re slower,” Rochester familiar with the community.” Lodging and Hospitality Association Even better, 2010 could be the The Answer Man is focused on member Ian Freeburg said. biggest year ever for the sports com- family, rest and relaxation this The sports commission is respon- mission. The girls AAU tournament week. Send questions to P.O. Box Ken Klotzbach, [email protected] sible for bringing several tourneys will grow in size and about 48 events 6118, Rochester, MN 55903 or to town, including USA Wrestling Hockey fans line up at the concession stand between games Monday at are already scheduled, with a few [email protected]. events, the AAU Girls Basketball more in negotiations. Graham Arena. The tournament draws hundreds of people to the arena. The Under 12 National Championship stand is operated by D&R Star Vending and a portion of its profits go to “We’re booming. Things are going and men’s national softball tourna- really well for us,” Hruska said. Factoid Rochester Youth Hockey Association. ments. D3: It’s JM, Century, Lourdes in boys hockey D4: Lourdes teams advance in basketball D5: JM/Lourdes, Century girls lose in hockey Dropping the ball The first New Year’s WEATHER / ICY CONDITIONS Eve ball-drop in Times Square happened in 1907. Be careful, it’s icy out there By Laura Horihan In Austin, city crews planned to bones from falls on slippery surfaces.” Index [email protected] sand roadways and cut out ice in Carriers have been advised to use Last week’s rain and snow followed downtown parking areas Monday, said good judgment when attempting to Business ...... A6 by this week’s frigid temperatures Steve Moe, the city’s street superin- deliver to addresses where ice and Classifieds ...... C5 have left many Rochester streets tendent. They also expected to try to snow haven’t been cleared. They are Comics ...... B4 coated with ice. remove icy sections from street curbs, not allowed to get out of their vehicles he said. Movie ads ...... B5 But unless it warms up, there might to make curb deliveries when the Puzzles ...... C4 not be much city workers can do. “The stuff that’s out there right now approach to the mailbox is hazardous is stuck down so hard and it’s a lot because of snow or ice. Rochester streets superintendent TV schedule ...... B5 Elizabeth Nida Obert, [email protected] Joe Fitzpatrick said workers have of ice,” Moe said. “We must ensure the safety of our been shooting a mixture of calcium Slippery sidewalks can be dan- employees,” Williams said. A snowplow clears the shoulder of Corrections chloride and sodium chloride on city gerous for homeowners and their vis- This month has been the fourth southbound U.S. 63 on Monday. 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Sports editor Craig Swalboski, 285-7721, [email protected] POST-BULLETIN / www.postbulletin.com Tuesday, December 29, 2009 D5 Local Sports Recreation GIRLS HOCKEY / SERTOMA SHOOTOUT Glorvigan, Albrecht join Local teams have tough time on first day list of those with 300s By Jason Feldman [email protected] BOWLING •PATRICK FITZGERALD [email protected] The Sertoma Shootout continues to attract some The 215, Stacey Blanchard 226, Wanda Hellerud top-notch talent from nearby 224, Rhonda Rhodes 220, Mavis Wacholtz states, and Monday’s first- leagues 215, Jenny Meyer 214, Gail Hovey 211 round results show that. were WOMEN’S 550+ SERIES limited Janie Pape 631, Sheila Bitz 627, Gail Teams from Minnesota, last week Hovey 578, Wanda Hellerud 575, Jenny Wisconsin and Illinois all won with the holiday, but it didn’t Meyer 567, Rhonda Rhodes 557, Stacey openers at the 17th annual Blanchard 552, Mavis Wacholtz 550 stop a few of our area bowl- ADULT NIFTY FIFTY Shootout, held at Four Seasons ers from achieving some Arena in Kasson and the Roch- Steve Hammel 258, Paul Peterson 257, outstanding scores. Butch Wright 257, Steve Nigon 256, Steve ester Recreation Center. Goetsch 254, Craig Blumers 246, 242, Al Recreation Lanes was the Delacey 246, Mike Wright 243, Trinity A. At the Rec Center, New Ulm, place to be for all of the men’s Raths 241, Scott A. Maxson 241, Marty St. Paul United and Interna- action. Leading the way was Mack 236, Terry Nihart 233, Joel A. Wright tional Falls were first-round 232, Ray N. Goranson 229, William Harrison Gene Glorvigen, who fired 12 228, Toby Winfield 228, Pat Burch 226, winners, as was the Central straight strikes to a perfect Norris Bjorngaard 223, Robert Frey 222, Wisconsin Storm, a 2-1 winner Cary E. Mcnallan 206, Megan Axtman 203, 300 and our top series for the Karin Carlson 202, Kurt Alve 201, Tricia against Princeton. week of a 765. Lance Albrecht Meyers 200, 180, Debby Lacore 200, Gail New Ulm and Central found that same groove with Hovey 198, Diane Andrews 196, Jonathan Jacobson 195, Stacey McRoberts 194, Dan Wisconsin will meet at 5:30 a 300 game of his own. Quesnel 192, Tricia Meyers 188, Kevin p.m. today with a berth in Meanwhile, David Yennie P. Monosmith 186, Dick Baxter 183, Kim Schmid 175, Bill E. Unverzagt 175 Wednesday’s title game on managed the first 11 strikes the line. St. Paul United and to a near miss 299. YEAR-TO-DATE International Falls will follow On top for the women were MEN’S GAME at 7:30 p.m. in the second semi- Janie Pape and Sheila Bitz. 300 – Jared Bushman (3), Michael final. Janie managed a nice 241 Greseth, Mike Roh, Rick Kunz, John Vagt, Mike Harding, Dan Kunz, Mark Condon, At Kasson, Luverne was game and 631 series in Stew- Tommy Lofgren Jr., Russel Young, Jered the only Minnesota team to artville. Sheila was on track Bamlet, Brandon Roeder, Gregg Stricke, advance; it defeated Roches- Chris Hough, Brian Floen, Todd Uptagrafft, Photos by Raymond Starin, for the Post-Bulletin over in Byron with a 235 game Phil Jacobson, Robert Archer, John Feje- ter Century, 6-0. and 627 series. delem, Eric Dahl, Jerry Riemersma, Lance Wisconsin teams New Rich- Marissa Bruesewitz of JM/Lourdes battles with Bay Area’s Molly Brunette for possession of I would like to take this Albrecht, Gene Glorvigen 299 – Brice Gilbertson, Dan Kunz, mond and Green Bay were the puck Monday at the Sertoma Shootout quarterfinals. The Green Bay team won 3-1. time to wish all of you a very Christian Unger, Richard Gee, Jedidiah victorious, as was Chicago. safe and happy New Year! I Burt, Morrie Schutz, Todd Uptagrafft, Rod New Richmond shut out host hope 2009 has brought you Toomey, David Yennie Dodge Coun- 298 – Pat Mewhorter, Mike Harding, Alex Dodge County, 2-0, and Green ty’s Madi- many bowling successes and Savarino, Glenn Rausch, Aaron Oeltjen, Tom Bay defeated Rochester John I like forward to continuing Lofgren Jr., Paul Freund son Tibben 297 – Chad Hodge, Andy Rude, Gregg Marshall/Lourdes, 3-1. Chicago to share with you our area’s Stricke, Frank Markowski topped Worthington, 6-0. breaks away achievements in 2010. with two MEN’S SERIES Dodge County outshout New TOURNAMENT INFORMATION 857 – Jared Bushman Richmond, 38-15, but the Wild- New Rich- For all southeastern Minnesota 813 – Todd Uptagrafft 810 – Rob Downer cats hit five posts and New land defend- tournament information and entry ers in pur- 805 – Dean Pankow Richmond’s goalie played forms, go to: www.semnusbc.com WOMEN’S GAME very well, according to coach suit Monday. For additional tournament informa- 289 – Sue Krueger (267, 267) Jeremy Gunderson. This scoring tion, check out www.mnbowling. 268 – Deb Bice 267 – Cherise Schultz Luverne and New Richmond opportunity com. 265 – Andrea Garrison was unsuc- meet in one semifinal today, WEEKLY RECAP WOMEN’S SERIES while Green Bay and Chicago cessful as 753 – Sue Krueger (747, 704, 702, 699, MEN’S 260+ GAMES 692, 684, 683, 678, 672, 664) meet in the other. were all the Lance Albrecht 300, Gene Glorvigen 300, 680 – Anita Heydt (676) Century is set to face Dodge Wildcats’ David Yennie 299, Tom Bitz 280, Tony Condon 279, Ivory Knipfer 278, Chaz Dobias 679 – Andrea Garrison County at 1:15 p.m., followed by others; they 278, Reed Nordyke 268, Nathan Waldhauser 664 – Krista Peterson JM/Lourdes against Worthing- outshot New 268, Mark Condon 268, Jeff Baxter 267, Alex Saverino 266 Weekly scores are compiled ton at 3:15 p.m. in the consola- Richmond through information received tion bracket. MEN’S 700+ SERIES 38-15 but Gene Glorvigen 765, Chaz Dobias 758, from our area centers and from Tom Bitz 738, Alex Saverino 725, Shannon T. View more photos were shut Morrow 720, Jamie J. Kotek 720, Mark Con- TechnoWerks.com. at Postbulletin.com. out 2-0. don 718, Dennis Essler 714, Lance Albrecht Patrick Fitzgerald is a Roch- 708, Steve Hammel 705, Darik Rude 705, David Yennie 704, Tom Harris 703 ester freelance writer who WOMEN’S 210+ GAMES compiles the weekly bowling Janie Pape 241, 223, Sheila Bitz 235, report for the Post-Bulletin.

AMATEUR UPDATE How we define a successful event By Ben Boldt is community pride and We’ve written a few arti- exposure. When we run a cles on the Sports Commis- national championship in sion events and a few more Rochester, it creates a buzz. on the sales and event pros- That event becomes note- pecting process, but you worthy in our community may still be wondering how and Rochester becomes success is defined when it noteworthy in that sport comes to Sports Commis- on the national level. For sion Events. example, from the event There are surveys we received we several know that teams had a posi- factors tive experience at the AAU we look girls basketball 12U Cham- at when pionship in 2008, and those bidding on 48 teams traveled back to an event all parts of the country and and when spoke highly of Rochester Jerry Olson, [email protected] evaluating and their experience here. Century forward Alison Schulte takes one of the few shots on goal a stingy Luverne defense allowed Monday during an event’s We believe a memorable the 14th annual Sertoma Shootout at Four Seasons Arena in Kasson. The Panthers lost 6-0. success. Boldt event experience creates Let’s look a positive impression of at some factors that we feel Rochester that reaches to GIRLS HOCKEY / SCHWANN TOURNAMENT equate to event success. several areas around the It seems like money country. makes the world go round, So when we have the and event finances are a opportunity to run events Spartans fall in first round of tourney big consideration at the that bring a large number of visitors to Rochester, By Donny Henn second, while out-shooting the Spartans goal to a 10-3 edge, but the Spartans still Sports Commission. Being a non-profit entity, we focus which won’t cause the [email protected] 25-8 in the first two periods. couldn’t find the back of the net. on breaking even on each Sports Commission to lose a BLAINE — The Rochester Mayo girls “This was a challenging first game of “We had some good chances, but just event. We don’t have to lot of money and will create hockey team had its chances, especially the tournament for us; Breck is a top- couldn’t convert,” Phillips said. worry about making a profit a sense of community pride in the third period, but finished on the ranked team (No. 2) in the state right on events, but we can’t be we pursue those events very Mayo goalie Rebecca Graham played short end of 3-0 score against Breck now,” said Mayo coach Jeff Phillips. “We left with a large loss after aggressively. well and kept the score close, Phillips Monday in the first round of the Schwann started out slow but played better each events. We also know that events period after that.” added. Holiday Tournament. In the area of finances of this level are hard to Breck took a 2-0 lead in the first period Mayo out-skated Breck in the third Mayo (6-4-1) plays Mound Westonka in we also look for events that come by and we take pride and added an insurance goal in the period and turned around the shots on the second round at 4:30 p.m. today. bring a positive impact in all the events that choose to the city. When large Rochester as their home. numbers of fans, athletes OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS: and coaches come to town IGHLIGHTS AND HEROES Jan. 8-9: Clash Wrestling OF THE H and spend money. They Duals Boys basketball stay in hotels, eat at restau- Jan. 16-17: Frostbite Volley- ATHLETE WEEK rants, fuel up at gas stations ball Tournament • MIke Gehling had 13 points and 10 rebounds and shop in stores and Jan. 25: Rochester Area Cooper Nelson • Boys basketball • Blooming Prairie as Grand Meadow beat Medford 49-37 in the malls. All of this adds up Sports Banquet • Nelson, a 6-foot-3 center, scored 23 points and had 15 semfinals of its own tournament. to a positive impact through Amateur Update is a weekly rebounds in Blooming Prairie’s 62-48 loss to Mankato Loyola this • Blake Lea scored 20 points as Rushford- these new dollars being column on amateur sports activ- past week. Peterson beat tournament host Spring Grove introduced to the Roches- ities in southeastern Minnesota, ter economy. • Those numbers have been standard for 76-46. Aric Elton had 16 points and 12 rebounds provided by the Rochester Ama- Another area we consider Nelson all season. The junior is averaging a for Spring Grove. teur Sports Commission. team-best 22 points and 14 rebounds through • Garrett Schaefer scored 24 and teammate six games for the 3-3 Blossoms. Brett Henslin 22 for Triton in a 95-55 win over Nicollet at the Nicollet tournament. The Cobras Schaefer “He has pretty good instincts and has good SERTOMA SHOOTOUT had 55 points by halftime. footwork and speed,” Blooming Prairie coach BRACKET A WEDNESDAY TODAY John Bruns said. • Southeastern Minnesota teams had a rough time Monday All games at Four Seventh-place game, 1:15 Winners bracket against Wisconsin foes in the Lewiston Auto/Warrior Club tourna- Seasons Arena in Kasson p.m. New Ulm vs. Central Wiscon- • Bruns said Nelson has a strong inside sin Storm, 5:30 p.m. ment at Winona State. Mabel-Canton, Winona Cotter, Chatfield, MONDAY Fifth-place game, 3:15 game despite his modest size. “He’s a very Faribault and Lewiston-Altura all lost to teams from the Badger State. Luverne 6, Century 0 p.m. Visitation/SPU vs. Interna- Third-place game, 5:30 tional Falls, 7:30 p.m. coachable kid,” Bruns said. “If you ask him to Nelson Only Winona High, 64-55 winner over La Crosse Logan, won for the New Richmond 2, Dodge do something he’s going to go out and do it.” County 0 p.m. Losers bracket Gopher State. Green Bay 3, JM/Lourdes Championship game, 8 Winona vs. Princeton, 1:15 • Nelson was also an elite receiver for the Blooming Prairie 1 p.m. p.m. football team that claimed a section championship this year and Girls basketball Chicago 6, Worthington 0 Fond du Lac/ Waupon BRACKET B vs. MSO Icebergs, 3:15 played in the Class A state semifinals before falling. “He’s a pretty • Jordyn Krekling scored 17 points as Hayfield beat host Albert TODAY p.m. Winners bracket All games at Rochester Rec Center good athlete and has good hands,” Bruns said. Lea 60-41 in the semifinals of the Albert Lea Tournament. Luverne vs. New Richmond, WEDNESDAY Wis., 5:30 p.m. MONDAY Seventh-place game, 1:15 —Guy N. Limbeck • Morgan Berg had 18 points and 10 rebounds in Cannon Falls’ p.m. 47-39 loss to Concordia Academy of Roseville in the semifinals of Green Bay vs. Chicago, New Ulm 5, Winona 2 Post-Bulletin Athlete of the Week is a feature on outstanding 7:30 p.m. Central Wisconsin Storm 2, Fifth-place game, 3:15 the Albert Lea Tournament. p.m. Rochester area athletes of all ages and runs every Tuesday. We Losers bracket Princeton 1 • Alex Swanson made a lay-up at the buzzer to lift Grand Meadow Century vs. Dodge County, Visitation/St. Paul United 4, Third-place game, 5:30 welcome your nominations: send them to Sports Editor Craig p.m. Swalboski at P.O. Box 6118, Rochester, MN 55903 or past Mt. Horeb (Wis.) 47-46 in the Winona Holiday Tournament. Abbie 1:15 p.m. Fond du Lac/Waupon 1 JM/Lourdes vs. Worthington, International Falls 10, MSO Championship game, 8 [email protected] Fay had a game-high 23 points for Grand Meadow. 3:15 p.m. Icebergs (Wis.) 6 p.m. •••••••• ✩ Comments? Sports editor Craig Swalboski, 285-7721, [email protected] POST-BULLETIN / www.postbulletin.com Wednesday, December 30, 2009 D3 Local Sports BOYS HOCKEY / KIWANIS FESTIVAL, CLASS AA JM delighted to reach championship game By Jason Feldman get down the ice and try to [email protected] score.” P-B’S 3 STARS The super-sized smiles on Century (6-4-0) got some the faces of the Rochester offensive pressure in the final 1. Zach Johnson, JM: John Marshall players and two periods, but couldn’t pene- The junior had two goals coaches weren’t so much the trate Brainerd’s defense. and an assist in JM’s 3-1 result of where they’re headed “The longer we go without semifinal victory against — tonight’s Class AA champi- scoring, the tougher it is to Eastview. onship game of the Kiwanis find and gain momentum,” 2. Matt Pohlkamp, Brain- Festival. Century coach Bruce Fruti- erd: The senior forward They were more so the ger said. “We were looking scored the game-winner and result of where the Rockets to find a way to get that first had an assist in a 2-0 vic- have come from — eighth- one, but (Brainerd’s) goalie tory against Century. place finishes in each of and defense were tough. They didn’t give us chances and 3. Bryan King, JM: The the past two Festivals, and junior goalie stopped 31 of a young team that took some it was just difficult to find momentum.” 32 shots to lift the Rockets lumps last season. into today’s championship Century is scheduled to Tuesday night was no time game. to think about the past, though. meet Eastview at 1:15 p.m. today for third place. Not after Zach Johnson had McLouth (35 shots, 32 saves). Power-play a hand in all of the Rockets’ BRAINERD 2, CENTURY 0 opportunities — FS, 2-for-6; P, 2-for-7. First period — no scoring. Second period Penalties — FS, 7 minors-14 minutes; P, goals in a 3-1 boys hockey — no scoring. Third period — 1. B, Matt victory against Eastview in Pohlkamp (Michael Rinio) 6:37. 2. B, Brett 6 minors-12 minutes. a Festival semifinal game at Jenkins (Pohlkamp) 16:54 (en). Shots on goal — B, 8-13-8—29; RC, 10-4- New Richmond 4, Mayo 1 Graham Arena I. 4—18. Goalies, saves — B, Reid Mimmack New Richmond (Wis.) The win lifted an emotional (18 shots, 18 saves); RC, Brock Kautz (28 shots, 27 saves). Power-play opportunities bounced back from an over- JM team into tonight’s champi- — B, 0-for-5; RC, 0-for-3. Penalties — B, 3 time loss to John Marshall onship game against Brainerd Scott Jacobson, [email protected] minors-6 minutes; RC, 5 minors-10 minutes, in Monday’s opening round 1 10-minute misconduct. at 6:30 p.m. John Marshall goaltender Bryan King hugs the post to prevent a wrap-around attempt by shutting down Rochester CONSOLATION SEMIFINALS Mayo. Coach Scott Lecy was during the Rockets’ game Tuesday with Eastview. pleased and impressed by the Princeton 7, Fargo South 3 Josh Leavens scored two full 51-minute effort from the in key situations for a second “However the championship three periods, but the Warriors Princeton broke open a tie goals, three minutes apart, in entire JM team, an effort he consecutive night. Monday, game turns out, it’s a stepping found a way to get the first score with four goals in the the first period, and goalie didn’t feel was present for a he scored the game-winner in stone for us.” goal, then they put the clamps final 14:30, to earn a place in Patrick Hailey made 17 saves. full game in Monday’s open- overtime. Against Eastview, down defensively. today’s the fifth-place game. Riley Martie and Tyler Mont- ing-round win against New JOHN MARSHALL 3, EASTVIEW 1 The Tigers (4-3-2) received a gomery also scored for the he tied the score at the 13:02 Michael Rinio chipped a Richmond (Wis.). First period — 1. E, Taylor Branstad (unas- hat trick from DJ Perez and Tigers, who will play for fifth mark of the second, then took sisted) 1:44. Second period — 2. JM, Zach pass off the boards to Matt 32 saves from goalie Josh place at 4 p.m. today against “It was just a complete turn- a nice feed from Eric Mackey Johnson (Tom Foley) 13:02. 3. JM, Z. Johnson Pohlkamp, who got behind (Eric Mackey, Matt Broman) 14:16. Third McLouth. With the score tied Princeton. around,” Lecy said. “It’s the and finished a 2-on-1 break by the Century defense midway period — 4. JM, Reed Miller (Z. Johnson, 3-3, Ryne Grove, John Jelinek team we thought we’d have to beating Lightning goalie Ryan Bryan King) 16:37 (en). through the third period, and James Powers scored for and Perez all scored in a span begin the year. We played well, O’Shea with a backhand shot. beat Panthers goalie Brock Mayo, while Alex VanGalder Shots on goal — JM, 4-14-9—27; E, 9-14- of 4:17 to take a three-goal starting with (goalie Bryan) Johnson and King (31 saves) 9—32. Goalies, saves — JM, Bryan King (32 Kautz (27 saves) with a wrist made 28 saves. Mayo is sched- lead. King all the way through. also assisted on Reed Miller’s shots, 31 saves); E, Ryan O’Shea (26 shots, shot low to the glove side. uled to face Fargo South for “For us to be in the champi- 24 saves). Power-play opportunities — JM, Dereck Carlson added an seventh place at 11 a.m. today empty-net goal with 23 seconds 0-for-2; E, 0-for-5. Penalties — JM, 7 mi- It was the only shot beat empty-net goal with 31 seconds for seventh place. onship game is fabulous; it’s to go. JM has won the Kiwanis nors-14 minutes; E, 4 minors-8 minutes. either goalie in an entertain- to play. Ian Robertson also NEW RICHMOND 4, MAYO 1 exciting.” Festival once previously, in ing and physical defensive SEMIFINAL scored once for Princeton. First period — 1. NR, Josh Leavens (Riley Eastview took a 1-0 lead just 1997. battle; Pohlkamp assisted on Martie) 2:17. 2. NR, J. Leavens (Austin South (3-2-2) received two 1:44 in on a Taylor Branstad “When you get put in these Brainerd 2, Century 0 Brett Jenkins’ empty-netter Zywiec) 5:25. Second period — 3. NR, goals from Josh Loken and Martie (Eric Wergin) 1:15. Third period — 4. goal. situations, win, lose or draw, Rochester Century matched with six seconds to go. RM, James Powers (unassisted) 3:34. 5. one from Tyler Sorenson. But Johnson came through you learn from it,” Lecy said. Brainerd’s physical play for NR, Tyler Montgomery (Parker Olson, Sam Brainerd’s defense limited PRINCETON 7, FARGO SOUTH 3 Stroot) 12:35. Century to just eight total First period — 1. FS, Josh Loken (unas- Shots on goal — RM, 6-4-8—18; NR, shots over the final two peri- sisted) 6:48 (pp). Second period — 2. P, 9-13-10—32. Goalies, saves — RM, Alex Ian Robertson (Ryne Grove) 1:07 (sh). 3. VanGalder (32 shots, 28 saves); NR, Patrick ods after the Panthers took P, DJ Perez (John Jelinek) 2:04. 4. FS, Hailey (18 shots, 17 saves). Power-play 10 in the first. Reid Mimmack Tyler Sorenson (Jarret Olson-Etches) 4:31 opportunities — RM, 0-for-4; NR, 0-for-4. stopped all 18 shots he faced (pp). 5. P, Perez (Cory Carlson, Grant Kolb) Penalties — RM, 4 minors-8 minutes; NR, 14:23 (pp). Third period — 6. FS, Soren- 4 minors-8 minutes. for the Warriors (6-2-0). son (Bill Carlson, Olson-Etces) 1:37. 7. P, Grove (Robertson, Nick Shodeen) 2:30. 8. “He has saved us in a lot P, Jelinek (N. Shodeen) 4:03. 9. P, Perez of games,” Pohlkamp said, (N. Shodeen) 6:47. 10. P, Dereck Carlson View more photos “and the defense always does (unassisted) 16:29 (en). at Postbulletin. Shots on goal — FS, 13-11-11—35; a good job of regrouping and P, 10-12-16—38. Goalies, saves — FS, com. getting us the puck so we can Andy Seter (38 shots, 31 saves); P, Josh ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?HAVE ? ? ? ? ? ? ?QUESTIONS? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?GET ? ? ANSWERS ? ? ? ? ? from ? ? ?local ? ? experts! ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 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SERTOMA SHOOTOUT GIRLS HOCKEY BRACKET A JM/Lourdes 16, Worthington 0 Central Wisconsin Storm 2, Fond du Lac/Waupon vs. MSO Princeton 1 Icebergs, 3:15 p.m. All games at Four WEDNESDAY Seasons Arena in Kasson Visitation/St. Paul United 4, Fond Seventh place: Century vs. Wor- TODAY MONDAY thington, 1:15 p.m. du Lac/Waupon 1 Luverne 6, Century 0 Fifth place: Dodge County vs. International Falls 10, MSO Ice- Seventh-place: Princeton vs. New Richmond 2, Dodge Cty. 0 JM/Lourdes, 3:15 p.m. bergs (Wis.) 6 Fond du Lac/Waupon or MSO Green Bay 3, JM/Lourdes 1 Third place: New Richmond Icebergs, 1:15 p.m. Also f nd it on: Chicago 6, Worthington 0 vs. Green Bay or Chicago, TUESDAY Fifth-place: Winona vs. Fond du TUESDAY 5:30 p.m. Winners bracket Lac/Waupon or MSO Icebergs, Are you an expert? Winners bracket Championship: Luverne vs. Green Central Wisconsin Storm 4, New 3:15 p.m. Luverne 5, New Richmond, Wis. Bay or Chicago, 8 p.m. Ulm 1 Contact Ron Hanson: (507) 285-7741 3 Third-place: New Ulm vs. Visita- International Falls 4, Visitation/ tion/SPU, 5:30 p.m. Green Bay vs. Chicago, 7:30 BRACKET B SPU 2 Toll-Free: (800) 562-1758 p.m. All games at Roch. Rec Center Championship: Central Wisconsin RochesterMN.com/marketplace Losers bracket Losers bracket MONDAY Storm vs. International Falls, 1204575204P Dodge County •••••••• 4, Century 1 New Ulm 5, Winona 2 Winona 1, Princeton 0 8 p.m. D4 POST-BULLETIN / www.postbulletin.com Thursday, December 31, 2009 Comments? Sports editor Craig Swalboski, 285-7721, [email protected] Local Sports BOYS HOCKEY / KIWANIS FESTIVAL, CLASS A Championship earns respect for Mason City By Jason Feldman opportunities — MC, 0-for-4; RL, 0-for-8. Penalties — MC, 8 minors-16 minutes; RL, [email protected] 4 minors-8 minutes. P-B’S 3 STARS Andrew Wuttke and his THIRD PLACE 1. Andrew Wuttke, Mason City (Iowa) team- Int. Falls 4, Richfield 2 Mason City: The senior mates arrived in Rochester Jordan Christianson had goalie stopped 38 shots on Monday not expecting a and made a big pad save whole lot of respect. a hat trick and Brett Musich scored once as International in the Mohawks’ shootout “We felt like we needed Falls bounced back from a victory. to prove something,” Wuttke last-second loss to Lourdes the 2. Alex Funk, Lourdes: said, “being from Iowa, previous night to beat Rich- The freshman scored (people might think) ‘really, field. Mick Dhein and Ryan Lourdes’ regulation goal and there’s high school hockey in Erickson each scored for Rich- scored in the shootout loss. Iowa?’” field. 3. Andrew Burgmeier, Wuttke and the Mason City INTERNATIONAL FALLS 4, RICHFIELD 2 Mohawks are going home with First period – 1. IF, Jordan Christianson Mason City: The senior (unassisted) 5:33. 2. IF, Christianson (unas- had an assist on the Mo- the two things they really sisted) 10:04. Second period – 3. R, Mick wanted out of their first trip Dhein (Jesse Phenow) 2:12. 4. IF, Brett Mu- hawks’ goal in regulation to the Kiwanis boys hockey sich (Willie Corrin, Christian Kittelson) 15:19. and scored in the shootout. Third period – 5. R, Ryan Erickson (Andre Festival — the Class A champi- Hill, DJ Peterson) 2:20. 6. IF, Christianson onship trophy and the respect (unassisted) 10:46. Wrolson (22 shots, 18 saves); Bret Gitar (27 of the other seven teams in the Shots on goal – R, 3-6-4—13; IF, 10-6- shots, 23 saves). Power-play opportunities 13—29. Goalies, saves – R, Jon McGinness – AL, 1-for-8; DC, 0-for-6. Penalties – AL, 7 tournament. (29 shots, 25 saves); IF, Glenn Walls (13 minors-14 minutes; DC, 9 minors-18 minutes; Wuttke’s stellar performance shots, 11 saves). Power-play opportunities 1 10-minute misconduct. – R, 0-for-4; IF, 0-for-2. Penalties – R, 2 in regulation and overtime (38 minors-4 minutes; IF, 4 minors-8 minutes. SEVENTH PLACE saves) helped the Mohawks tie Dodge Cty. 4, La Crescent 0 Rochester Lourdes, 1-1, in the FIFTH PLACE title game at Graham Arena IV Albert Lea 4, Duluth Cent. 4 Charlie Snyder recorded on Wednesday. Shootout goals a hat trick for Dodge County (A.L. wins shootout) and the Wildcats limited La by Andrew Burgmeier and Albert Lea’s Tyler Brackey Isaac Gribben, as well as one Crescent to 14 shots on goal fired a wrist shot low to the in a shutout victory. Snyder tremendous save by Wuttke, stick side of Central goalie helped the Mohawks win the Scott Jacobson, [email protected] scored all three of his goals in Bret Gitar for the only goal the second period, two unas- shootout and the champion- Lourdes’ Andy Benner takes a swipe at a rebound during the Eagles game with the Mason of a shootout. After Casey ship, 2-1. sisted and one assisted by Nic City Mohawks Wednesday at Graham Arena. Marka and Eric Carlson were Enerson. “This game was extremely stopped for Albert Lea, and Tyler Paulson scored in hard, (Lourdes is) one of the Mike Andrews, Ryker Holm save. Lourdes’ final shooter, time. Mohawks defenseman and Heimer flipped in the air, the third period for the Wild- best teams we’ve played,” and Ben Wrazidlo failed for Brandyn Chezick, missed just Rob Mahoney also saved the landing hard on his shoulder. cats, with assists from Shane Wuttke said. “It’s definitely Central, Brackey made his high with a strong backhand game at the end of the third, His left arm was in a sling McWhirter and Kyler Ryberg. the best game we’ve played.” shot count. shot, to end the game. when he cleared a shot that after the game. Dodge County put 31 shots on Burgmeier shot first in the “I thought (Chezick’s) shot had bounced off Wuttke and “Mark stepped in and did Andrews scored an extra- goal. shootout, beating Lourdes landed in the crease. was in,” Wuttke said. a really good job,” Spaniol attacker goal for Central with DODGE COUNTY 4, LA CRESCENT 0 goalie Mark Greve (13 saves). “We had a letdown in the said. “It’s just frustrating we just 52 seconds to play to tie First period – no scoring. Second period Alex Funk — who scored Funk’s goal in the first second period,” Lourdes coach couldn’t put three periods the score at 4-4 and force over- – 1. DC, Charlie Snyder (unassisted) 3:06 period stood up until Will (pp). 2. DC, Snyder (Nic Enerson) 6:02. 3. Lourdes’ goal in regulation Josh Spaniol said. “We got the together.” time. DC, Snyder (unassisted) 15:30. Third period — then beat Wuttke to the Martin scored on a nice back- first goal and were outshoot- MASON CITY 1, LOURDES 1 ALBERT LEA 4, DULUTH CENTRAL 4 – 4. DC, Tyler Paulson (Shane McWhirter, five-hole to tie the shootout. door feed from Burgmeier at ing them (15-3) … we just have (Mason City wins shootout, 2-1) (Albert Lea wins shootout, 1-0) Kyler Ryberg) 16:12. Gribben responded with a top- 11:36 of the third. First period — 1. RL, Alex Funk (Jason First period – 1. Eric Carlson (Dillon Stolt) Shots on goal – L, 5-4-5—14; DC, 7-15- to put the hammer down when Samuelson) 9:16. Second period — no :27. Second period – 2. DC, Alec Lofdahl 9—31. Power-play opportunities – L, 0-for- shelf wrist shot glove side for Lourdes pressured the we need to.” scoring. Third period — 2. MC, Will Mar- (unassisted) 11:00. 3. DC, Mike Andrews 6; DC, 1-for-6. Penalties – L, 6 minors-12 a 2-1 lead. Mohawks (12-5-2) in the clos- tin (Andrew Burgmeier, Mitch Hain) 11:36. (Matthew Beaulieu, Ben Wrazidlo) 11:53. minutes; DC, 6 minors-12 minutes. Lourdes (4-3-2) also lost start- Overtime — no scoring. Shootout — RL Third period – 4. AL, Cody Anderson (David Wuttke made those two goals ing minutes of the third and in ing goalie Nick Heimer just 1 (Funk G, Samuelson NG, Brandyn Chezick Enstad) :30. 5. AL, Stolt (Marka, Carlson) stand up. Lourdes freshman overtime. Wuttke robbed Rory NG); MC 2 (Burgmeier G, Isaac Gribben G, 2:11. 6. DC, Andrews (Mitch Swenson) 6:26. 2:37 into the game. Heimer left Will Martin NG). 7. AL, Anderson (Enstad) 13:58 (pp). 8. DC, Jason Samuelson nearly deked Vesel on a slapshot destined his crease to attempt to poke- Shots on goal — MC, 3-5-5-1—14; RL, Andrews (Lofdahl) 16:08 (ex). Shootout — View more photos him and scored on a backhand, for the top corner with 59 check the puck and prevent a 14-6-9-10—39. Goalies, saves — MC, An- DC 0 (Andrews NG, Holm NG, Wrazidlo NG); at Postbulletin.com. but Wuttke stretched his right seconds to go in the third, then drew Wuttke (39 shots, 38 saves); RL, Nick AL 1 (Marka NG, Carlson NG, Brackey G). 1-on-0 break for Mason City’s Heimer (2:37, 0 shots, 0 saves), Mark Greve Shots on goal – AL, 12-8-6-1—27; DC, skate to the post and made the Chezick hit a pipe late in over- Mitch Hain. The two collided (55:23, 14 shots, 13 saves). Power-play 9-7-6-0—22. Goalies, saves – AL, John

BOYS HOCKEY / KIWANIS FESTIVAL, CLASS AA KIWANIS HOCKEY FESTIVAL CLASS AA Princeton 2 5, OT At Graham Arena I Third place Lourdes 3, International TUESDAY Rochester Century 4, East- Falls 2 Goalie’s confidence back in a big way Consolation view 3 WEDNESDAY Princeton 7, Fargo South Championship Seventh place By Jason Feldman 3 Brainerd 7, Rochester John Dodge County 4, La Cres- [email protected] New Richmond 4, Mayo 1 Marshall 1 cent 0 Semifinals CLASS A Fifth place Reid Mimmack’s confidence Brainerd 2, Century 0 At Graham Arena IV Albert Lea 4, Duluth Central 4, tie (Albert Lea wins was a little shaken entering Rochester John Marshall 3, TUESDAY shootout, 1-0) Eastview 1 Consolation the Kiwanis boys hockey Festi- Third place WEDNESDAY Duluth Central 11, La Cres- International Falls 4, Rich- val after suffering a tough Seventh place cent 1 field 2 loss in Brainerd’s final game Fargo (N.D.) South 6, Roch- Albert Lea 7, Dodge County Championship ester Mayo 2 0 before Christmas. Mason City (Iowa) 1, Roches- Fifth place Semifinals ter Lourdes 1, tie (Mason Consider the Warriors’ Mason City 6, Richfield New Richmond (Wis.) 3, City wins shootout, 2-1) goalie’s confidence restored, and Section 8AA foes might want to take notice. Mimmack allowed just one goal in three GIRLS HOCKEY / SERTOMA SHOOTOUT games during the past three days as Brainerd captured the Class AA Festival champion- Century posts 1st win, ship. Its tournament run concluded Wednesday with a Dodge County is 3rd 7-1 victory against Rochester in seven of their previous nine John Marshall in the champi- Post-Bulletin staff games and were outscored onship game. KASSON — The Century 97-2 during that span. “I didn’t really expect (to girls hockey team collected give up just one goal),” he its first victory of the season Against Worthington, said. “It was a great group on Wednesday in the seventh- Century scored 14 seconds into Scott Jacobson, [email protected] the game and the Panthers led effort. The defensmen did a place game of the Sertoma 3-0 after two minutes. heck of a job in front of me, John Marshall goaltender Bryan King makes a blocker save on Brainerd’s Brandon Wing Shootout. cleared rebounds and limited during the Kiwanis Festival Class AA championship game Wednesday at Graham Arena. The Panthers defeated • Dodge County took fifth the hard shots.” Worthington 8-1 in Bracket place beating Rochester John handed goal in the second Mimmack needed to stop FIFTH PLACE A in games at Four Seasons Marshall/Lourdes 3-1 in the period that proved to be the just 12 shots against JM, which P-B’S 3 STARS New Richmond 3, Princeton 2 Arena. consolation championship. winning goal as Rochester Allie Schulte had three hung tough with the Warriors 1. Brett Jenkins, Brain- Dom Peterson scored his All the scoring occurred Century captured third place goals and two assists for in the second period. Kort- for most of the first two peri- erd: The forward had a hat second goal of the game, with a victory against Eastview Century. Rebecca Lorsung ney Kleber got it going for ods. Brainerd broke it open by trick and an assist in the capping a back-and-forth final of Apple Valley. and Alyssa Dahl both had the Wildcats on assists by scoring four times in the final championship game. two minutes, with 27 seconds 7:46 of the second period. Drew Anderson (three remaining to give New Rich- two goals and one assist. Ali Dana Rasmussen and Emily 2. Josh Archibald, Brain- assists) and Jordan Martini Sahs had the Panthers’ other The tournament champi- mond a victory against Princ- Mundy. Then Hailey Busch erd: The first-line forward (one goal, one assist) also had goal. In all, nine different onship was a sweet relief for eton. scored an unassisted goal. had a goal and two as- multiple-point games for the Century players picked up a Mimmack, who missed the Princeton’s Ryne Grove had Emily Rohlik made it 3-0 Panthers. point in the game. first few weeks of the season sists, and also centered the scored with 1:37 remaining to on a goal with assists from Warriors’ fourth line. Connor Faupel scored with an injury suffered during tie the score 2-2. NEW RICHMOND 3, “Absolutely, it felt great,” Brieanna Westrom and football season. He then had 3. Drew Anderson, Cen- Century’s other goal and defen- PRINCETON 2 Century coach Dan Maidl Ashley Lushinsky. tury: The junior forward had seman Nick Raehsler had one First period – no scoring. Second period said of the win. close to 10 days during Christ- – 1. NR, Tyler Montgomery (Josh Leavens) JM/Lourdes scored with two mastime to stew on a 6-0 loss three assists in a victory assist, while sophomore goalie Century (1-11) had a scoring Brock Kautz stopped 24 shots :44. 2. NR, Dom Peterson () 7:12. seconds left in the period, to Moorhead on Dec. 19. against Eastview for third Third period – 3. P, Nick Shodeen (Ryne barrage after being silent on Nicole Nelson unassisted. place. to pick up his second victory Grove) 7:15 (pp). 4. P, Grove (Ian Robertson) offense much of the season. “I dwell on games like that, of the tournament. Century 15:23. 5. NR, Peterson (Jones) 16:33. Dodge County (7-8) plays at look back at them and know Shots on goal – NR, 9-18-5—32; P, 3-5- The Panthers entered the improved to 7-4-0, and while 7—15. Goalies, saves – NR, Patrick Hailey game with just six goals in 11 Century next Monday. what I could do differently,” four lines, while JM stuck coach Bruce Frutiger said he (15 shots, 13 saves); P, Ryan Carlson (32 he said. “I had a tough game mainly with two. shots, 29 saves). Power-play opportunities games. They had been blanked D5: Sertoma scores. was pleased with the victory, – NR, 0-for-2; P, 1-for-7. Penalties – NR, 7 at Moorhead, but I used it as “It was a great experience,” he said the Panthers also have minors-14 minutes; P, 2 minors-4 minutes. motivation.” Lecy said. “We learned a lot areas to improve upon after SEVENTH PLACE Senior Brett Jenkins took and will walk out of here with the holiday break. Fargo South 6, Mayo 2 care of much of Brainerd’s second place. Regardless of “Those team-oriented things offense, notching a hat trick what the score was, we’re still that aren’t always fun,” Fruti- Fargo (N.D.) South scored and an assist. Linemates second, and anytime you take ger said, “as we start the five second-period goals, Josh Archibald (goal, two second in a tournament like second half of the season, we including four on power plays, assists) and Matt Pohlkamp this, you gain that positive have to have that single-mind- to rally from a 2-1 deficit and (three assists) had three-point attitude.” edness and focus as a team. defeat Rochester Mayo. games. BRAINERD 7, JM 1 Marcus Nigbur had a goal and First period — 1. B, Brett Jenkins (Sean Like we say every year, we Jared Kristo scored JM’s Halvorson) 3:19. Second period — 2. JM, need to play greater than the an assist for Mayo, and Justin lone goal on a good hustle Jared Kristo (Matt Broman) 1:01. 3. B, sum of our parts. We need to McLaughlin scored one goal. play that tied the score at Josh Archibald (Matt Pohlkamp) 9:14. 4. B, be better when we step on the FARGO SOUTH 6, MAYO 2 Jenkins (Archibald, Pohlkamp) 12:46. 5. B, First period – 1. FS, Brock Erickson (unas- 1-1 just 1:01 into the second. Michael Rinio (Archibald, Bren Smith) 15:01. ice than we are on paper.” sisted) 7:08. 2. RM, Marcus Nigbur (Jacob Kristo caught a pass from Matt Third period — 6. B, Jordan Posch (Mitch CENTURY 4, EASTVIEW 3 Sikkema) 8:15. 3. RM, Justin McLaughlin McLain, Michael Monda) 8:31. 7. B, Halvorson Broman, came in alone against First period – 1. RC, Cory Kautz (Jordan (Jonathan Smolders, Nigbur) 11:19. Second (Pohlkamp, Jenkins) 13:35 (pp). 8. B, Jenkins Martini, Drew Anderson) 9:26. 2. RC, Connor period – 4. FS, Jarret Olson-Etches (Josh Mimmack and beat him high (Max Dondelinger) 16:37 (sh). Faupel (Anderson, Nick Raehsler) 12:04 (pp). Loken) 2:10 (pp). 5. FS, Erickson (Loken, to the glove side. Shots on goal — B, 11-21-20—52; 3. RC, Martini (Anderson) 14:30. Second Jake Pawlik) 3:00 (pp). 6. FS, Olson-Etches JM, 4-7-2—13. Goalies, saves — B, Reid period – 4. E, Ryan Reger (Taylor Branstad) (Loken) 3:44 (pp). 7. FS, Garrett Brossart “(Kristo) showed a lot of Mimmack (13 shots, 12 saves); JM, Bryan 7:18. 5. RC, C. Kautz (unassisted) 7:49 (sh). (Olson-Etches) 6:40. 8. FS, Peter Orson poise to catch that pass off the King (52 shots, 45 saves). Power-play 6. E, Michael Chacich (Max Smith, Branstad) (Bill Carlson) 16:45 (pp). Third period – opportunities — B, 1-for-5; JM, 1-for-6. 9:42 (sh). 7. E, Branstad (Jack Frederickson) no scoring. boards and keep his head up,” Penalties — B, 7 minors-14 minutes; JM, 11:49 (pp). Third period – no scoring. Shots on goal – FS, 9-20-8—37; RM, 18- JM coach Scott Lecy said. “He 7 minors-14 minutes. Shots on goal – RC, 16-10-5—31; E, 10- 6-3—27. Goalies, saves – FS, Scott Buchholz played a very nice game.” THIRD PLACE 9-8—27. Goalies, saves – RC, Brock Kautz (27 shots, 25 saves); RM, Alex VanGalder Scott Jacobson, [email protected] (27 shots, 24 saves); E, Ryan O’Shea (31 (37 shots, 31 saves). Power-play opportuni- The Rockets played well, Century 4, Eastview 3 shots, 27 saves). Power-play opportunities ties – FS, 4-for-10 ; RM, 0-for-7. Dodge County forward Alaina Pappas and John Marshall/Lourdes’ but couldn’t match Brainerd’s – RC, 1-for-5; E, 1-for-5. Penalties – RC, 6 Penalties – FS, 7 minors-14 minutes; 1 Sarah Armstrong gets tangled up during the Sertoma Shootout Cory Kautz scored twice, minors-12 minutes, 1 10-minute misconduct; 10-minute misconduct; RM, 10 minors-20 depth. The Warriors rolled including an unassisted short- E, 6 minors-12 minutes. minutes. fifth-place game Wednesday in Kasson. •••••••• Comments? Sports editor Craig Swalboski, 285-7721, [email protected] POST-BULLETIN / www.postbulletin.com Thursday, December 31, 2009 D5 Local Sports HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL / RED WING DOUBLEHEADER HOCKEY / MINN. JUNIOR HOCKEY LEAGUE Wingers boys, Ice Hawks have girls topple Austin home game tonight By Ben Pherson Outlaws for defenseman Ryan By Ben Pherson [email protected] Weston of Roseau. [email protected] AT A GLANCE The Rochester Ice Hawks Anderson was second on AUSTIN — The Red Wing return from a holiday break to the Ice Hawks in scoring (22 boys and girls basketball team What happened: The host the Wisconsin Mustangs goals, 17 assists, 39 points). swept a pair of non-confer- Red Wing boys and girls at 7:05 tonight at the Roches- “North Iowa had a few ence games Wednesday night basketball teams swept ter Recreation Center. injuries to some forwards, in Austin. a doubleheader against The annual New Year’s and Korby wanted to try it The Red Wing boys received Austin. The Red Wing boys Eve game will feature two out,” Ice Hawks coach Nick 22 points from Pat Kelly on of the Minnesota Junior Fatis said. their way to a 64-59 victory won 64-59, and the girls Hockey League’s best teams. Weston has practiced with over the Packers. earned a 60-37 victory. The Mustangs enter the game the team all week and was Austin held a 40-37 lead with a 18-7-0-4 record, while expected to be in the lineup early in the second half, but Austin. The Wingers rolled to the Ice Hawks are 22-5-0-1 tonight. But Fatis announced the Wingers rallied to go up a 60-37 victory. and have won nine consecu- this morning that Weston has 58-48 with 2:50 remaining. The Wingers played tive games. been suspended by the team Austin closed the gap to one phenomenal defense through- Beer and other refresh- indefinitely for a team rules point with just 20 seconds out, holding the Packers to violation. remaining, but the Wingers ments are available during just 17 percent shooting from all Ice Hawks home games. After tonight’s big New sealed the victory at the free- the floor. Red Wing forced throw line. After the game, the Ice Year’s showdown against 22 Austin turnovers while the Mustangs, the Ice Hawks Isaac Sevlie had 12 points Hawks coaching staff will be committing just 11. The Pack- hit the ice right away again for the Wingers, and Coleman at Gorillas Sports Bar and ers made just 10 shots from Friday. They host the Minne- Kelly added 10. Arcade (2775 43rd Street the floor; the rest of their NW) for a post-game wrap sota Wildcats at 7:05 p.m. “I thought Red Wing played points came from the free- and party. well and came out with a throw line. “We’re excited about purpose,” Austin coach Kris The Ice Hawks also another big weekend,” Fatis Tesha Buck paced the Wing- announced this week that said. “The New Year’s game Fadness said. “They took us ers with 18 points. Megan they have made a trade with is always a lot of fun for the out of what we wanted to do Fleming added 10 points. Ten North Iowa of the North fans. It’s another entertain- in the first half. Their guys different players scored for American Hockey League. ment option for people in played physical defense, Red Wing. and w didn’t get a lot on the The Ice Hawks sent forward Rochester, so hopefully we “Red Wing is a good team, Korby Anderson to the put on a good showing.” inside.” and we couldn’t stop them,” The Wingers committed just Austin coach Gary Peterson 14 turnovers, while forcing 17 said. “Our girls didn’t play Austin turnovers. with any energy, and Red COLLEGE BASKETBALL /RCTC Sevlie led Red Wing with six Wing took it to us on our rebounds. homecourt.” Nathan Howard, [email protected] The Red Wing girls had The Wingers led 29-15 at Olivia Johnson of Red Wing tries to get around Meg Brucker an easier time of it against halftime. of Austin during a game Wednesday night in Austin. RCTC men romp in second half WEDNESDAY’S HIGH SCHOOL RESULTS Post-Bulletin staff against Minnesota West. MINNEAPOLIS — Roches- BOYS BASKETBALL Championship game Women win 7th straight HIGHLIGHTS AND HEROES PINE ISLAND (57) ter Community and Technical LAKE CITY TOURNAMENT Katie Thein 2, Allison Newton 6, Courtney College dominated the second MINNEAPOLIS — Roches- W-K tournament. Pahl 16, Shelby Kann 5, Cede Finstuen 7, half Wednesday and went on ter Community and Techni- Kasson-Mant. 43, Lake City 34 Boys basketball Sara Wobig 2, Alex Kaye 8, Mattie Shelton 11, Sam Kaye 0, Nikki Heeren 0. to a 105-63 men’s basketball cal College won its second of Championship • Dover-Eyota overcame a Girls basketball Other stats: Shelton 8 rebounds; Pahl win over United Tribes of two games in the Minneapolis KASSON-MANTORVILLE (43) 44-26 second-half deficit to beat 6 rebounds. Jake Hodge 5, Phil Oertli 13, Ryan Trow- • Ashley Hinsch scored 15 Bismarck, N.D., in the Minne- Invitational, 68-54 Wednesday St. Charles 63-60 in the finals WABASHA-KELLOGG (54) bridge 3, Tom Leininger 0, David Kraft 0, points to lead Zumbrota-Mazeppa Amy Wallerich 13, Taylor Lerum 2, Nicole apolis Invitational. over United Tribes. Jeremy Gabrielson 0, Dan Tipka 4, James of the St. Charles Tournament. Alexander 31, Amanda Feils 0, Emily Huth Peterson 7, Griffin Reed 3, Alex Ek 7, Grant past St. Charles 62-43 in the The Yellowjackets Blair Johnson tied the game with 3, Breanna Hall 0, Katlyn Peters 0, Amanda Maria Gangelhoff followed Starkey 1. finals of the St. Charles Tourna- Kruger 3, Becca Lamey 2. a three-pointer with 18 seconds outscored their opponents a 32-point performance Other stats: Reed 7 rebounds; Oertli 4 ment. Other stats: Alexander 8 rebounds. 60-26 after leading 45-37 at Tuesday with 17 points, 16 steals; Starkey 4 steals. left and Tysen Mayer won the Halftime: W-K 32, PI 30. LAKE CITY (34) game with a 25-foot three-pointer • Tesha Buck scored 18 Free throws: PI 14-27, W-K 3-4. the break. rebounds, 8 assists and 3 Douglas Pflaum 0, Zachary Griebenow 0, points and had 11 rebounds as Three-point goals: PI 1 (Finstuen), W-K 3 “We played better defense, steals Wednesday. Marcus Jacobson 3, Nicholas Bobb 8, Blaine at the buzzer. (Wallerich 1, Kruger 1, Huth 1). Hinck 0, Jackson Hinck 0, Joseph Beck 13, • Phil Oertli had 13 points Red Wing beat Austin 60-37 in Notes: Allison Newton put Pine Island and that led to a lot of tran- Brittni Mayer added 10 Kurt Brown 8, Cody Anderson 0. ahead 55-54 by hitting two free throws with sition baskets,” coach Brian points, 4 rebounds and 2 Other stats: Beck 18 rebounds, 5 assists, and four steals to lead Kasson- non-conference play. 23 seconds to play. Courtney Pahl added two LaPlante said. steals. Nikki Borkhuis had 6 blocked shots; Brown 4 steals. Mantorville past host Lake City • Courtney Pahl had 16 more free throws with nine seconds left to Halftime: K-M 24, LC 17. 6 points and 10 rebounds; in the championship game of the points and six rebounds as Pine secure the win. Sophomore Demetrius Free throws: K-M 9-17, LC 6-13. Whitney Fick, 12 rebounds; Three-point goals: K-M 0, LC 0. Lake City Tournament. Center Island nipped host Wabasha- Alma/Pepin 78, Houston 48 Williams of St. Paul led Jordan Vavra, 8 points, 8 Notes: Lake City had 22 turnovers in Joseph Beck had a strong over- Kellogg 57-54 in the finals of the Third place game the way with 20 points, 6 the contest. HOUSTON (48) rebounds and 3 steals; and all game for Lake City with 13 Wabasha-Kellogg Tournament. rebounds and 6 assists. Lierin Carrier 5, Brooke Anderson 4, Van- Victoria Ledahl, 7 points, a Meadow Creek 72, Ellsworth 56 points, 18 rebounds, six blocked Allison Newton put the Panthers essa Lee 6, Katie Olson 2, Kylee Ness 4, Colin Kurk, a freshman 3-pointer and 6 assists. Third place shots and five assists. up for good 55-54 with two free Astri Runningen 15, A.Loken 8. from Spring Grove, added 14 ELLSWORTH (56) ALMA/PEPIN (WIS.) (78) “This was a good test for Travis Kroll 2, Jimmy Miska 11, Chris Nied- • Trevor Dale and Isaac Tapp throws with 23 seconds to play. No stats provided. points and 11 rebounds. us,” RCTC head coach Steve feldt 15, Brady Schroeder 3, Adam. Kearns paced a balanced attack with 15 Nicole Alexander poured in 31 Halftime: Alma/Pepin 33, HOU 22. Scott Hill scored 11 points, 6, Adam Lee 0, John Kearns 0, Riley O'Neil Hucke said of the Bismarck, points each as Stewartville beat points in the loss for W-K. Free throws: HOU 17-41, Alma/Pepin 14, Daigen Afdahl 0, Josh Fuchs 5. 11-21. Aubrey Rhodes 12, and Logan N.D., school. “They like to MEADOW CREEK CHRISTIAN (72) Lanesboro 65-54 in the third- Three-point goals: HOU 0, Alma/Pepin • Chatfield erased a 6-point Drager 8. Drager also had 5 shoot the three, and we held Ben Thom 9, Ben Freeby 6, Ryan McLaugh- place game of the St. Charles NA. lin 0, Abe Mitchell 0, Ben Ness 11, Grant deficit at halftime and came back rebounds and 8 assists. them to 5 of 20. Last night Anderson 2, Ryan Kopca 3, Andy Johnson Tournament. to beat Winona Cotter 43-40 at WSU TOURNAMENT David Fritsch contributed 2, Nate Johnson 0, Jeramy Domino 9, Spen- they made 10 of them. We cer Richards 14, Matt Clausen 16, Jordan • Jordan Dick scored 23 the WSU tournament. Chatfield’s Chatfield 43, Winona Cotter 40 9 points, 5 rebounds and 4 played great team defense.” Warkentin 0. Emily Miller led all scorers with points to power Wabasha-Kellogg WINONA COTTER (40) steals. Rebounds were a decisive Halftime: ELL 22, MCC 40. past Alma-Pepin (Wis.) 60-47 in 11 points. Chatfield improved Paige Gernes 7, Lauren Bowlin 5, Micaela Free throws: ELL 4-8, MCC 16-25. RCTC shot 46 percent from statistic as the Yellowjackets the championship game of the to 11-0. Trainor 10, Emily Skeels 2, Sarah Spiten 8, Three-point goals: ELL 8 (Miska 3, Nicole Beyer 8. the field, including 11-for- led 68-47, with 30 on the offen- Schroeder 1, A. Kearns 1, Lee 1, O'Neil CHATFIELD (43) 26 on 3-pointers. The Jack- sive end. They also forced 28 3). MCC 6 (Ness 1, Kopca 1, Domino 1, Kenna Moechnig 4, Kaitlyn Keefe 4, Karen Richards 3). Schmitz 1). Sass 10, Emily VonWald 9, Mackenzie Kerska ets also made 14 of 18 free United Tribes turnovers. Notes: Stewartville improves to 3-5. GIRLS BASKETBALL ST. CHARLES TOURNAMENT 3, Hilary Danielson 2, Emily Miller 11. throws, led 57-46 in rebounds RCTC led 36-24 at half- Halftime: WC 22, CHAT 16. WABASHA-KEL. TOURNAMENT and forced 25 turnovers. time. Dover-Eyota 63, St. Charles 60 NON-CONFERENCE Free throws: WC 9-12, CHAT 5-13. Wabasha-Kell. 60, Alma-Pepin 47 Three-point goals: WC 1 (Bowlin 1), CHAT United Tribes shot 33 RCTC has now won seven Championship Red Wing 60, Austin 37 2 (VonWald 2). DOVER-EYOTA (63) percent, including 4-for-20 Championship RED WING (50) in a row and is 9-2 entering Blair Johnson 9, Tyler Wegner 3, Luke ALMA-PEPIN (47) Olivia Johnson 8, Megan Fleming 10, Tesha St. Francis 59, Lewiston-Altura 49 from 3-point range. its conference season, which Wilder 13, Connor Wondrasch 4, Nate Vang Mitch Huber 2, Dustin Huber 2, Travis Buck 18, Jen Ulveling 3, Macy Kelly 9, Dan- ST. FRANCIS (59) 5, Tysen Mayer 15, Ryan Hartman 14. The team takes an 11-2 begins next Wednesday at Heit 12, Nathan Stein 11, Trevor Fink 14, ielle Brooks 4, Abby Ulveling 2, Ashley Brooks C.Schultz 3, K.Macak 24, S.Fuersterau 2, Other stats: Vang 9 rebounds. Korey Iberg 2, 1, A.J. LaFond 3, Kayla Wallin 2. BBilbreath 10, A. Scherbarth 10, A. Breschko record into its conference home against Minnesota ST. CHARLES (60) WABASHA-KELLOGG (60) Other stats: Buck 11 rebounds. 2, K.Van Westen 6. opener Wednesday at home West. Alex Shea 3, Jared Seinola 6, Chris Cullen Shanrock 2, Brandon Wills 2, Jay AUSTIN (37) LEWISTON-ALTURA (49) Bambenek 2, Joseph Montgomery 13, Brady Zabel 0, Ben Edelbach 8, Tyler Grabau 0, Sam Brucker 4, Kaycee Lukes 4, Bri Mayer Natalie Kalmes 4, Jennifer Mundt 16, Mollert 3, Brooks Grebin 12, Matt Putzier Holden Hartert 7, Jordan Dick 23, Zach Wolfe 6, Babaye Oja 4, Nina Carney 1, Sophia Allissa Heim 2, Amanda Baer 7, Brooke 15, Nathan Johnston 6. 12, Jack Burns 0, Ben Meyer 6. Hebrink 3, Meg Brucker 1, Meredith Molhusen Schilling 3, Danielle Harstad 7, Breana Heim Halftime: STC 37, D-E 26. Halftime: A-P 24, W-K 25. 3, Robin Arjes 6, Jenna Svoboda 6, Katlynne 1, Brooke Heim 11. WRESTLING / RUMBLE ON THE RED Free throws: D-E 9-11, STC 7-13. Free throws: A-P 2-8, W-K 8-14. Fisher 1, Abby Evenson 2. Halftime: LA 27, STF 23. Three-point goals: D-E 6 (Mayer 3, Wilder 1, Three-point goals: Alma-Pepin 1 (Stein 1), Halftime: RW 29, AUS 15. Free throws: STF 9-15, LA 17-21. Wegner 1, Johnson 1), STC 10 (Montgomery W-K 4 (Dick 1, Wolfe 1, Edelbach 2). Free throws: AUS 14-20, RW 7-17. Three-point goals: STF 2 (Macak 2), 3, Shea 1, Putzier 4, Grebin 2). Notes: Red Wing is 9-1 overall. LA 0. Notes: D-E overcame a 44-26 second-half Houston 40, Pine Island 39 Third place 2 area wrestlers place deficit to win. Blair Johnson tied the game ST. CHARLES TOURNAMENT Northfield 33, Stewartville 29 HOUSTON (40) with a three-pointer with 18 seconds left and STEWARTVILLE (29) Tye Carrier 9, Severin Knutson 0, Chris Tysen Mayer won the game with a 25-foot Zumbrota-Maz. 62, St. Charles 43 Julie Rainey 12, Shawnna Sperber 8, Jill three-pointer at the buzzer. Stackhouse 2, Connor Caruso 9, Cody Lange 6, Josh Vix 6, Tanner Plantz 0, Nick Championship game Oftedahl 1, Lindsay Blahnik 2, Shannon Curtis 6. high in 58-team meet Stewartville 65, Lanesboro 54 Henderson 8. ZUMBROTA-MAZEPPA (62) NORTHFIELD (33) Third place Other stats: Henderson 7 rebounds; Jamie St. Marie 9, Clare Sand 2, Ashley Elena Huber 4, Morgan Zabel 23, Megan By Ben Pherson heartbreaker, 7-6, to unde- LANESBORO (54) Lange 5 assists. Hinsch 15, Sarah Kruse 7, Ellie Brunner PINE ISLAND (39) , Carissa Darcy 2, Allison Mollenhauer 2, Burnham 4, Clare Foley 2, Lizzie Carlson [email protected] feated Joe Hessing of Braden Hanson 7, Brett Hungerholt 12, 0. Jake Erdahl 7, Tayler Braaten 8, Trevor Laura Brunner 4, Laura Huneke 8, Amber Delano. Cory Strom 2, Jacob Rogers 7, Justin Gud- Halftime: NOR 10, STEW 4. mundson 7, Lucas Johnson 11, Shane Austin Akason 5, Seth Friedrich 4, Will Walter 7, Jentsch 13. FARGO, N.D. — Two area Free throws: STEW 5-9, NOR 12-18. 2, Tyler Johnson 6. Nathan Kukson 4, Steve Clementson 2, ST. CHARLES (43) wrestlers pulled off upsets With his second-place Three-point goals: STEW 2 (Rainey 2), STEWARTVILLE (65) Josh Helland 2. Kim Storey 9, Katie Dunlay 2, Taige finish, Rud is now 18-1 this NOR 1 (Zabel 1). Wednesday to earn a high Trevor Dale 15, Gabe Langseth 14, Brandon Halftime: PI 21, HOU 17. Thoreson 5, Kaitlyn Gathje 4, Stacia Heim season. Larsen 11, Tyler Rogers 2, Isaac Tapp 15, Free throws: HOU 7-12, PI 8-10. 11, Cassey Bailey 12. finish at the prestigious Tyler Schmitz 3, John Gisler 5. Three-point goals: HOU 1 (Caruso 1), PI Halftime: Z-M 34, STC 26. BOYS HOCKEY Rumble on the Red tourna- Stolarzyk was not one of Other stats: Langseth 8 rebounds; Gisler 1 (Akason 1). Free throws: Z-M 5-11, STC 13-19. ment. the top seeds at 103, but he 6 rebounds; Tapp 3 steals. Notes Tye Carrier hit 1 of 2 free throws Three-point goals: Z-M 3 (St. Marie 2, Halftime: STEW 31, LAN 29. with 9 seconds remaining to give Houston Kruse 1), STC 0. Tartan 4, Red Wing 0 The Rumble on the Red is opened the day by knock- Tartan: Alex Gerke 14 saves. ing off No. 4-seeded Kurt Free throws: LAN 7-11, STEW 13-17. the 1-point lead. Pine Island missed got a Wabasha-Kellogg Tournament one of the largest individual Three-point goals: LAN 7 (Hungerholt 1, 15-footer off with about 3 seconds remain- Red Wing: Sam Amendolar 29 saves. Timmons of Kerkhoven- Notes: Red Wing is 2-7-0. … The Wingers high school tournaments in T.Johnson 2, Rogers 3, L.Johnson 2, Hanson ing. Cody Lange grabbed the r ebound to Pine Island 57, Wabasha-Kel. 54 2), STEW 8 (Dale 4, Langseth 2, Tapp 1, end the game. host New Prague at 7 p.m. on Jan. 5. the country, with 58 teams Murdock-Sunburg in the participating. quarterfinals. Stewartville’s Brett Stolarzyk lost a decision to Stolarzyk and Byron’s Dallen the eventual champion in the GIRLS HOCKEY / SCHWAN CUP Rud found themselves high semifinals before winning a SERTOMA SHOOTOUT on the pair of wrestleback matches to finish third. BRACKET A podium at Mayo sixth in its tournament bracket at Kasson the end of Stewartville’s Nate Lecy Wednesday’s results the day. wrestled his way back to a and negatives this game for us,” a goal for Mayo in the third Seventh-place By Guy N. Limbeck Rud was fourth-place finish at 119. Mayo coach Jeff Phillips said. period, but the Spartans would Century 8, Worthington 1 [email protected] Fifth-place the No. 3 Lecy and Stolarzyk helped Rochester Mayo had to “We played poor hockey for part get no closer than three goals Dodge County 3, John Marshall 1 seed in the Stewartvilel to an 11th-place of a period and it hurt us.” despite outshooting Chaska Third-place settle for sixth place in the New Richmond (Wis.) 4, Chicago 1 145-pound finish in the team standings. Blue Division of the Schwan Mayo had defeated Chaska 14-5 in the period. Championship bracket. The Tigers scored 108.5 Holiday Tournament in girls two weeks ago despite being “It was also nice to get some Green Bay 9, Luverne 2 He won his points. hockey on Wednesday in outshot 37-8. The Spartans held balanced scoring from Tessa, BRACKET B quarterfi- at Rec Center Rud helped the Bears Blaine. a 2-1 lead in the second period Olivia and Makinzee,” Phil- Seventh-place nals match Rud move up to 31st place with The Spartans suffered a Wednesday on goals by Makin- lips said. MSO Icebergs (Wis.) 4, Princeton 3, SO as expected 64 points. zee Kazeck and Tessa Rud. Fifth-place and then upset No. 2 seed 6-3 setback to Chaska in the Chaska held a 28-21 shot Fondy/Waupon (Wis.) 4, Winona 3 Rapid City (S.D.) Stevens consolation championship of Chaska then took command advantage. Rebecca Graham Third-place Sam Derynck of Minneota in won the team title with 186 the tournament. Mayo finished by scoring four goals in a five- had 22 saves for Mayo. Mack- St. Paul United 7, New Ulm 1 the semifinals to earn a spot points, while West Fargo was Championship in the title match. with a 1-2 mark in the tourney. minute span to go up 5-2. enzie McCormack and Gabby Central Wisconsin Storm 3, International second at 182. Foley placed “There were some positives Olivia Mewhorter added Laures collected assists. Falls 2, OT In the finals, Rud lost a third and Owatonna fourth. •••••••• ✩ D4 POST-BULLETIN / www.postbulletin.com Wednesday, January 6, 2010 Comments? Sports editor Craig Swalboski, 285-7721, [email protected] Local Sports GIRLS BASKETBALL / ROCHESTER ROUNDUP Miller’s free throws lift Mayo over Winona By Donny Henn and Guy Limbeck, AUSTIN (39) [email protected] Babaye Oja 4, Bri Mayer 2, Jenna Svoboda 12, Kaycee Lukes 7, Meg Brucker 10, Nina Julie Miller’s two free throws Carney 2, Robin Arjes 2, Sophia Hebrink 0, with 3.7 seconds remaining Taylor Lady 0. JOHN MARSHALL (30) clinched Rochester Mayo’s Christina Block 2, Katelyn Rushton 2, Kristi 37-35 win over Winona in a Big Thelen 5, Ashley Luedke 3, Megan Byrne Nine Conference girls basket- 3, Trisha Radke 0, Elle Ferguson 3, Jeanne Wesley 4, Megan Haynes 6, Millie Krolak 0, ball game Tuesday night at the Allyson Sherden 0. Mayo gym. Other stats: Thelen 6 rebounds, 5 steals. Mayo had a 10-point lead Halftime: AUST 21, JM 16. with seven minutes remaining Free throws: AUST 4-5, JM 7-18. but ended up hanging on for Three-point goals: AUST 1 (Svoboda), JM 1 (Luedke). the win. The Winhawks scram- bled back to tie the score in WEST 57, CENTURY 48 the closing minutes, with a Panthers flat in 2nd half pair of clutch three-pointers. MANKATO — Rochester “It is an Century came out flat in the exciting time second half and came home to be play- with a Big Nine Conference ing in our loss to Mankato West on Tues- conference,” day night. said Mayo West had only a 2-point lead coach Angie at halftime but Century wasn’t M e i s t e r . able to wrest the lead away in “Every team the second half. has a shot at “It was a very disappointing winning each night all around,” said Century Miller night.” coach Aaron Berg. “We were Winona simply out-worked and out- improved to 5-3 overall and played. 4-1 in the Big Nine. Mayo is John Marshall sophomore forward Megan Haynes lines up a free throw during the Rockets’ game with Austin Tuesday “We need 4-8, 3-2 in the conference. to start play- A key stat in the game was night at JM. ing as a team Mayo’s 8-0 scoring edge at the and with free throw line. Winona didn’t from the floor. AUSTIN 39, JM 30 some passion, attempt a free throw the entire “We were not sharp offen- Rockets drop 4th straight period.” game. “It was a very physi- sively in the first half,” Glass The John Marshall girls Mishawna cal game, without the whistle said. “We rushed our shots. lost their fourth straight game Lindsay blowing,” Meister said. We handled their pressure, Tuesday night in a Big Nine scored 11 The Spartans started the which was good.” Conference contest against points and game with staunch defense, visiting Austin. Mallory holding Winona scoreless for Lourdes had just eight turn- Lindsay overs while Byron had 22. Both Austin built a 21-16 lead by Cochran had the first 12 minutes. But the 1 0 p o i n t s Winhawks managed to tie the teams had 30 rebounds. halftime and JM never got it back. and seven rebounds for the score by halftime at 16. Erika McRoberts led Panthers. Lauren Ulsh led Mayo with Byron with 10 points and 11 “We had some great oppor- Century (5-6, 3-2) has a non- 10 points and eight rebounds, rebounds. tunities early in the game to conference game Thursday at while Megan Lueck powered BYRON (32) score and get ahead and we Farmington. Sam Toft 2, Melissa Long 0, Sydney Gehrt didn’t get it done,” said JM Winona with 15 points. Lueck Photos by Jerry Olson, [email protected] CENTURY (48) 2, Britta Schubert 2, Becky Murry 4, Berit Wal- head coach Terry Heider- got off a last-second shot, but Austin forward Sophia Hebrink blocks a shot attempt by levand 6, Cortney Kasten 2, Kaytlin Remold Taylor Wells 4, Katy Scherer 5, Lizzie 4, Erika McRoberts 10, Abby Bisgard 0. scheit. Stenhaug 9, Maggie Pumper 1, Mishawna it fell short. Lindsey 11, Heather Tally 4, Jessica Hazelton Megan Haynes of John Marshall Tuesday night. The Packers Other stats: McRoberts had 11 rebounds; 4, Mallory Cochran 10. “Winona really double- beat the Rockets 39-30. Byron had 22 turnovers shot 30 percent “This game was disappoint- (12-for-40). ing; we have things we need Other stats: Cochran 7 reb, 1 assists; teamed underneath,” Meister Stenhaug 2 rebounds, 2 assists; Tally 3 said. “We did a good job of Other stats: Ulsh 8 rebounds; Doll 5 Valley League girls basketball LOURDES (60) to work on and will get back rebounds; Hazelton 3 rebounds. rebounds. Stephanie Helt 7, Olivia Muyres 4, Hanna MANKATO WEST (57) defending Lueck.” Halftime: WIN 16, MAYO 16. on Tuesday. at it.” Anderson 0, Alyssa Nelson 2, Aubrey Neu- No stats provided. Free throws: WIN 0-0, MAYO 8-16. Mayo is at Austin on “We played real good mann 11, Val Tracy 0, Becca Garry 4, Jessie Jenna Svoboda led Austin Halftime: NW 22, CENT 20. Three-point goals: WIN 3 (Meier 1, Lueck defense and held them nine Wilcken 8, Betsey Daly 5, Casey Huber 0, Free throws: MW not provided, CENT Friday. Shelby Hanssen 6, Laura Melquist 13. with 12 points, and JM’s lead- 1, Mann 1), MAYO 1 (Bohlen 1). points in the first half,” ing scorer was Megan Haynes 10-19. Mayo 37, Winona 35 Other stats: Shelby Hanssen 5 rebounds; Three-point goals: CENT 2 (Cochran 2). WINONA (35) Lourdes coach Myron Glass Melquist 6 rebounds, 5 blocks; Muyres 5 with six. It was the first confer- Courtney Meier 7, Olivia Mann 3, Megan LOURDES 60, BYRON 32 said. assists. The Eagles shot 43 percent (26- ence win for the Packers, now Lueck 15, Paige Neyers 2, Nicky Becher 4, for-61). Shauna Mahoney 2, Brittany Scharmer 2. Bears held to 9 in 1st half Laura Melquist had 13 Halftime: LOUR 25, BYR 9. 2-6 overall and 1-3 in the Big View more photos Free throws: BYR 6-17, LOUR 6-8. Nine. MAYO (37) Lourdes rolled to a 25-9 lead points, six rebounds and five at Postbulletin.com. Sarah Bohlen 5, Julie Miller 3, Ali Moat at halftime en route to an easy blocked shots for the host Three-point goals: BYR 2 (McRoberts 4, Anna Hirssig 8, Anna Ryan 2, Rachael 1, Wallevand 1), LOUR 2 (Neumann 1, JM (1-9, 1-4) is at Mankato Doll 5, Lauren Ulsh 10. win over Byron in Hiawatha Eagles, who shot 43 percent Melquist 1). East on Friday.

BOYS HOCKEY / LOURDES HOCKEY STANDINGS HOCKEY / GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL BIG NINE CONFERENCE GIRLS Conf. Overall BIG NINE CONFERENCE Fillmore Central ...... 4 4 5 4 W-L-T Pts. W-L-T Slow start Conf Overall Kingsland ...... 4 2 7 4 Eagles put the pedal Mankato West ...... 3-2-0 6 9-6-0 W L W L Rushford-Peterson...... 3 3 5 5 Owatonna ...... 3-1-0 6 7-4-1 Owatonna ...... 4 0 5 5 Southland...... 2 2 3 6 Rochester Mayo . . . . . 3-0-0 6 8-4-0 Mayo ...... 4 1 5 7 Wabasha-Kellogg...... 2 5 4 7 Albert Lea ...... 2-1-0 4 6-8-0 costly for Century...... 3 2 5 6 Lewiston-Altura ...... 1 5 3 8 Austin ...... 2-2-0 4 7-9-1 Winona...... 3 2 4 4 St. Charles ...... 1 6 2 9 to the metal in third Albert Lea ...... 2 2 4 5 Plainview-Elgin-Millville . . . 1 7 2 8 Faribault ...... 2-2-0 4 10-5-0 By Jason Feldman lead. Alex Dewitz netted the Mankato East...... 1-2-0 2 5-7-0 Mankato West ...... 2 2 2 6 TUESDAY [email protected] game-winner, a short-handed Roch. JM/Lourdes . . . 1-2-0 2 4-11-0 JM/Lourdes Mankato East...... 2 4 3 6 Caledonia 69, Fillmore Central 61 Faribault ...... 1 3 2 6 goal with an assist from Alec Winona...... 1-1-0 2 4-3-0 By Guy N. Limbeck Rushford-Peterson 38, Plainview-Elgin-Millville Rochester Lourdes Rochester Century . . . 0-4-0 0 1-13-0 Austin ...... 1 3 2 6 32 Brandup that was set up by * — conference game [email protected] John Marshall ...... 1 4 1 9 received one goal each from Kingsland 62, Lewiston-Altura 46 a nice play by Brian Wasz. TUESDAY Albert Lea scored twice in TUESDAY four players, and seven play- Southland 85, Wabasha-Kellogg 64 Dewitz scored with 3:42 to Albert Lea 2, JM/Lourdes 1 the first period and held off Mankato West 57, Century 48 ers had at least one point Austin 3, Dodge County 2 Austin 39, John Marshall 30 THURSDAY in a 4-3 boys hockey victory go. Mankato East 5, St. Peter/L-H 3 John Marshall/Lourdes 2-1 Mayo 37, Winona 35 Rushford-Peterson at Lewiston-Altura Owatonna 4, Faribault 2 Owatonna 56, Albert Lea 53 against Albert Lea at Graham Albert Lea (5-5-0) scored in Big Nine Conference girls Chatfield at Southland THURSDAY hockey on Tuesday. Mankato East 80, Faribault 78, OT FRIDAY Arena on Tuesday. with about 50 seconds remain- *Winona at Century THURSDAY Fillmore Central at Dover-Eyota ing to make it 4-3. *Mayo at Albert Lea Lauren Klick and Sarah Century at Farmington Southland at Caledonia Lourdes climbed back *Faribault at Austin Owatonna at Northfield Chatfield at Wabasha-Kellogg “We played a good third Savelkoul scored for the above the .500 mark (5-4-2), *Owatonna at John Marshall Tigers in the first period at FRIDAY Kingsland at St. Charles rebounding period,” Lourdes coach Josh Mankato East at Mankato West Mayo at Austin Lake City at Plainview-Elgin-Millville the Rec Center. John Marshall at Mankato East from a loss to Spaniol said. “We played one BIG NINE CONFERENCE BOYS Conf. Overall “They just came out strong Faribault at Albert Lea SOUTHEAST CONFERENCE No. 8-ranked good period and that’s what Mankato West at Winona W-L-T Pts. W-L-T and we came out sluggish,” Conf Overall St. Cloud we needed to do. It was a Faribault ...... 2-0-0 4 8-4-0 W L W L Cathedral on good win, a good confidence Rochester Century ...... 2-0-0 4 7-4-0 JM/L coach Steve Russell HIAWATHA VALLEY LEAGUE Spring Grove ...... 6 0 8 4 boost for the boys.” Rochester JM ...... 2-0-0 4 4-7-0 said. GOLD DIVISION LeRoy-Ostrander ...... 6 0 10 1 Saturday. Winona ...... 2-0-0 4 9-2-0 Conf Overall JM/L trailed 2-0 going Grand Meadow...... 5 2 7 3 Junior Spaniol said sophomore Albert Lea ...... 1-2-0 2 5-5-0 W L W L Glenville-Emmons ...... 4 3 5 4 Robby Campbell, called up to Rochester Mayo ...... 1-2-0 2 3-8-0 into the third period and Lourdes ...... 2 0 10 2 Mabel-Canton ...... 4 3 4 6 forward Austin ...... 0-1-0 0 3-5-0 outshot the Tigers 9-1 in Hayfield ...... 1 0 11 0 Lanesboro ...... 2 3 2 7 the varsity to fill in for an ill Owatonna ...... 0-1-0 0 2-7-4 Andy Benner the frame. But the team’s Stewartville...... 1 1 9 3 Houston ...... 2 4 2 7 scored first player, played a strong game Mankato East...... 0-2-0 0 6-6-0 Kasson-Mantorville . . . . . 0 0 9 2 Hope Lutheran ...... 0 4 1 5 Mankato West ...... 0-2-0 0 2-7-1 lone goal came by Sarah for Lourdes on defense. La Crescent ...... 0 1 8 2 Schaeffer Academy. . . . . 0 5 0 6 * — conference game Armstrong with 13 seconds Winona Cotter ...... 0 1 8 3 Lyle/Austin Pacelli . . . . . 0 5 0 7 Benner TUESDAY on Tuesday, Lourdes outshot the Tigers Byron ...... 0 1 5 5 TUESDAY Rochester Lourdes 4, Albert Lea 3 left in the game. Sydney notching a BLUE DIVISION LeRoy-Ostrander 44, Glenville-Emmons 42 28-23. Mark Greve made 20 Winona 11, La Crescent 2 Dison and Marissa Bruese- Pine Island...... 1 0 4 7 goal in a first period that saves to pick up the victory Sleepy Eye at Austin Grand Meadow 60, Schaeffer Academy 34 witz collected assists. Zumbrota-Mazeppa . . . . 1 0 3 8 Mabel-Canton 58, Lanesboro 56, OT ended in a 1-1 tie. for the Eagles. Waseca at Mankato East Cannon Falls ...... 1 0 1 9 THURSDAY “We played better in the FRIDAY Goodhue...... 0 0 3 6 Mabel-Canton at Spring Grove The rest of the scoring Brandrup added two *John Marshall at Owatonna third period,” Russell said. Lake City ...... 0 1 2 9 *Century at Winona Houston at Schaeffer Academy came in the third when assists, while Brandyn Chez- “They held on for the win.” Kenyon-Wanamingo . . . . . 0 1 1 7 Le Roy-Ostrander at Grand Meadow Alex Funk and Ryan Nico- *Mankato East at Mankato West Triton ...... 0 1 1 9 ick and Jason Samuelson *Austin at Faribault Michelle Bonapace-Potvin Glenville-Emmons at Lyle/Pacelli Note: Games between Blue and Gold teams Lanesboro at Hope Lutheran lay scored for a 3-2 Lourdes each had one. AREA INDEPENDENTS (BOYS) had 11 saves for JM/L. Seventh- are not counted as conference games. W-L-T grader Sydney Conley had 18 TUESDAY MISSOTA CONFERENCE Rochester Lourdes ...... 5-4-2 Lourdes 60, Byron 32 Conf Overall The P-B’s High School Profile puts the spotlight on a prominent Dodge County ...... 4-6-0 saves for the Tigers. Hayfield 52, La Crescent 47 W L W L TUESDAY Zumbrota-Mazeppa 56, Lake City 49 JM/L (4-11 overall) will Red Wing ...... 0 0 10 1 southeastern Minnesota athlete, each Thursday from September Rochester Lourdes 4, Albert Lea 3 Pine Island 50, Triton 35 host Owatonna Thursday at New Prague ...... 0 0 6 3 FRIDAY Cannon Falls 40, Kenyon-Wanamingo 34 through May. Hutchinson ...... 0 0 5 3 Delano at Dodge County 5:30 p.m. at the Rec Center. Stewartville 54, Winona Cotter 49 Northfield ...... 0 0 5 2 THURSDAY Farmington ...... 0 0 4 3 Triton at Lourdes Shakopee ...... 0 0 5 6 FRIDAY Prior Lake ...... 0 0 6 4 Stewartville at La Crescent HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL Holy Angels ...... 0 0 2 8 Byron at Hayfield BIG NINE CONFERENCE Stewartville...... 1 1 4 5 Dover-Eyota...... 2 3 4 5 Hope Lutheran ...... 0 4 0 7 Pine Island at Kenyon-Wanamingo TUESDAY Conf Overall Winona Cotter ...... 0 2 2 5 Lewiston-Altura ...... 2 3 3 6 TUESDAY, JAN. 5 Triton at Goodhue Edina 69, Shakopee 45 W L W L BLUE DIVISION Chatfield...... 2 3 2 7 Lyle/Pacelli 52, Grand Meadow 29 Zumbrota-Mazeppa at Cannon Falls Red Wing 58, Ellsworth, Wis., 35 Winona...... 4 0 8 1 Cannon Falls ...... 1 0 6 2 Rushford-Peterson...... 1 4 3 5 Spring Grove 54, Glenville-Emmons 50 Winona Cotter at Kasson-Mantorville Hutchinson 70, New Ulm 36 Owatonna ...... 3 0 6 2 Triton ...... 1 0 5 2 St. Charles ...... 1 4 3 5 Caledonia 67, Mabel-Canton 27 Lake City at Plainview-Elgin-Millville THURSDAY Lake City ...... 1 0 6 4 TUESDAY, JAN. 5 Century at Farmington Mankato West ...... 3 0 3 2 THURSDAY, JAN. 7 Faribault ...... 2 1 3 5 Goodhue...... 0 0 5 3 Lewiston-Altura 69, Kingsland 61 THREE RIVERS CONFERENCE Owatonna at Northfield Houston at Spring Grove Century...... 1 2 6 3 Kenyon-Wanamingo . . . . . 0 1 4 1 St. Charles 59, Chatfield 44 Conf Overall New Prague at Hopkins Le Roy-Ostrander at Lanesboro Mayo ...... 1 2 3 7 Zumbrota-Mazeppa . . . . 0 1 3 3 Plainview-Elgin-Millville 67, Rushford-Peterson W L W L Richfield at Holy Angels Glenville-Emmons at Grand Meadow Albert Lea ...... 0 3 2 5 Pine Island...... 0 1 1 6 28 Chatfield...... 6 0 11 0 FRIDAY *Kee (Lansing, Iowa) at Mabel-Canton Austin ...... 1 2 2 3 TUESDAY, JAN. 5 Caledonia 67, Mabel-Canton 27 Caledonia ...... 6 0 11 1 Lanesboro at Hope Lutheran John Marshall ...... 0 3 0 8 La Crescent 70, Hayfield 57 *Kasson-Mantorville 51, Dover-Eyota 36 Dover-Eyota...... 5 1 8 2 Edina at Prior Lake Mankato East...... 1 3 3 7 Stewartville 64, Winona Cotter 63 THURSDAY, JAN. 7 MISSOTA CONFERENCE TUESDAY, JAN. 5 Lake City 58, Zumbrota-Mazeppa 44 St. Charles at Kingsland Conf Overall Mankato West 62, Century 50 Triton 76, Pine Island 55 Fillmore Central at Caledonia W L W L Owatonna 81, Albert Lea 47 Cannon Falls 73, Kenyon-Wanamingo 49 FRIDAY, JAN. 8 Hutchinson ...... 0 0 9 0 EVERY DAY: Mankato East 66, Faribault 59 Byron 54, Lourdes 49 Caledonia at Southalnd New Prague ...... 0 0 6 2 Austin 67, John Marshall 50 *Kasson-Mantorville 51, Dover-Eyota 36 Wabasha-Kellogg at Chatfield Shakopee ...... 0 0 3 4 Winona 67, Mayo 55 THURSDAY, JAN. 7 Lewiston-Altura at Rushford-Peterson Farmington ...... 0 0 2 6 THURSDAY, JAN. 7 Triton at Kasson-Mantorville Dover-Eyota at Fillmore Central Holy Angels ...... 0 0 3 7 ANSWER MAN *Albert Lea at New Prague Lourdes at Kenyon-Wanamingo Red Wing ...... 0 0 2 6 Mankato East at John Marshall *La Crosse Aquinas at Cotter Northfield ...... 0 0 1 6 The Master of Minutiae. 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Sports editor Craig Swalboski, 285-7721, [email protected] Local Sports HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL / MAYO BOYS BASKETBALL / CENTURY Mayo loss is microcosm of season Century deals Huskies By Pat Ruff [email protected] their first Big Nine loss In a season full of uneven perfor- By Donny Henn rebounds, four steals and mances, Rochester Mayo had another one [email protected] four assists. Sophomore for- Friday night. OWATONNA — Rochester ward Ater Manyang had 18 This time, the Spartans boys basketball Century forced its advantage rebounds to go with 17 team started and stopped its way to a inside and finished with a big points. 53-51 loss to Austin. edge at the free throw line in “A big key was the way our The beginning of the contest at McNish a 58-51 win over Owatonna whole team handled their Gymnasium tells it all. Mayo bounded out Friday night in a Big Nine run-and-jump press,” Ohm to an 8-0 lead. Three minutes later it was Conference boys basketball said. “We took care of the down 11-8. game. ball and that was huge.” “This game just mirrored our season,” Century erased a one-point Ohm said Century usually said Mayo coach Shaun Lang, whose team halftime deficit and also plays man-to-man defense slipped to 1-3 in the Big Nine Conference, trailed by a point with four but switched to zone to cope 3-8 overall. Austin is 2-2, 3-3. minutes remaining. But the with Owatonna’s fast guards, “We get to points in games where we are Panthers pulled away down and the zone “slowed ‘em making plays, but then we can’t sustain all the stretch, thanks in large down”. He said the Panthers’ the little things it takes to finish off games.” part to free throws. reserve players provided “quality minutes”. Mayo looks decent on paper, with a Century outscored Owa- starting lineup that now contains two tonna 24-5 at the line, dealing Ohm called it a “good win” players who are 6-foot-8 — junior Michael the Huskies their first confer- and a “step in the right direc- Idso and senior Cody Gallaher. The Spar- ence defeat. Owatonna is 6-3 tion” for a Century team with tans also have a stylish and quick point overall, 3-1 in the Big Nine; hopes of contending for the guard in senior Sam Calcagno, a desig- Century improved to 7-3, 2-2 conference title. nated shooter in Michael Franzone and in the conference. Century is home Tuesday an aggressive small forward in sopho- against Faribault. “Our kids executed down more Ian Hathaway. CENTURY 58, OWATONNA 51 But like the entire team, none has been the stretch really nicely,” CENTURY (58) said Century coach Joe Ohm. Carson Fossum 2, Nate Kruisselbrink 20, consistently terrific this season, though Scott Jacobson, [email protected] each has definitely had their moments. “They kept fouling us with Jared Malone 5, Josh Gentling 4, Dan Fleiss- about a minute left to go, and ner 7, Bryce Duncan 3, Ater Manyang 17. It’s added up to what so far has been a Mayo’s Sam Calcagno makes a pass around Austin’s Jamaal Gibson. OWATONNA (51) frustrating season for the Spartans, who had we kept making most of Collin Wencl 4, Mitch Hawkins 1, Tyler Sup- overs, managed its lead thanks mostly to points, matching his season average. them.” pala 2, Mike Sebring 5, Vaughn Thada 15, solid aspirations when the year started. Sheridan Skala 2, Matt Wagner 2, Paul Sat- Idso, a strong and athletic big man, hot shooting. It bagged 10 of 20 attempts Gunderson had 13 of them in the second Junior guard Nate Kruis- terlund 15, Brian Wagner 5. wonders if Mayo’s troubles have come in the opening 18 minutes. half including a key driving basket with selbrink led Century with 20 Halftime: OWA 28, CEN 27. just under two minutes left. Free throws: CEN 24-34, OWA 5-15. down to energy. Mayo stayed within striking range the rest points, including 11-of-12 on Three-point goals: CEN 4 (Krueselbrink 3, “Sometimes we just don’t come out of the way, too. Down the stretch it almost AUSTIN (53) free throws. He also had five Fleissner 1), OWA 6 (Satterlund 3, Thada 3). Tim Erickson 4, Connor Gunderson 20, TJ Fritz 8, Joey strong,” he said. “You can’t just turn it pulled out the win behind the 3-point Swatfager 5, Andrew Kaiser 2, Jamaal Gibson 1, Jake on and turn it off. You have to play (with marksmanship of reserve guard Nicholas Brehmer 13. passion) all the time.” Bhaskaran. After Austin led by six with 47 MAYO (51) FLOOR HOCKEY / ROCHESTER RAIDERS seconds left in regulation, Bhaskaran hit a Sam Calcagno 11, Ty Quint 0, Steve Miller 0, Nicholas Though Mayo played in spurts all game Bhaskaran 8, Michael Franzone 7, Evan Morris 4, Ian Friday, it still was enough to stick with trey, then with two ticks left he hit another Hathaway 9, Ben Alexander 0, Michael Idso 8, Cody Gal- Austin throughout. The Spartans trailed one to make it a two-point game. laher 4. Raiders lose close Other stats: Idso 8 rebounds. 26-23 at halftime, when they had ridden Austin successfully inbounded the ball Halftime: Austin 26, Mayo 23. three 3-pointers by Hathaway. after that, however, to end it. Free throws: Austin 13-21, Mayo 4-8. Austin, which struggled hanging onto The Packers were paced by 6-5 senior Three-point goals: Austin 4 (Fritz 1, Swatfager 1, Gunder- one in season debut son 2), Mayo 9 (Hathaway 3, Franzone 2, Bhaskaran 2, the ball in the first half, with 11 turn- forward Connor Gunderson with 20 Calcagno 2). Post-Bulletin staff Ben Jordan scored for The Rochester Raiders Rochester, assisted by Nicole came up just shy in their Mock. HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL season-opening game on Wade Kuiper was strong in goal, making 29 saves for Southland 65, Caledonia 62 Lindsay Blahnik 3, Christina Stanger 0, Polly Sorenson 26, Arie Albert 1, Sadie Lange 4, F r i d a y i n BOYS BASKETBALL Rochester in a back-and-forth CALEDONIA (62) Kidwell , Shannon Curtis 16. Bobbi Jo Schuttemeier 8, Molly Mullins , Emma the first Lange 11, Aly Meyer 16, Lindsay Gran 3, Carli Isaac Freuchte 20, Cody Haugstad 19, Bob LA CRESCENT (37) round of the game. HIAWATHA VALLEY LEAGUE Skylar Minegar 6, Brooke Kubicek 0, Stacy Dahlberg 2. Augedahl 11, Ethan Lapham 6, Alex Diersen 3, Team 25/ The Raiders, coming off a Hayfield 62, Byron 58 Mitch Reiser 2, Lucas Lampert 1. Schiltz 0, Taylor Gile 0, Jenna McDonough 8, Other stats: Gran 5 steals, 4 assists; Meyer 10 rebounds; Sorenson 7 rebounds, 5 steals, HAYFIELD (62) SOUTHAND (65) Kayla Sandvik 2, Jena Kadlec 15, Melissa Wil- Raiders Invi- fifth-place finish in last year’s liams 2, Hannah Petersen 4, Morgan Sandvik 5 steals. Bobbie Stephens 4, Clint Freiheit 2, Kody Nick Schmitz 22, Chris May 13, Mike Go- 0, Jen Michalke 0. Halftime: CAL 37, SOU 24. tational at state tournament, were Kramer 12, Tanner Kramer 22, Brady Kramer ergen 12, Alan May 6, Mitch Nagele 4, Zach Century scheduled to play twice 2, Tyler Krekling 5. Heimer 4, Clint Bergene 4. Halftime: STEW 33, LAC 25. Free throws: SOU 1-2, CAL 12-16. BYRON (58) Other stats: Goergen 8. Free throws: STEW 6-13, LAC 5-13. Three-point goals: SOU 4 (J. Schammel 2; High today. They were to face Rob- Craig 1; Schmitz 1), CAL 5 (Sorenson 4 ; Schut- Evan Morris 11, Kyle Krings 22, Zach South- Halftime: Southland 35, CAL 34. Three-point goals: STEW 6 (Haack 2, Rainey 1, Norman 1, Sperber 2), LAC 2 (McDonough temeier 1). School. binsdale at 9:30 a.m. and wick 7, Taylor Kunkel 0, Miles McNeil 11, Ryan Three-pointers: CAL 5-18 (Haugstad 4, 1, Kadlec 1). Notes: Caledonia improves to 7-0 in the con- South Suburban at 12:30 Baumbach 4, Ross Fuchs 7, Brooks Zamzow Diersen 1). SOU 2-13 (May 1, Schmitz 1). Dakota Notes: Stewartville went on a 12-4 run to end ference and 12-1 overall. Southland drops to 0, Trevor Ford 0. Free throws: CAL 11-15, SOU 19-30. United, last p.m. Halftime: BYR 22, HAY 21. the first half. Curtis had 10 of her 16 points in 3-7 overall. Sorenson had 19 in the first half. the second half. La Crescent drops to 0-2 in year’s state Also today, South Suburban Free throws: HAY 5-6, BYR 17-29. Chatfield 63, Wabasha-Kellogg 41 SOUTHEAST CONFERENCE Jordan Three-point goals: HAY 9 (Stevens 5, conference and Stewartville improves to 2-1. tournament faces Dakota United at 11 CHATFIELD (63) Spring Grove 62, Mabel-Canton 22 T.Kramer 3, T.Krekling 1), BYR 1 (Krings 1). Kenna Moechnig 6, Kaitlyn Keefe 4, Karen Zumbrota-Maz. 50, Cannon 29 runner-up, topped the a.m. and Robbinsdale meets MABEL-CANTON (22) Triton 78, Goodhue 75 Sass 10, Stephanie Prinsen 2, Emily VonWald ZUMBROTA-MAZEPPA (50) Raiders, 3-1. Dakota United at 2 p.m. 7, Mackenzie Kerska 10, Hilary Danielson 3, Jamie St. Marie 5, Clare Sand 2, Ashley Christy Welscher 3, Mackenzie Geving 7, GOODHUE (75) Sarah Costello 7, Sam McDonald 2, Emily Hinsch 8, Sarah Kruse 6, Allison Mollenhauer Kayla O’Bieglo 6, Danielle Allar 2, Cassidy Brandon Hadler 3, Alan Dicke 2, Casey Buck Miller 12. 6, Laura Brunner 9, Amber Jentsch 6. Whalen 2, Kayla Rasmussen 2. 6, Derek McNamara 13, Jared Dicke 3, Blayne WABASHA-KELLOGG (41) Other stats: Hinsch 6 rebounds, 5 assists, SPRING GROVE (62) Erie 22, Ashton Erie 24, Nathan Voth 2. Amy Wallerich 5, Taylor Lerum , Nicole Alex- 3 blocks. Jordan Oleurd 11, Taylor Elton 5, Addie HIGHLIGHTS AND HEROES TRITON (78) ander 4, Amanda Feils , Emily Huth 8, Breanna CANNON FALLS (29) Cross 2, Richell Mehus 9, Jacey Anderson 5, Ben Barner 6, Garrett Schaefer 18, Logan Hall 5, Katlyn Peters 2, Amanda Kruger 7, Karli Natalie Reinardy 3, Ashley Banitt 2, Cortney Stephanie Landsom 2, Eva Gleason 0, Brooke Erdmann 6, Logan Spitzack 23, Chris Schley 2, Boys basketball Harris 6, Kalyn Biever 4. Johnson 2, Becca Welt 3, Sam Wolter 2, Mor- Johnson 10, Becky Myhre 4, Cheyenne Moen Brett Henslin 14, Dylan Bungum 9. Halftime: CHAT 37, W-K 13. gan Berg 4, Katie Schreyer 8, Jordan Montgom- 2, Katelyn Bjerke 12. • Tanner Kramer had 22 points as Hayfield Other stats: Spitzack 6 assists, 3 steals; Free throws: CHAT 17-40, W-K 13-23. ery 5. Other stats: Johnson 11 rebounds. Bungum 8 rebounds. posted a 62-58 road victory at Byron. Kyle Three-point goals: CHAT 0, W-K 4 (Huth 2, Other stats: Wolter 3 assists, 4 rebounds, Halftime: SG 40, M-C 13. Halftime: GOOD 37, TRI 36. Kruger 2). Schreyer 5 rebounds, 2 steals; Montgomery 5 Free throws: M-C 1-5, SG 11-15. Krings had 22 points for Byron. Free throws: GOOD 9-20, TRI 18-29. rebounds, 7 blocked shots. Three-point goals: M-C 3 (O’Bieglo 2, Geving • Logan Spitzack had 23 points, six assists Three-point goals: GOOD 8 (A.Erie 4; SOUTHEAST CONFERENCE Halftime: Z-M 27, CF 11. 1), SG 3 (Olerud 1, Mehus 1, Anderson 1). D.McNamara 3; B. Erie 1), TRI 6 (G. Schaefer Free throws: Z-M 6-10, CF 3-8. and three as host Triton nipped Goodhue 78- 4; Barner 2). Lanesboro 81, Hope Lutheran 51 LeRoy-Ostr. 42, Gr. Meadow 37 LANESBORO (81) Three-point goals: Z-M 4 (Kruse 2, St. Marie 75. Brothers Ashton (24 points) and Blayne 1, Brunner 1), CF 2 (Reinardy 1, Welt 1). LEROY-OSTRANDER (42) La Crescent 54, Stewartville 32 Ben Hungerholt 4, Braden Hanson 9, Brett Megan Grant 0, Kaylee Bunne 10, McKinze Erie (22) combined to score 46 points for LA CRESCENT (54) Hungerholt 14, Cory Strom 8, Dakota Dorn 2, Pine Island 55, Kenyon-Wana. 17 Bunne 8, Samantha Hamlin 4, Rachel Rosedahl Goodhue. Travis Kruckow 11, Jordan Erdmann 6, Jesse Jacob Rogers 0, Justin Gudmundson 5, Lucas PINE ISLAND (55) 10, Krista Bunne 8, Chanda Riedemann 2. Johnson 14, Mitch McBride 2, Patrick Johnson • Brady Anfison and Timm 0, Marshall Bauer 0, Jude Williams 0, Katie Thein 0, Allison Newton 3, Courtney Other stats: Mackenzie Bunne had 15 re- Kramer Austhan Walleser 0, Trenton Mumbleau 0, Cal- 2, Shane Austin 2, Tyler Johnson 10. Pahl 13, Shelby Kann 5, Cede Finstuen 14, bounds. Leroy is 11-1 overall. 7-0 conference. Brandon Quam scored 17 HOPE LUTHERAN (51) vin Waller 11, Ethan Ferrian 0, Craig Nelson 2, Sara Wobig 1, Alex Kaye 4, Sam Kaye 3, Nikki GRAND MEADOW (37) points each as Kenyon- Hunter Atcinson 0, Ray Marx 0, Alec Von Arx 0, Jason Klug 21, Caleb Forst 2, Brady Meyer Heeren 4, Mattie Shelton 9, Megan Nading 0. Kristine Gerber 13, Abbie Fay 11, Alex Swan- Jared Melbostad 3, James Lazarcik 15, Zach 5, Todd Welter 7, Tyler Ryan 12, Josh Forst 2, KENYON-WANAMINGO (17) son 4, Allison Glynn 7, Kristina Stier 2. Wanamingo defeated Pine Island 72-51. Hoppenworth 6. Derek Wendland , Curtis Harrison 2. Alysha Bang 2, Maggie Broin 2, Katelyn Other stats: Kristine Gerber 10 rebounds. • James Lazarcik had 15 points as STEWARTVILLE (32) Halftime: LAN 49, HL 22. Schaefer 5, Johanna Whipple 0, Meg Clark 0, Halftime: L-O 23, GM 13. Will Gisler 0, Trevor Dale 2, Sean Hohmeis- Free throws: LAN 7-10, HL 2-5. Shelby Auseth 0, Nikki Forss 4, Katie Strand 2, Free throws: L-O 8-15, GM 8-12. LaCrescent toppled Stewartville 54-32. ter 3, Gabe Langseth 4, Brandon Larsen 3, Three-point goals: LAN 2, HL 3. Sam Kleese 2. Three-point goals: L-O 4 (Kaylee Bunne 2, • Cooper Nelson had 15 points and five Tyler Rogers 0, Isaac Tapp 10, Tyler Schmitz Halftime: PI 30, KW 11. Rosedahl 1, Krista Bunne 1), GM 3 (Gerber 2, 0, Jake Schwalbach 0, Bryant Mashoff 2, John GOPHER CONFERENCE Free throws: PI 8-21, KW 0-7. Fay 1). blocked shots in Blooming Prairie’s narrow 50- Gisler 6, Adam Glann 2. USC 50, Blooming Prairie 49 Three-point goals: PI 6 (Pahl 3, Finstuen 1, Notes: Grand Meadow is 7-4 overall. 49 loss to United South Central. Halftime: LAC 32, STEW 17. Sam Kaye 1, Shelton 1), KW 1 (Schaefer 1). Free throws: LAC 9-10, STEW 2-5. UNITED SOUTH CENTRAL (50) • Brett Hungerholt and Lucas Johnson Riley Swearingen 11, Eric Lackey 9, Chris Houston 59, Schaeffer Acad.43 Spitzack Three-point goals: LAC 3 (Kruckow 1, Waller THREE RIVERS CONFERENCE HOUSTON (59) scored 14 apiece for Lanesboro in a 81-51 win 1, Melbostad 1), STEW 4 (Tapp 2, Gisler 1). Melby 4, Daniel Elmer 1, Riley Niebuhr 2, Wil- liam Huper 2, Kyle Bauman 13, Cole Stencel Dover-Eyota 68, Fillmore Cent. 33 Lierin Carrier 11, Brooke Anderson 7, Erin over Hope Lutheran in Winona. Kenyon-Wana. 72, Pine Island 51 3, Nick Fure 5. FILLMORE CENTRAL (33) Chapel 2, Kylee Ness 8, Astri Runningen 15, BLOOMING PRAIRIE (49) Tiffany Johnson 8, Katie Melver 0, Nashia Whitney Wieser 8. KENYON-WANAMINGO (72) Other stats: Runnigen 9 steals, 11 re- Hans Amy 1, Andrew Johnson 8, Brady An- Robert Hofius 16, Jeffrey Doerhoefer 2, Dud- Soland 2, Jordan O’Connor 0, Katie Ristau Girls basketball ley Smith 0, Isaac Clark 0, Luke Hueman 0, 0, Connor Nagle 10, Tricia Harstad 3, Brooke bounds, 7 asstists. finson 17, Jamie Hiner 4, Peder Sviggum 15, SCHAEFFER ACADEMY (43) • Briana Mayer had 12 points, 8 rebounds, 6 Ben Metcalf 8, Brandon Peterson 2, Brandon Aaron Krejci 3, Rudy Vasquez 8, Justen Ingval- Ruesink 4, Becca Bakke 6, Alex Peterson 0, Evelyn Lowe 11, Hannah Lowe 5, Isabella Quam 17. son 5, Cooper Nelson 15. Ashley Olson 0. assists and 3 steals for Dover-Eyota in a 68-33 Wells 4, Kamaria Goedhart 7, Melanie Murray PINE ISLAND (51) Other stats: Ingvalson 6 assists; Vasquez 6 DOVER-EYOTA (68) steals; Nelson 5 blocks. Alyssa Price 3, Taylor Jean 3, Holly Fortsch 12, Nicole Arpin 2. win over Fillmore Central. D-E improved to 9-2. Tayler Braaten 6, Trevor Akason 5, Marcus Halftime: HOU 35, SA 20. Frick 0, Austin McGee 11, Will Walter 5, Na- Halftime: United South Central 27, BP 20. 4, Briana Mayer 12, Kayla Sanden 5, Natalia • Shannon Curtis grabbed 18 rebounds and Free throws: HOU 11-28, SA 10-17. than Kukson 14, Steve Clementson 2, Josh Free throws: United South Central 22-35, Baker 2, Gretchen Thoe 0, Jodi Batzel 15, Aly- was one of three Stewartville players to score BP 6-12. cia Courson 14, Katelyn Zeitler 0, Laura Fierro Three-point goals: HOU 0, SA 2 (E. Lowe 2). Helland 8. in double figures (16) as the Tigers handled La Halftime: K-W 36, PI 21. Three-point goals: United South Central 0 , 0, Haley Sanders 0, Kelsey LeFebre 0, Eliza- beth Wilke 2, Desirae Lee 8. NON-CONFERENCE Free throws: K-W 14-18, PI 15-24. BP 3 (Vasquez 2, Krejci 1). Crescent 54-37. Other stats: Mayer 6 assists, 3 steals, 8 Three-point goals: K-W 2 (Anfinson 1, Quam Notes: Blooming Prairie overcame an early Lake City 56, P-E-M 53 rebounds; Batzel 5 assists, 4 steals, 6 re- • Cheyenne Losey scored 21 points and 1), PI 2 (Akason 1, Helland 1). 23-10 deficit and led by six at one point in the Curtis second half. USC then rallied to take the lead. bounds. LAKE CITY (56) three Kingsland teammates also reached double Cannon Falls 63, Z-M 50 The Blossoms (3-5, 2-3 Gopher Conference) Halftime: DE 37, FC 19. Rachel Tackmann 9, Carley Siewert 2, Han- had two shots in the lane for the win, but both Free throws: FC 3-5, DE 3-8. nah Lewison 7, Emily Sprick 0, Jennifer Vaith 3, figures as the Knights downs St. Charles 72- CANNON FALLS (63) Mary Schmidt 2, Taylor Bremer 3, Abbey Balow rolled off the rim. Three-point goals: FC 4 (Johnson 2, Nagle 587. Kim Storey led the Saints with 19 points. Mitch Anderson 9, Brock Johnson 7, Michael 0, Alydia Lee 0, Kayla Sprout , Erika Meincke 2), DE 5 (Mayer 2, P rice 1, Batzel 1, Jean 1). Banitt 20, Issac Peterson 15, Chris Trelstad 2, 22, Anna Gay 2, Alexa Blair 6, Maggie Balow • Amber Sorensen had 26 points, 7 rebounds, 5 steals and 5 Cedric Dicke 10. Notes: D-E is 9-2 overall and 6-1 in the TRC. 0. GIRLS BASKETBALL F-C is 5-5 overall and 4-5 in the TRC. steals as Caledonia trounced Southland 73-47. Other stats: Anderson 5 rebounds; Johnson PLAINVIEW-ELGIN-MILLVILLE (53) 3 steals; Peterson 3 steals; Dicke 3 steals. HIAWATHA VALLEY LEAGUE Kingsland 72, St. Charles 58 Hannah Jech 13, Kayla Lehnertz 8, Katie • Lake City rallied from a six-point halftime deficit, outscoring ZUMBROTA-MAZEPPA (50) Schmit , Kaylyn Wohlers 7, Sadie Tentis 8, Hayfield 65, Byron 39 KINGSLAND (72) Plainview-Elgin-Millville 31-22 in the second half to win 56-53. Erika Josh Stanton 3, Decker Starr 3, Ryan Pauk- BYRON (39) Courtney Schwartz 12, Taylor Aakre 2, Macken- ert 4, Justin Cole 3, Cody Lodermeier 17, Bryan Molly Greiner 12, Jasper Hamersma 3, zie Gengler 3, McKayla Schmit 0. Meincke scored 22 for the Tigers. Sam Toft 2, Melissa Long 4, Britta Schubert Amanda Tart 2, Cheyenne Losey 21, Hannah Hinrichs 16, Scott Flotterud 2, Scott Steger 2. Halftime: P-E-M 31, LC 25. 5, Becky Murry 13, Berit Wallevand 2, Kaytlin Losey 10, Morgan Thomas 5, Liz Bain 2, Erin • Cede Finstuen scored 14 points to lead Pine Island in a 55- Other stats: Lodermeier 12 rebounds; Flot- Remold 6, Erika McRoberts 7. Bernard 12, Jenna Rindels 2, Beatrice Kloeck- Free throws: LC 17-32, P-E-M 5-17. terus 7 rebounds. 17 win over Kenyon-Wanamingo. Both teams struggled with their HAYFIELD (65) ener , Sarah Burrington 3 Three-point goals: LC 5 (Tackman 2, Lewi- Halftime: CF 37, Z-M 20. . free throws, combining to make just 8 of 28. Abby Blanchard 4, Jordyn Krekling 13, Jes- ST. CHARLES (58) son 2, Vaith 1), P-E-M 6 (Lehnertz 2, Tentis 2, Free throws: CF 20-24, Z-M 13-17. Schwartz 2). sica Lee 3, Megan Boullion 1, Renee Stier Kim Storey 19, Taige Thoreson 8, Kaitlyn Three-point goals: CF 7 (Banitt 5, Anderson 5, Beth Felten 2, Liz Ristau 2, Kayla Garness Gathje 2, Leah Putzier 9, Stacia Heim 10, 1, Johnson 1), Z-M 1 (Stanton 1). 9, Kiley Severson 12, Alyssa Selk 7, McCayla Cassey Bailey 10. WRESTLING GIRLS HOCKEY / ROCHESTER THREE RIVERS CONFERENCE Thoe 2, Kelsey Severson 5. Halftime: KING 31, STC 23. Halftime: HAY 35, BYR 12. Free throws: KING 18-23, STC 11-14. BIG NINE CONFERENCE Wabasha-Kellogg 54, Chatfield 43 Free throws: BYR 2-10, HAY 8-12. Three-point goals: KING 2 (Bernard 1, Thom- Faribault 37, JM 33 WABASHA-KELLOGG (54) Three-point goals: BYR 3 (Murry 3), HAY 5 as 1,), STC 3 (Storey 3,). Cullen Shanrock 3, Brandon Wills 2, Jay Za- (Krekling 3, Stier 1, Selk 1). 103 — Carter Williamson (JM) dec. Trevor Morris 6-0. 112 — Brandon Peters (F) pinned JM/Lourdes blanked bel 0, Ben Edelbach 0, Tyler Grabau 0, Holden Chatfield 63, Wabasha-Kellogg 41 Goodhue 65, Triton 31 Hartert 15, Jordan Dick 22, Zach Wolfe 2, Jack CHATFIELD (63) Nick Borth 2:27. 119 — Marcus Riggle (F) Post-Bulletin staff “They’re just a really good pinned Tony Latwesen 3:13. 125 — Nathan Burns 0, Geoff Schumacher , Tom Greenheck , TRITON (31) Kenna Moechnig 6, Kaitlyn Keefe 4, Karen Evan (JM) dec. Tyler Broughton 11-7. 130 — skating team and controlled Ben Meyer 10. Taylor Staffon 4, Liz Kramer 2, Erica Bryngel- Sass 10, Stephanie Prinsen 2, Emily VonWald RIVER FALLS, Wis. — Marshal Richards (JM) dec. Josh Palmer 6-2. CHATFIELD (43) son 4, Whitney Head 8, Bethany Anding 1, Brie 7, Mackenzie Kerska 10, Hilary Danielson 3, the puck well,” Russell said. 135 — Peter Seitz (F) dec. Makayle Bren- John Marshall/Lourdes Erik Hilgren 4, Mitch Narveson 2, Jake Pe- Clark 9, Abby Buehler 2, Rachel Tate 1. Sarah Costello 7, Sam McDonald 2, Emily nan 8-0. 140 — Tim Moore (JM) pinned Matt “We had some chances, but terson 14, Nate Vogen 9, Tyler Chase 3, Matt GOODHUE (65) Miller 12. dropped to 4-12 overall with Purfeerst 2:33. 145 — Mark Jorgensen (JM) they had a good goalie and Udenberg 2, Josh Bernard 4, Joe Klomps 0, Courtney Hinsch 11, Nikki Ryan 2, Kelly WABASHA-KELLOGG (41) a 6-0 non-conference loss to Mike Schultz , Tyler Lund 5. Huneke 4, Grace Majerus 11, Alyssa Ryan 2, pinned Cole McAdam 5:11. 152 — Nick Knott we just didn’t capitalize.” Amy Wallerich 5, Taylor Lerum , Nicole Alex- (F) dec. Alex Evan 5-4. 160 — Ryan William- River Falls, Wis., on Friday Other stats: Chase 9 rbs. Erica Tipcke 9, Laura Watson 2, Ann Dicke 9, ander 4, Amanda Feils , Emily Huth 8, Breanna Halftime: W-K 31, CHAT 22. Anne Lodermeier 7, Chanel Robert 8. son (JM) pinned Alex Miller 3:19. 171 — Kevin in girls hockey. John Marshall/Lourdes will Hall 5, Katlyn Peters 2, Amanda Kruger 7, Karli Palacios (F) won by forfeit. 189 — Matt Becker Free throws: W-K 12-19, CHAT 5-13. Other stats: Watson 7 rebounds, Majerus 6 play Mayo at the Rec Center Harris 6, Kalyn Biever 4. (F) pinned Alex Galvan 3:19. 215 — Austin The hosts scored three rebounds. Three-point goals: W-K 4 (Dick 3, Hartert 1), Halftime: CHAT 37, W-K 13. Minea (JM) won by forfeit. 285 — Cole Wilson goals in both the first and today at 12:45 p.m. in a CHAT 4 (Vogen 2, Peterson 1, Chase 1). Halftime: GOOD 33, TRI 17. Free throws: CHAT 17-40, W-K 13-23. (F) won by forfeit. makeup game. Dover-Eyota 48, Fillmore Cent, 47 Free throws: TRI 10-19, GOOD 6-14. Three-point goals: CHAT 0, W-K 4 (Huth 2, second periods. Four of those Three-point goals: TRI 1 (Staffon 1), GOOD 3 Kruger 2). Notes: “This was a very even dual that went goals came on rebounds. DOVER-EYOTA (48) (Hinsch 1, Majerus 1, Dicke 1). back and forth,” JM coach Brian Parlin said. Blair Johnson 15, Luke Wilder 9, Connor Notes: After exchanging early buckets, Good- Caledonia 73, Southland 47 “Our guys fought hard, but we came up a little “We just couldn’t tie The P-B’s High School Profile Wondrasch 2, Nate Vang 6, Tysen Mayer 4, hue went on a 18-0 run, making use of turn- SOUTHLAND (47) short. Tim Moore and Mark Jorgensen both had someone up inside,” JM/L Ryan Hartman 10, Caleb Hammel 2. overs to create fast-break points and build a Hilary Bottema 0, Lindsey Bottema 0, Jana important pins in the middle weights. Those puts the spotlight on a promi- FILLMORE CENTRAL (47) lead it wouldn't give back. Schammel 6, Haley Janssen 12, Breanne Vo- bonus points helped keep us in the dual. Alex coach Steve Russell. Matthew Haugerud 2, Dalton Woellert 4, gel 4, Kim Craig 3, Madilyn Schmitz 7, Megan Evan lost a close match against a returning Mia Bruesewitz had 26 nent southeastern Minnesota Jayden Wilhelm 5, Jordan Jarland 16, Drew Stewartville 54, La Crescent 37 Reinartz 0, Clairie Mullenbach 0, Kelli Smith 2, state qualifier. I think Evan will learn from the Bahl 2, Colton Hampel 12, Jordan Ristau 6. STEWARTVILLE (54) Sarah Nelson 4, Celina Yunker , Brandi Scham- loss and will come back even stronger. Overall saves for JM/L in goal. River athlete, each Thursday from Halftime: FC 27, DE 24. Rio Haack 6, Lisa Flynn 2, Julie Rainey 10, mel 7. I'm seeing steady progress as a team. Our ul- Falls held at 32-12 shot Free-throw shooting: DE 10-19, FC 10-20. Kelly Norman 3, Shawnna Sperber 12, Liz CALEDONIA (73) timate goal is to be ready to beat a team like advantage. September through May. Three-pointers•••••••• goals: DE 2; FC 3. Waugh 0, Jill Oftedahl 0, Katie Bauman 2, Taylor Winjum 2, Maria Fruechte 0, Amber Faribault come section time.” ✩ Comments? Sports editor Craig Swalboski, 285-7721, [email protected] POST-BULLETIN / www.postbulletin.com Monday, January 11, 2010 D5 Minnesota Sports Local Sports PRO FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS / VIKINGS VS. DALLAS GIRLS HOCKEY / ROCHESTER Run or pass? We’ll see Mayo wins competitive Vikings insistent game with rival JM/Lourdes upon re-establishing By Jason Feldman Chloe Billings added an unassisted insur- [email protected] ance goal for the Spartans with 1:32 remaining. run game Rochester John Marshall/Lourdes made the She scored on an end-to-end rush, beating most of its one regular season matchup several JM/L defenders before putting the By Dave Campbell puck in the net. Associated Press against rival Rochester Mayo. Mayo, though, got stronger as the game went “(Billings) had a good third period at the EDEN PRAIRIE — The along and pulled out a 3-1 victory against JM/ point, keeping attackers out of our zone and have been Lourdes at the Rochester Recreation Center moving the puck quickly on the breakout,” a clear run-first team in four on Saturday. Mayo coach Jeff Phillips said. years under coach Brad Chil- dress, until that Brett Favre The score was tied 1-1 after two periods, Both goalies played well throughout, as fellow came to town and and the shots were nearly even, as Mayo out- Clay finished with 14 saves and Bonapace- created an identity crisis of shot JM/Lourdes 12-11 over the first 34 min- Potvin had 24. sorts. utes. “It was a very entertaining game,” JM/L Even with Favre racking up Kelli Anderson opened the scoring for coach Steve Russell said. “This was the best touchdown passes and mini- Mayo just 3:11 into the game, with an assist the girls have skated and played together this mizing mistakes, defenses from Courtney Schubauer. year. Unfortunately, we tired near the end continued to stack the line to Associated Press JM/Lourdes tied the score exactly two min- and that was the difference.” slow star Adrian Peterson out utes later, as Marissa Bruesewitz scored an Clay, too, was spectacular at times. In the of the backfield. So behind The Minnesota Vikings have had a prolific passing attack unassisted goal. closing minute, with JM/L’s goalie pulled, Favre’s aged but dangerous all season. But now that they’re in the playoffs, they also Goalies Jamie Clay of Mayo and Michelle Clay made a save on a breakaway, lost her arm, the Vikings have become want to establish a sturdy running game. Bonapace-Potvin of JM/L were the story for stick, then made a save on a rebound a pass-first team. first-round bye to rest and heal. the rest of the first two periods. attempt. For the playoffs, the ques- He was bothered by an ankle Mayo’s leading scorer, Mary Grace Flesher, Mayo (4-0-0 Big Nine, 9-5-0 overall) plays at tion is this: Will they stay that AT A GLANCE injury in December, and his finally solved Bonapace-Potvin at the 5:18 Faribault on Tuesday. JM/L (1-3-0, 4-13-0) way? struggles in pass protection mark of the third period with an unassisted plays host to Owatonna at 5:30 p.m. Monday What’s happening: As “I don’t know if we’re a run were apparent several times. game-winning goal. at the Rec Center. team first or a pass team,” the Vikings approach their Linemen usually like run- tight end Visanthe Shiancoe playoff game with Dallas, blocking better, because of the said. “It just all depends on it’s difficult to say what their control. They’re going at the BASKETBALL / GIRLS HOCKEY / MINNESOTA JUNIOR HOCKEY LEAGUE what the defenses give us. offensive will emphasize defense, rather than reacting to We’re going to take it.” most, the run or the pass. the rush. Peterson finished fifth in the NFL with 1,383 yards Wilcken, Helt Favre was one of a record What’s next: Minnesota 10 quarterbacks who topped rushing, but he had only three League leaders 4,000 yards passing this season hosts Dallas at noon 100-yard games. He had six two in this increasingly air-it-out Sunday in the NFC playoffs. years ago as a rookie, including lead Lourdes NFL. The offensive line has two over 220 yards. done a decent job of protect- Cowboys allowed the fourth- “We know that if we open in blowout throttle Ice Hawks ing him, save for a couple of fewest yards rushing in the holes he’s going to hit them,” By Jason Feldman By Ben Pherson Rucinski and Tyler Groth rough games in December. league this season. They turned center John Sullivan said. “He’s [email protected] [email protected] each had two assists. The Vikings ranked in the their victory over Philadelphia going to be successful.” Rochester Lourdes received ST. CLOUD — The Roch- Sam Hingtgen recorded middle of the pack, 12th in into a rout early and forced the The unspoken assumption, standout performances from ester Ice Hawks split a pair the win in goal. He stopped the league, in fewest sacks Eagles to throw, limiting them though, is that this is Favre’s Jessie Wilcken and Stephanie of Minnesota Junior Hockey 35 of 40 shots on goal. allowed per pass play. to a paltry 56 yards rushing on show. The success or lack Helt as the Eagles rolled to a League games over the Sunday’s game was ugly 13 attempts. thereof will be on his shoul- Whether it was shrewd 63-24 HVL girls basketball vic- weekend. from the start. The Lumber- strategy or athletic advantage, Still, the Vikings won’t back ders. tory against Cannon Falls on After dropping an ugly jacks scored three goals in though, opponents had the away, at least in their public Favre is typically given an Saturday. game against the Minnesota the first period and led 5-1 edge at the line of scrimmage analysis and assessment, from either-or call for each play, Wilcken scored 19 points, Flying Aces on Friday night, after two periods. for most of the season when their intent to re-establish the giving him the authority to including five 3-pointers, the Ice Hawks bounced back The only Ice Hawks’ goal it came to the ground game. run. survey the defense and choose and Helt had 10 points, eight with an 8-5 win over the Min- was scored by Shaun Walters Peterson’s 4.4-yard average run or pass based on the align- “You just want to be able to steals and five assists. nesota Owls on Saturday at on the power-play in the per carry was the worst of his ment and pre-snap movement. wear down your opponent so Lourdes (11-2 overall) built a the Rochester Recreation second. Korby Anderson, three NFL seasons. Sullivan calls the blocking you can make it easier for your 30-16 halftime lead and pulled Center. But Sunday it was who is back with the Ice scheme, with his own freedom Surging Dallas is coming to pass,” said Pro Bowl left tackle away in the second half. ugly as the Ice Hawks Hawks after a brief stint with to choose a more aggressive Minnesota for a division round Bryant McKinnie, one of several dropped a 6-1 decision to the the North Iowa Outlaws of option. “We really played a strong game next Sunday, and the players who benefited from the second half,” Lourdes coach league-leading Granite City the North American Hockey Myron Glass said. “Wilcken Lumberjacks. League, and George Jackson had a really good game. On Saturday, the Ice Hawks had the assists. MINNESOTA ROUNDUP / GOPHERS, WILD, TIMBERWOLVES “They worked hard to take scored four goals in the third Simon Eriksson took the our inside game away wo we period to pull away from the loss in net. He recorded 33 had to go outside. Helt’s Owls. saves as the Ice Hawks were Gophers’ Hoffarber shoots down Bucks defense stopped their point Zack King and Shaun Wal- outshot 39-18. Wire services Halftime — Ohio St. 33-32. Third Period — 7, Minnesota, Johnsson 6 guard from running a lot of ters scored two goals and The Ice Hawks dropped to 3-Point Goals — Ohio St. 5-18 (Buford 2-5, (Ebbett, Boogaard), 6:44. 8, Minnesota, Koivu their offensive (sets).” had one assist apiece to lead 27-7-0-2 overall. They return MINNEAPOLIS — Blake Lighty 1-1, Turner 1-2, Diebler 1-8, Simmons 12 (Zanon, Brunette), 7:29. 9, Minnesota, Cannon Falls dropped to Hoffarber scoreg a career- 0-2), Minnesota 11-23 (Hoffarber 7-9, Nolen Zidlicky 4 (Havlat, Miettinen), 8:49 (pp). the Ice Hawks. Justin Phelps, to action at 7:05 p.m. Friday 2-2, Carter 1-2, Johnson 1-3, Williams 0-1, 10, Minnesota, Latendresse 11 (Belanger, 1-11. Sam Wolter and Mak- high 27 points (22 after half- Trevor Wight, Matt Rucinski at home against the Edina Joseph 0-1, Cobbs 0-1, Westbrook 0-4). Nolan), 18:27. enzie Franklin led the Lakers. time), while going 7-for-9 Fouled Out — Lighty. Rebounds — Ohio St. Overtime — None. and Alex Campbell also Bombers with six points from the three-point line as 30 (Turner 8), Minnesota 31 (Johnson 7). Shootout — Chicago 1 (Toews NG, Kane scored for Rochester. Assists — Ohio St. 13 (Turner 7), Minnesota G, Hossa NG, Sharp NG, Versteeg NG, Ladd each, while Jordan Mont- Minnesota defeated Ohio State 18 (Nolen 7). Total Fouls — Ohio St. 20, NG, Brouwer NG, Madden NG), Minnesota gomery had eight rebounds. 73-62 in Minnesota 17. A — 14,625. 2 (Koivu G, Latendresse NG, Zidlicky NG, Miettinen NG, Belanger NG, Brodziak NG, Lourdes 63, Cannon Falls 24 BASKETBALL / RCTC MEN, WOMEN men’s basketball Saturday at Clutterbuck NG, Nolan G). CANNON FALLS (24) Williams Arena. Wild rally, win in shootout Shots on Goal — Chicago 6-6-9-4 — 25. Natalie Reinardy 2, Ashley Banitt 2, Minnesota 6-6-7-2 — 21. Cortney Johnson 0, Becca Welt 0, Sam The Gophers handcuffed ST. PAUL — Mikko Koivu Goalies — Chicago, Huet. Minnesota, Wolter 6, Morgan Berg 2, Katie Schreyer Evan Turner through halfcourt and Owen Nolan scored in Backstrom, Harding. A — 19,310 (18,064). 2, Samantha Heski 0, Jordan Montgomery RCTC men unable to the shootout after Minne- T — 2:38. 2, Makenzie Fraklin 6, Erica Zimmerman traps, “Jordan Rules” defense 2. and a nonstop attack. Turner, sota scored four in the third Wolves beaten by Bulls Other stats: Montgomery 8 rebounds; period, and the Wild beat the Reinardy 2 steals. back in his second game since CHICAGO — One night after recover from slow start Chicago Blackhawks 6-5 on LOURDES (63) missing six games because of they ended a five-game losing By Pat Ruff basketball team on Saturday. Saturday night. Stephanie Helt 10, Olivia Muyres 4, a back injury, had 19 points, streak by beating at Hanna Anderson 1, Alyssa Nelson 0, [email protected] The score was tied 67-67 at eight rebounds, seven assists With less than 14 minutes Aubrey Neumann 5, Val Tracy 5, Becca home, the Wolves couldn’t find Garry 2, Jessie Wilcken 19, Betsey Daly MiINNEAPOLIS — Roch- the end of regulation and and four steals. left in regulation, the Wild the same energy and resolve 2, Casey Huber 0, Shelby Hanssen 4, ester Community and Tech- Minneapolis won the game got goals from Kim Johnsson, Laura Melquist 11. The Gophers are 12-4 over- they summoned to beat the nical college got off to a without making a field goal Mikko Koivu, Marek Zidlicky Other stats: Melquist 9 rebounds; Garry all, 3-1 in conference play. Pacers just 24 hours earlier, 4 rebounds; Helt 8 steals, 5 assists; hobbled start and never in overtime. It was 8-for-12 and Guillaume Latendresse to losing 110-96 loss to Chicago Neumann 3 steals. could make up for it, as it fell from the free-throw line in MINNESOTA 73, OHIO ST. 62 send the game to overtime. Halftime: LOUR 30, CF 16. OHIO ST. (11-5) on Saturday. 70-52 to Minneapolis Com- the extra period, while RCTC WILD 6, BLACKHAWKS 5 Free throws: CF 0-7, LOUR 4-7. Lighty 6-7 2-5 15, Lauderdale 0-1 2-5 BULLS 110, WOLVES 96 Three-point goals: LOUR 7 (Wilcken 5, munity and Technical Col- was just 1-for-4. Minneapolis Chicago ...... 3 2 0 0 — 5 2, Turner 9-16 0-0 19, Diebler 2-9 2-2 7, MINNESOTA (96) Neumann 1, Tracy 1). also held a 70-42 edge in Minnesota ...... 1 0 4 0 — 6 lege in men’s basketball Buford 7-17 1-1 17, Madsen 1-1 0-0 2, Wilkins 2-3 0-0 5, Love 3-8 3-4 9, Jefferson rebounding in the game, Simmons 0-4 0-0 0, Hill 0-0 0-0 0. Totals Minnesota won shootout 2-1 5-13 2-2 12, Flynn 6-14 2-2 14, Brewer 3-9 OWATONNA 62, CENTURY 56 Saturday. 25-55 7-13 62. First Period — 1, Chicago, Sharp 15 (Camp- 4-8 12, Gomes 6-13 3-4 15, Jawai 2-3 0-0 4, including a 32-8 advantage in MINNESOTA (12-4) bell, Ladd), 1:22. 2, Minnesota, Latendresse Ellington 1-7 1-2 3, Pavlovic 4-7 0-0 9, Ses- Panthers rally falls short RCTC, 11-3 overall and offensive rebounds. Johnson 3-8 3-6 10, Iverson 1-1 2-4 4, 10 (Havlat, Brodziak), 5:29. 3, Chicago, Toews sions 2-4 1-2 5, Cardinal 1-1 0-0 3, Pecherov Rochester Century woke ranked No. 7 in Division III Hoffarber 7-10 6-6 27, Westbrook 5-11 5-6 14 (Kane, Keith), 10:17. 4, Chicago, Versteeg 2-4 0-0 5. Totals 37-86 16-24 96. junior college, trailed 22-5 RCTC (0-1 MCAC, 9-3 overal) 15, Nolen 2-4 5-6 11, Carter 1-2 0-0 3, 13 (Madden, Byfuglien), 14:55. CHICAGO (110) up in the second half after forced 23 turnovers, while Second Period — 5, Chicago, Brouwer 12 just into the game. Joseph 0-4 0-0 0, Sampson III 1-1 0-0 2, Deng 4-11 0-0 8, Gibson 4-8 5-6 13, Noah falling behind by double fig- only committing 18, but Min- Cobbs 0-1 1-2 1, Williams 0-2 0-0 0. Totals (Kane, Byfuglien), 10:46 (pp). 6, Chicago, 9-13 2-2 20, Rose 3-7 2-4 8, Hinrich 8-15 ures, but the Panthers rally 20-44 22-30 73. Hossa 11, 17:35 (sh). 0-0 20, Thomas 3-7 3-4 9, Salmons 6-10 “It was an extremely disap- neapolis was too strong on 1-1 14, Miller 4-7 3-3 12, Johnson 2-2 1-2 came up just short in a Big pointing way to open the the boards. 6, Pargo 0-1 0-0 0, Gray 0-2 0-0 0. Totals Nine Conference loss to (new) year,” RCTC coach 43-83 17-22 110. Owatonna. “The tale of the game was Minnesota ...... 32 14 18 32 — 96 Brian LaPlante said. we got outrebounded — we Century trailed by four at Chicago ...... 28 24 27 31 — 110 The Yellowjackets were gave up too many offensive NEXT 3 3-Point Goals — Minnesota 6-17 (Brewer halftime, 26-22, and fell boards and second opportu- The next 3 games for Minnesota teams 2-5, Wilkins 1-1, Cardinal 1-1, Pavlovic 1-1, behind by as much as 16 doomed, in part, by their Pecherov 1-1, Ellington 0-1, Gomes 0-3, Flynn shooting. They connected on nities,” RCTC coach Steve 0-4), Chicago 7-14 (Hinrich 4-9, Salmons 1-1, points in the second half. Team Opponent Time (CST) TV just 19 of 62 shots for the Hucke said. “We have to Johnson 1-1, Miller 1-2, Pargo 0-1). Fouled The Panthers rallied to tie Vikings Out — None. Rebounds — Minnesota 48 game. Minneapolis hit 30 of learn to rebound and learn (Love 10), Chicago 54 (Noah, Gibson 9). the score with oneminute to to rebound the right way.” Sunday Division Playoffs, Dallas ..... Noon FOX Assists — Minnesota 21 (Flynn 8), Chicago 66 and 4 of 9 three-point tries. play, but Owatonna recov- Minneapolis also dominated 26 (Hinrich, Rose 7). Total Fouls — Min- ered to win. RCTC was led by sopho- Wild hockey nesota 14, Chicago 20. Technicals — Min- the boards, finishing with a more guard Maria Gangelhoff, nesota Coach Rambis, Minnesota defensive “The girls gave a much Today Pittsburgh ...... 7 p.m. Versus 52-33 edge, including grab- who scored 27 points, had 10 three second. better effort tonight,” Century Wednesday Vancouver...... 6 p.m. FSN bing 24 offensive rebounds. rebounds, three assists and coach Aaron Berg said. “We Thursday at St. Louis ...... 7 p.m. FSN Wrestlers 4th at N. Duals two steals. She was also had an opportunity to quit, but RCTC was led by Brandon CEDAR FALLS, Iowa — The 11-for-14 from the free-throw Timberwolves basketball we chose to rise to the occa- Milde with 15 points. Deme- Minnesota wrestling team trius Willimas added 13. line. Today at Denver ...... 8 p.m. FSN closed out the 2010 Cliff Keen/ sion. We need to use this game Wednesday at Houston ...... 7:30 p.m. No TV to keep building for March.” RCTC hosts Minnesota Nikki Borkhuis added 13 NWCA National Duals with points, five rebounds, four Friday at Memphis ...... 7 p.m. FSN a fourth-place finish Sunday Century was led by Katy West at 8 p.m. today. Scherer and Lizzie Sten- assists and three steals; Ice Hawks hockey at the University of Northern Women lose in overtime Brittni Mayer had 13 points Iowa, falling 26-12 to Ohio haug, with 11 points each. Friday Lakers (at Rec Center) ...... 7:05 p.m. and three rebounds, and Vic- State in the third-place match. Maggie Pumper added 10. Rebounding and free-throw Saturday at Mustangs ...... 7:05 p.m. shooting turned out to be the toria Ledahl had six assists. Sunday at Crusaders ...... 6:05 p.m. Earlier Sunday, No. 6 Minne- Owatonna’s Trisha Ben- sota lost 28-12 to No. 1 Iowa. jamin scored 19 points. difference as Minneapolis RCTC is back in action at 6 pulled out a 75-71 Minnesota p.m. Monday, at home, against Gophers men’s hockey Wabasha-Kellogg gradu- Century fell to 3-3 in the College Athletic Conference Minnesota West. It is a make- Friday North Dakota ...... 7 p.m. Fox Sports North ate Zach Sanders opened the Big Nine and 5-7 overall. overtime victory over Roch- up game, which was post- Saturday North Dakota ...... 7 p.m. Fox Sports North third-place dual with a 10-3 Owatonna is 5-0, 6-5. ester Community and Tech- poned last week due to bad Jan. 22 at St. Cloud ...... 7 p.m. Fox Sports North decision to put Minnesota (5-4) OWATONNA (62) Sam Anderson 6, Courtney Hayford 9, nical College’s women’s weather. Gophers women’s hockey ahead 3-0 early, but Ohio State Sarah McCann 3, Vanessa Brage 2, Katie (11-1) strung together wins in Rockensock 11, Maren Wille 8, Dani Tuesday U.S. Olympic Team (ex.) .....7 p.m. the next five matches. Buswell 4, Trisha Benjamin 19. Friday at Bemidji State ...... 6:07 p.m. CENTURY (56) HOCKEY / GOPHERS WOMEN Saturday at Bemidji State ...... 4:07 p.m. Men’s hockey sweeps Taylor Wells 2, Katy Scherer 11, Lizzie Stenhaug 11, Maggie Pumper 10, Mishaw- Century grad scores first collegiate goal Gophers men’s basketball MINNEAPOLIS — Minne- na Lindsey 8, Jessica Hazelton 5, Mallory Cochran 9. Post-Bulletin staff Wednesday at Michigan State ...... 5:30 p.m. Big Ten Network sota sophomore Nick Larson Other stats: Scherer 3 reb, 3 stl, 2 Sunday at Indiana...... 3:30 p.m. Big Ten Network tripled his career goal total Blk; Hazelton 3 reb, 1 ast, 1 stl; Cochran MINNEAPOLIS — The No. 2 University of Minnesota Jan. 23 Michigan State ...... 11 a.m. CBS Saturday, scoring twice to lead 2 reb, 3 stl; Stenhaug 2 stls; Pumper 2 women’s hockey team earned a 6-0 shutout win and a series the Gophers to a 3-1 win over stls. sweep over No. 10 Ohio State Saturday at Ridder Arena. Gophers women’s basketball Halftime: OWA 26, CENT 22. Harvard and a sweep of their Free throws: OWA 17-25, CENT The win included the first collegiate goal for Rochester Thursday Purdue ...... 6:30 p.m. Big Ten Network series. The Gophers (11-10-1) 14-19. Century graduate Katie Frischmann. That happeded at Sunday at Northwestern ...... 2 p.m. No TV Three-point goals: OWA 3 (Wille 2, won for the sixth time in their Anderson 1), CENT 6 (Lindsey 2, Pumper 7:55 of the second period, when the freshman jammed Jan. 24 Michigan State ...... 2 p.m. ESPN2 last seven games. 2, Stenhaug 1, Scherer 1). in the puck. •••••••• ✩ Comments? Sports editor Craig Swalboski, 285-7721, [email protected] POST-BULLETIN / www.postbulletin.com Wednesday, January 20, 2010 D5 Local Sports HOCKEY / JUNIOR Rochester wins bid to host junior Tier III nationals By Ben Pherson hockey.” the Eastern Junior Hockey said he doubts they would [email protected] League, widely considered the attend the national tourna- T A GLANCE Over the years, Fatis has The Rochester Amateur A seen the best and worst of best Junior A, Tier III league ment in Rochester. Sports Commission announced What: Rochester has been awarded the USA Hockey Junior national tournaments. He in the country, likely will not That leaves five leagues for Monday that the city of Roch- believes Rochester can put on participate in a Rochester- the national tournament — A, Tier III national tournament for 2011 and 2012. Games hosted national tournament. ester has been awarded the will be played at Graham Arena and Rochester Recreation one of the best tournaments the MnJHL, Atlantic Junior ever. “As far as what I’ve heard, Hockey League, Central 2011 and 2012 USA Hockey Center. The Rochester Ice Hawks have played in the past Junior A, Tier III national “My dad taught me at an the EJ wants nothing to do States Hockey League, North- tournament. six national tournaments. The Rochester Amateur Sports early age to see the good in with this and they have no ern Pacific Hockey League Commission and the Minnesota Junior Hockey League will The RASC and the Minne- everything, and we’ve seen intention of coming,” Fatis and Western States Hockey sota Junior Hockey League host the event. some good at every national said. League. will serve as hosts of the tour- When: Specific dates for the events in 2011 and 2012 tournament we’ve attended,” A team from the EJHL has Fatis said the format that nament, which will be held at were not announced Tuesday. This year’s tournament, which Fatis said. “But we’ve also won the national tournament was announced includes two seen the bad. I’m just excited the past three years. The EJHL teams from each league, with Graham Arena and Rochester will be played in Marlborough, Mass., is at the end of March. Recreation Center. to show off the facilities here is petitioning for re-classifica- the host league getting an in Rochester. And I have no tion from USA Hockey, asking extra bid. Also, the league The Junior A, Tier III athletes, fans and scouts will 2012.” national tournament has been doubt Rochester will have the to move up to Junior A, Tier with the highest finishing start arriving in Rochester in The Rochester Ice Hawks best-run tournament ever.” II, the same level as the North team from the previous season held in Marlborough, Mass., about 14 months. the past two years. It will be have played in the past six There’s still a big “if” for American Hockey League. could get an extra bid; those held in Massachusetts again “We are very excited to national tournaments. Fatis and the Ice Hawks. It’s Many top-level teams in the two extra teams would make at the end of March. be hosting this prestigious Ice Hawks coach Nick Fatis hoped the host team will be EJHL sent as many (or more) up for the loss of the EJHL. national championship tour- learned of USA Hockey’s deci- granted an automatic bid to kids to Division I hockey as There also could be a “best “The MnJHL is grateful for nament,” RASC sports sales the top teams in the NAHL the work the RASC has put sion to grant Rochester the the national tournament. But of the rest” part of the tour- manager John Larsen said. national tournament over the Fatis isn’t certain if that will did last year. nament, which would bring forth over the past two and “The partnership with the a half years to capture this weekend. He was ecstatic. happen at this point. “I know “They definitely could get in all-star teams, made up of (MnJHL) and the (Rochester) “I’m just real pleased that’s what we’re hoping and their re-classification,” Fatis players on teams that did not event,” MnJHL president Ken Ice Hawks was instrumen- Gaber said. that this community will get the people at the (RASC) are said. “It’s a very good league. qualify for the national tour- tal in bringing this event to this event,” Fatis said. “It’s hoping, too,” Fatis said. “But If they move up, it’s deserved. nament. The RASC made a presen- Rochester and we’re looking if not, we’ll have to earn a spot I think they could compete tation to members of USA an awesome opportunity to Specific dates for the forward to rolling out the red let other people around the through the league.” with the teams in the NA.” national tournaments in 2011 Hockey in Florida months carpet for the teams, fans ago. Their efforts paid off, and country see why Rochester One bit of bad news came Even if the EJHL doesn’t and 2012 were not announced and coaches in both 2011 and is a premier place to play along with Rochester’s bid; move up to Tier II status, Fatis Tuesday.

BOYS HOCKEY / ROCHESTER ROUNDUP BASKETBALL / GIRLS BOYS BASKETBALL / ROCHESTER ROUNDUP Owatonna beats JM with Rockets Mayo has balance, breaks goal in final seconds give Winona losing streak at 5 games By Jason Feldman to a 9-1 non-conference boys By Pat Ruff big game from Ryan Rushton, who finished [email protected] hockey victory against Roch- a battle [email protected] with 24 points. Rushton totaled six 3-point- Owatonna scored three ester Century in Lakeville on By Donny Henn ers. Nate Miller added 14 points and Kadri Tuesday. Rochester Mayo broke out of a five-game times in the final nine minutes [email protected] losing streak Tuesday night, coming up with Plott had 11. of the game, including a pair The Cougars scored five Rochester John Marshall an impressive 80-72 Big Nine Conference boys Winona also got 22 points from 6-6 forward of short-handed goals, as the times in the second period was within four points at basketball win over Faribault. Mark Blacklock. Huskies edged Rochester John for a 7-1 lead after two, then 40-36 but ended up losing “You have to pick your poison with Black- Marshall, 3-2, in a Big Nine tacked on two more in the Mayo moved to 2-5 in the league and 4-10 49-38 to Winona in a Big lock and (Brown),” Cain said. Conference boys hockey game third. The outcome of the game overall. The Spartans got their win Tues- Nine Conference game Tues- at Owatonna on Tuesday. could possibly decide the top day behind beautifully balanced scoring. JM is 1-5 in the Big Nine and 1-10 overall. day at JM. Mayo landed four players in John Marshall (2-2-0 Big seed in next month’s Section Winona 81, John Marshall 66 One, Class AA playoffs. “We made some mistakes,” double figures, led by Michael JOHN MARSHALL (66) Nine, 5-10-0 overall) led 1-0 Nate Miller 14, Mohammed Thurman 0, John Mattison 7, Ryan coach Dutch Heiderscheit Franzone with 23 points and Rushton 24, Louis Hermansen 4, Kadri Plott 11, Mitch Johnson after the first period on a goal South (10-5-0 overall) has Michael Idso with 21. by Eric Mackey, with an assist won seven of its past eight said. “At some point when 0, Mohamed Elmakki 6. we start finishing games, we Ian Hathaway added 17 and WINONA (81) from Jason Macken. games since a 3-4-0 start. Erik Chapman 12, Alec Brown 44, Anthony Inman 2, Mark will get some wins.” Sam Calcagno had 12. Mayo Mackey scored his fifth goal Century (9-5-0) suffered its first Blacklock 22, Chance Bechly 1. made seven 3-pointers, led by Halftime: Winona 44, John Marshall 24. of the season in the second loss of the season to a Section Katelyn Rushton and Megan Haynes led the five from Franzone. Calcagno Free throws: John Marshall 6-8, Winona 13-19. period, this time with an assist 1AA opponent. Three-point goals: John Marshall 10 (Miller 3, Mattison 1, Rockets with 13 points added seven assists and Idso Rushton 6), Winona 2 (Chapman 2). from defenseman Anthony “(South) has a really nice each. Rushton grabbed six had nine rebounds. Johnson, to give JM a 2-0 lead team,” Century coach Bruce MANKATO EAST 69, CENTURY 57 after two. rebounds. “I was really proud of our Frutiger said. “They outskated team to come through some Franzone Panthers can’t dig out of big hole That’s us, out-passed us and out- “We were very pleased tough losses and stay together,” Mankato East outworked Century on Tues- where the scored us. The good thing is with Rushton and Haynes Mayo coach Shaun Lang said. “We moved day night and came up with a 69-57 upset of score stood on the offensive end,” this is a group of guys who will the ball well on offense. We maintained the the Panthers in Big Nine Conference boys until a little get back to the rink and work so Heiderscheit added. “We need to build on what they lead with good shot selection and a few key basketball. more than this doesn’t happen again.” defensive stops.” halfway into did tonight and continue to “Our effort in the first half was disappoint- Connor Faupel scored improve in practice.” Michael Emge led Faribault with 19 points. ing,” said Century coach Joe Ohm, whose the third Century’s lone goal, with period, when Next for JM (1-8, 1-13) is a The Falcons are 2-4, 4-8. team slipped to 4-3 in the Big Nine and 9-4 assists from Brett Applegath home game Saturday night Mayo 80, Faribault 72 overall. Owatonna’s and Luke Klugherz. Cam Sell- Matt Snorek with Mayo. FARIBAULT (72) now stopped 27 shots for the Cole Casteel , Ryan Geiger , Zach Tinaglia 17, Jordan Bardal 6, Century shot just 18 percent in the first turned the Mackey Winona 49, John Marshall 38 Kyle Murphy , Anthony Gustafson 13, Joe Grote 4, Michael Emge half, while East (4-3, 6-7) shot 52 percent. The Panthers, who were outshot WINONA (49) 19, Dylan Murphy , Brady Lombard 1, Chad Hansen 12. momentum 36-15. Cougars led 32-15 at intermission. with a short- Courtney Meier 5, Olivia Mann 3, MAYO (80) Century plays at Mankato Megan Lueck 27, Nicky Becher 1, Shauna Sam Calcagno 12, Ty Quint 1, Michael Franzone 23, Ian Hathaway Century played much stronger than that in handed goal while the Rockets Mahoney 9, Brittany Scharmer 4 . 17, Ben Alexander 6, Michael Idso 21. the second half. were on a 5-on-3 power play. West on Thursday, then plays JOHN MARSHALL (38) Other stats: Calcagno 7 assists, Idso 9 rebounds. host to the women’s U.S. Olym- Christina Block 0, Katelyn Rushton 13, Halftime: MAO 35, FAR 33. “We played much more aggressive in the Just minutes later, Snorek Kristi Thelen 5, Ashley Luedke 5, Megan Free throws: FAR 12-17, MAYO 15-22. scored again, this time while pic team on Friday at 7:30 p.m. Byrne 2, Trisha Radke 0, Elle Ferguson Three-point goals: FAR 4, MAYO 7 (Franzone 5, Alexander second half, but it takes a lot of energy to the Huskies were a man down, at the Rochester Recreation 0, Jeanne Wesley 0, Megan Haynes 13, 2). come back from 20 points down against a good Center. Millie Krolak 0. team,” Panthers coach Joe Ohm said. to tie the score 2-2. Other stats: Rushton 6 rebounds, Luedke WINONA 81, JOHN MARSHALL 66 The Huskies (2-1-0, 4-9-4) WINONA 6, MAYO 4 5 rebounds Thelen 4 assists. Winhawks’ 7-footer scores 44 Century was led by Ater Manyang with then delivered the game- Halftime: WIN 25, JM 17. 17 points and 18 rebounds. Nate Kruissel- Spartans drop Big 9 game Free throws: WIN 10/13, JM 8/15. WINONA — Winona 7-foot center Alec winning goal with just five brink scored 22 points for the Panthers and Three-point goals: WIN 5 (Lueck 4, Mann Brown certainly played like a 7-footer on seconds remaining to pick up Winona held on to its share 1), JM 4 (Rushton 3, Luedke 1). Dan Fleissner had eight points and seven Tuesday night in Big Nine Conference boys their second conference win of first place in the Big Nine rebounds. Conference with a 6-4 victory FARIBAULT 60, MAYO 45 basketball. of the season. Century got the East lead down to four against Rochester Mayo on Big run boosts Falcons Brown scored 44 points in points with five minutes left in regulation. JM coach Scott Lecy said Tuesday at Graham Arena I. goalie Bryan King played an FARIBAULT — Faribault guiding the Big Nine lead- ing Winhawks 81-66. Winona Mankato East 69, Century 57 outstanding game, stopping 36 Winona improved to 5-0-0 put together a 19-2 run at MANKATO EAST (69) shots in the loss. in the conference and 12-2-0 the end of the first half and improved to 8-0 in the league Brady Dose 4, Jordan Benesh 7, Alex Welter 11, Brett Olson 7, Sam overall. Mayo fell to 1-4-0 in rolled to a 60-45 win over and 14-1 overall. Onsomu 20, BeePee Pajibo 12, Brody Ziegler 3, Ken King 5. “We played well, we played Other stats: Onsomu 12 rebounds, Benesh 3 steals. hard,” Lecy said, “just not quite the Big Nine and 3-14-0 over- Rochester Mayo Tuesday “Brown was a man tonight,” night in a Big Nine Confer- JM coach Rich Cain said. “He CENTURY (57) well enough at the end.” all. No scoring information or Carson Fossum 0, Josh Benson 0, Nate Kruisselbrink 22, Jared Ma- statistics from Tuesday’s game ence girls basketball game. was hard to control. He is just lone 0, Eric Sherden 5, Josh Gentling 2, Dan Fleissner 8, Bryce Duncan The Rockets are back in were provided. It was the second straight so long. We had some 6-foot 3, Ater Manyang 17. action Thursday against Austin type guys trying to guard him Other stats: Manyang 18 rebounds, Fleissner 7 rebounds. at 7:30 p.m. at the Rochester The Spartans are back in conference defeat for Mayo, Rushton which dipped to 6-3 in the tonight.” Halftime: Mankato East 32, CENT 15. Recreation Center. action on Saturday in a non- Free throws: Mankato East 21-33, CENT 8-15. conference game against Big Nine and 7-9 overall. The Rockets outscored Three-point goals: Mankato East 4 (Benesh 1, Welter 2, Dose 1), LAKEVILLE S. 9, CENTURY 1 Rochester John Marshall at Faribault improved to 5-7, Winona 42-37 in the second half and got a CENT 7 (Kruisselbrink 6, Sherden 1). Cougars batter Panthers 2:15 p.m. The game is set to 4-3 in the conference. Lakeville South scored be played at Graham Park, “Their press was impres- two goals in the first period, outdoors on the west side sive and they kept up the GIRLS HOCKEY / ROCHESTER ROUNDUP then opened the floodgates of the Olmsted County Fair- intensity for the entire in the second period en route grounds. game,” Mayo coach Angie Meister said of Faribault. Meister said Faribault BOYS BASKETBALL / Z-M 54, GOODHUE 50 was strong on the offensive JM/Lourdes holds off East rebounds and that helped By Pat Ruff assists for the Tigers and Natasha Moyer also the Falcons to 20 more [email protected] added two goals. Cougars win at rival Goodhue fieldgoal attempts than the Rochester John Marshall/Lourdes put on Rachel Wohlford had 48 saves for Century. By Brett Boese “He’s a cool customer,” Spartans. Faribault also a dominating performance as it rode to a 3-0 Albert Lea held a 58-7 shot advantage. [email protected] Z-M coach Darin Raasch said. outscored Mayo 16-9 at the Big Nine Conference girls hockey win Tues- “We did not play particularly well tonight,” free-throw line. day night over Mankato East at Rochester Century coach Dan Maidl said. “Today we GOODHUE — Zumbrota- “Before he even shot the free Recreation Center. came out just really really flat.” Mazeppa junior Ryan Pauk- throws, he came over to clarify Freshman Rachael Doll ert wasn’t exactly confident what D we were going to be in led Mayo with 10 points JM/Lourdes got goals from Katie Armstrong Century (1-15, 0-8 Big Nine) hosts Mankato when he stepped to the foul afterward.” and six rebounds. Michaela (unassisted), Paige Cook (assisted by Eleanor West on Friday at 5:30 p.m. at the Rec and line with 6.1 seconds left and That defensive strategy was Smith starred for the Lemish and Sarah Armstrong) and Marissa then will face John Marshall/Lourdes at noon a chance to put the game away simple yet complicated all Falcons with 21 points. Bruesewitz en route to the win. It was Cook’s on Saturday outdoors at the fairgrounds. first career varsity goal. against rival Goodhue. night — stop the Erie broth- “As disappointing as this WINONA 2, MAYO 1 ers at all costs. Z-M rotated game was for us, I have The Rockets outshot the Cougars 37-14. The diminutive point guard Big run boosts Falcons knows scoring isn’t one of through a variety of looks with confidence in these girls,” Michelle Bonapace-Potvin was in goal for his top attributes. He readily mixed success. Meister said, “and we will JM/Lourdes. WINONA — Winona scored twice in the admitted that his two missed Blayne Erie, a senior, learn from these mistakes “Our girls played hard and they stayed out third period to rally past Mayo 2-1 in Big Nine free throws early in the game poured in a game-high 22 and get better.” of the penalty box,” JM/Lourdes coach Steve Conference girls hockey on Tuesday. were weighing on his mind. points, including two free Mayo is at John Marshall Russell said. “They played smart and were The Winhawks overcame a 1-0 deficit and He was even ticking off team- throws just prior to Paukert’s on Saturday. aggressive on the puck.” won despite being outshot 25-10. mates who are better shooters shots that gave the Wildcats MAYO (45) JM/Lourdes is 3-9 in the Big Nine and 5-14 “The girls are working hard down the a chance. Junior Ashton Erie Sarah Bohlen 4, Julie Miller 6, Ali Moat stretch but are having trouble playing short- during Goodhue’s attempt at 6, Anna Hirssig 2, Anna Ryan 9, Rachael overall. It hosts Austin at 5 p.m. Friday at the icing him with a time-out. finished with 13 points and Doll 10, Lauren Ulsh 8. Recreation Center. handed and finding the back of the net,” Naturally, he calmly canned nine rebounds, but just three Other stats: Hirssig 7 rebounds; Doll Mayo coach Jeff Phillips said. 6 rebounds. ALBERT LEA 10, CENTURY 0 both to give the Cougars a 54-50 points in the second half. “We know where we need to improve FARIBAULT (60) Wohlford makes 48 saves for Panthers victory over the Wildcats. Z-M’s However, no one else Michaela Smith 21, Jenna Peanasky and what we need to do to win games,” he first HVL Blue Division victory finished with more than seven 13, Jenna Henry 12, Marisa Amacher Lauren Klick had three goals and three added. 2, Tess Burkhartzmeyer 3, Emily Dell 3, assists as Albert Lea defeated Century 10-0 in of the season also prevented as the Wildcats shot just 39 Maggie Stoeckel 6. Mary Grace Flesher scored in the first Goodhue from moving within percent as a team. Halftime: FAR 31, MAYO 22. Big Nine Conference girls hockey on Tuesday period for the Spartans, assisted by Gabby half a game of division-leading Z-M has now won two straight Free throws: MAYO 9-15, FAR 16-22. at the Rec Center. Laures. Mayo goalie Jamie Clay finished with Three-point goals: MAYO 2, FAR 2 Kenyon-Wanamingo. to even its record at 5-5. (Moat 1, Ryan 1). Madi Passingham had two goals and two eight saves. •••••••• ✩ Comments? Sports editor Craig Swalboski, 285-7721, [email protected] POST-BULLETIN / www.postbulletin.com Saturday, January 23, 2010 D5 Local Sports GIRLS HOCKEY / ROCHESTER ROUNDUP FRIDAY’S AREA HIGH SCHOOL RESULTS

Matt Jech 4. Knutson 1, Jasper Hamersma 1, Liz Bain 1. BOYS BASKETBALL Other stats: SOUTHLAND (60) Halftime: P-E-M 46, D-E 17. Haley Janssen 19, Brandi Schammel 12, HIAWATHA VALLEY LEAGUE Free throws: D-E 8-13, P-E-M 5-11. Jana Schammel 10, Madi Schmitz 7, Lindsey Bottema 4, Kelli Smith 2, Brianna Reinartz 2, Hayfield 62, Stewartville 44 Three-point goals: D-E 3 (Wegner 1 Wilder 1 Hartman 1), P-E-M 6 (Cole Olstad 1, Clay Ol- Hilary Bottema 2, Celina Yunker 2. HAYFIELD (62) stad 1, Pick 1, Flies 2, Folkert 1). Halftime: KING 34, Southland 33. Tyler Anderson 2, Devon Peterson 0, Bobbie Free throws: KING 21-36, Southland 12-19. Stephens 30, Cody Dietrich 0, Ryan Gullickson Three-pointers: KING 5 (Bernard 3, Ber- 0, Clint Freiheit 0, Cole Kruger 0, Shayn Naylor GIRLS BASKETBALL how 1, Rindels 1). SOU 4 (J.Schammel 2, 0, Kody Kramer 8, Tanner Kramer 17, Brady B.Schammel 2). Kramer 1, Nathan Conroy 2, Ryan Connelly 0, HIAWATHA VALLEY LEAGUE Tyler Krekling 2, Emir Hasanovic 0, Brady Ste- SOUTHEAST CONFERENCE vens 0, Tyler Oakland 0. Stewartville 57, Hayfield 44 Grand Meadow 48, Lanesboro 41 STEWARTVILLE (44) STEWARTVILLE (57) Will Gisler 0, Trevor Dale 0, Sean Hohmeis- Rio Haack 6, Julie Rainey 14, Kelly Norman GRAND MEADOW (48) ter 7, Gabe Langseth 8, Brandon Larsen 13, 3, Shawnna Sperber 18, Jill Oftedahl 2, Lind- Hillary Churchill 4, Kristine Gerber 12, Abbie Tyler Rogers 0, Isaac Tapp 9, Tyler Schmitz 0, say Blahnik 1, Shannon Curtis 13. Fay 12, Alex Swanson 11, Kristina Stier 6. Jake Schwalbach 0, Bryant Mashoff 0, John HAYFIELD (44) LANESBORO (41) Gisler 7, Adam Glann 0. Jordyn Krekling 13, Renee Stier 7, Kayla Gar- Aimee Nelson 9, Katlyn Peterson 2, Meghan Halftime: HAY 32, STEW 22. ness 2, Kiley Severson 22. Drake 1, Emma Mcgrath 2, Paige Hungerholt Free throws: HAY 10-12, STEW 7-11. Halftime: STEW 23, HAY 18. 12, Grace Glor 15. Three-point goals: HAY 10 (Stephens 7, K Free throws: STEW 12-19, HAY 12-18. Other stats: Glynn 7 rebounds, Gerber 7 Kramer 2, T.Kramer 1), STEW 3 (Hohmeister 1, rebounds Tapp 1, Gisler 1). Three-point goals: STEW 7 (Rainey 3, Haack 2, Norman 1, Sperber 1), HAY 2 (Krekling 1, Halftime: LAN 20, GM 20. Lake City 62, Goodhue 55 Stier 1). Free throws: GM 10-22, LAN 4-13. GOODHUE (55) Three-point goals: GM 6 (Fay 5, Gerber 1), Winona Cotter 58, Byron 43 LAN 1 (Nelson 1). Brandon Hadler 6, Alan Dicke 0, Casey Buck WINONA COTTER (58) 0, Derek Mcnamara 3, Jared Dicke 3, Brent Bit- Hope Lutheran 75, Schaeffer 47 zan 0, Blayne Erie 31, Ashton Erie 12, Nathan Paige Gernes 0, Lauren Bowlin 14, Nicole Voth 0. Kirkvold 0, Micaela Trainor 10, Kelly Roemer HOPE LUTHERAN (75) LAKE CITY (62) 6, Amy Erickson 0, Sammi Storsveen 3, Emily Abbey Nelson 2, Amanda Schwerzler 15, Ja- Skeels 4, Sarah Spiten 7, Nicole Beyer 14. mie O’laughlin 6, Lindsey Fratzke 6, Christine Alex Pyle 19, Douglas Pflaum 0, Zach- Klug 6, Lacey Ellinghuysen 18, Felicia Meyer 6, ary Griebenow 0, Marcus Jacobson 4, Kerby BYRON (43) Madison Ludford 13, Dakota Ellinghausen 2. Rigelman 9, Nicholas Bobb 12, Joseph Beck Sam Toft 6, Melissa Long 0, Sydney Gehrt Ken Klotzbach, [email protected] 15, Kurt Brown 3. 0, Britta Schubert 4, Becky Murry 5, Berit Wal- SCHAEFFER ACADEMY (47) Other stats: McNamara 3 steals. levand 0, Cortney Kasten 8, Kaytlin Remold 14, Evelyn Lowe 6, Hannah Lowe 12, Isabella John Marshall/Lourdes’ Sarah Armstrong can’t get control of the puck in front of the Erika Mcroberts 6. Wells 1, Kamaria Goedhart 19, Melanie Murray Halftime: LC 26, GOOD 22. Halftime: COTT 25, BYR 23. 8, Michaela Wells 1. Austin net Friday night in Austin. The Packers won 2-1. Free throws: GOOD 12-15, LC 14-27. Free throws: COTT 10-22, BYR 10-17. Halftime: HL 39, SA 24. Three-point goals: GOOD 5 (Hadler 2, Mcna- Free throws: HL 21-30, SA 8-19. mara 1, B Erie 2), LC 4 (Pyle 2, Jacobson 1, Three-point goals: COTT 2 (Roemer 2), BYR Rigelman 1). 1 (Murry 1). Three-point goals: SA 5 (Lowe 4, Goedhart 1). Notes: Alex Pyle had a career-high 19 points. Notes: Cotter finished the game on a 15-2 Century falls to Mankato West He was 11-of-12 from the free-throw line. Typi- run. Spring Grove 69, Leroy-Ostra. 59 cal Lake City-Goodhue battle. well,” Century coach Dan season series against the Goodhue 63, Lake City 33 LEROY-OSTRANDER (59) Cannon Falls 67, Pine Island 36 Austin nets late Maidl said. “It was a much Austin Packers, the visiting LAKE CITY (33) Kaylee Bunne 11, Mckinze Bunne 19, Sa- CANNON FALLS (67) Rachel Tackmann 9, Carley Siewert 1, Em- mantha Hamlin 2, Rachel Rosedahl 11, Krista better outcome from the last Rockets got off to a good start ily Sprick 4, Jennifer Vaith 8, Taylor Bremer 2, Bunne 11, Chanda Riedemann 5. goal to top Rockets Demetre Growette 8, Brock Johnson 13, Mi- time we played them.” with the only goal in the first chael Banitt 10, Issac Peterson 16, Chris Trel- Erika Meincke 9. SPRING GROVE (69) West improved to 13-7 over- stad 11, Andrew Sharot 2, Nolan Rechtzigel 2, GOODHUE (63) Jordan Oleurd 7, Taylor Elton 11, Richell By Ben Pherson period. Sean Serres 5. Mehus 5, Jacey Anderson 2, Eva Gleason 0, all and 5-2 in the Big Nine, Maggie Lexvold 4, Courtney Hinsch 9, Nikki [email protected] Marissa Bruesewitz got the PINE ISLAND (36) Ryan 2, Kelly Huneke 4, Grace Majerus 12, Brooke Johnson 16, Becky Myhre 8, Katelyn while Century dropped to 1-18 Erica Tipcke 6, Laura Watson 10, Anne Loder- Bjerke 20. The Rochester Century Rockets on the scoreboard Trevor Akason 3, Ryan Hinck 2, Seth Friedrich and 0-7. 2, Austin Mcgee 8, Will Walter 2, Nathan Kuk- meier 10, Chanel Robert 6. Other stats: M Bunne 10 rebounds; Rose- girls hockey team suffered an with a goal at the 12:28 mark dahl 9 assists. The Panthers don’t have son 13, Josh Helland 6. Other stats: Goodhue had 22 team re- 8-1 Big Nine Conference loss of the first period. Sydney Halftime: CF 26, PI 20. bounds. Halftime: SG 38, L-O 22. much time off; they’ll hit the to Mankato West on Friday Dison and Paige Cook had the Free throws: CF 13-19, PI 3-9. Halftime: GOOD 30, LC 21. Free throws: L-O 13-19, SG 25-35. night at the Rochester Recre- ice again at 10 a.m. Satur- Three-point goals: CF 6 (Peterson 3, Banitt Free throws: LC 4-11, GOOD 5-9. Three-point goals: L-O 4 (Rosedahl 1, Krista assists on the only JM goal of 2, Johnson 1), PI 1 (Akason 1). ation Center. day against John Marshall/ Three-point goals: LC 5 (Tackm 3, Vaith 2), Bunne 3), SG 2 (Elton 1, Myhre 1). Lourdes in an outdoor game the night. GOOD 2 (Hinsch 1, Lodermeier 1). The Scarlets held a 76-3 Zumbrota-Mazeppa 66, Triton 51 MISSOTA CONFERENCE as part of Hockey Day Roch- Austin goalie Audrey DeVr- Notes: Hot outside shooting gave Lake City a edge in shots on goal. Katy ZUMBROTA-MAZEPPA (66) lead after 5 minutes, but Goodhue forced many Shakopee 46, Red Wing 28 ester at Olmsted County Fair- ies gave up the early goal, but Devan Huneke 3, Josh Stanton 6, Ryan Pauk- turnovers in the full and half-court, eventually Svasnicka paced West with SHAKOPEE (46) grounds. The game time was then blanked the JM offense ert 9, Cody Lodermeier 14, Bryan Hinrichs 20, turning them into points and a growing lead. three goals. Scott Flotterud 14. Hanna Zerr 4, Danielle Dreier 11, Rachael moved up due to potential the rest of the way. Rockets TRITON (51) Cannon Falls 43, Pine Island 35 Hentges 9, Ashley Leadstrom 2, Gracie Sonia Bakke scored Centu- Vaughan 2, Jean Theis 18. bad weather. goalie Michelle Bonapace- Ben Barner 3, Brandon Stebbins 3, Ethan PINE ISLAND (35) ry’s lone goal in the first RED WING (28) Potvin faced a total of 30 shots Kruger 2, Garrett Schaefer 7, Logan Erdmann Allison Newton 9, Courtney Pahl 5, Shelby period, with an assist going AUSTIN 2, JM/LOURDES 1 2, Cody Schaefer 2, Logan Spitzack 10, Em- Kann 2, Cede Finstuen 6, Sam Kaye 3, Nikki Jennifer Ulveling 2, Ashley Brooks 2, Megan and had 28 saves in the loss. Fleming 5, Tesha Buck 6, Marisa Toivonen 2, to Sultanna White. Packers score late for win erson Price 2, Chris Schley 4, Brett Henslin 8, Heeren 1, Mattie Shelton 9. Kennedy Thompson scored Dylan Bungum 8. CANNON FALLS (43) Olivia Johnson 4, Macy Kelly 7. Rachel Wohlford had a AUSTIN — The Rochester Halftime: TRI 24, Z-M 23. Natalie Reinardy 12, Sam Wolter 13, Mor- Halftime: SHAK 21, RW 12. strong game in net for the John Marshall girls hockey a short-handed goal for the Free throws: Z-M 16-24, TRI 9-17. gan Berg 5, Katie Schreyer 7, Jordan Montgom- Free throws: RW 12-17. Panthers with 68 saves. team couldn’t make an early Packers to tie the game after Three-point goals: Z-M 4 (Hinrichs 3, Loder- ery 6. Three-point goals: RW 2 (Buck 1, Kelly 1). “We played a fair first lead stand in Friday night’s two periods of play. Ashley meier 1), TRI 4 (Spitzack 2, Barner, Stebbins). Halftime: CF 26, PI 21. 2-1 loss to Austin at Riverside Arhart then scored the game- SOUTHEAST CONFERENCE Free throws: PI 8-17, CF 6-9. WRESTLING period, the second period we Three-point goals: PI 5 (Newton 1, Pahl, Fin- were a little bit off, but in the Arena. winner for Austin at 9:07 mark Lanesboro 80, Grand Meadow 34 stuen 2, Kaye), CF 3 (Reinardy 2, Wolter). THREE RIVERS CONFERENCE third period we played really Looking for a sweep of the of the third period. GRAND MEADOW (34) THREE RIVERS CONFERENE Jason Stier 0, Bryce Benson 3, Andrew Rie- Caledonia/Houston 42, LARP 22 demann 0, Collin Jacobson 0, Ethan Yost 4, Fillmore Cent. 46, Rushford-Pe. 30 103: Troy King (CSGH) pinned Cole Theede Mike Gehling 6, Killian Smith 11, Dezmon John- RUSHFORD-PETERSON (30) :53. 112: Willie Kraig (CSGH) tech. fall Calvin son 2, Karl Freese 0, Zac Finley 0, Aveonce Doerr 15-0 5:32. 119: Jordan Theede (LARP) Kenzie Lind 7, Michelle Ruberg 4, Danielle GIRLS HOCKEY / ROCHESTER ROUNDUP Rowe 0, Mike Ojulu 0, Ethan Wylde 0, Jayson dec. Austin Fitzgerald 6-5. 125: Tanner Benson Christian 2, Emily Culhane 1, Jade Pelzl 5, Chavez 8. (CSGH) maj. dec. Justin Doerr 13-3. 130: Tyler Laura Rislove 5, Amy Todd 6. LANESBORO (80) Kraig (CSGH) dec. Chris Boehnke 10-6. 135: FILLMORE CENTRAL (46) Idso pours in 20 in Mayo victory over Rockets Alex Aiken 0, Ben Hungerholt 0, Braden Lyndon Becker (CSGH) pinned Mitch Rasmus- Hanson 10, Brady Darling 0, Brett Hungerholt Tiffany Johnson 9, Katie Ristau 1, Connor sen 1:14. 140: Tucker Speltz (LARP) dec. John By Pat Ruff record, Lang was impressed 48-45 in Hiawatha Valley 18, Cory Strom 9, Dakota Dorn 4, J.d. Eddy 2, Nagle 18, Tricia Harstad 8, Becca Bakke 2, Ellenz 12-10. 145: Dan Wermager (CSGH) dec. Alex Peterson 8. [email protected] with them Friday. League play at Alumni Hall. Jacob Rogers 6, Justin Gudmundson 6, Lucas Cedric Spletz 4-0. 152: Dylan Depestel (LARP) Johnson 14, Michael Luck 0, Mitch McBride 5, Halftime: FC 25, R-P 15. maj. dec. Ryan Moss 12-2. 160: Greg Johnson Rochester Mayo got a mon- “They are scrapping well “We played a good first Tyler Johnson 6. Free throws: R-P 8-20, FC 22-34. (LARP) won by forfeit. 171: Casey Stemper (CSGH) pinned Chris Schweitzer 3:41. 189: and starting to play a better half,” Lourdes coach Jim Halftime: LAN 55, GM 16. Three-point goals: R-P 4 (Todd 2, Lind 1, Ris- ster game from 6-foot-8 junior Nick Puetz (LARP) won by forfeit. 215: Troy love 1), FC 2 (Nagle 2). forward Michael Idso, and it team game,” Lang said. Daly said. “You’ve got to Free throws: GM 6-17, LAN 2-8. Frank (CSGH) dec. Logan Brand 8-4. 285: led to a 63-50 win over John Besides Idso’s 20 points, give (K-M) credit for coming Three-point goals: GM 0, LAN 10 (Hunger- Notes: R-P is 7-9 overall, 4-8 in conference. Austin Goergen (CSGH) pinned Brad Johnson holt 2, Johnson 2, McBride 1, Johnson 2, Fillmore Central is 7-7 overall, 5-7 in confer- 1:56. Marshall in Big Nine Con- Mayo got 11 points from back. They are good compet- Strom 3). ence. ference boys basketball at itors and their coach did a Chatfield 57, LARP 15 Michael Franzone and Ian Lyle/Pacelli 64, Mabel-Canton 40 Dover-Eyota 83, P-E-M 38 McNish Gymnasium. Hathaway, 10 from Sam Cal- good job. Overall, our con- 103: Harvey Fredrichs (C) pinned Cole Theede LYLE/PACELLI (64) PLAINVIEW-ELGIN-MILLVILLE (38) 3:15. 112: Alex Haffner (C) pinned Calvin Do- The Spartans, who have cagno, and nine rebounds centration and effort was better than it had been the Skylar Meyer 2, Alex Brennan 8, Michael Lon- Hannah Jech 5, Kayla Lehnertz 9, Mackenzie err 3:09. 119: Jordan Theede (LARP) dec. Josh won their last two games and from Steve Miller. ergan 6, Cody Meyer 14, Kyle Pereault 4, Carter Gengler 0, Kaylyn Wohlers 8, Sadie Tentis 0, Johnson 7-0. 125: Jacob Pierce (C) dec. Jus- last two weeks.” Lourdes (3-2 improved to 3-5 in the confer- JM was led by guard Nate Guthmiller 0, Ryan Rust 6, Brady Stier 24. Courtney Schwartz 6, Taylor Aakre 5, Jalana tin Doerr 6-5. 130: Tanner Clement (C) pinned HVL, 10-3 overall) was led by MABEL-CANTON (40) Larson 3, Lauren Weisz 2. Chris Boehnke 1:18. 135: Chandler Burkholder ence and 5-10 overall, got 20 Miller’s 17 points. (C) pinned Mitch Rasmussen 3:28. 140: Zach Dustin Solberg 2, Derek Curtis 2, Dalton DOVER-EYOTA (83) Sam Daly’s 15 points. Alex Curry (C) dec. Tucker Speltz 6-3. 145: Justin points and 17 rebound from MAYO 63, JOHN MARSHALL 50 Stoen 2, Nick Richert 4, Ben Aberg 2, Steve Alyssa Price 0, Taylor Jean 0, Holly Fortsch 0, Kapraun added 14 and Nic Buss (C) tech. fall Cedric Spletz 20-5 5:10. Idso. Four JOHN MARSHALL (50) Smith 12, Joe Smith 16. Briana Mayer 2, Kayla Sanden 4, Natalia Baker Jensen 10. 6, Gretchen Thoe 2, Jodi Batzel 12, Alycia Cour- 152: Eric Swancutt (C) pinned Dylan Depestel of Idso’s Nate Miller 17, Mikail Gonyea 8, John Mat- Halftime: L/P 33, M-C 17. son 38, Katelyn Zeitler 0, Laura Fierro 0, Haley :58. 160: Greg Johnson (LARP) pinned Justin tison 9, Ryan Rushton 7, Louis Hermansen 1, Phil Oertli scored 14 points Free throws: L/P 13-18, M-C 12-18. basket came Sanders 3, Kelsey Lefebre 0, Elizabeth Wilke Viss 1:30. 171: Aaron Pagel (C) pinned Chris Kadri Plott 6, Mohamed Elmakki 2. on dunks, his for K-M and Alex Ek had 11. Three-point goals: L/P 5-16 (Stier 2, Bren- 0, Sarah Pease 5. Schweitzer 2:58. 189: Juan Gomez (C) maj. nan 2, Lonergan 1), M-C 0. dec. Nick Puetz 20-7. 215: Logan Brand (LARP) first one off MAYO (63) The KoMets slipped to 3-2, Halftime: D-E 48, P-E-M 13. Sam Calcagno 10, Nicholas Bhaskaran 4, pinned Cody Wrubel 2:34. 285: Michael Bell 9-4. THREE RIVERS CONFERENCE Free throws: P-E-M 16-29, D-E 10-12. (C) pinned Mike Frisch 1:21. an alley-oop Michael Franzone 11, Ian Hathaway 11, Mi- Three-point goals: P-E-M 2 (Lehnertz 1, pass. chael Idso 20, Cody Gallaher 7. LOURDES 48, KASSON-MANT. 45 Fillmore Cent. 51, Rushford-Pe. 33 Schwartz 1), D-E 7 (Courson 5, Sanders 1, “Those Other stats: KASSON-MANTORVILLE (45) FILLMORE CENTRAL (51) Pease 1). DANCE dunks defin- Halftime: JM 24, MAYO 23. Jake Hodge 10, Phil Oertli 14, Ryan Trow- Tyler Eickhoff 8, Dalton Woellert 4, Jayden Notes: Alycia Courson set a school record BIG NINE CONFERENCE tely got Free throws: JM 12-17, MAYO 9-13. bridge 3, Dan Tipka 2, James Peterson 3, Alex Wilhelm 4, Jordan Jarland 7, James Skaalen 5, with 38 points. The previous high was tied ear- Ek 11. Colton Hampel 10, Jordan Ristau 13. lier this season by Desirae Lee. Courson also the crowd Three-point goals: 4 (Miller 3, Rushton 1), City Tri Meet 4 (Franzone 3, Hathaway 1). LOURDES (48) RUSHFORD-PETERSON (33) tied a school record with five 3 pointers. Jazz excited,” Idso Tyler Greguson 5, Nic Jensen 10, Andrew Brad Ebner 7, Blake Lea 16, Riley Anderson Caledonia 61, Lewiston-Altura 28 Mayo coach Lose 2, Joe Fritzjunker 0, Sean Griffin 0, Alex 2, Nick Thompson 4, Nic Duneman 4. 1. Mayo, 2. John Marshall, 3. Century. LOURDES 48, K-M 45 LEWISTON-ALTURA (28) Kapraun 14, Chris Eickemeyer 2, Sam Daly Halftime: FC 28, R-P 22. Kick Shaun Lang said. “There 15. Natalie Kalmes 0, Jennifer Mundt 4, Danielle Big first half for Eagles Free throws: FC 16-25, R-P 2-4. 1. Mayo, 2. Century, 3. John Marshall. was a really good atmosphere Lourdes built a comfort- Halftime: KM 28, LOUR13. Harstad 6, Brooke Schilling 2, Breana Heim 2, tonight.” Three-point goals: FC 3 (Jarland 1, Hampel Brooke Heim 8. Overall season standings between the two able 15-point halftime lead, Free throws: KM 1-5, LOUR 15-24. 2), R-P 5 (Ebner 1, Lea 4). schools: Jazz: 1. Mayo, 2. John Marshall, 3. JM slipped to 1-6, 1-11. Three-point goals: KM 4 (Hodge 2, Peter- CALEDONIA (61) Century. Kick: 1. Mayo, 2. Century, 3. JM. then hung on from there as it Plainview-E-M 77, Dover-Eyota 45 Taylor Winjum 5, Maria Fruechte 3, Amber Despite the Rockets’ poor son 1, Trowbridge), LOUR 3 (Greguson 1, downed Kasson-Mantorville Kapraun 1, Jensen). DOVER-EYOTA (45) Sorenson 9, Arie Albert 0, Sadie Lange 3, Bobbi Jo Schuttemeier 2, Emma Lange 9, Aly GYMNASTICS Blair Johnson 2, Tyler Wegner 7, Bryan Halv- Meyer 15, Lindsay Gran 10, Carli Dahlberg 4. erson 1, Eric Young 4, Luke Wilder 7, Connor Wondrasch 0, Drew Turnquist 2, Kyle Borst 1, Halftime: CAL 28, L-A 17. Pine Island 135.575, LAC 131.5 FRIDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS AND HEROES Nate Vang 5, Tysen Mayer 4, Ryan Hartman Free throws: L-A 9-18, CAL 8-21. (Winners) LOCAL CALENDAR 11, Brandon Munroe 0, Caleb Hammel 2. Three-point goals: L-A 0 , CAL 3 (Gran 2; Vault — 1. Breanna Ruegge (PI) and Chelsie BOYS BASKETBALL its first loss in HVL Gold Division PLAINVIEW-ELGIN-MILLVILLE (77) Winjum 1). Glabe (PI), 8.95. Uneven bars — 1. Brittany TODAY play. Cory Speer 0, Nathan Tilkes 0, Chris Conrad Kingsland 76, Southland 60 Schmidt (PI) 8.725. Balance beam — 1. Siera • Aric Elton netted 29 points 2, Cole Olstad 22, Mitchell Murphy 0, Michael McNallan (PI) 9.0. Floor exercise — 1. Ashley High School Boys Basketball as Spring Grove defeated LeRoy- • Connor Nagle had 18 points Pick 9, Andrew Massee 0, Landon Flies 19, KINGSLAND (76) Hase (LaC) 8.325. All-around — 1. Schmidt JM at Burnsville, 6:15 p.m. Ostrander 79-45. for Fillmore Central in a 46-30 win Nathan Vagt 10, Clay Olstad 2, Blake Biers Molly Greiner 21, Hannah Losey 14, Erin Ber- 34.675; 2. McNallan 34.1; 3. Hase 33.825. over Rushford-Peterson. The Fal- 0, Scott Folkert 3, Chase Montgomery 0, Sam nard 17, Morgan Thomas 7, Shawna Berhow 7, Notes — Pine Island (6-0) entertains Byron High School Girls Basketball • Brett Hungerholt tallied 18 Ruth 2, Lucas Mestad 2, Mitchell Kruger 2, Jenna Rindels 4, McKayla Pruter 3, Samantha next Friday. Century at Albert Lea, 3 p.m. points as Lanesboro rolled past cons had a 22-8 scoring edge at the free throw line. Mayo at JM, 7:30 p.m. Grand Meadow 80-34. • Kamaria Goedhart scored 19 High School Wrestling • Bryan Hinrichs scored 20 points for Schaeffer Academy but points and Cody Lodermeier and Century at Zumbrota-Mazeppa it wasn’t enough in a 75-47 loss Invitational, 9 a.m. Scott Flotterud each had 14 as HOCKEY / BOYS to Hope Lutheran. JM at Henry Sibley Invitational, Zumbrota-Mazeppa downed Triton 9 a.m. 66-51. • Katelyn Bjerke had 20 points to lead Spring Grove in a 69-59 High School Boys Hockey • Hayfield’s Bobbie Stephens win over Le Roy-Ostrander. Mck- Lourdes notches second shutout Mayo vs. JM, at Withers (Zumbro) dropped 30 points on Stewart- inze Bunne led L-O with 19 points Fields, 2 p.m. ville in the Vikings’ 62-44 victory. and 10 rebounds. By Jason Feldman who had two goals and four assists, scored the Lourdes at Duluth Denfeld, 3 p.m. Teammate Tanner Kramer had 17 • Caledonia improved to 17-1 [email protected] first goal, 9:17 into the game. Chezick scored High School Girls Hockey points. with a 61-28 win over Lewiston- the first of his two goals in the final minute Century vs. JM, at Withers (Zum- • Blayne Erie scored 31 points DULUTH — The Rochester Lourdes boys Altura. Aly Meyer led the Warriors hockey team has relied on some talented of the period. bro) Fields, noon. for Goodhue in a 62-55 loss at with 15 points. Albert Lea at Mayo (Graham underclassmen this season to supplement the Chezick, Samuelson, Brian Wasz and Landon Lake City. Alex Pyle led the Tigers GYMNASTICS Arena), 7:30 p.m. 19 points. scoring punch of their juniors and seniors. Farrell each scored in the second for a 6-0 • Pine Island improved to 6-0 in lead, and Alec Brandrup scored a power-play Junior College Men’s Basketball • Brady Stier scored 24 points A pair of freshmen took a back seat to no one Fergus Falls at RCTC, 3 p.m. duals with a 135.575-131.5 win on Friday. Jason Samuelson and Alex Funk goal in the third to cap the scoring. Farrell’s in Lyle/Pacelli’s 64-40 victory over over La Crescent. Pine Island’s Junior College Women’s Basket- combined for nine points and their linemate, goal was his first varsity goal Mabel-Canton. Brittany Schmidt won the uneven ball senior center Brandyn Chezick, added three In addition to Samuelson, four other Eagles GIRLS BASKETBALL bars and was the all-around win- Fergus Falls at RCTC, 1 p.m. points as Lourdes rolled to a 7-0 victory against had multi-point games: Chezick had two goals • Alycia Courson set a school ner with 34.675 points. Junior College Wrestling Duluth Central. and an assist, Funk had three assists, Bran- record with 38 points and tied a DANCE RCTC at Panther Duals (Iowa Falls, “It was a really good team effort,” Lourdes drup had a goal and an assist, and Nick Schoe- team mark with five 3-pointers as • Rochester Mayo swept both Iowa), 9 a.m. coach Josh Spaniol said. “We played a full 51 berl had two assists. Alex Kurth also had one Dover-Eyota toppled P-E-M 83-38. the Jazz and the High Kick com- SUNDAY minutes.” assist. Mark Greve earned the shutout victory (No local events scheduled). • Shawnna Sperber scored 18 petitons in a tri-city meet against points as Stewartville beat Hayfield Century and John Marshall. JM The Eagles (9-4-2) controlled the tempo from with 12 saves. MONDAY 57-44. Kiley Severson scored 22 was second in Jazz, and Century the outset, outshooting Central 13-1 in the first The Eagles are back in action at 3 p.m. today (No local events scheduled). points for Hayfield, which dropped was second in High Kick. period and building a 2-0 lead. Samuelson, against Duluth Denfeld in Duluth. •••••••• D fitness SportsMonday, January 25, 2010 Oh, so close Vikings lose in OT, fall short of Super Bowl GUY LIMBECK right and threw a cross-body [email protected] pass over the middle for Sidney Rice, which was intercepted. A new Super Bowl. It appeared to be a case of the generation of The Saints scored on their QB trying to do too much, as Vikings fans first possession of overtime. Bernard Berrian was open on now know the The Vikings never got the ball the sideline, right in front of feeling. in the extra session after losing Favre, for what would have The feel- the coin flip, but they stumbled been a 5- to 10-yard gain. ing of despair after seeing the and bumbled away a chance at “I probably should have run Vikings fall short in a big game. victory in regulation. it,” Favre said. The Vikings took the level to Minnesota fumbled six times, “It didn’t come down to that a near art form on Sunday in losing three. Two lost fumbles one play,” Vikings center John the NFC championship game came inside the New Orleans 10 Sullivan said. against the Saints in New yard-line. The other came at the Indeed. Turnovers in the red Orleans. Minnesota controlled Minnesota 7 and resulted in a zone cost the Vikings while large chunks of the game only Saints touchdown. aiding the Saints. The Vikings to lose 31-28 in overtime to the “They’re a great team, but outgained the Saints by a whop- opportunistic Saints. we gave it to them,” Vikings ping 218 yards (an NFL postsea- When Garrett Hartley running back Chester Taylor son record for a losing team), knocked in a 40-yard field goal said. 475-257. in overtime, the Saints had Despite the turnovers, the Favre threw just seven inter- their first Super Bowl berth in Vikings were in a position to ceptions in the regular season, the 42-year history of the club. win. Favre led a fourth-quarter a career-low for the 19-year The Vikings have been to, and drive to tie the game and the veteran. But he threw a pair of lost, four Super Bowls. But their Vikings defense forced three big picks against the Saints. He streak of not reaching the big three-and-outs from the potent wasn’t sacked, but the Saints game is now 33 years and count- Saints offense in the quarter. made it a mission to hit him at ing. The Vikings have lost five Favre appeared to guide the every opportunity. Favre was straight NFC title games since Vikings into field-goal range hit often and he was bruised, their last Super Bowl appear- in the closing seconds. The battered and hobbling after the ance, two in overtime. Vikings had a third-and-10 from game. This year was going to be the Saints 33 with 19 seconds “I’ve felt better,” Favre said. different, however. Brett Favre left. But coming out of a time- “It was a physical game, a lot of was lured out of retirement and out, the Vikings made their hits. If you win, you feel a little the 40-year-old quarterback biggest, and perhaps most bone- bit better.” was expected to be the missing headed. mistake of the game. When you lose, however, it piece of the Vikings puzzle. But They had 12 men in the huddle takes a lot longer for the pain to Favre’s last pass this season and were penalized 5 yards. go away. Ask any long-suffering was like his final pass ever “I don’t know who should Vikings fan. with the Green Bay Packers have been in or not,” Favre Guy N. Limbeck is a sports writer for during the 2007 season. Both said. “I have no idea right now.” Associated Press the Post-Bulletin. He can be reached resulted in interceptions in the Brett Favre leaves the field following the Vikings’ 31-28 loss in overtime Sunday Now at the very end of Ryan NFC title game and both cost Longwell’s field-goal range, the at [email protected]. against the Saints in the Superdome. his team a chance to go to the Vikings passed. Favre rolled Page D6: Vikings Playbook.

HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY / PLAYING OUTSIDE Rain may have dampened the rinks, but not the spirits Inaugural Hockey Day About half of JM’s varsity players The umbrellas AT A GLANCE competed in last year’s Hockey Day popped open in Rochester a hit Minnesota game in St. Paul, but for the third period What happened: The John most of the players, Saturday was of the Mayo-John their first experience in an outdoor By Jason Feldman Marshall boys and John Marshall/ Marshall boys [email protected] game. And it took some time to get Lourdes girls won the varsity used to the differences. game Saturday Saturday, the inaugural Hockey games at the inaugrual Hockey Day “It took our girls awhile to adjust,” at Graham Park. Day Rochester, was to be a cele- Rochester, played on outdoor rinks Century girls coach Dan Maidl said. Moderate to heavy bration of hockey’s roots. rains puddled at Graham Park on the Olmsted “There were a few times where JM Both coaches in the day’s would send the puck into our zone quickly making featured boys game, Lorne Grosso County Fairgrounds on Saturday. and we’d be waiting for it to ring the rink sloppy at of Mayo and Scott Lecy of John Looking ahead: Coaches from around the boards, but it would stop best. In goal for Marshall, developed skills outdoors the boys and girls teams would behind the net. And we saw some Mayo is Alexander as boys that allowed them to play shots and passes bouncing around, VanGalder. Division I college hockey. Grosso like to see Hockey Day Rochester become an annual event. but that’s what outdoor hockey is. and Lecy spent countless hours That’s why I tell the girls, ‘if you go Scott Jacobson, on outdoor rinks as young players, sjacobson@ to outdoor rinks with your friends, postbulletin.com but neither remember a day like the north rink to the high school just for fun, you’ll become a better Saturday. players on the south rink — how player.’” Miller said, “but we were all having puck couldn’t move, but both teams “If it ever happened, we prob- hockey was originally played. The second half of the JM-Mayo fun and that added to it, especially had a great attitude about it.” ably just turned around and went “When we found out we were play- boys game was played in a steady playing against a rival like Mayo.” The best news of the day might home,” Lecy said of the rare Janu- ing outdoors, I was really excited,” rain. Prior to the third period, Lecy said he couldn’t help but be this: The odds are heavily ary rain showers that dampened said Paige Cook, a senior forward coaches and officials discussed chuckle a few times as he looked against future Hockey Day Roches- the outdoor ice at Graham Park, for the John Marshall/Lourdes girls moving indoors for the final 17 around during the rain-soaked ter events being dampened by rain. but not the spirits of the players. team that topped Century 7-1. “The minutes, but players from both third period. “I don’t think I’ve ever stood in JM defeated Mayo, 4-2, but the boys had a chance to do this last teams said they wanted to stay “The guys made the most of it, rain for a hockey game,” Lecy said, result on the scoreboard wasn’t year (at Hockey Day Minnesota in St. outside, even though water was that sums up the whole day,” he laughing, “looking around at people what Saturday was about. It was Paul) and definitely it will be nice to building up on the ice, making it said. “They were out there having holding up umbrellas.” about showing players of all ages say we were part of the first one in difficult for the puck to slide. fun. It got to the point where it was Page D3: Hockey Day Rochester. — from the squirts and peewees on Rochester.” “It was wet, really wet,” JM’s Reed comical in the third because the

Belly dancing and yoga, all to raise money for Haiti Up next in... FITNESS MATTERS • SHELLY GREENFIELD that are known from yoga are brought [email protected] together. With a pause in the story, the yoga pose is performed, then continued With the recent on with the story. Sports devastation in Haiti, In Family Yoga, partner with your a few local fitness child in simple animated poses, games, professionals are art, music and breathing exercises that Tuesday coming together to help to strengthen coordination and provide a fun day of build body awareness. You will bark in Strikes, spares activities in an effort to raise money for downward dog, hiss in cobra pose and relief efforts. flutter your wings in butterfly. Will the recent hot streak “Hearts for Haiti” will be from The class provides key bonding meth- from local bowlers 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday at Peace United ods between parent and child. Church. continue? P-B columnist Improved posture and muscle tone, Emily Watkins, Heather Christy, Patrick Fitzgerald weight loss, preparation for child birth, Rachel Farber, Terri Allred, Laura stress reduction, aiding in digestion, has the answer. Ehling and Stacy Kaczmarec are orga- building core muscles are just a few of nizing the event. The idea is to embody the health benefits of belly dance. the spirit of the Stone Soup (a fable about abundance that is revealed when Sunday’s celebration will benefit Wednesday people share just a little bit) and is the “What If Foundation” in Port au Youth sports sponsored by Stone Soup and Roches- Prince, Haiti with 100 per cent of ter International Dance Studio. proceeds going to the foundation. Check out our weekly Submitted photo A message from the organizers: The event will feature zumba, Youth Sports page for flamenco, belly dance and yoga lessons Jennifer Watson teaches a belly danc- “Any time one of us is injured or goes which are all family friendly. The ing class at Rochester International hungry, all of us are impacted. results, highlights and Shaia Dance Collective, a professional Dance Studio. “Many people in Rochester want to photos from Rochester belly dance group based in Rochester. respond to the disaster in Haiti but will perform, and there will be chil- ments meant to engage and captivate don’t know what to do. Sending money and area programs. dren’s activities such as story telling for life. is significant, but when disaster strikes, time and a family dance party. The routines feature interval training joining together in community is a There is also a silent auction. sessions where fast and slow rhythms natural response. Thursday The Zumba® program fuses and resistance training are combined “This event will provide a way for RCTC hoops hypnotic Latin rhythms and easy-to- to tone and sculpt your body while Rochester to join together, to celebrate burning fat. Add some Latin flavor and follow moves to create a one-of-a-kind life and give our hearts, along with our The RCTC men and fitness program. The goal is simple: for international zest into the mix and donations, to the people struggling in you to want to work out, to love working you’ve got a Zumba® class. Haiti.” women host out, and to get hooked. Story Time Yoga comes alive with Shelly Greenfield is a certified fitness Anoka-Ramsey on Fanatics achieve long-term benefits puppets and yoga poses. Carefully trainer and writes a weekly fitness column Wednesday and we’ll selected stories that naturally lend for the Post-Bulletin. If you have an idea while experiencing an absolute blast have the highlights. in one exciting hour of calorie-burning, themselves to yoga. As the story is for a fitness story, contact her at shellyg- body-energizing, awe-inspiring move- read, animals and elements of nature [email protected] •••••••• ✩ Comments? Sports editor Craig Swalboski, 285-7721, [email protected] POST-BULLETIN / www.postbulletin.com Monday, January 25, 2010 D3 Local Sports BOYS HOCKEY / JOHN MARSHALL 4, MAYO 2 Rockets reign in the great outdoors

Scott Jacobson, [email protected] John Marshall goalie Bryan King braces to make a save on a shot by Mayo’s Marcus Nigbur during Saturday’s outdoor game at Graham Park. Miller notches hat trick during soggy Hockey Day Rochester

By Jason Feldman Fairgrounds. Coaches and offi- [email protected] cials discussed playing the Reed Miller didn’t envision third period indoors, but play- himself becoming the star of ers from both sides wanted to Scott Jacobson, [email protected] the inaugural Hockey Day remain outdoors. John Marshall’s Zach Ewing and Mayo’s Zachery Goslee chase down a loose puck Saturday at Graham park during the Rochester. With the rain settling on the first annual Hockey Day Rochester. The teams battled soggy weather outside. Then again, the Rochester rink, it was difficult to move the puck, so quality scor- John Marshall junior forward Spartans lead. Taylor Sederquist assisted on p.m. on the outdoor rink. ing chances were few in the never envisioned playing in a That lead held up until the goal, cutting JM’s lead to Lecy, who initiated the S STARS hockey game where his jersey final 17 minutes. That meant 3-2. P-B’ 3 Miller’s hat trick — which he late in the first period. Miller plans for Hockey Day Roch- weighted him down because scored his first of the day at the JM regained its two-goal ester more than a year ago, 1. Reed Miller, JM: The it was thoroughly soaked by completed just 3:44 into the 11:56 mark after Zach Johnson lead late in the period as said the day went as well as rain. second period — turned out to junior forward had a hat be all the offense the Rockets kept the puck deep in Mayo’s Miller assisted on a goal by could be expected, other than trick and an assist, scoring One thing is certain, though, defenseman Matt Broman, conditions that were out of needed. zone with a strong forecheck- JM’s first three goals. after JM’s 4-2 non-conference ing effort. Miller made it 2-0 making the score 4-2. The everyone’s control. “Reed had a great day, a boys hockey victory against Rockets improved to 7-10-0 “The crowd was great and 2. Matt Broman, JM: The great game,” JM coach Scott exactly four minutes later, rival Rochester Mayo: Players, overall, while Mayo fell to we got all of the youth games sophomore defenseman Lecy said. “It was nice to see with assists from Ryan Lakin coaches and fans on both sides 3-15-0. in,” he said. “All in all it was him go hard to the net and, and Anthony Johnson. had a goal and an assist. won’t forget what it was like to The junior varsity game, a success.” be part of the first Hockey Day after getting down 1-0, it was “It was just ZJ (Zach John- scheduled for a 2:15 p.m. start, 3. Ben O’Reilly, Mayo: Rochester. nice to see us come back.” son) and all of my teammates was the only one of the eight JM 4, MAYO 2 Scored the game’s first Most of the second period Mayo took an early 1-0 lead working hard to push the puck games scheduled for the day to First period — 1. RM, Ben O’Reilly (Adam goal when he re-directed out,” Miller said. Truex, Jacob Sikkema) 2:35. 2. JM, Reed and the entire third period on a nice goal by Ben O’Reilly get postponed. All five youth Miller (Zach Johnson) 11:56 (sh). 3. JM, Miller a blast from the point by were played in a steady rain, just 2:35 into the game. Mayo After Miller completed his games were completed on the (Ryan Lakin, Anthony Johnson) 15:56. Second period — 4. JM, Miller (Matt Bro- defenseman Adam Truex. with water puddling in a few defenseman Adam Truex hat trick, Jonathan Smolders north rink at Graham Park. man) 3:44 (pp). 5. RM, Jonathan Smolders spots during the third period blasted a shot from the point pulled Mayo within a goal The Mayo-JM junior varsity (Taylor Sederquist) 7:54. 6. JM, Broman on the south rink at Graham and O’Reilly directed it past when he scored at the 7:54 (Miller) 13:40. play opportunities — RM, 0-for-3; JM, 1-for-4. game is tentatively scheduled Goalies — RM, Stefan Elde (24:54); Alex Penalties — RM, 5 minors-10 minutes; JM, Park on the Olmsted County JM goalie Bryan King for a 1-0 mark of the second period. to be played on Feb. 2 at 4 VanGalder (26:06); JM, Bryan King. Power- 4 minors-8 minutes.

GIRLS HOCKEY / JM/LOURDES 7, CENTURY 1 GIRLS HOCKEY Flesher Cook stirs up JM/Lourdes offense leads Mayo Senior forward has goal, two assists past Tigers By Jason Feldman [email protected] Spartans notch Paige Cook and her Roch- another Big Nine ester John Marshall/Lourdes teammates decided they’d be Conference victory better off to overestimate the weather conditions on Satur- By Pat Ruff day. [email protected] That led to all of the JM/L Mary Grace Flesher players shedding some scored three goals and layers from underneath their Rochester Mayo glided past uniforms after the first period Albert Lea 4-2 on Saturday on Saturday. The extra layers in a Big Nine Conference were the only things that girls hockey game. hampered JM/L all day. It It was Flesher’s third hat skated to a 7-1 victory against track of the season. intra-city rival Rochester “Mary Grace is a natural Century during the inaugu- scorer who always finds a ral Hockey Day Rochester at way to make plays despite Graham Park on the Olmsted teams keying on her,” Mayo County Fairgrounds. coach Jeff Phillips said. JM/Lourdes coach Steve Mayo won the game Russell had held an outdoor despite not being able to get practice last week to prepare in much of an offensive flow. his players for the slower Much of that had to do with speed of the outdoor ice, but p l a y i n g it didn’t truly sink in until the shorhanded players experienced it for often. themselves. Olympic Team and the Roch- ester Century boys. The U.S. Besides “At the beginning, it defi- team visited the Panthers’ Flesher’s nitely was a big adjustment,” girls locker room between s c o r i n g , said Cook, who had a goal and periods of their game Friday M a y o g o t two assists. “It was a game we against Mankato West and a s t r o n g were all looking forward to, signed autographs and posed defensive though. We love trying new for photos with the Century e f f o r t . things and getting to play players. E m m a against Century, that rivalry Leof, Kelli Flesher is a lot of fun.” “It’s been a huge weekend for us,” Century coach Dan Anderson, JM/Lourdes led 2-0 after one Maidl said. “There was not Chloe Bill- period on goals by Jiana Chez- a lot of pressure (Saturday). ings, Makin- ick and Katie Armstrong. Coach Russell and I have been zee Kazeck That lead grew to 4-0 after friends for years. We decided and Tessa two as Armstrong and Cook to make sure all of the girls R u d a l l scored once each in the second played and to just go out and played well period. Marissa Bruesewitz have fun.” on defense. and Sydney Dison also scored JM/L (6-15-0) is back in M a y o , for JM/Lourdes. action next Saturday against w h i c h Century’s lone goal came in Dodge County at 1 p.m. at o u t s h o t the third period, when Sonia the Rec Center. Century Albert Lea Laures Bakke lifted a nice backhand returns to action Thursday at 37-25, also shot off the pipe and in with Owatonna. got a goal from Kazeck. Assists in the game went to her back to the goal. JM/LOURDES 7, CENTURY 1 Rud, Gabby Laures (two), The game capped a big First period — 1. JML, Jiana Chezick (Marissa Bruesewitz, Paige Cook). 2. JML, Leof and Olivia Mewhorter. weekend for the Century Katie Armstrong (Sarah Armstrong). girls. They played in front of Second period — 3. JML, K. Armstrong The Spartans improved Photos by Scott Jacobson, [email protected] a packed house at the Roch- (unassisted). 4. JML, Cook (Chezick, Brue- to 11-9-0 overall and 6-0-0 in sewitz). the Big Nine Conference. ester Recreation Center on Third period — 6. JML, Bruesewitz (Kelly Top, Katie Armstrong of John Marshall/Lourdes works her way through the Century de- Friday, in advance of the game Bier, Cook). 7. RC, Sonia Bakke (Rose fense on Saturday at Graham Park during Hockey Day Rochester. Bottom, Hannah Nelson Mayo hosts Austin at 7:30 Wilson). 8. JML, Sydney Dison (Nicole p.m. Thursday. between the U.S. women’s Nelson). of JM/Lourdes leads the rush against Century on Saturday. •••••••• ✩ Comments? Sports editor Craig Swalboski, 285-7721, [email protected] POST-BULLETIN / www.postbulletin.com Monday, February 1, 2010 D5 Local Sports BOYS HOCKEY / LOURDES 6, FARIBAULT 3 Eagles keep top section seed in sights period goals in a 6-3 non-conference didn’t allow it to happen a fourth The Eagles feel like they’re play- Lourdes puts together boys hockey victory at Graham Arena time. Landon Farrell put home a ing their best hockey of the season on Saturday. rebound of a shot by Chezick with P-B’S 3 STARS right now, after starting the season best effort of season “(Kurth) is a great leader on and off 6:55 remaining in the third for a 5-3 1. Alex Kurth, Lourdes: The with just two wins in their first six at right time the ice,” Lourdes coach Josh Spaniol lead, then freshman Jason Samuel- senior forward scored twice to give games. They’re 10-2-1 since that said. “He did the simple things well. son completed a two-on-one break by the Eagles two-goal leads, each shaky start. By Jason Feldman That line (Kurth, Alex Dewitz and finishing a nice feed from Alex Funk time within three minutes after a “There’s no real secret recipe or with 3:50 remaining. [email protected] Ryan Nicolay), they play a lot against Faribault goal. anything,” Kurth said of the team’s the other team’s top line. It’s their turnaround. “We’ve all found our Midway through the second period, The win keeps 15th-ranked Lourdes 2. Brandyn job to keep things even, but they can (12-5-2) in line for the top seed in work ethic. Early in the season we Alex Kurth collected a pass from Chezick, Lourdes: Brandyn Chezick low in the left put the puck in the net, too.” next month’s Section 1A playoffs. It were looking to other guys to make circle, spun toward the goal and saw As nice as Kurth’s goal was, Chez- also gives Faribault — considered The senior forward things happen, now everyone is nothing but open ice. ick made the play happen by draw- by many to be the favorite in Section had three assists, taking it on themselves to work hard ing two Falcons defenders to him at 1A at the start of the season — its one in each and put out that effort.” For a split second, Kurth was the point, then banking a pass off the second loss to a section opponent in period. LOURDES 6, FARIBAULT 3 stunned to be so wide open. Then he near wall to Kurth in the circle. three days. The Falcons (12-6-0) fell First period — 1. RL, Connor Nellans 2 (Brian Wasz decided to make a play. He walked to Albert Lea, 6-4, on Thursday. 3. Alex Dewitz, 7, Andy Benner 3) 2:59. 2. RL, Alex Dewitz 7 (Rory “We worked it well up top on the Lourdes: The Vesel 13, Brandyn Chezick 10) 16:35 (pp). Second toward Faribault goalie Aaron power play with Chezick and (Rory) period — 3. F, Jack Helgeson 5 (Brandon Parker 25) The win not only is key for Lourdes 4:31 (pp). 4. RL, Alex Kurth 6 (Chezick 11, Vesel 14). Forgaard then snapped a quick wrist Vesel,” Kurth said. “Chezick drew a senior forward had shot that hit the top corner of the net, hopes of a top section seed, but it a goal and two Kurth 7:37 (pp). Third period — 5. F, Bo Putrah 21 (Brandon couple of guys to him and gave me all gives the Eagles a shot of confidence Teske 5, George Richie 14) 2:27. 6. RL, Kurth 7 just above Forgaard’s stick. assists, including (Dewitz 8) 3:34. 7. F, Richie 14 (Putrah 15) 8:21. 8. that room. I walked it to the net, had heading into a difficult stretch. They RL, Landon Farrell 3 (Chezick 12, Dewitz 9) 10:05. 9. The highlight-reel power play goal a lot of room and took the shot.” travel to top-ranked and defending an assist on Kurth’s game-winner RL, Jason Samuelson 7 (Alex Funk 8) 13:10. in the third period. Shots on goal — F, 7-5-6—18; RL, 8-8-9—25. Goal- gave the 15th-ranked Eagles a two- The goal put Lourdes up 3-1, the state champion Breck on Thursday, ies, saves — F, Aaron Forgaard (37:34, 19 shots-15 goal lead from which No. 9-ranked second of four times it held a two- followed by a home game against saves); Wyatt Andreas (13:26, 6 shots-4 saves). RL, Faribault never truly recovered. goal lead. Faribault answered the section rival New Prague on Feb. Nick Heimer (18 shots-15 saves). Power-play oppor- tunities — F, 1-for-2; RL, 2-for-3. Penalties — F, 3 Lourdes then rattled off three third- first three times, but the Eagles 6 and a game at No. 2-ranked St. Thomas Academy on Feb. 9. minors-6 minutes; RL, 2 minors-4 minutes.

BOYS HOCKEY / ROCHESTER ROUNDUP HOCKEY / GIRLS Mayo shades Panthers’ depth shows in lopsided win Big 9 leader Seven Century players Graham has 27 score in victory at saves in 3-2 win Farmington over Owatonna By Jason Feldman [email protected] By Guy N. Limbeck [email protected] Rochester Century received scoring from all parts of its lineup on Satur- OWATONNA — Mayo day, rolling to a 9-2 non-conference knocked off Big Nine Confer- boys hockey victory at Farmington. ence leader Owatonna 3-2 in girls hockey on Saturday Saturday, the Panthers’ top line night. was reunited and in late-season form. Senior wing Jordan Martini Rebecca Graham had 27 had seen time with Century’s second saves in net for the Spartans, line recently in an attempt to produce including several big stops some scoring depth, but he was back in the third period when with first-liners Cory Kautz and Drew Mayo was protecting a one- Anderson against Farmington. That goal lead. trio combined for 10 points — four “Rebecca Graham got goals, six assists — as Century scored better as the game went five second-period goals to break open on,” Mayo coach Jeff Phil- a close game. lips said. Century (12-6-0 overall) received at G a b b y least a point from its top three lines L a u r e s and from four defensemen. s c o r e d “We’ve seen the younger players the game- develop a lot as the season’s gone w i n n i n g on,” Century coach Bruce Frutiger goal on a said. “We’re seeing their confidence tip-in from a develop. They have (18) games under shot by Kelli their belts and they’re making plays Anderson. we didn’t see early in the season.” Mary Grace Three Panthers had four-point F l e s h e r , Graham games: Martini and Anderson each who finished had a goal and three assists, while with a goal and two assists, also collected an assist on Connor Faupel had two goals and two Photos by Scott Jacobson, [email protected] assists. Defenseman Wyatt Travis (one the goal. goal, one assist) and forwards Tyler Above, Mayo goalie Alexander VanGalder makes a save on Travis Seurer of Lakeville South during action Satur- Anna Billings scored Iverson (two assists) and Kautz (two day at Graham Arena. Below, Mayo’s Steve Serratore and Seurer meet behind the next as they chase a loose Mayo’s first goal in the open- goals) had two points each. puck, which pops up into the air. Mayo lost 6-0 to Section 1AA’s top-rated team. ing period on the second Calvin Bjerke and Nick Jacobs each of the season, tying him for second shift of the game. scored one goal, while Blake Heroff, on the team with Yetzer, behind only “This was a big win for us Brandon Kautz and Nick Raehsler had Zach Johnson (13). Sophomore defen- tonight,” Phillips said. “We one assist apiece. seman Ryan Lakin assisted on Mack- have struggled vs. Big Nine This week should go a long way to ey’s goal. teams at times this season. deciding the Big Nine Conference The Rockets have just six regular “Owatonna needs only to champion. Century and Winona — season games remaining. They’re back beat Winona to wrap up the current Big Nine co-leaders at 5-0-0 in action at 7:30 p.m. Thursday when Big Nine championship so each — meet tonight at Winona. they play host to Dodge County at the it was great for the girls to Century then travels to Faribault, Rochester Recreation Center. come out and beat the best which has just one conference loss, LAKEVILLE SOUTH 6, MAYO 0 the Big Nine has to offer on Thursday. right now,” Phillips added. Spartans fall to section’s best JM 2, MINNEAPOLIS WEST 0 Mayo killed off five Rochester Mayo had the same trou- Another shutout for Rockets Owatonna power plays, ble against Lakeville South that every including a 6-on-4 at the end Rochester John Marshall had gone other Section 1AA team has had so far of the game. 17 games without a shutout. The Rock- this season: South simply has too many ets now have two in their past four offensive weapons to contain. DODGE COUNTY 5, JM/L 1 games and they’re continuing to play Those weapons produced a 6-0 non- Rasmussen nets 3 goals better as the postseason draws near. conference victory against Mayo at Seventh-grader Dana With just more than three weeks Graham Arena on Saturday after- Rasmussen scored three until the Section 1AA tournament noon. goals and one assist to lead opens, JM (8-10-1 overall) is unbeaten South, whose lineup features four Dodge County past John in four consecutive games and five of players with 21 or more points, has Marshall/Lourdes 5-1 in non- its past eight. The latest win for the just three Section 1AA opponents on conference girls hockey on Rockets: A 2-0 shutout at Minneapolis its schedule this season, but it has Saturday at the Rec Center. West on Saturday. beaten all three — Mayo, Rochester Katie Armstrong scored JM’s defense and goalie Bryan King Century and Lakeville North — by a a goal for JM/L, assisted by played a strong all-around game, as combined score of 19-1. South is 11-8-0 Megan Dekutoski, in the first King stopped all 20 shots he faced. overall. period to tie the game at JM was outshot, 20-17, but the Rockets South, which is likely to be the top 1-1. Dodge County snapped held West without a goal in five power- seed in next month’s section tourna- the tie with a goal late in play opportunities. ment, also holds wins over quality the second period and then After a scoreless first period, Ryan Class AA opponents Burnsville and scored three times in the Yetzer got the Rockets on the board, Cretin-Derham Hall, as well as Blake, third to put the game away. the No. 8-ranked team in Class A. scoring with an assist from Reed “They just sort of took it Miller at the 7:55 mark of the second Mayo falls to 4-16-0 overall. The to us in the third period,” period. The goal changed the momen- Spartans have just five regular season JM/L coach Steve Russell tum of the game as it came just more games remaining, a stretch that begins about 20 seconds apart. goal for the Rockets in the third said. “They have a good than a minute after JM had killed four at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Mankato West young team.” minutes of West power plays that came Eric Mackey added the insurance period. It is Mackey’s seventh goal in a Big Nine Conference game. Darby Dodds and Maddi Tibben also had goals for JUNIOR HOCKEY / ROCHESTER ICE HAWKS Dodge County (14-10) while Kortney Kleber collected two assists. “It was a close game,” Ice Hawks move into first with weekend sweep Dodge County coach Jeremy By Ben Pherson Rochester defeated the Minne- three assists. Rochester completed the sweep Gunderson said. “Our girls were just able to finish their [email protected] sota Wildcats 10-1 on Friday night. On Saturday, the Ice Hawks with Sunday’s 3-1 win in Spooner, chances around the net.” The Ice Hawks outshot the Wild- topped the Wisconsin Mustangs Wis. The Rochester Ice Hawks cats 46-12. completed another weekend 4-2. Rochester trailed 2-1 heading Eriksson was back in goal, and Dodge County held a 29-12 Jordan Yaggy earned the win in into the third but rallied for three he recorded 25 stops. shot advantage. Freshman sweep and moved into first placed goal, recording 11 saves. in the Minnesota Junior Hockey goals to put the game away. Korby Anderson broke out with Anna Hunter had 11 saves Eight different players scored to collect the win for Dodge League standings for the first time Justin Phelps, Volk, Walters and a pair of goals, and Sanchez added goals. George Jackson led the County. Mia Bruesewitz had this season. Sanchez scored goals. Sanchez, a goal and an assist. way with a hat trick. Morgan 24 saves for JM/L. The Ice Hawks jumped past the Sanchez, Alex Campbell, Ryan Walters and Volk also had one The Ice Hawks hit the road for Granite City Lumberjacks in the Hurd, Myles Flott, Zack King, Cory assist each. a rare Thursday game in St. Cloud JM/L (6-17 overall) hosts MnJHL standings and now have Volk and Trevor Wight had one Simon Eriksson notched the win against the Granite City Lumber- Anderson Winona on Monday at 5:30 a 34-7-0-1 record. goal apiece. Shaun Walters added in goal, recording 23 saves. jacks. p.m. at the Rec Center. •••••••• ✩ Comments? Sports editor Craig Swalboski, 285-7721, [email protected] POST-BULLETIN / www.postbulletin.com Tuesday, February 2, 2010 D3 Local Sports BOYS HOCKEY / BIG NINE CONFERENCE Century in driver’s seat with win over Winona By Jason Feldman puck on Monday, Winona (5-1-0, 13-4- each for Century, he made the save,” Century coach [email protected] 1) showed the energy of a team look- while Faupel had Bruce Frutiger said. ing to avenge an overtime loss to three and Matt Mills AT A GLANCE Rochester Century knew what Century has three conference Century in last year’s section quar- added one. was waiting for it at Bud King Ice games remaining — Thursday at What happened: Century terfinals. The Winhawks led 2-1 after Arena: A Winona team with revenge Sophomore Brock Faribault, Feb. 11 against John turned back Winona 5-2 Monday one period on goals by Jay Moran Kautz stopped 18 Marshall and Feb. 18 at Mankato on its mind and a Big Nine Confer- and John Sanvik. Connor Faupel in a matchup of teams that were shots, including a East. Wins in two of those three ence championship in its sights for scored for Century in the first, with unbeaten in Big Nine Conference play. the first time. momentum-turning games would guarantee Century at a wrist shot from the top of the right save on a 2-on-0 What it means: The Panthers will Century weathered the Winhawks’ least a share of the conference title. circle. Winona breakaway win at least a share of the Big Nine early storm and remained unbeaten Century took the lead for good in the third. Century Century is the lone remaining in conference play with a 5-2 victory on power-play goals in the second Faupel turned the puck unbeaten team in Big Nine play. title if they win two of their three on Monday. The Panthers (6-0-0 Big period by Cory Kautz and Nick over on a power play Winona and Faribault each have remaining conference games, and Nine, 13-6-0 overall) are now in the Raehsler. Kautz and Luke Klugherz while leading 3-2. A Winona player one loss. Faribault will present an can win the title outright by winning driver’s seat to capture their fifth added goals 22 seconds apart in the carried the puck in deep, then slid equally difficult challenge for the all three. conference title in six years after third period against Winona goalie a pass across the crease, but Kautz Panthers on Thursday. What’s next: A Thursday game at handing Winona its first conference Garret Welle, who made 40 saves. somehow stretched his pad to the “We need to stay poised with loss of the season. Cory Kautz, Drew Anderson and far post to make the save. the puck, move it well and use our Faribault, which also has only one From the opening drop of the Jordan Martini had two assists “I don’t know how he did it, but speed,” Frutiger said. conference loss.

GIRLS HOCKEY / ROCHESTER ROUNDUP OF THE ATHLETE WEEK JM/Lourdes loses in Blake Lea • senior • Rushford-Peterson • boys basketball overtime to Winona • Lea, a 5-foot-8 guard, helped the Trojans to two wins in three games last week when he totaled 64 points. He had 22 points in a 59-56 loss to By Donny Henn day Cafferty had 14 saves for Southland, 21 points in a 75-68 win over Lanesboro, and 21 points in a [email protected] the Winhawks. 66-59 win over Chatfield. R-P (10-7) has now won eight of its last 10. Rochester John Marshall/ “We played very well but we’ve just been snake-bit this Lea hit a total of 11 of 20 3-point attempts in those three games last Lourdes had a lead after year,” said JM/Lourdes coach week. He went 5-for-9 from beyond the arc, then 3-for-5, then 3-for-6. He was two periods but couldn’t Steve Russell. “It’s not the 11-for-20 on 2-point attempts. He also played superior defense, according hold it and lost 3-2 in over- first time that we came out to R-P coach Tom Vix. time to Winona in a Big Nine Conference girls hockey game on the short end of a one-goal • Lea is a two-year starter who has been on the varsity since his fresh- Monday at the game.” man year and was all-Three Rivers Conference last year. Rec Center. JM/Lourdes, 6-18 overall, • Quote: “The thing about (Lea) is he’s a tremendous competitor. He M a r i s s a plays its next game at 7:30 p.m. doesn’t like to lose. He competes on every play. There are not that many Bruese- Thursday at Albert Lea. kids who really do that. He doesn’t take a break.” — Tom Vix. witz scored NEW RICHMOND 7, CENTURY 0 — Pat Ruff u n a s s i s t e d Panthers fall again goals for JM/ The Post-Bulletin Athlete of the Week is a feature on outstand- Lourdes in NEW RICHMOND, Wis. ing Rochester area athletes of all ages and runs every Tuesday. We the first and — Rochester Century had a welcome your nominations: send them to sports editor Craig Swalboski second peri- decent first period, but fell at P.O. Box 6118, Rochester, MN 55903 or [email protected] ods and JM/ again Monday night, losing 7-0 to New Richmond (Wis.) Lourdes led Bruesewitz 2-1 after two in non-conference action. periods. The Panthers trailed 2-0 But Winona tied the game after the first period and 5-0 GIRLS BASKETBALL / ROCHESTER ROUNDUP with four minutes remaining after the second. In goal for in regulation and then scored Century was Rachel Wohl- first in overtime. It was the ford. New Richmond outshot Winhawks’ second win over Century 36-5. Century extends win string to four JM/Lourdes this season, “New Richmond passed following a 1-0 decision a few the puck well and they were By Donny Henn Free throws: AL 11-12, CENT 17-27. Gile 0, Jenna Mcdonough 9, Kayla Sandvik 7, Jena Kadlec 13, Melissa Williams 2, Hannah Petersen 4, Morgan Sandvik 0. weeks earlier. physical,” Century coach Dan [email protected] Three-point goals: AL 3 (Arends 3), CENT 1 (Lindsey 1). LOURDES 63, LA CRESCENT 47 Other stats: Team 30 percent FG, 32 rebounds; McDonough JM/Lourdes goalie Michelle Maidl said. The Rochester Century girls basket- 9 rebounds; Schiltz 7 rebounds, 4 assists. Bonapace-Potvin made 24 Century hosts Faribault at Eagles lead by 30 at halftime Halftime: LOU 42, LAC 12. ball team has the ball bouncing in the saves, and Winona goalie Lins- Graham Arena on Thursday. right direction again with its fourth LA CRESCENT — Rochester Lourdes Free throws: LOU 8-13, LAC 5-9. Three-point goals: LOU 7 (Helt 3, Neuman 4), LAC 6 (Schiltz straight win Monday night. capitalized on La Crescent’s cold shoot- 1, Mcdonough 1, Sandvik 1, Kadlec 3). Century beat Albert Lea 52-44 in a Big ing and surged to an insurmountable Notes: La Crescent shot 12 percent from the field in the first Nine Conference game at the Century lead by halftime at 42-12. half to help Lourdes jump out to a 30-point half time lead.The Lancers fought back within 14, but couldn’t get any closer as LOCAL CALENDAR gym for its fourth straight win, all confer- La Crescent shot just 12 percent from Lourdes remains undefeated in conference play. ence games, which follows a three-game the field in the first half. The Lancers TODAY Lourdes at Breck, 7:30 p.m. losing streak. played better in the second half, but OWATONNA 47, JOHN MARSHALL 34 High School Boys Hockey Mayo at Mankato West (Mankato All Century got back never got closer than 14 points. Rockets falter in final minutes Owatonna at Lourdes (Graham Seasons Arena), 7:30 p.m. above .500 at 9-8 overall, “We started real strong and everything Rochester John Marshall put up a Arena), 7:30 p.m. High School Girls Hockey and 7-4 in the confer- went in,” Lourdes coach Myron Glass good fight against the Big Nine Confer- Adapted Floor Hockey JM at Albert Lea (Albert Lea City ence. Albert Lea is 8-9, explained. “We really played well and ence frontrunner, but Owatonna pulled Rochester Raiders at Minneapolis Arena), 7:30 p.m. 5-5 in the Big Nine. shot well.” away in the second half to a 47-34 win in South. Faribault at Century (Graham Arena), a girls basketball game Monday night at WEDNESDAY 7:30 p.m. “We are coming along Four players scored after a rough stretch the JM gym. Junior College Men’s Basketball Mankato West at Mayo (Graham in double figures for Arena), 5:30 p.m. of games, but we still “Our kids played hard; the score Minneapolis at RCTC, 8 p.m. Lourdes, led by senior High School Gymnastics need to improve as we doesn’t indicate the closeness of the Junior College Women’s Basketball center Laura Melquist JM, Mayo, Century at Mankato hit sections,” Century with 17 points. The game,” said JM coach Terry Heider- Minneapolis at RCTC, 6 p.m. Cochran Quadrangular (Mankato Old Armory), coach Aaron Berg said. senior center also had scheit. “Owatonna plays well; we THURSDAY 6 p.m. The Panthers attacked nine rebounds and four scrapped and kept it close until about High School Girls Basketball High School Boys Swimming/Diving five minutes to go.” with a balanced offense, with three play- blocks. Lourdes made JM at Faribault, 7:30 p.m. Mankato East at Century (Mayo ers scoring in double figures. Mallory seven three-pointers, Owatonna improved to 11-0 in the High School Wrestling Pool), 6 p.m. Cochran had team highs with 13 points with three early ones Big Nine padded its conference lead to Owatonna at Mayo, 7 p.m. JM at Winona, 6 p.m. and eight rebounds. from Stephanie Helt, Melquist three full games over Rochester Mayo. High School Boys Hockey Mayo at Faribault, 6 p.m. For Albert Lea, Abbey Arends scored and four in the second The Huskies are 12-5 overall. JM is 2-15, Century at Faribault (Faribault Ice Junior College Wrestling half from Aubrey Neumann. 15 points. Century had a 17-11 scoring 2-10 in the conference. Arena), 7:30 p.m. RCTC at Ridgewater Dual (Willmar), edge at the free throw line. Jena Kadlec led La Crescent with 13 Courtney Hayford led Owatonna with Dodge County at JM (Rec Center), 7 p.m. “Some sloppy play was mixed in with points. 16 points and Trisha Benjamin added 7:30 p.m. some great play and needs to go,” Berg “They’re a good, quick team,” Glass 14. said. “One of our goals tonight was to said. “This was a good road win for us, No player scored in double figures for make more free throws than they shot, on our longest trip of the year.” JM. Kristi Thelen had eight points and and meeting that goal helped us achieve Lourdes improved to 16-2 overall and five rebounds. a victory.” 8-0 in the HVL Gold Division. La Cres- Heiderscheit said it’s a big week for Century plays a non-conference game cent is 13-6, 3-5 in the HVL Gold. the Rockets. JM is at Faribault on Thurs- Thursday at Farmington. Lourdes plays at Byron on Friday day, and then plays host to Minneapolis Century 52, Albert Lea 44 night. South on Saturday afternoon. ALBERT LEA (44) Owatonna 47, John Marshall 34 Skyler Anderson 4, Taylor Friehl 2, Alyssa Sager 9, Morgan Lourdes 63, La Crescent 47 OWATONNA (47) Stadheim 8, Abbey Arends 15, Mikaela Pierson 6. LOURDES (63) Sam Anderson 5, Courtney Hayford 16, Sarah Mccann 4, CENTURY (52) Stephanie Helt 15, Olivia Muyres 0, Hanna Anderson 0, Au- Katie Rockensock 6, Maren Wille 2, Trisha Benjamin 14. Taylor Wells 8, Lizzie Stenhaug 12, Maggie Pumper 4, brey Neumann 12, Jessie Wilcken 0, Betsey Daly 4, Casey JOHN MARSHALL (34) Mishawna Lindsey 10, Heather Tally 2, Jessica Hazelton 3, Huber 0, Shelby Hanssen 15, Laura Melquist 17. SStilltill Rochester’sRochester’s HHomeome ooff thethe BBlues!lues! Mallory Cochran 13. Other stats: Team 43 percent FG, 35 rebounds; Hans- Christina Block 4, Katelyn Rushton 6, Kristi Thelen 8, Ashley Luedke 0, Megan Byrne 0, Trisha Radke 0, Elle Ferguson 2, Other stats: Cochran 8 rebounds, 2 steals; Lindsey 7 re- sen 11 rebounds; Melquist 9 rebounds, 4 blocks; Daly 5 re- Jeanne Wesley 6, Megan Haynes 8, Millie Krolak 0. Stop in for the Big Football Game Specials - Feb. 7 bounds, 3 steals; Stenhaug 5 rebounds, 3 steals, 3 assists; bounds; Wilcken 6 assists, 3 steals; Helt 5 assists; Anderson Tally 3 rebounds; Wells 4 rebounds, 4 steals; Pumper 3 as- 3 steals. Halftime: JM 17, OWA 17. Free Appetizers, Drink Specials and Prizes sists. LA CRESCENT (47) Free throws: OWA 15/20, JM 7/12. Halftime: CENT 28, AL 22. Skylar Minegar 7, Brooke Kubicek 0, Stacy Schiltz 5, Taylor Three-point goals: OWA 2 (Hayford), JM 1 (Wesley).

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Sports editor Craig Swalboski, 285-7721, [email protected] POST-BULLETIN / www.postbulletin.com Thursday, February 4, 2010 D5 Local Sports HALL OF FAME / QUARTERBACKS CLUB 5 chosen for Rochester Hall of Fame By Bob Brown won 309 games and made four a football scholarship. Voted the and played in 68 games with the record at that time. Continues to For the Post-Bulletin appearances in state tournaments. team’s Most Valuable Player as a Oilers in 1992-93 and 1993-94. Signed reside in Rochester and is employed If you like a variety of sports, the Podein, a 1986 John Marshall grad- freshman, named all-conference as a free agent by the Philadelphia in the computer business and does Rochester Quarterbacks Club will uate, played hockey in high school as a junior and as a senior served Flyers in 1994 and was a member of woodworking on the side. have just that at its 20th annual Hall before going on to play for the Roch- as the team’s co-captain and was the Flyers’ Stanley Cup finals team DAN O’CONNOR again named all-conference in addi- in 1997. Traded to the Colorado of Fame induction ceremony on ester Mustangs, Minnesota-Duluth has practically been his tion to being selected the league’s Avalanche in 1998 and played for the April 19 at Mayo Civic Auditorium. and four teams in the National life. His dad, Jack, was a boxer and Hockey League. He was a member most valuable lineman. Was named Colorado Stanley Cup championship The four individuals who will today is still training fighters. His of the 2001 team to a pair of all-American teams. team in 2001. Afer that season he was join the Hall and the Ben Sternberg brother, Pat, was a national Golden that won the Stanley Cup title. Drafted in the ninth round by the also awarded the King Clancy Memo- Memorial winner represent five NFL’s St. Louis Cardinals. The son of rial Trophy for his leadership role Gloves champion and a highly different sports. Raver, a 1973 John Marshall grad- successful professional boxer. uate, set a state high school high former Rochester police chief James in Humanitarian efforts. Traded to The hall of fame class of 2010 Dan himself had about 200 amateur jump record of 7 feet, 1 inch that still Macken. Currently employed as a the St. Lous Blues for the 2001-2002 includes Gene Macken (football), stands today. special education teacher at Nicolet season before winding up his hockey fights, won three regional Golden Dale Massey (baseball), Shjon Podein High School in Glendale, Wis. playing career in Sweden in 2004. Gloves titles and an Upper Midwest (hockey) and Rod Raver (track and O’Connor has been involved in Has established the Shjon Podein championship. He served on the DALE MASSEY field). The Ben Sternberg Award boxing all his life, first as a fighter Children’s Foundation and runs a board of the Silver Lake Boxing will go to Dan O’Connor (boxing). The and trainer and then as one of the Retired after a long and successful charity golf tournament every year in Gym in the 1990s before helping to founders of Rochester’s highly award is named for longtime Quar- baseball coaching career at Mayo Rochester to benefit that cause. start the Fourth Street Gym, which successful Fourth Street Gym that terbacks Club president Ben Stern- High School. In 29 years at Mayo continues to flourish today. The offers help to troubled kids. ROD RAVER berg and goes to an individual who his teams won 309 games and lost gym isn’t just a boxing gym, but it 256 and earned berths in the state A 1973 John Marshall graduate. has made outstanding contributions Tickets for the April 19 dinner, at has become a place where Dan and tournament four times. A member of Two-time Minnesota state high school to the Rochester sports community. $25 each, are being sold by Roch- others mentor troubled kids and the Minnesota High School Coaches high jump champion. Turned in what Macken, a 1968 Lourdes graduate, ester Quarterbacks Club members, young adults. Weekly Bible study including president Ed Rauen. Hall of Fame. Still heavily involved ranks as one of the most outstand- played on two LHS state Catholic ing individual performances in the classes are conducted at the gym. Here’s a capsule look at the five in all levels of baseball in Rochester, championship football teams and history of state high school sports in Boxers from the Fourth Street Gym individuals who will be honored: including the Rochester Royals. then went on to South Dakota State 1973 when he cleared 7 feet, 1 inch to have won three Upper Midwest team where he was a starter for four years GENE MACKEN SHJON PODEIN set a record that still stands 37 years titles and in 2004 Raphael Butler, and was selected to a pair of All- A 1968 Lourdes graduate. Played A 1986 John Marshall graduate. later. He entered the competition fighting out of Fourth Street Gym and American teams as a senior. He was on Lourdes state Catholic football Played hockey at JM, then went on with the bar at 6-2 and on his first trained by Dan O’Connor, became drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals, championship teams in 1966 and to play at American International, attempts cleared 6-2, 6-4, 6-6, 6-8, 6-10, only the second boxer from Roches- but never played a regular season 1967. Wrestled for two years at LHS with the Rochester Mustangs and 7-0 and 7-1. His jump of 7-1 was the ter to win a national Golden Gloves game in the NFL. and served as co-captain his senior University of Minnesota-Duluth. Was best in the nation by a high schooler championship. Dan O’Connor and Massey coached baseball at Mayo year when he compiled a 19-1 record. drafted by the Edmonton Oilers of that season and was only one-half wife, Debbie, run their own construc- High School for 29 years. His teams Went on to South Dakota State on the in 1990 inch off the national high school tion business in Rochester.

BOYS HOCKEY STATISTICS BASKETBALL SCORING LEADERS Brett Henslin ...... 15 157 10.4 CENTURY PANTHERS GIRLS Dylan Bungum ...... 15 99 6.6 Player G A Pts. BIG NINE CONFERENCE Logan Erdmann ...... 15 59 3.9 ZUMBROTA-MAZEPPA COUGARS Cory Kautz ...... 24 19 43 ALBERT LEA TIGERS Drew Anderson ...... 14 28 42 Cody Lodermeier . . . . . 14 209 14.9 Gms Pts Avg Bryan Hinrichs ...... 14 164 11.7 Jordan Martini ...... 17 16 33 Abbey Arends...... 11 170 15.4 Connor Faupel ...... 13 18 31 Scott Floterud ...... 14 137 9.8 Morgan Stadheim...... 11 143 13.0 Decker Starr ...... 13 58 4.5 Nick Raehsler...... 10 12 22 Mikaela Pierson ...... 11 96 8.7 Nick Jacobs ...... 5 7 12 FARIBAULT FALCONS THREE RIVERS CONFERENCE Tyler Iverson ...... 5 4 9 Michaela Smith ...... 9 144 16.0 CALEDONIA WARRIORS Blake Heroff ...... 1 7 8 Jenna Henry...... 9 132 14.7 Ethan Llapham...... 16 196 12.3 Wyatt Travis ...... 3 5 8 Marisa Amacher ...... 9 66 7.3 Cody Hagstad...... 17 181 10.6 Brett Applegath ...... 2 6 8 *MANKATO WEST SCARLETS Mitch Reiser ...... 12 114 9.5 Brandon Kautz ...... 2 6 8 Martini Chezick Emily Doyle ...... 17 198 11.7 Fay Buck B. Kramer Larsen Isaac Fruechte ...... 17 140 8.2 Matt Mills ...... 1 3 4 Clarissa Ahlquist ...... 17 123 7.2 Josh Gran ...... 14 95 6.8 Luke Klugherz ...... 2 2 4 (Century) (Lourdes) Cara Christiansen...... 17 118 7.0 (Gr. Meadow) (Red Wing) (Hayfield) (Stewartville) CHATFIELD GOPHERS Justin Powers ...... 1 2 3 OWATONNA HUSKIES Erik Hilgren ...... 15 156 10.4 Brandon Sauter ...... 0 2 2 THREE RIVERS CONFERENCE Jacey Anderson ...... 18 155 8.6 Courtney Hayford ...... 17 210 12.4 Jake Peterson ...... 15 108 7.2 Nate Musta ...... 0 1 1 Becky Myhre ...... 18 133 7.3 Trisha Benjamin ...... 17 207 12.2 CALEDONIA WARRIORS Josh Bernard ...... 14 69 4.9 Nathan Larson ...... 0 1 1 Taylor Elton ...... 17 104 6.1 Sarah McCann ...... 17 172 10.1 Amber Sorenson...... 21 402 19.1 DOVER-EYOTA EAGLES Calvin Bjerke ...... 1 0 1 Aly Meyer...... 21 332 15.8 Jordan Olerud...... 18 102 5.6 Blair Johnson ...... 18 276 15.3 CENTURY PANTHERS Goalie W-L-T GAA SvPct. Emma Lange ...... 17 166 9.8 Ryan Hartman ...... 18 255 14.2 Mallory Cochran ...... 15 167 11.1 MISSOTA CONFERENCE Brock Kautz ...... 9-4-0 2.00 .919 Bobbi Jo Schuttemeier. . 21 152 7.2 Luke Wilder ...... 16 125 7.8 Lizzie Stenhaug ...... 15 158 10.5 RED WING WINGERS Cam Sellnow ...... 4-2-0 2.97 .858 Nate Vang ...... 18 137 7.6 Katy Scherer ...... 14 106 7.6 CHATFIELD GOPHERS Tesha Buck ...... 17 252 14.8 Mishawna Lindsey . . . . . 15 95 6.3 Emily Miller ...... 18 249 13.8 Olivia Johnson ...... 16 184 11.5 FILLMORE CENTRAL FALCONS Jordan Jarland ...... 15 258 17.2 MAYO SPARTANS Kaitlyn Keefe ...... 18 175 9.7 LOURDES EAGLES Colton Hampel ...... 15 144 9.6 Rachel Doll ...... 17 160 9.4 Emily VonWald ...... 16 151 9.4 Player G A Pts. BOYS Dalton Wollert ...... 15 118 7.9 Ali Moat...... 17 149 8.8 Karen Sass ...... 18 153 8.5 LEWISTON-ALTURA CARDINALS Rory Vesel ...... 5 14 19 Anna Hirssig ...... 17 129 7.6 Mackenzie Kerska . . . . . 18 98 5.4 BIG NINE CONFERENCE Brett Egland...... 18 248 13.8 Brandyn Chezick ...... 7 12 19 Lauren Ulsh ...... 17 128 7.5 DOVER-EYOTA EAGLES Games Pts. Avg. Travis Weaver ...... 18 183 10.2 Alex Funk ...... 9 8 17 VanGalder King Julie Miller ...... 17 106 6.2 Jodi Batzel ...... 17 259 15.2 CENTURY PANTHERS Josh Ehlenfeldt ...... 17 127 7.5 Jason Samuelson ...... 7 10 17 WINONA WINHAWKS Alycia Courson ...... 20 300 15.0 Ater Manyang...... 15 218 14.5 Jay Peoples ...... 18 130 7.2 Alex Kurth ...... 7 9 16 (Mayo) (JM) Megan Lueck ...... 16 346 21.6 Desirae Lee ...... 20 239 12.0 Nate Kruisselbrink . . . . 15 213 14.2 Alex Dewitz ...... 7 9 16 Briana Mayer ...... 20 110 5.5 Dan Fleissner...... 14 156 11.1 PLAINVIEW-ELGIN-MILLVILLE BULLDOGS Alec Brandrup ...... 4 10 14 HIAWATHA VALLEY LEAGUE FILLMORE CENTRAL FALCONS Jared Malone ...... 14 99 7.1 Cole Olstad ...... 20 452 22.6 Brian Wasz ...... 4 7 11 JM ROCKETS BYRON BEARS Connor Nagle ...... 19 366 19.3 Josh Gentling ...... 15 73 4.9 Clay Olstad ...... 20 256 12.8 Ryan Nicolay ...... 7 2 9 Michael Pick ...... 20 231 11.6 Player G A Pts. Erika McRoberts...... 18 194 10.8 Tricia Harstad ...... 19 190 10.0 JOHN MARSHALL ROCKETS Sam Slightam ...... 2 5 7 Landon Flies ...... 20 211 10.6 Zach Johnson ...... 13 7 20 Becky Murry ...... 18 145 8.0 KINGSLAND KNIGHTS Nate Miller...... 15 176 12.4 Andy Benner ...... 3 3 6 Chris Conrad ...... 12 105 8.8 Eric Mackey ...... 7 5 12 Cortney Kasten ...... 17 133 7.8 Molly Greiner ...... 18 234 13.0 Ryan Rushton...... 14 116 8.2 RUSHFORD-PETERSON TROJANS Karl Krecke ...... 0 4 4 Ryan Yetzer ...... 7 4 11 Kaytlin Remold...... 16 123 7.7 Erin Bernard...... 18 214 11.9 John Mattison ...... 15 116 7.7 Blake Lea ...... 17 287 16.9 Connor Nellans ...... 2 2 4 Reed Miller ...... 5 6 11 Sam Toft ...... 18 129 7.1 Cheyenne Losey ...... 18 179 9.4 Kadri Plott ...... 12 57 3.7 Kasey Olloff ...... 17 181 10.6 Nick Schoeberl ...... 0 3 3 Anthony Johnson ...... 3 6 9 CANNON FALLS BOMBERS Morgan Thomas ...... 18 106 5.8 Louis Hermansen . . . . . 15 56 3.7 Brad Ebner...... 17 139 8.2 Landon Farrell ...... 3 0 3 Matt Broman ...... 2 6 8 Natalie Reindardy ...... 20 126 6.8 Shawna Berhow ...... 18 93 5.1 MAYO SPARTANS ST. CHARLES SAINTS Matt Roth ...... 1 0 1 Jared Kristo ...... 5 1 6 Katie Schreyer ...... 19 111 5.8 LEWISTON-ALTURA CARDINALS Michael Idso ...... 16 201 12.6 Brooks Grebin ...... 17 237 13.9 Robby Campbell ...... 1 0 1 Jason Macken ...... 1 4 5 Sam Wolter ...... 20 102 5.3 Jenny Mundt ...... 20 202 10.1 Michael Franzone . . . . . 16 181 11.3 Eric Potvin...... 1 0 1 Natalie Kalmes ...... 20 177 8.9 Ian Hathaway ...... 16 154 9.6 Joe Montgomery...... 17 209 12.3 Ryan Lakin ...... 2 3 5 GOODHUE WILDCATS Goalie W-L-T GAA SvPct. Brooke Heim ...... 20 168 8.4 Sam Calcagno ...... 16 142 8.9 Matt Putzier ...... 16 137 8.6 Matt Cyr ...... 0 4 4 Grace Majerus ...... 18 170 9.4 Mark Greve ...... 6-2-1 1.76 .881 Danielle Harstad ...... 20 111 5.6 Cody Gallaher...... 16 64 4.0 Jared Seinola ...... 17 138 8.1 Alex Antolak ...... 1 3 4 Courtney Hinsch...... 18 147 8.2 Nick Heimer ...... 6-3-1 2.55 .858 PLAINVIEW-ELGIN-MILLVILLE BULLDOGS SOUTHLAND REBELS Tom Foley ...... 2 2 4 Erica Tipcke ...... 17 120 7.0 HIAWATHA VALLEY LEAGUE Katie Schmit ...... 10 111 11.1 Chris May ...... 15 168 11.2 Zach Ewing ...... 0 2 2 Laura Watson...... 18 120 6.7 BYRON BEARS Hannah Jech ...... 14 133 9.5 Alan May ...... 16 174 10.9 Goalie W-L-T GAA SvPct. Chanel Robert ...... 18 111 6.3 Zach Soutwick ...... 16 206 12.9 MAYO SPARTANS Courtney Schwartz . . . . . 17 136 8.0 Mike Goergen...... 17 180 10.6 Bryan King ...... 8-8-1 3.15 .898 Anne Lodermeier ...... 18 103 5.7 Evan Moris...... 16 181 11.3 Kaylyn Wohlers...... 16 104 6.5 Nick Schmitz ...... 17 112 6.6 Player G A Pts. Matt Potoracke...... 0-2-0 4.50 .818 Kyle Krings ...... 15 149 15.0 HAYFIELD VIKINGS RUSHFORD-PETERSON TROJANS WABASHA-KELLOGG FALCONS Adam Truex ...... 8 7 15 Miles McNeil ...... 16 123 7.7 Kiley Severson ...... 18 248 13.7 Jade Pelzl ...... 19 323 17.0 Jordan Dick ...... 18 378 21.0 Ben O’Reilly ...... 10 4 14 Rosh Fuchs ...... 16 108 6.8 RED WING WINGERS Jordyn Krekling...... 19 241 12.7 Laura Rislove ...... 19 160 8.4 Cullen Shanrock ...... 18 155 8.6 Jacob Sikkema ...... 3 11 14 GOODHUE WILDCATS Kayla Garness ...... 20 127 6.4 Kenzie Lind ...... 19 154 8.1 Zach Wolfe...... 18 149 8.3 Alex Heroff ...... 8 5 13 Player G A Pts. Blayne Erie ...... 17 411 24.2 Beth Felten ...... 20 125 6.3 Michelle Ruberg ...... 19 127 6.7 Holden Hartert ...... 18 132 7.3 Jonathan Smolders ...... 4 7 11 Patrick Noesen ...... 15 16 31 Ashton Erie ...... 17 281 16.5 Amy Todd...... 19 114 6.0 Spencer Lee ...... 7 4 11 Jake O’Borsky ...... 15 13 28 KASSON-MANTORVILLE KOMETS HAYFIELD VIKINGS SOUTHEAST CONFERENCE ST. CHARLES SAINTS James Powers ...... 2 9 11 Jared Nelson ...... 8 9 17 Bre Barrett...... 19 142 7.4 Tanner Kramer ...... 17 285 16.8 HOUSTON HURRICANES Kim Storey...... 15 320 21.3 Marcus Nigbur ...... 5 5 10 Josh Mensing ...... 6 7 13 Autumn Ehlke...... 19 136 7.1 Bobbie Stephens . . . . . 17 192 11.3 Cody Lange ...... 12 119 9.9 Taige Thorson ...... 17 166 9.8 Justin McLaughlin ...... 5 5 10 Kas Mapel ...... 5 5 10 Kaeley Erichsen ...... 12 85 7.0 Kody Kramer ...... 17 167 9.8 Nick Henderson ...... 12 90 7.5 Stacia Heim ...... 17 160 9.4 Tayler Sederquist ...... 0 4 4 Jack Strusz ...... 2 3 5 Kameryn Kleber ...... 17 113 6.6 Tyler Krekling ...... 17 118 6.9 Tye Carrier ...... 12 85 7.0 Cassidy Bailey ...... 15 126 8.4 Steve Serratore ...... 0 3 3 Hunter Kuyath ...... 0 3 3 Holly Peterson ...... 16 105 6.5 Brady Kramer ...... 17 60 3.5 Josh Vix...... 12 69 5.8 SOUTHLAND REBELS Jack Dingle ...... 1 2 3 Marcus Noesen ...... 1 2 3 Kaia Buck ...... 19 121 6.3 Connor Caruso ...... 11 63 5.7 Jana Schammel ...... 18 246 13.7 KASSON-MANTORVILLE KOMETS Alexander Herold ...... 2 0 2 Henry Jaeger ...... 0 3 3 LA CRESCENT LANCERS LANESBORO BURROS Haley Janssen ...... 14 216 15.4 Alex Ek ...... 16 219 13.7 Taylor Hurley ...... 0 1 1 Dan D’Aquisto ...... 1 1 2 Jena Kadlec ...... 19 352 18.5 Brett Hungerholt...... 14 247 17.6 Brandi Schammel ...... 18 154 8.6 Phil Oertli...... 16 154 9.6 Derek McMasters ...... 1 0 1 Austin Anderson ...... 1 1 2 Jenna McDonough . . . . . 19 263 13.8 Braden Hanson ...... 14 147 10.5 Madi Schmitz ...... 18 144 8.0 Jake Hodge ...... 16 131 8.2 Cam Wagner ...... 0 1 1 Mike Stegora ...... 1 1 2 Lucas Johnson ...... 14 134 9.6 LAKE CITY TIGERS Kelli Smith...... 18 94 5.2 David Kraft...... 16 89 5.6 Goalie W-L-T GAA SvPct. Ross Elford ...... 0 1 1 Erika Meincke ...... 18 244 13.6 James Peterson ...... 16 76 4.8 Tyler Johnson...... 14 87 6.2 Alex VanGalder ...... 3-7-0 4.88 .858 Dayton Johnson...... 0 1 1 Carley Siewert ...... 19 90 4.7 WABASHA-KELLOGG FALCONS KENYON-WANAMINGO KNIGHTS Jacob Rogers ...... 14 84 6.0 Stefan Elde ...... 1-8-0 5.88 .800 Ryan Rehder ...... 0 1 1 Emily Sprick ...... 18 85 4.7 Nicole Alexander ...... 20 213 10.7 Brandon Quam ...... 13 182 14.0 MABEL-CANTON COUGARS Michael DeBusman ... 0-1-0 6.75 .812 Emily Huth ...... 20 211 10.6 Joe Smith15 ...... 173 11.5 Goalie W-L-T GAA SvPct. PINE ISLAND PANTHERS Brady Anfinson...... 13 146 11.2 Amy Wallerich ...... 20 195 9.8 Steve Smith ...... 16 142 8.9 Sam Amendolar ...... 7-10-0 4.34 .835 Cede Finstuen ...... 20 170 8.5 Jamie Hiner ...... 13 119 9.2 Taylor Lerum ...... 18 115 6.4 Dustin Solberg ...... 16 120 7.5 Abe Rohan ...... 1-0-0 4.50 .829 Courtnry Pahl ...... 20 136 6.8 Peder Sviggum ...... 13 101 7.8 DODGE COUNTY WILDCATS Karli Harris ...... 18 106 5.9 Travis Nichols ...... 16 100 6.3 Mattie Shelton ...... 20 123 6.1 Ben Metcalf ...... 13 99 7.6 Player G A Pts. Amanda Feils ...... 20 113 5.7 Dalton Stoen ...... 16 89 5.6 LOURDES EAGLES LOURDES EAGLES Austin Head ...... 9 10 19 BIG NINE CONFERENCE SPRING GROVE LIONS Laura Melquist ...... 19 346 18.2 SOUTHEAST CONFERENCE Tyler Greguson ...... 13 194 14.9 Charlie Snyder ...... 8 9 17 Aric Elton ...... 16 362 22.6 Player G A Pts. Shelby Hanssen ...... 19 162 8.5 GRAND MEADOW SUPERLARKS Sam Daly...... 13 168 12.9 Drew Wohlfiel ...... 10 7 17 Dakotah Rostad ...... 8 94 11.8 Jay Moran (Winona) ...... 19 30 49 Aubrey Neumann ...... 19 128 6.7 Abbie Fay...... 17 187 11.0 Alex Kapraun ...... 13 114 8.7 Nic Enerson ...... 6 4 10 Blaine Storlie ...... 16 131 8.2 Taylor Ries (East) ...... 26 22 48 Steph Helt ...... 19 120 6.3 Alex Swanson...... 17 174 10.2 Nic Jensen...... 12 58 4.8 Shane McWhirter ...... 4 6 10 Aaron Theis (Winona) ...... 16 30 46 Hannah Anderson...... 17 102 6.0 Allison Glynn ...... 17 147 8.6 PINE ISLANDERS PANTHERS GOPHER CONFERENCE Zach Possehl ...... 3 4 7 Dan Billiar (East) ...... 16 28 44 Kristine Gerber...... 17 106 6.2 Jake Erdahl ...... 7 78 11.1 BLOOMING PRAIRIE BLOSSOMS Tanner Keller ...... 4 3 7 Cory Kautz (Cent.)...... 24 19 43 STEWARTVILLE TIGERS Will Walter ...... 13 96 7.4 HOUSTON HURRICANES Cooper Nelson ...... 11 197 17.9 Dillon Stevens ...... 1 4 5 Drew Anderson (Cent.) ...... 14 28 42 Julie Rainey ...... 18 254 14.1 Austin McGee ...... 12 91 7.6 Astri Runningen ...... 18 212 11.8 Robert Hofius...... 9 101 11.2 Ben Langan ...... 3 2 5 Kyle Florin (Winona) ...... 28 11 39 Shawnna Sperber ...... 18 178 9.9 Trevor Akason ...... 13 85 6.5 Lierin Carrier ...... 18 113 6.3 Justen Ingvalson . . . . . 11 82 7.5 Joe Hughes ...... 2 2 4 Bo Putrah (Faribault) ...... 21 18 39 Shannon Curtis ...... 18 146 8.1 Kukson...... 13 56 4.3 Whitney Wieser ...... 17 107 6.3 Isaac Clark ...... 11 44 4.0 Tanor Quam ...... 1 3 4 Ryan Willaert (East) ...... 15 21 36 TRITON COBRAS STEWARTVILLE TIGERS Kyler Ryberg ...... 1 1 2 Jordan Martini (Cent.) ...... 17 16 33 Rachel Tate ...... 18 162 9.0 LEROY-OSTRANDER CARDINALS Isaac Tapp...... 10 117 11.7 NOTE: Coaches from the Big Nine Drake Condon ...... 0 1 1 Goalie W-L-T GAA Pct. Brie Clark...... 18 96 5.3 Kaylee Bunne...... 15 263 17.5 John Gisler...... 16 173 10.8 Conference, Hiawatha Valley League, Jake Martin ...... 1 0 1 (Min. 8 games played) Taylor Staffon...... 18 74 4.1 Rachel Rosedahl ...... 15 189 12.6 Brandon Larsen ...... 16 161 10.1 Three Rivers, Southeast and Missota Nick Schmitz ...... 0 1 1 Brock Kautz (Cent) ...... 9-4-0 2.00 .919 ZUMBROTA-MAZEPPA COUGARS McKinze Bunne ...... 15 188 12.3 Trevor Dale ...... 16 83 5.2 Conferences are asked to submit their Tyler Paulson ...... 1 0 1 Aaron Forgaard (Far) ...... 9-2-0 2.67 .894 Ashley Hinsch ...... 18 275 15.3 SPRING GROVE LIONS Sean Hohmeister . . . . . 16 78 4.8 team’s scoring leaders each week by Goalie W-L-T GAA SvPct. Garret Welle (Win) ...... 11-3-0 2.70 .907 Amber Jentsch ...... 18 129 7.2 Brooke Johnson ...... 18 210 11.6 TRITON COBRAS noon Wednesday to dhenn@postbul- Dustin Stevens...... 6-8-0 3.85 .874 Wyatt Andreas (Far) ...... 4-4-0 2.80 .882 Laura Huneke ...... 18 112 6.2 Katelyn Bjerke ...... 18 163 9.0 Garrett Schaefer...... 15 252 16.8 letin.com (girls) or pruff@postbulletin. Isaac Hoehn ...... 2-2-1 3.16 .901 Bryan King (JM) ...... 8-8-1 3.15 .898 Laura Brunner ...... 14 75 5.4 Richell Mehus ...... 18 162 9.0 Logan Spitzack...... 15 235 15.6 com (boys).

GIRLS HOCKEY STATISTICS STATE POLLS GIRLS HOCKEY Kayla Fjelstad ...... 1 1 2 Shelby Kiltinen ...... 0 1 1 The Associated Press poll for Minnesota JOHN MARSHALL/LOURDES Sam Carlson ...... 1 1 2 Eryn Larsen ...... 0 1 1 girls’ high school hockey, provided by Let’s Katie Trangsrud ...... 0 1 1 Sam McElmury ...... 0 1 1 Player G A Pts. Play Hockey newspaper. First-place votes Chloe Billings ...... 1 0 1 Mikayla O’Connor ...... 0 1 1 Marissa Bruesewitz ...... 20 10 30 are in parentheses. Goalie W-L-T GAA SvPct. Goalie W-L-T GAA SvPct. Class AA Class A Sarah Armstrong ...... 10 9 19 Rebecca Graham ...... 6-7-1 3.41 .884 Anna Hunter ...... 14-9-0 3.19 .874 1. Roseville (6) 1. Warroad (10) Eleanor Lemish ...... 8 5 13 Jamie Clay ...... 5-0-0 1.77 .904 Sarah Underwood ...... 0-0-0 0.00 .000 Katie Armstrong ...... 6 5 11 2. Minnetonka(4) 2. Breck 3. Blake Megan Dekutoski ...... 3 6 10 3. Edina 4. Irondale 4. Crookston Kelly Bier ...... 2 7 9 DODGE COUNTY WILDCATS RED WING WINGERS 5. Elk River/Zim- 5. Mound-Weston- Nicole Nelson...... 4 3 7 Player G A Pts. Player G A Pts. merman ka Sydney Dison ...... 3 3 6 Kortney Kleber ...... 20 22 42 Rosie Alleva ...... 28 24 52 6. Hopkins 6. South St. Paige Cook ...... 2 4 6 Dana Rasmussen ...... 13 19 32 Nicole Schammel ...... 25 15 40 7. Hill-Murray Paul Sydney Valentine ...... 2 3 5 Dekutoski Laures Kleber Schammel Emily Gunderson ...... 10 21 31 Paige Haley ...... 8 15 23 8. White Bear 7. Red Wing Jiana Chezick ...... 2 3 5 Darby Dodds ...... 20 10 30 Lydia Wagner ...... 15 4 19 Lake 8. East Grand Julie Thelen ...... 3 1 4 (JM/Lourdes) (Mayo) (Dodge County) (Red Wing) Alaina Pappas ...... 9 6 15 Annie Gorman ...... 5 12 17 9. Roseau Forks 9. Totino-Grace Hannah Nelson ...... 1 3 4 Matti Tibben...... 11 4 15 Reagan Haley ...... 1 13 14 10. Stillwater Rose Johnson ...... 5 7 12 Elle Anderson ...... 1 10 11 11. Benilde-St. Mar- 10. Rogers Breanna Englund ...... 1 2 3 Makinzee Kazeck...... 6 6 12 MAYO SPARTANS Mackenzie McCormack ...... 3 8 11 Hailey Busch ...... 5 6 11 Jackie Friedrich ...... 0 6 6 garet’s 11. Orono Laura Fisher ...... 0 3 3 Ashley Lushinsky ...... 2 7 9 Emily Stegora ...... 0 3 3 12. Bemidji 12. Eveleth-Gilbert Kelli Anderson ...... 4 4 8 Andrea Dripps ...... 0 1 1 Player G A Pts. Courtney Quam ...... 3 2 5 Cori Fairbanks ...... 0 2 2 13. Lakeville 13. Visitation/SPA Courtney Schubauer ...... 6 1 7 Goalie W-L-T GAA SvPct. Mary Grace Flesher ...... 26 18 44 Emily Mundy...... 1 3 4 Maddie Olin ...... 1 0 1 South United M. Bonapace-Potvin ..4-13-0 3.17 .892 Anna Billings ...... 7 8 15 Tessa Rud ...... 2 4 6 Brienna Westrom ...... 3 1 4 Goalie W-L-T GAA SvPct. 14. Eden Prairie 14. Simley Mia Bruesewitz ...... 2-4-0 3.71 .883 Emma Leof ...... 7 7 14 Olivia Mehwhorter ...... 3 3 6 Emily Rohlik ...... 0 3 3 Lisa Nibbe ...... 11-6-0 2.06 .300 15. Centennial 15. Faribault Brittany Arthur ...... 1-0-0 0.75 .875 Gabby Laures ...... 3 10 13 Allie Durigan ...... 2 1 3 Emmylou Hermanson ...... 1 1 2 Quinn McGough ...... 5-1-0 1.80 .890 •••••••• ✩ D6 POST-BULLETIN / www.postbulletin.com Friday, February 5, 2010 Comments? Sports editor Craig Swalboski, 285-7721, [email protected] Local Sports BOYS HOCKEY / ROCHESTER ROUNDUP Eagles finish one shy against No. 1 Lourdes plays well, drops close game BOYS STANDINGS BIG NINE CONFERENCE at Breck Conf. Overall W-L-T Pts. W-L-T By Jason Feldman Faribault ...... 6-1-0 12 15-6-0 Rochester Century ....6-1-0 12 13-7-0 [email protected] Winona ...... 5-2-0 10 13-5-1 Rochester Lourdes stood toe- Albert Lea ...... 4-2-0 8 9-9-1 Rochester JM ...... 3-2-0 6 9-10-1 to-toe with the No. 1 team in Owatonna ...... 3-3-0 6 5-12-4 the state and nearly knocked Rochester Mayo ...... 3-4-0 6 5-16-0 off defending state boys Austin ...... 1-5-0 2 7-12-0 hockey cham- Mankato West ...... 1-6-0 2 7-11-1 pion Breck. Mankato East...... 0-6-0 0 9-11-0 * — conference game The THURSDAY, FEB. 4 13th-ranked *Faribault 6, Century 5, OT Eagles fell *Mayo 3, Mankato West 1 *Owatonna 4, Winona 1 2 - 1 t o t h e *Austin 6, Mankato East 5 Mustangs, the John Marshall 1, Dodge County 0 same team SATURDAY, FEB. 6 that Lourdes *John Marshall at Albert Lea, ppd. fell to in from Dec. 8 Le Sueur-Henderson/St. Peter at Austin the opening Rogers at Faribault Heimer round of the MONDAY, FEB. 8 Class A state Luverne at Mankato East tournament a TUESDAY, FEB. 9 year ago. *John Marshall at Mankato East *Owatonna at Mayo Thursday, Breck (17-2-0 Century at Rosemount overall) looked poised to skate Albert Lea at Mankato West away from the Eagles as Mike Austin at Winona THURSDAY, FEB. 11 Morin scored on a break- *John Marshall at Century away just 1:30 into the game. *Mankato East at Albert Lea Scott Jacobson [email protected] Lourdes junior goalie Nick *Mankato West at Austin Heimer wasn’t fazed, though, *Faribault at Winona John Marshall’s Anthony Johnson beats Dodge County’s Nic Enerson to a loose puck and turns the play the other way during stopping 23 of 25 shots in the SATURDAY, FEB. 13 their game Thursday at the Recreation Center. *Austin at Owatonna, ppd. from Dec. game. 8 returned from injuries. The Rockets (9-10-1 overall) “It was the best game he’s Century at Mayo “It was a nice, total team recorded their third shutout played for us this year,” Northfield at Mankato West Holy Family Catholic at Faribault effort,” Hookom said, “(and) of the season as junior goalie Lourdes coach Josh Spaniol Powers was great tonight. He Bryan King stopped 22 shots. said. JM also extended its unbeaten ing just 53 seconds into the played very tenacious and led Alex Funk tied the score by example.” streak to five games; the Rock- for Lourdes at the 5:00 mark second period when Nate ets are 4-0-1 in that span. Olsen scored off a feed from Mayo plays host to Owatonna of the second period, with on Tuesday in a conference Dodge County fell to 8-11-1 assists from Alex Kurth and Nate Jose. The Scarlets’ lone lead lasted less than a minute, game. overall and has dropped two Jason Samuelson. The tie was in a row after a three-game short-lived, though, as Morin though, as Derek McMasters JM 1, DODGE COUNTY 0 scored 1:50 into the period, winning streak. netted the game-winner just King records third shutout “We’ve had good games 1:55 later. with assists from Cam Wagner and Powers. Rochester John Marshall against them for three years Lourdes (12-6-2) had several and Dodge County have played O’Reilly scored his first now,” JM coach Scott Lecy quality chances in the closing some entertaining games in said. “They always come to minute with Heimer pulled, goal of the night, the game- recent seasons. winner, at 11:28, from Justin play; they work hard and it but couldn’t get a break to go Dodge County has topped showed in the 1-0 score.” its way. McLaughlin and Steve Serra- tore. O’Reilly then capped JM the past two seasons in Dodge County returns to “To come out and be a the scoring 2:21 into the third, a section tournament first- action Tuesday when it plays Scott Jacobson [email protected] round game. JM won at Dodge bounce away from tying it up assisted by defenseman Adam host to Waseca. JM plays a Dodge County’s Joe Hughes gains the offensive zone and tries at the end ... it was a really Truex. County in overtime last year Big Nine Conference game at good effort,” Spaniol said. during the regular season. to get around John Marshall’s Reed Miller. West outshot Mayo (3-4-0 Big Albert Lea on Saturday. A tough stretch of the sched- Nine, 5-16-0 overall) 30-22, but So it was no surprise to FARIBAULT 6, CENTURY 5, OT Century (6-1-0 Big Nine, trick for the Falcons and Jack ule continues for Lourdes on players or fans on either side VanGalder was up to the task, First Big 9 loss for Century 13-7-0 overall) built a 3-0 lead Helgeson scored a power-play Saturday, when it plays host to that Thursday’s game at the making 29 saves. Rochester Century’s hopes in the first period on goals by goal in overtime on a shot Section 1A rival New Prague. Rochester Recreation Center Tyler Iverson, Jordan Martini from just inside the top of the “Van Galder played very of a Big Nine Conference The Eagles then travel to No. was decided by the slimmest and Nick Jacobs, but the circle that beat Brock Kautz well,” Mayo assistant coach championship are still alive, 2-ranked St. Thomas Academy of margins. JM junior Ryan Falcons (6-1-0, 15-6-0) rallied (24 saves) high, just inside the Dustin Hookom said. “He was but after a 6-5 overtime loss on Tuesday. Yetzer scored the game’s lone to pull within 3-2 after one post and the crossbar. on his game and square to the at Faribault on Thursday, the goal, seven minutes into the period. “It was a nice start to go MAYO 3, WEST 1 puck on most shots. His hard second period as the Rockets Panthers may have to settle work in practice has paid for a share of the title for a The score was tied 4-4 after up three goals,” Century Spartans play complete game topped the Wildcats 1-0. two periods, as Cory Kautz coach Bruce Frutiger said, Rochester Mayo received off.” second consecutive season. Yetzer’s goal came when he scored for Century, but Farib- “and I’m pleased with the two goals from Ben O’Reilly Hookom said the Spartans Century and Faribault, both took a pass from Matt Broman, ault grabbed a 5-4 lead early way we battled back when and strong defensive efforts were very good on the penalty 6-1 in Big Nine play, each beat a Dodge County defender in the third. Century forced we needed to, but we did not from senior defenseman kill, too, including killing a have two conference games at the blue line, skated into the overtime when Wyatt Travis play defense in the defensive James Powers and goalie Alex 5-on-3 in the third period. remaining. Winona, Albert zone and fired a shot that beat scored at the 9:46 mark of the zone the way we’re capable Van Galder in picking up a 3-1 Mayo also had its complete Lea and John Marshall are Wildcats goalie Dustin Stevens third period, with an assist of.” Big Nine Conference victory at lineup in place for the first looming right behind the (21 saves) to his blocker side. from Nick Raehsler. Mankato West on Thursday. time this season as Spen- leaders; each of those teams Century plays at Rose- That was all the scoring either Sean Lipinski had a hat mount on Tuesday. West opened the scor- cer Lee and Jacob Sikkema team could manage. have two losses.

GIRLS HOCKEY / ROCHESTER ROUNDUP Flesher Bonapace-Potvin, leads Alleva named finalists ald ( Irondale) and Amy Olson Ten candidates for (Roseau). Spartans Ms. Hockey Award Nine of the 10 players named as finalists are commit- By Guy N. Limbeck By Ben Pherson ted to a Division I school for [email protected] [email protected] next season, Mary Grace Flesher scored including Let’s Play Hockey news- three goals to lead Rochester three in the paper announced Thursday Mayo past Mankato West 6-2 WCHA and the top 10 candidates for the in Big Nine Conference girls two in the annual Ms. Hockey Award, hockey on Thursday. Ivy League. which will be presented All the final- It was Flesher’s fifth hat to the top senior girls high ists appear trick of the season. school hockey player in to be great “Mary Grace Flesher once Minnesota. again demonstrated her scor- students, Making the too, as they ing ability,” Mayo coach Jeff top-10 list is Phillips said. c a r r y a Alleva Red Wing cumulative The game was 2-2 after High School grade-point average of 3.78. one period when Macken- senior Rose Alleva is the lone player from zie McCormack and Olivia Alleva. She Class A. Mewhorter scored in the is one of Rochester John Marshall/ second period to put Mayo in the state’s Lourdes senior Michelle control. McCormack added best defen- Bonapace-Potvin also was her second goal of the game in semen, and honored. Bonapace-Potvin has the third period and Flesher she leads been named a top-10 finalist for completed her hat trick. Minnesota Bona-Potvin the LPH Senior Goalie of the in scoring “She was really flying into Year Award. the net tonight, jumping on among defensemen. Alleva is rebounds and it paid off,” Elizabeth Nida Obert [email protected] headed to Princeton to play The top five finalists for the Phillips said of McCormack. college hockey next season. Ms. Hockey Award will be Century senior Kelly Rosenblad, right, competes against Faribault Thursday at Graham Arena. named in the Feb. 18 edition Other finalists include Gabby Laures collected a The Panthers fell 6-0. of Let’s Play Hockey, with the Lauren Barnes (Burnsville), pair of assists for Mayo. The winner announced at the Ms. A. LEA 3, JM/LOURDES 2 OT into the extra period. Sidney Conley, who is just a Bethany Brausen (Roseville Spartans held a 32-19 shots Hockey Awards Banquet at 11:30 seventh-grader, had 30 saves Area), Corinne Buie (Edina), advantage. 2nd-period lead slips away It was the sixth straight one- a.m. on Sunday, Feb. 28, at the for Albert Lea. It was Albert Amanda Colin (Burnsville), Rebecca Graham was in ALBERT LEA — John goal loss for JM/Lourdes, and St. Paul RiverCentre. the second straight in over- Lea’s second win over JM/ Dana Gallop (Grand Rapids/ net and made 17 saves for the Marshall/Lourdes had a lead The five finalists for the Senior Spartans. after two periods but couldn’t time. Lourdes this season. Greenway), Julia Gilbert (Proctor/Hermantown/ Goalie of the Year Award will Mayo had lost its last two hold it in a 3-2 overtime loss to “We had plenty of chances JM/Lourdes (6-19) will play a ), Cara John- be named in the Feb. 11 edition games to Mankato West. Albert Lea on Thursday to end again to score the game- Section 1AA tournament game on Wednesday. son (Hopkins), Gina McDon- of Let’s Play Hockey. “We started a little slow the regular season. winner, but it just went the other way,” said JM/Lourdes with only six shots in the first Sarah Armstrong and Elea- FARIBAULT 6, CENTURY 0 the best three periods we have in goal for Century and had coach Steve Russell. “It’s been period but after the break nor Lemish both scored goals all year. We got beat 6-0, but 12 saves in the first period. a frustrating stretch but we’re Panthers collect 15 shots the girls came out flying and on each others’ assists, one in we had 15 shots, and had good Rachel Wohlford had 24 saves trying to stay positive.” Juniors Shelby Salmonsen really put the pressure on the first period and one in the and Maiya Gare scored two shots. Their goalie just made the final two periods. Both in both the second and the second, and JM/Lourdes led Russell said that Katie goals each to lead Faribault good saves and we didn’t goalies allowed three goals. 2-1 after two. Armstrong and Kelly Bier third period,” Phillips said. past host Century. finish.” Century (1-23 overall, 0-9 Big both played strong games, and “Between our defense and our But Albert Lea scored early Faribault had a 42-15 shot Nine) finishes regular-season goalie Michelle Bonapace- “Fairbault’s a good team,” goalie we never let them back in the third period to tie the advantage. play on Saturday at noon at Potvin had a good game with Century coach Dan Maidl in the game.” game, and the Tigers added said.”I think we put together Mankato East. the game-winner four minutes 25 saves. Sultanna White started •••••••• ✩ Comments? Sports editor Craig Swalboski, 285-7721, [email protected] POST-BULLETIN / www.postbulletin.com Wednesday, February 10, 2010 D5 Local Sports BOYS BASKETBALL STANDINGS SECTION 1AA GIRLS HOCKEY PREVIEW BIG NINE CONFERENCE Kingsland at St. Charles Holy Angels 63, Prior Lake 60 CENTURY with four players scoring more than 30 points. early in the season. The Spartans also lost Conf Overall Southland at Caledonia Hutchinson 55, Northfield 51 Seed, record: No. 9, 1-23-0. Kortney Kleber led the way with 43 points, to Lakeville South (5-1) in January. Their only W L W L FRIDAY, FEB. 12 Farmington 64, Red Wing 63 Coach: Dan Maidl. piling up 20 goals and 23 assists. Dana other section loss was to Winona (2-1). The Winona...... 11 0 17 1 Spring Grove at Fillmore Central FRIDAY, FEB. 12 Rasmussen had 15 goals and 20 assists for Spartan tied No. 3 Farmington, 1-1. Team leaders: Stats for Century were not 35 points, while Emily Gunderson (10 goals, Owatonna ...... 9 2 14 5 Rushford-Peterson at Lewiston-Altura Hutchinson at Red Wing updated on the girls hockey coaches asso- FARMINGTON Dover-Eyota at Pine Island Prior Lake at New Prague 22 assists) and Darby Dodds (20 goals, 12 Mankato West ...... 9 2 10 4 ciation Web site. Stats for just 12 games assists) had 32 points apiece. Seed, record: No. 3, 17-7-1 Century...... 5 5 10 6 Holy Angels at Northfield were included. Through 12 games, Sonia Goalies: Anna Hunter has been the team’s Coach: Jon Holmes. Mankato East...... 5 6 8 10 SOUTHEAST CONFERENCE Shakopee at Farmington Bakke was the team’s leading scorer with Conf Overall No. 1 goalie all season. She has played in Stats: Krystal Baumann and Hannah Al- Faribault ...... 5 6 7 10 three goals and three assists. Alison Schult exander are Farmington’s top two players. W L W L HIAWATHA VALLEY LEAGUE had two goals and one assists, while Alison all 25 games, putting together a 3.18 goals Mayo ...... 4 6 6 11 Baumann scored a section-best 38 goals East Division Gold Division Schulte had two goals. against average and a .876 saves percentage. Austin ...... 4 7 6 9 Sarah Underwood is her backup. during the regular season. She also had John Marshall ...... 1 9 1 15 Lanesboro ...... 9 2 11 6 Conf Overall Goalies: Sultanna White and Hannah Kautto 15 assists for 53 total points. Alexander Spring Grove ...... 8 4 10 9 W L W L have shared time in net (stats include just Streaks, notes: The Wildcats ended the Albert Lea ...... 0 10 2 14 season by winning seven of their last eight finished with 17 goals and 32 assists for Mabel-Canton ...... 6 5 6 12 La Crescent ...... 9 0 18 1 12 games). White has a .728 saves percent- TUESDAY, FEB. 9 games and 10 of their last 12. They did 49 points. Angie Schull was the next clos- Houston ...... 5 6 6 11 Byron ...... 7 1 15 2 age and a 10.78 goals-against average, while Albert Lea at Owatonna, ppd., to Feb. 27 not play their first-round opponent (Farming- est scorer with seven goals and 16 assists Kautto had a .773 saves percentage and a Austin at John Marshall, ppd. to Feb. 18 Hope Lutheran ...... 0 12 0 17 Lourdes ...... 4 4 12 6 ton) during the regular season. During one for 23 points. 9.26 GAA. Rachel Wohlford also played one *Robbinsdale Armstrong at Faribault, ppd. West Division Kasson-Mantorville . . . .4 4 11 6 stretch, the Wildcats posted three consecutive Goalies: The Tigers used just one goalie all game in goal. to Saturday Lyle/Austin Pacelli . . .10 2 13 5 Stewartville...... 3 6 6 11 shutouts. The Wildcats’ only losses in 2010 season — Jessica Erchul. She went 17-7-1 Century at Mankato West, ppd. to Feb. Glenville-Emmons . . . . .7 4 11 5 Hayfield ...... 2 7 8 11 Streaks, notes: Century hasn’t scored a were to No. 5-seeded Owatonna (5-3) and and had a 1.81 goals-against average and 18 Grand Meadow...... 5 7 8 9 Winona Cotter ...... 1 8 4 14 goal in its past four games. The Panthers Class A Austin (3-2). Dodge County recovered a .917 saves percentage. scored eight goals in their lone win at the Winona at Mayo, ppd. to March 4 LeRoy-Ostrander ...... 2 10 3 16 Blue Division from a 1-4-0 start to the season. Streaks, notes: The Tigers won the competi- THURSDAY, FEB. 11 Lake City ...... 6 2 11 6 Sertoma Shootout, but they scored just 11 MONDAY, FEB. 8 total goals in their other 23 games and were OWATONNA tive Missota Conference with a 12-2 league Austin at Waseca Cannon Falls ...... 6 3 12 7 Hope Lutheran at Spring Grove, ppd shut out 14 times. The Panthers have cut Seed, record: No. 5, 15-8-2. record, holding off Prior Lake (10-3-1), Red Mankato West at Fairmont Kenyon-Wanamingo . . . .6 3 11 4 Lanesboro 70, LeRoy-Ostrander 42 back on their goals against over their past Coach: Tim Hunst. Wing (8-4) and Shakopee (8-3). Farmington FRIDAY, FEB. 12 *Glenville-Emmons at Cannon Valley Lu- Goodhue...... 5 3 11 9 four games, allowing 7 twice and 6 twice. has been hot and cold throughout the year. It John Marshall at Mankato East theran Zumbrota-Mazeppa . . .4 4 10 6 Stats: Cailyn McCauley is one of the sec- started the season with a five-game winning Century played JM/Lourdes twice during the tion’s best players. She scored a whopping Mayo at Austin *Lyle/Pacelli at Medford Triton ...... 3 6 9 8 streak, including a one-goal win over Class season and lost 9-1 and 7-1. 31 goals during the regular season and Faribault at Albert Lea Pine Island...... 0 9 1 16 A power Red Wing and another one-goal win TUESDAY, FEB. 9 added 28 assists for 59 points. Christina JM/LOURDES over Wayzata. But then the Tigers lost four Mankato West at Winona Lanesboro at Houston, ppd. Note: Games between Blue and Gold Rozeske had 19 goals and 18 assists for Seed, record: No. 8, 7-18-0. straight, including section losses to Lakeville Owatonna at Century Glenville-Emmons at Mabel-Canton, ppd. teams are not counted as conference 37 points, while Emily Cochran finished with Coach: Steve Russell. South (4-0) and Owatonna (4-3). Farmington Grand Meadow at Lyle/Pacelli, ppd. games. 10 goals and 23 assists for 33 points. THREE RIVERS CONFERENCE TUESDAY, FEB. 9 was tough at the end of the season, winning THURSDAY, FEB. 11 Stats: Marissa Bruesewitz has having a Paige Lysne added six goals and 13 assists Conf Overall Lourdes at Kasson-Mantorville, ppd. to nine of its last 10 games. Hope Lutheran at Mabel-Canton great season. She leads JM/Lourdes with 30 for 19 points. W L W L Feb. 22 points, including 20 goals and 10 assists. Goalies: Keshia Reuvers has been Owa- LAKEVILLE NORTH Plainview-Elgin-Millville 15 0 19 2 FRIDAY, FEB. 12 Stewartville at Hayfield, ppd. to Feb. 15 Sarah Armstrong has 21 points with 11 tonna’s every-day goalie. She has played in Seed, record: No. 2, 11-13-1 Caledonia ...... 10 3 14 4 Lyle/Pacelli at Hope Lutheran goals and 10 assists. Eleanor Lemish (15), Triton at Zumbrota-Mazeppa, ppd. to Feb. 23 games, compiling a 2.38 goals-against Grand Meadow at Mabel-Canton Katie Armstrong (11) and Megan Dekutoski Coach: Buck Kochevar. Wabasha-Kellogg...... 9 5 13 7 18 average and a .919 saves percentage. Glenville-Emmons at Lanesboro (10) also reached double-figures in points Stats: North did not regularly enter its Southland...... 9 6 11 8 Cotter at Byron, ppd. to Saturday Reuvers has four shutouts. Mallorie Dietz LeRoy-Ostrander at Houston this season. stats into the coaches association Web site. Fillmore Central ...... 7 7 10 7 Pine Island at Cannon Falls, ppd. entered six games, earning a 2.01 GAA and With 10 games entered, Alexis Joyce was Rushford-Peterson. . . . .7 7 11 8 Spring Grove at Fillmore Central Lake City at Goodhue, ppd. to Thursday Goalies: Michelle Bonapace-Potvin is the a .907 saves percentage. the team’s top scorer with nine goals and Kingsland ...... 6 8 7 11 MISSOTA CONFERENCE *Blooming Prairie at Kenyon-Wanamingo, team’s No. 1 goalie, but coach Russell has Streaks, notes: Owatonna won four of Dover-Eyota...... 6 9 8 12 canceled used three goalies regularly this season. eight assists for 17 points. Conf Overall its final five games. However, the Huskies St. Charles ...... 5 10 7 11 THURSDAY, FEB. 11 Bonapace-Potvin, who’s headed to the Univer- Goalies: North splits time between goalies W L W L lone loss in that stretch was to Rochester Lewiston-Altura ...... 3 12 4 16 Kenyon-Wanamingo at Zumbrota-Mazeppa sity of North Dakota, has a 3.15 goals-against Cassie Alexander and Dani Dexter. Dexter had Holy Angels ...... 7 0 11 8 Mayo, their first-round opponent. The Spartans Chatfield...... 2 12 2 17 Pine Island at Bethlehem Academy average and a .892 saves percentage. Mia played the most through 10 games, going Shakopee ...... 5 1 12 5 beat the Huskies twice during the season. TUESDAY, FEB. 9 FRIDAY, FEB. 12 Bruesewitz entered 15 games this season Owatonna has played very well against the 1-5-1 with a 3.67 goals-against average and Hutchinson ...... 5 2 16 2 a .826 saves percentage. P-E-M at Rushford-Peterson Cannon Falls at Goodhue and had a 2-4 record. She had a 3.71 section’s top seeds, though. The Huskies New Prague ...... 4 2 12 6 GAA saverage and a .883 saves percentage. St. Charles at Chatfield, ppd. to Saturday Lake City at Triton skated to a 3-3 tie with No. 2-seeded Streaks, notes: North struggled to end the Farmington ...... 3 4 5 14 Brittany Arthur picked up one win in goal Wabasha-Kellogg at Southland La Crescent at Byron Lakeville North and suffered a 1-0 loss to season, winning just two of its final seven Prior Lake ...... 2 5 3 16 this year and had a .75 gAA and a .875 Lewiston-Altura at Kingsland, ppd. to Feb. Lourdes at Winona Cotter top-seeded Lakeville South. games. Other than a pair of losses to Lakev- Northfield ...... 1 6 3 15 saves percentage. ille South, North faced just two section foes 20 Kasson-Mantorville at Hayfield Red Wing ...... 0 7 3 15 Streaks, notes: The Rockets have been MAYO during the season. The Panthers defeated THURSDAY, FEB. 11 Dover-Eyota at Pine Island TUESDAY, FEB. 9 a great first-period team, outscoring their Seed, record: No. 4, 13-10-1 Rochester Mayo 5-2 early in the season and Fillmore Central at Dover-Eyota Kenyon-Wanamingo at Stewartville New Prague at Shakopee, ppd. to Feb. opponents 26-17 in the opening frame. But Coach: Jeff Phillips. tied Owatonna 3-3 in December. Chatfield at Wabasha-Kellogg 18 * — non-conference games they were outscored 34-17 in the third period Stats: Mary Grace Flesher is the city of LAKEVILLE SOUTH nad 3-0 in overtimes. The Rockets ended Rochester’s top-scoring player. She has 29 Seed, record: No. 1, 19-5-1 the season with a pair of one-goal losses goals and 19 assists for 48 points, and to Winona and Albert Lea. They also had the senior did that against the toughest Coach: Perry Wilkinson. a three-game winning streak at the end of schedule ever tackled by Mayo. Anna Billing Stats: Morgan Fritz-Ward is one of the GIRLS BASKETBALL STANDINGS January, notching wins against Mankato East, scored 17 points on eight goals and nine section’s best players. She put up 30 goals Austin and Rochester Century. *La Crescent 55, Arcadia, Wis. 35 assists, while Emma Leof (seven goals, seven and 23 assists for 53 points. But South BIG NINE CONFERENCE SOUTHEAST CONFERENCE had very balanced scoring, with three play- *Faribault B.A. at Kenyon-Wanamingo, WINONA assists) and Gabby Laures (three goals, 11 Conf Overall East Division ers scoring more than 40 points. Mara Post canceled assists) had 14 points apiece. Mackenzie W L W L Conf Overall Seed, record: No. 7, 12-9-0. finished with 42 points, collecting 18 goals *Winona Cotter at Plainview-Elgin-Millville, McCormack (five goals, eight assists) and Owatonna ...... 12 0 13 5 W L W L Coach: Tom Sanvik. and 24 assists. Sam Moore also had 42 postponed Makinzee Kazeck (six goals, seven assists) Faribault ...... 9 4 10 8 Spring Grove ...... 12 0 16 4 Stats: Winona’s games were not reported added 13 points apiece. points, including 16 goals and 26 assists. TUESDAY, FEB. 9 Century...... 8 4 10 9 Lanesboro ...... 8 6 8 11 to the coaches assocation Web site. KK Naasz added 29 points on 11 goals Kasson-Mantorville at Lourdes, ppd. to Goalies: Rebecca Graham has been the Mayo ...... 8 4 9 10 Mabel-Canton ...... 7 6 7 11 Goalies: No statistics available. and 18 assists. Thursday team’s regular goalie, with Jamie Clay provid- Winona...... 7 5 9 8 Houston ...... 4 11 5 16 Goalies: Chelsea Laden is the team’s No. Hayfield at Stewartville, ppd. to Thursday Streaks, notes: Winona started the season ing a very capable backup. Graham played Albert Lea ...... 6 5 8 10 Hope Lutheran ...... 4 9 6 10 1 goalie. She played in 24 games, going Byron at Winona Cotter, ppd. to Feb. 15 4-7, but since then the Winhawks have been in 17 games and had a 3.29 goals-against Mankato East...... 4 9 5 14 West Division one of the top teams in the Big Nine Confer- average and a .888 saves percentage. Clay 18-5-1 and earning a 1.95 goals-against Mankato West ...... 4 9 4 14 Goodhue at Lake City, ppd. to Thursday LeRoy-Ostrander . . . . .14 1 19 2 ence. They wetn on a seven-game winning played in just six games, but she was average and a .923 saves percentage. Sam Austin ...... 2 10 3 15 Zumbrota-Mazeppa at Triton, ppd. Hanson provided backup, playing in three Grand Meadow...... 9 6 11 8 streak that ended recently with a 3-1 loss 5-0 with a 1.77 GAA and a .904 saves John Marshall ...... 2 11 2 17 Cannon Falls at Pine Island, ppd. games. She did not allow a goal in 85 Glenville-Emmons . . . . .8 6 10 10 to Mankato West. The Winhawks won eight percentage. FRIDAY, FEB. 5 *Spring Grove at La Crescent, ppd. to minutes of action. Schaeffer Academy. . . .1 12 1 14 of their final 10 games, including a 2-1 win Streaks, notes: The Spartans already have Century 55, Mayo 51 Feb. 23 over No. 4 seed Rochester Mayo. Winona Lyle/Austin Pacelli . . . .0 14 0 18 defeated their first-round foe, Owatonna, Streaks, notes: It’s been a long time since Austin 52, Winona 45 THURSDAY, FEB. 11 finished with a 6-3 record in the Big Nine. Lakeville South lost a game. In fact, it hasn’t Note: Games between East and West division twice this season. Coach Phillips said the *Faribault B.A. at Pine Island The seven-game winning streak was the lost a game in 2010. The Cougars are 11- SATURDAY, FEB. 6 teams are counted as conference games. team is playing its best hockey now after *Minneapolis South 81, John Marshall 36 FRIDAY, FEB. 12 longest in the program’s history. taking on a brutal schedule. The Spartans 0-1 in their last 12 games, including three Triton at Lake City FRIDAY, FEB. 5 TUESDAY, FEB. 9 DODGE COUNTY have won four of their last five games, with shutouts. They had a perfect record against Winona Cotter at Lourdes Houston 43, Grand Meadow 30 their only loss coming against North Metro. conference opponents, going 5-0 with wins Mankato West at Century, ppd. to Feb. Spring Grove 71, Glenville-Emmons 30 Seed, record: No. 6, 15-10-0. 18 Byron at La Crescent The Spartans recently picked up wins against over Mayo, Owatonna, Lakeville North (two) Le Roy-Ostrander 53, Hope Lutheran 38 Coach: Jeremy Gunderson. Owatonna at Albert Lea, ppd. Zumbrota-Mazeppa at Kenyon-Wanamingo the Big Nine’s better teams, Owatonna and and Farmington. Lakeville South won the Lake Mabel-Canton 71, Schaeffer Academy 36 Faribault at Mankato East, ppd. to Feb. Cannon Falls at Goodhue Stats: The Wildcats have a balanced attack, Mankato West. Mayo lost to Lakeville North Conference with a 15-2-1 record. Lanesboro 46, Lyle/Pacelli 30 25 Hayfield at Kasson-Mantorville SATURDAY, FEB. 6 Mayo at Winona, ppd. to Feb. 18 Dover-Eyota at Pine Island *Rushford-Peterson 63, Mabel-Canton 42 John Marshall at Austin, ppd. to Feb. 18 MONDAY, FEB. 8 THURSDAY, FEB. 11 THREE RIVERS CONFERENCE BOYS HOCKEY STANDINGS Hope Lutheran at Spring Grove, ppd. Mankato East at John Marshall Conf Overall *Lyle/Pacelli at Medford TUESDAY, FEB. 9 *Hutchinson at Northfield Mankato West at Worthington W L W L BIG NINE CONFERENCE *Mabel-Canton at Lansing Kee, Iowa THURSDAY, FEB. 11 FRIDAY, FEB. 12 Caledonia ...... 15 1 20 2 Conf. Overall *New Prague at Shakopee, ppd. to Feb. 20 TUESDAY, FEB. 9 *Prior Lake at New Prague Albert Lea at Faribault Dover-Eyota...... 14 2 18 3 W-L-T Pts. W-L-T *Holy Angels at Prior Lake *Spring Grove at La Crescent, ppd. to *Shakopee at Farmington Century at Owatonna Chatfield...... 12 3 17 3 Faribault ...... 6-1-0 12 16-6-0 *Red Wing at Farmington Feb. 23 * — conference game Winona at Mankato West Kingsland ...... 11 4 13 7 Rochester Century . . . .6-1-0 12 13-7-0 Fillmore Central ...... 9 8 12 8 THURSDAY, FEB. 11 Austin at Mayo Albert Lea ...... 5-2-0 10 10-9-1 Southland...... 7 7 9 11 Hope Lutheran at Mabel-Canton Winona...... 5-2-0 10 13-5-1 Houston at Coulee Region HIAWATHA VALLEY LEAGUE Rushford-Peterson. . . . .7 9 11 10 Rochester JM...... 3-3-0 6 9-11-1 BATES, INC/BUDGET BLIN--583279; 3.792 in; 5 in; FRIDAY, FEB. 12 Wabasha-Kellogg...... 4 11 7 14 Owatonna ...... 3-3-0 6 5-12-4 Gold Division Hope Lutheran at Lyle/Pacelli Black Conf Overall St. Charles ...... 4 12 5 16 Rochester Mayo ...... 3-4-0 6 5-16-0 Spring Grove at Schaeffer Academy W L W L Lewiston-Altura ...... 3 14 5 17 Mabel-Canton at Grand Meadow Austin ...... 1-5-0 2 8-12-0 Window Treatments are what we do best! Lourdes ...... 9 0 18 2 Plainview-Elgin-Millville . .1 16 2 19 Lanesboro at Glenville-Emmons Mankato West ...... 1-6-0 2 7-11-1 Stewartville...... 8 1 17 3 FRIDAY, FEB. 5 Houston at Le Roy-Ostrander Mankato East...... 0-6-0 0 9-11-0 Hayfield ...... 5 4 17 5 Fillmore Central 64, Wabasha-Kellogg 52 TUESDAY, FEB. 9 • Free Consultation La Crescent ...... 3 6 14 7 Dover-Eyota 66, Caledonia 56 MISSOTA CONFERENCE *JM at Mankato East, ppd. to Feb. 15 Winona Cotter ...... 3 6 12 8 Chatfield 73, Lewiston-Altura 58 Conf Overall *Owatonna at Mayo, ppd. • Free Estimates Kasson-Mantorville . . . .2 6 12 9 Southland 64, St. Charles 44 W L W L Century at Rosemount, cancelled Byron ...... 1 7 7 13 SATURDAY, FEB. 6 Prior Lake ...... 9 0 16 5 Albert Lea at Mankato West, ppd. to Feb. • Free Installation Blue Division *Rushford-Peterson 63, Mabel-Canton 42 Shakopee ...... 6 2 12 8 15 Goodhue...... 8 0 15 6 MONDAY, FEB. 8 New Prague ...... 5 3 13 7 Austin at Winona, ppd. Zumbrota-Mazeppa . . .7 1 10 9 Dover-Eyota at Wabasha-Kellogg, ppd. Red Wing ...... 5 4 15 5 THURSDAY, FEB. 11 Pine Island...... 5 4 9 12 *Winona Cotter at Plainview-Elgin-Millville, Northfield ...... 5 4 12 7 *John Marshall at Century Lake City ...... 3 5 6 14 ppd. Farmington ...... 3 6 10 9 *Mankato East at Albert Lea Kenyon-Wanamingo . . . .3 6 4 14 TUESDAY, FEB. 9 Hutchinson ...... 2 7 9 10 *Mankato West at Austin Cannon Falls ...... 3 6 3 18 Fillmore Central at Caledonia, ppd. to Holy Angels ...... 0 9 2 19 *Faribault at Winona Triton ...... 1 8 3 16 Feb. 20 FRIDAY, FEB. 5 SATURDAY, FEB. 13 Note: Games between Blue and Gold teams Kingsland at Lewiston-Altura, ppd. to Feb. Prior Lake 69, Red Wing 55 *Austin at Owatonna, ppd. from Dec. 8 are not counted as conference games. Shakopee 57, Northfield 47 23 Century at Mayo FRIDAY, FEB. 5 Farmington 39, Hutchinson 30 Chatfield at St. Charles, ppd. to Feb. 15 Northfield at Mankato West Hayfield 57, La Crescent 47 New Prague 67, Holy Angels 48 Southland at Wabasha-Kellogg, ppd. to Holy Family Catholic at Faribault Stewartville 54, Winona Cotter 47 Saturday TUESDAY, FEB. 9 Kenyon-Wanamingo 44, Cannon Falls 42 Rushford-Peterson at Plainview-Elgin-Millville Prior Lake 51, Holy Angels 25 AREA INDEPENDENTS Zumbrota-Mazeppa 63, Lake City 20 THURSDAY, FEB. 11 Red Wing 65, Farmington 55 W-L-T Lourdes 45, Byron 41 Dover-Eyota at Fillmore Central Shakopee at New Prague, ppd. to Feb. Rochester Lourdes ...... 12-6-3 Pine Island 42, Triton 37 off RRochesterochhestter Caledonia at Southland 25 Dodge County ...... 8-11-1 Goodhue 76, Kasson-Mantorville 45 Northfield 53, Hutchinson 50 WEDNESDAY, FEB. 10 SATURDAY, FEB. 6 St. Charles at Kingsland FRIDAY, FEB. 12 FRIDAY, FEB. 12 Lourdes at St. Thomas Academy, ppd. *Randolph 50, Kenyon-Wanamingo 42 from 2-9-10 Fillmore Central at Caledonia Prior Lake at New Prague *Kasson-Mantorville 62, Sibley East 58 THURSDAY, FEB. 11 Kingsland at Lewiston-Altura Red Wing at Hutchinson MONDAY, FEB. 8 New Ulm at Lourdes Chatfield at St. Charles Northfield at Holy Angels *Cannon Falls at Randolph Farmington at Shakopee Dodge County at La Crescent • Shop-at-home Convenience *Triton at Waterville-Elysian-Morristown, Southland at Wabasha-Kellogg canceled Dover-Eyota at Pine Island * — non-conference games MISSOTA CONFERENCE • Exclusive Products & Brands Conf. Overall • 100’s of Samples to choose from W-L-T Pts. 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JM ...... 19-11 Cara Christiansen...... 17 118 7.0 Andrew Schmidt, Lake City ...... 16-10 OWATONNA HUSKIES Cole Theede, LARP ...... 11-9 Lecy Schlee Wolf Hoff Courtney Hayford ...... 17 210 12.4 Connor Hanson, FCLMC ...... 18-15 Trisha Benjamin ...... 17 207 12.2 Alex Head, Triton ...... 11-10 (Stew., 119) (GMLOK, 119) (Mayo, 135) LARP, 285) Sarah McCann ...... 17 172 10.1 McRoberts Courson Schwartz Rosedahl 112 CENTURY PANTHERS (Byron) (Dover-Eyota) (P-E-M) (L-O) Cody Ball, St. Charles ...... 22-2 Rusty Grisim, Lake City ...... 26-4 Jarid Groth, Kenyon-Wanamingo ...... 23-8 Mallory Cochran ...... 15 167 11.1 Mitchel Lexvold, Kenyon-Wanamingo ....30-3 Marcus Wolf, Roch. Mayo ...... 19-4 Ryan Williamson, Roch. JM ...... 24-9 Lizzie Stenhaug ...... 15 158 10.5 Courtnry Pahl ...... 21 142 6.7 Laura Rislove ...... 19 160 8.4 Tony Morrow, Kasson-Mantorville ...... 25-4 Lyndon Becker, Caledonia/Houston .....22-5 Dylan Braun, Wabasha-Kellogg ...... 20-12 Katy Scherer ...... 14 106 7.6 Mattie Shelton ...... 21 132 6.2 Kenzie Lind ...... 19 154 8.1 Kyle Drehmel, Goodhue ...... 25-8 Tyler Jackson, Kenyon-Wanamingo ...... 27-6 Zach Schreiber, Kasson-Mantorville ...18-11 Jake Krier, Byron ...... 22-12 Zac Littlefield, Dover-Eyota ...... 16-10 Mishawna Lindsey . . . . . 15 95 6.3 ROCHESTER LOURDES EAGLES Michelle Ruberg ...... 19 127 6.7 Alex Haffner, Chatfield ...... 23-8 Lucas Roe, GMLOK ...... 14-8 Mitch Thompson, Byron ...... 17-13 Laura Melquist ...... 20 357 18.8 Amy Todd...... 19 114 6.0 Dylan Siem, Plainview-E-M ...... 20-9 JOHN MARSHALL ROCKETS Keith Highet, Zumbrota-Mazeppa ...... 18-15 Shelby Hanssen ...... 20 168 8.4 ST. CHARLES SAINTS Brennen Russell, Austin ...... 22-11 171 Katelyn Rushton...... 19 150 7.9 Tyler Breuer, Goodhue ...... 16-15 Kristi Thelen ...... 19 139 7.3 Aubrey Neumann ...... 20 133 6.7 Kim Storey...... 15 320 21.3 Levi Hickey, Triton ...... 21-12 Ben McPhail, Pine Island ...... 26-1 Mitchell Watkins, Zumbrota-Maz...... 19-12 140 Mike Minske, Roch. Mayo ...... 24-2 MAYO SPARTANS Steph Helt ...... 20 126 6.3 Taige Thorson ...... 17 166 9.8 Brad Haze, Pine Island ...... 16-13 Grant Kyllo, Zumbrota-Mazeppa ...... 28-5 Chad Matthees, Zumbrota-Mazeppa .....28-3 Rachel Doll ...... 17 160 9.4 STEWARTVILLE TIGERS Stacia Heim ...... 17 160 9.4 Willie Krage, Caledonia/Houson ...... 16-14 Mike Lerum, Pine Island ...... 22-4 Alan Miller, Plainview-E-M ...... 24-8 Ali Moat...... 17 149 8.8 Julie Rainey ...... 18 254 14.1 Cassidy Bailey ...... 15 126 8.4 Jason Cirksena, Kasson-Mantorville .....23-5 Cole Swanson, Roch. JM ...... 21-10 Anna Hirssig ...... 17 129 7.6 Shawnna Sperber ...... 18 178 9.9 SOUTHLAND REBELS 119 Skyler Quamme, Kenyon-Wanamingo....17-5 Jake Baalson, Kenyon-Wanamingo ...... 18-9 Lauren Ulsh ...... 17 128 7.5 Shannon Curtis ...... 18 146 8.1 Jana Schammel ...... 18 246 13.7 Noah Schlee, GMLOK ...... 25-3 Zach Curry, Chatfield ...... 25-8 Nate Goeldi, Stewartville ...... 22-12 Julie Miller ...... 17 106 6.2 Haley Janssen ...... 14 216 15.4 Oakley McLain, Kenyon-Wanamingo .....29-4 TRITON COBRAS Cody Dillinger, Plainview-E-M...... 20-8 Jason Jennings, Triton ...... 18-14 Brandi Schammel ...... 18 154 8.6 Jordan Theede, LARP ...... 24-6 WINONA WINHAWKS Rachel Tate ...... 19 169 8.9 Porter Secrist, Wabasha-Kellogg ...... 23-10 Trevor Yungdahl, Byron ...... 17-16 Madi Schmitz ...... 18 144 8.0 Ethan Loftus, Dover-Eyota ...... 23-6 Megan Lueck ...... 17 360 21.2 Brie Clark...... 19 108 5.7 Tucker Speltz, LARP ...... 20-13 Kelli Smith...... 18 94 5.2 Nate Lecy, Stewartville ...... 27-8 189 Taylor Staffon...... 19 79 4.2 Adam Driessen, Blooming Prairie ...... 16-11 HIAWATHA VALLEY LEAGUE Carson Henry, St. Charles ...... 20-6 Michael Hirsch, Austin ...... 29-1 ZUMBROTA-MAZEPPA COUGARS WABASHA-KELLOGG FALCONS Tim Moore, Roch. JM ...... 11-8 Tyler Lexvold, Goodhue ...... 19-6 Broc Berge, Kasson-Mantorville ...... 23-3 BYRON BEARS Ashley Hinsch ...... 18 275 15.3 Nicole Alexander ...... 21 223 10.6 Jordan Johnson, Triton ...... 15-11 Daren Wingert, Plainview-E-M ...... 27-5 Erika McRoberts...... 20 207 10.4 Amber Jentsch ...... 18 129 7.2 Emily Huth ...... 21 214 10.2 Brett Bradford, Byron ...... 26-9 James Hart, Byron ...... 19-14 Brady Vieths, Goodhue...... 28-6 Cortney Kasten ...... 19 155 8.1 Laura Huneke ...... 18 112 6.2 Amy Wallerich ...... 21 203 9.7 Jake Hanson, Roch. Mayo ...... 19-7 Becky Murry ...... 20 159 7.9 Brock Franko, Triton ...... 16-6 145 Nathan Riess, Dover-Eyota ...... 9-2 Laura Brunner ...... 14 75 5.4 Taylor Lerum ...... 19 148 6.7 Kaytlin Remold...... 18 138 7.6 Amanda Feils ...... 21 123 5.9 Nick Majerus, Zumbrota-Mazeppa ...... 21-9 Justin Buss, Chatfield ...... 17-0 Juan Gomez, Chatfield ...... 18-5 Sam Toft ...... 20 138 6.9 THREE RIVERS CONFERENCE Karli Harris ...... 19 108 5.7 Elliot Cox, Lake City ...... 22-10 Dallen Rud, Byron ...... 32-3 Ben Dahl, Zumbrota-Mazeppa ...... 23-7 Nate Henry, FCLMC ...... 27-5 Mitchell Wolfgram, GMLOK ...... 17-6 CANNON FALLS BOMBERS CALEDONIA WARRIORS Nick Wingert, Plainview-E-M ...... 22-10 SOUTHEAST CONFERENCE Howie Underwood, Austin ...... 23-5 Matt Willson, St. Charles...... 11-7 Natalie Reindardy ...... 21 148 7.0 Amber Sorenson...... 21 402 19.1 Donovan Sullivan, Kasson-Mantor...... 22-11 Steve Reiter, Plainview-E-M...... 13-3 Mike Kellner, Stewartville ...... 19-13 Katie Schreyer ...... 20 115 5.8 Aly Meyer...... 21 332 15.8 GRAND MEADOW SUPERLARKS Erick Power, Austin ...... 22-12 Jack Ihrke, Plainview-E-M ...... 24-7 Sam Wolter ...... 21 116 5.5 Emma Lange ...... 17 166 9.8 Abbie Fay...... 19 210 11.1 Andrew Stromness, Wabasha-Kell...... 19-13 215 Aaron Niles, Blooming Prairie...... 16-5 Morgan Berg ...... 21 106 5.0 Bobbi Jo Schuttemeier. . 21 152 7.2 Alex Swanson...... 19 190 10.0 Nathan Evan, Roch. JM ...... 17-16 Logan Brand, LARP ...... 26-3 Will Balow, Lake City ...... 22-9 Jordan Montgomery . . . . 17 83 4.9 Allison Glynn ...... 19 170 7.9 Carter Brandt, GMLOK ...... 26-5 CHATFIELD GOPHERS 125 Garritt Luker, Dover-Eyota ...... 17-9 Kristine Gerber...... 19 117 6.2 Stu Raasch, Zumbrota-Mazeppa ...... 24-7 GOODHUE WILDCATS Emily Miller ...... 18 249 13.8 Tanner Benson, Caledonia/Houston ....24-3 Brennen Mensink, GMLOK ...... 12-7 HOUSTON HURRICANES Troy Frank, Caledonia/Houston ...... 19-7 Grace Majerus ...... 18 170 9.4 Kaitlyn Keefe ...... 18 175 9.7 Tyler Jennings, GMLOK ...... 20-4 Cedric Speltz, LARP ...... 19-12 Astri Runningen ...... 21 257 12.2 Coby Makela, Plainview-E-M ...... 17-8 Courtney Hinsch...... 18 147 8.2 Emily VonWald ...... 16 151 9.4 Ian Peck, St. Charles ...... 20-6 Brandon Klindworth, Zumbrota-Maz. ...18-12 Lierin Carrier ...... 18 113 6.3 Jake Kuisle, Stewartville ...... 22-12 Erica Tipcke ...... 17 120 7.0 Karen Sass ...... 18 153 8.5 Chad Lexvold, Kenyon-Wanamingo ...... 16-5 Dan Wermager, Caledonia/Houston ...14-10 Whitney Wieser ...... 20 112 5.6 Drew Miller, Roch. Century ...... 19-11 Laura Watson...... 18 120 6.7 Mackenzie Kerska . . . . . 18 98 5.4 Coltan Laganiere, Kasson-Mantor...... 23-9 Brady Hickey, Triton ...... 18-13 Brooke Anderson ...... 21 92 4.4 Sam Stoll, Kasson-Mantorville ...... 15-10 Chanel Robert ...... 18 111 6.3 DOVER-EYOTA EAGLES Dave Euerle, Wabasha-Kellogg...... 23-10 Anne Lodermeier ...... 18 103 5.7 LEROY-OSTRANDER CARDINALS Charlie Dicke, Goodhue...... 22-11 152 Cullen Frisch, St. Charles ...... 14-10 Jodi Batzel ...... 18 292 16.2 Blaine Miller, Plainview-E-M ...... 30-3 HAYFIELD VIKINGS Alycia Courson ...... 21 306 14.6 Kaylee Bunne...... 21 360 17.1 Justin Doerr, LARP ...... 17-11 285 McKinze Bunne ...... 21 295 14.1 Eric Nelson, Stewartville...... 21-14 Chad Zastrow, Roch. Century ...... 29-4 Kiley Severson ...... 19 248 13.1 Desirae Lee ...... 21 243 11.6 Jake Krogstad, Dover-Eyota ...... 23-5 Austin Goergen, Caledonia/Houston ....25-2 Jordyn Krekling...... 21 269 12.8 Briana Mayer ...... 21 123 5.9 Rachel Rosedahl ...... 21 261 12.4 Chris Moyer, Lake City ...... 17-12 Michael Bell, Chatfield ...... 28-3 Sam McPhail, Pine Island ...... 16-14 Dylan Buchanan, GMLOK ...... 9-2 Beth Felten ...... 21 133 6.3 FILLMORE CENTRAL FALCONS SPRING GROVE LIONS Alex Evan, Roch. JM ...... 26-6 Casey Johnson, Kasson-Mantorville .....26-4 Kayla Garness ...... 21 126 6.0 Connor Nagle ...... 20 387 19.4 Brooke Johnson ...... 20 233 11.6 130 Derek Melhouse, Kenyon-Wanamingo ...23-9 Tim Twohey, Stewartville ...... 27-7 Renee Stier ...... 21 121 5.8 Tricia Harstad ...... 20 212 10.6 Richell Mehus ...... 20 184 9.2 Drew Lexvold, Kenyon-Wanamingo ...... 32-2 Scott Klees, Wabasha-Kellogg ...... 23-10 Jordan Arndt, Zumbrota-Mazeppa ...... 24-7 KASSON-MANTORVILLE KOMETS KINGSLAND KNIGHTS Jacey Anderson ...... 20 181 9.0 Garret Garness, Kasson-Mantorville .....29-5 Brady Bigalk, Goodhue ...... 16-7 Lee Graves, Plainview-E-M ...... 17-7 Bre Barrett...... 21 158 7.5 Molly Greiner ...... 20 264 13.2 Katelyn Bjerke ...... 20 176 8.8 Jack Hawkins, Wabasha-Kellogg ...... 28-5 Caleb Leichtnam, GMLOK...... 16-8 Alex Hoff, LARP ...... 15-7 Autumn Ehlke...... 21 154 7.3 Erin Bernard...... 20 233 11.6 Becky Myhre ...... 20 143 7.1 Matt Tlougan, Byron ...... 23-5 Phil Novak, Lake City ...... 19-10 Sam Gaul, Roch. Century ...... 22-11 Holly Peterson ...... 18 124 6.9 Cheyenne Losey ...... 20 190 9.7 Jordan Olerud...... 20 121 5.8 Dakota Jensen, Triton ...... 23-6 Jake Prinsen, FCLMC ...... 18-10 Scott Wilson, GMLOK ...... 18-9 Kaeley Erichsen ...... 14 94 6.7 Morgan Thomas ...... 20 113 5.6 Taylor Elton ...... 19 110 5.7 Seth Johnson, Blooming Prairie ...... 17-6 Josh Gwilt, Blooming Prairie ...... 13-8 Allen Pyfferoen, Byron ...... 23-12 Kameryn Kleber ...... 19 122 6.4 Shawna Berhow ...... 20 105 5.2 MISSOTA CONFERENCE Tanner Clement, Chatfield ...... 24-9 Darrin Allen, Kasson-Mantorville ...... 19-12 Adam Hammel, Dover-Eyota ...... 16-10 Kaia Buck ...... 21 128 6.1 Eric Twohey, Stewartville ...... 20-11 Dylan Depestel, LARP ...... 14-13 Luke Hainka, Kenyon-Wanamingo ...... 20-13 LEWISTON-ALTURA CARDINALS RED WING WINGERS Tori Schouweiler...... 21 127 6.0 Mitchell Breuer, Goodhue ...... 17-10 Aric Swancutt, Chatfield ...... 16-15 Pedro Guevara, Lake City ...... 16-12 Jenny Mundt ...... 20 202 10.1 Tesha Buck ...... 17 252 14.8 Tyler Krage, Caledonia/Houston ...... 16-12 Thomas Herrera, Austin ...... 18-14 LA CRESCENT LANCERS Natalie Kalmes ...... 20 177 8.9 Olivia Johnson ...... 16 184 11.5 160 Sonny Komaniecki, Dover-Eyota ...... 15-12 Jena Kadlec ...... 21 378 18.0 Brooke Heim ...... 20 168 8.4 Cory Mlenar, GMLOK...... 21-2 The area wrestling honor roll is com- Blake Patton, Roch. Mayo ...... 14-13 Jenna McDonough . . . . . 21 292 13.9 Danielle Harstad ...... 20 111 5.6 Note: Girls basketball coaches from Colby Mehrkens, Zumbrota-Mazeppa ....29-3 piled by Ben Pherson. Wrestling coaches Stacy Schiltz ...... 21 139 6.6 PLAINVIEW-ELGIN-MILLVILLE BULLDOGS the Big Nine Conference, Hiawatha Val- 135 Garret Miller, Plainview-E-M ...... 26-6 are asked to submit their nominations no LAKE CITY TIGERS Katie Schmit ...... 10 111 11.1 ley League, Three Rivers Conference, Brock Lampman, FCLMC ...... 25-3 Conner McCormick, Caledonia/Hou. ....21-5 later than noon every Wednesday. Erika Meincke ...... 18 244 13.6 Hannah Jech ...... 18 172 9.5 Southeast Conference and Missota Carley Siewert ...... 19 90 4.7 Courtney Schwartz . . . . . 21 166 7.9 Conference are asked to submit their Emily Sprick ...... 18 85 4.7 Kaylyn Wohlers...... 20 142 7.1 team’s scoring leaders each week by PINE ISLAND PANTHERS RUSHFORD-PETERSON TROJANS noon Wednesday to dhenn@postbul- Cede Finstuen ...... 21 178 8.4 Jade Pelzl ...... 19 323 17.0 letin.com. BOYS HOCKEY STATISTICS CENTURY PANTHERS Player G A Pts. BOYS BASKETBALL SCORING LEADERS Cory Kautz ...... 25 20 45 BIG NINE CONFERENCE Drew Anderson ...... 14 29 43 Jordan Martini ...... 18 16 34 CENTURY PANTHERS Connor Faupel ...... 13 19 32 Nate Kruisselbrink . . . . . 16 230 14.4 Nick Raehsler...... 10 13 23 Ater Manyang...... 16 228 14.3 Nick Jacobs ...... 6 7 13 Dan Fleissner...... 15 164 10.9 Tyler Iverson ...... 6 4 10 Jared Malone ...... 15 106 7.1 Blake Heroff ...... 1 8 9 Josh Gentling ...... 16 73 4.6 Wyatt Travis ...... 4 5 9 JOHN MARSHALL ROCKETS Brett Applegath ...... 2 6 8 John Mattison ...... 16 128 8.0 Brandon Kautz ...... 2 6 8 Mikail Gonyea ...... 7 40 5.5 Matt Mills ...... 1 3 4 Raehsler Brandrup Miller Snyder Kadri Plott ...... 13 65 5.0 Luke Klugherz ...... 2 2 4 Louis Hermansen ...... 16 65 4.0 Justin Powers ...... 1 2 3 (Century) (Lourdes) (JM) (Dodge Cty.) Mitch Johnson ...... 14 46 3.0 Brandon Sauter ...... 0 2 2 MAYO SPARTANS Oertli Erdahl Hinrichs Grebin Nate Musta ...... 0 1 1 Goalie W-L-T GAA SvPct. Goalie W-L-T GAA SvPct. Michael Idso ...... 17 225 13.2 (K-M) (Pine Island) (Z-M) (St. Charles) Nathan Larson ...... 0 1 1 Mark Greve ...... 6-2-1 1.76 .881 Dustin Stevens...... 6-9-1 3.60 .882 Michael Franzone ...... 17 186 10.9 Calvin Bjerke ...... 1 0 1 Nick Heimer ...... 6-5-2 2.35 .874 Isaac Hoehn ...... 1-2-0 2.43 .918 Ian Hathaway ...... 17 163 9.6 Kukson...... 17 104 6.1 Clay Olstad ...... 21 271 12.9 Goalie W-L-T GAA SvPct. Brock Kautz ...... 9-4-0 2.00 .919 Sam Calcagno ...... 17 155 9.1 STEWARTVILLE TIGERS Michael Pick ...... 21 241 11.5 Cody Gallaher...... 17 69 4.1 Cam Sellnow ...... 4-3-0 3.33 .847 MAYO SPARTANS RED WING WINGERS Isaac Tapp...... 11 129 11.7 Landon Flies ...... 21 219 10.4 HIAWATHA VALLEY LEAGUE John Gisler...... 17 189 11.1 Chris Conrad ...... 13 115 8.8 Player G A Pts. Player G A Pts. BYRON BEARS Brandon Larsen ...... 17 165 9.7 ST. CHARLES SAINTS JM ROCKETS Adam Truex ...... 8 8 16 Patrick Noesen ...... 17 18 35 Trevor Dale ...... 17 87 5.1 Brooks Grebin ...... 18 244 13.6 Ben O’Reilly ...... 12 4 16 Jake O’Borsky ...... 18 16 34 Zach Southwick ...... 17 211 12.4 Player G A Pts. Sean Hohmeister ...... 17 85 5.0 Joe Montgomery...... 18 221 12.3 Jacob Sikkema ...... 3 11 14 Jared Nelson ...... 9 12 21 Evan Morris ...... 17 193 11.4 Zach Johnson ...... 13 7 20 Matt Putzier ...... 17 144 8.5 Alex Heroff ...... 8 5 13 Josh Mensing ...... 7 10 17 Kyle Krings ...... 16 166 10.4 TRITON COBRAS Ryan Yetzer ...... 10 4 14 Jared Seinola ...... 18 151 8.4 James Powers ...... 2 10 12 Kas Mapel ...... 6 5 11 Miles McNeil ...... 17 133 7.8 Garrett Schaefer...... 18 282 15.7 Reed Miller ...... 6 6 12 SOUTHLAND REBELS Jonathan Smolders ...... 4 7 11 Jack Strusz ...... 3 3 6 Ross Fuchs ...... 17 116 6.6 Logan Spitzack...... 18 280 15.6 Eric Mackey ...... 7 5 12 Chris May ...... 17 199 11.7 Spencer Lee ...... 7 4 11 Marcus Noesen ...... 2 2 4 GOODHUE WILDCATS Brett Henslin ...... 18 185 10.3 Matt Broman ...... 2 8 10 Alan May ...... 18 208 11.6 Justin McLaughlin ...... 5 6 11 Blayne Erie ...... 20 478 23.9 Dylan Bungum ...... 18 120 6.7 Anthony Johnson ...... 3 6 9 Henry Jaeger ...... 0 3 3 Nick Goergen ...... 19 201 10.6 Marcus Nigbur ...... 5 5 10 Ashton Erie ...... 20 338 16.9 Logan Erdmann ...... 18 61 3.4 Dan D’Aquisto ...... 2 1 3 Nick Schmitz ...... 19 137 7.2 Jared Kristo ...... 5 1 6 Tayler Sederquist ...... 0 4 4 ZUMBROTA-MAZEPPA COUGARS Hunter Kuyath ...... 0 3 3 HAYFIELD VIKINGS Jason Macken ...... 1 4 5 Steve Serratore ...... 0 4 4 Cody Lodermeier ...... 16 232 14.5 WABASHA-KELLOGG FALCONS Mike Stegora ...... 1 2 3 Tanner Kramer ...... 19 319 16.8 Ryan Lakin ...... 2 3 5 Jack Dingle ...... 1 2 3 Bryan Hinrichs ...... 16 185 11.6 Jordan Dick ...... 20 422 21.1 Austin Anderson ...... 1 1 2 Bobbie Stephens ...... 19 211 11.1 Matt Cyr ...... 0 4 4 Cam Wagner ...... 0 2 2 Scott Flotterud ...... 16 162 10.1 Cullen Shanrock ...... 20 163 8.2 Ryan Rehder ...... 0 1 1 Kody Kramer ...... 19 210 11.0 Alex Antolak ...... 1 3 4 Derek McMasters ...... 2 0 2 Decker Starr ...... 15 73 4.9 Zach Wolfe...... 20 158 7.9 Ross Elford ...... 0 1 1 Tyler Krekling ...... 19 125 6.6 Tom Foley ...... 2 2 4 Alexander Herold ...... 2 0 2 Holden Hartert ...... 20 158 7.9 Dayton Johnson...... 0 1 1 Brady Kramer ...... 19 74 3.9 Zach Ewing ...... 0 2 2 Taylor Hurley ...... 0 1 1 THREE RIVERS CONFERENCE Goalie W-L-T GAA SvPct. Goalie W-L-T GAA SvPct. KASSON-MANTORVILLE KOMETS Goalie W-L-T GAA SvPct. CALEDONIA WARRIORS SOUTHEAST CONFERENCE Bryan King ...... 9-9-1 3.02 .902 Sam Amendolar ...... 9-10-0 4.24 .838 Alex Ek ...... 17 239 14.1 Alex VanGalder ...... 4-7-0 4.51 .867 Ethan Lapham ...... 16 196 12.2 LANESBORO BURROS Matt Potoracke...... 0-2-0 4.50 .818 Abe Rohan ...... 1-0-0 4.50 .829 Phil Oertli...... 17 156 9.2 Stefan Elde ...... 1-8-0 5.88 .800 Cody Hagstad...... 17 181 10.6 Brett Hungerholt...... 17 286 16.8 Jake Hodge ...... 17 137 8.1 Michael DeBusman ... 0-1-0 6.75 .812 Mitch Reiser ...... 12 114 9.5 Braden Hanson ...... 17 178 10.5 David Kraft...... 17 92 5.4 Isaac Fruechte ...... 17 140 8.2 Lucas Johnson ...... 17 172 10.1 LOURDES EAGLES BIG NINE CONFERENCE Ryan Trowbridge...... 17 82 4.8 Tylar Johnson...... 17 106 6.2 Josh Gran ...... 14 95 6.8 Player G A Pts. DODGE COUNTY WILDCATS Player G A Pts. KENYON-WANAMINGO KNIGHTS Jacob Rogers ...... 17 98 5.8 DOVER-EYOTA EAGLES Rory Vesel ...... 5 16 21 Jay Moran (Winona) ...... 22 32 54 Brandon Quam ...... 15 206 13.7 Player G A Pts. Ryan Hartman ...... 20 298 14.9 MABEL-CANTON COUGARS Brandyn Chezick ...... 7 12 19 Brady Anfinson...... 15 187 12.5 Austin Head ...... 9 10 19 Taylor Ries (East) ...... 28 23 51 Blair Johnson ...... 20 189 9.4 Joe Smith ...... 17 192 11.3 Alex Kurth ...... 8 11 19 Jamie Hiner ...... 15 144 9.6 Drew Wohlfiel ...... 10 7 17 Aaron Theis (Winona) ...... 17 32 49 Luke Wilder ...... 18 139 7.7 Steve Smith ...... 18 158 8.8 Jason Samuelson ...... 8 11 19 Peder Sviggm...... 15 118 7.9 Charlie Snyder ...... 8 9 17 Dan Billiar (East) ...... 18 29 47 Nate Vang ...... 20 146 7.3 Dustin Solberg ...... 18 138 7.7 Alex Funk ...... 10 9 19 Ben Metcalf ...... 15 117 7.8 Shane McWhirter ...... 4 6 10 Cory Kautz (Cent.)...... 25 20 45 Tysen Mayer ...... 20 139 7.0 Travis Nichols ...... 18 116 6.4 Alex Dewitz ...... 8 9 17 Nic Enerson ...... 6 4 10 Drew Anderson (Cent.) ...... 14 29 43 LAKE CITY TIGERS Dalton Stoen ...... 18 105 5.8 Alec Brandrup ...... 5 10 15 FILLMORE CENTRAL FALCONS Zach Possehl ...... 3 4 7 Bo Putrah (Faribault) ...... 21 21 42 Joe Beck ...... 17 276 16.2 SPRING GROVE LIONS Brian Wasz ...... 4 9 13 Jordan Jarland ...... 17 272 16.0 Kyle Florin (Winona) ...... 29 11 40 Alex Pyle ...... 14 109 7.8 Aric Elton ...... 19 403 21.2 Ryan Nicolay ...... 7 2 9 Tanner Keller ...... 4 3 7 Marcus Jacobson ...... 17 125 7.4 Colton Hampel ...... 17 159 9.4 Dillon Stevens ...... 1 4 5 Ryan Willaert (East) ...... 15 21 36 Dalton Wollert ...... 17 131 7.7 Dakotah Rostad ...... 11 143 13.0 Sam Slightam ...... 2 5 7 Nick Bobb ...... 17 124 7.3 Blaine Storlie ...... 19 148 7.8 Andy Benner ...... 3 3 6 Ben Langan ...... 3 2 5 George Richie (Faribault) ...... 18 18 36 KINGSLAND KNIGHTS Kurt Brown...... 17 73 4.3 Jake Kraus...... 19 114 6.0 Karl Krecke ...... 0 5 5 Tanor Quam ...... 1 3 4 Goalie W-L-T GAA Pct. Tyler Himlie ...... 7 113 16.1 ROCHESTER LOURDES EAGLES Joe Morken ...... 19 105 5.5 Connor Nellans ...... 2 2 4 Joe Hughes ...... 2 2 4 (Min. 9 games played) Justin Buchholtz ...... 14 141 10.1 Kyler Ryberg ...... 1 1 2 Brock Kautz (Cent) ...... 9-4-0 2.00 .919 Tyler Greguson ...... 18 243 13.5 Note: Boys basketball coaches from Landon Farrell ...... 3 1 4 Sam Daly...... 18 236 13.1 Mitchell Plaehn ...... 14 121 8.6 Drake Condon ...... 0 1 1 Aaron Forgaard (Far) ...... 9-2-0 2.67 .894 the Big Nine Conference, Hiawatha Nick Schoeberl ...... 0 3 3 Alex Kapraun ...... 18 171 9.5 LEWISTON-ALTURA CARDINALS Robby Campbell ...... 1 0 1 Nick Schmitz ...... 0 1 1 Garret Welle (Win) ...... 11-4-0 2.79 .903 Nic Jensen...... 17 113 6.6 Brett Egland...... 20 275 13.8 Valley League, Three Rivers Confer- Matt Roth ...... 1 0 1 Jake Martin ...... 1 0 1 Wyatt Andreas (Far) ...... 6-4-0 2.89 .879 PINE ISLAND PANTHERS Travis Weaver ...... 20 219 10.9 ence, Southeast Conference and Mis- Eric Potvin...... 1 0 1 Tyler Paulson ...... 1 0 1 Bryan King (JM) ...... 9-9-1 3.02 .902 Jake Erdahl ...... 8 90 11.3 Jay Peoples ...... 20 154 7.7 sota Conference are asked to submit Austin McGee ...... 16 126 7.9 Josh Ehlenfeldt ...... 17 127 7.5 their team’s scoring leaders each Trevor Akason ...... 17 130 7.6 PLAINVIEW-ELGIN-MILLVILLE BULLDOGS week by noon Wednesday to pruff@ Will Walter ...... 17 122 7.2 Cole Olstad ...... 21 484 23.0 postbulletin.com. GIRLS HOCKEY STATISTICS STATE POLLS Megan Dekutoski ...... 3 7 10 Courtney Quam ...... 3 2 5 MAYO SPARTANS Kelly Bier ...... 2 7 9 Emily Mundy...... 1 3 4 7. Virginia/Mt. Iron-Buhl 14. Hastings BOYS HOCKEY Player G A Pts. Nicole Nelson...... 4 3 7 Brienna Westrom ...... 3 1 4 The Associated Press poll for Minnesota 8. Rochester Lourdes 15. Centennial Sydney Dison ...... 3 3 6 Emily Rohlik ...... 0 3 3 9. St. Cloud Cathedral Mary Grace Flesher ...... 29 19 48 boys high school hockey, provided by Let’s CLASS A Anna Billings ...... 8 9 17 Paige Cook ...... 2 4 6 Emmylou Hermanson ...... 1 1 2 Play Hockey newspaper. First-place votes are 10. Blake Shelby Kiltinen ...... 0 1 1 1. Warroad (10) Emma Leof ...... 7 7 14 Sydney Valentine ...... 2 3 5 in parentheses. 11. Alexandria 2. Breck Mikayla O’Connor ...... 0 1 1 12. Faribault Gabby Laures ...... 3 11 14 Jiana Chezick ...... 2 3 5 3. Blake Eryn Larsen ...... 0 1 1 CLASS AA 13. Sartell Mackenzie McCormack ...... 5 8 13 Hannah Nelson ...... 1 3 4 4. Crookston Sam McElmury ...... 0 1 1 1. Minnetonka (10) 14. Hibbing/Chisholm Makinzee Kazeck...... 6 7 13 Julie Thelen ...... 3 1 4 5. Mound-Westonka Goalie W-L-T GAA SvPct. 2. Wayzata 15. Spring Lake Park Courtney Schubauer ...... 7 2 9 Breanna Englund ...... 1 2 3 3. Blaine 6. South St. Paul Anna Hunter ...... 15-9-0 3.18 .876 Kelli Anderson ...... 4 4 8 Laura Fisher ...... 0 3 3 4. Hill-Murray GIRLS HOCKEY 7. Red Wing Sarah Underwood ...... 0-0-0 0.00 .000 8. East Grand Forks Olivia Mehwhorter ...... 4 3 7 Andrea Dripps ...... 0 1 1 5. Bloomington Jefferson The Associated Press poll for Minnesota 9. Totino-Grace Tessa Rud ...... 2 4 6 Goalie W-L-T GAA SvPct. 6. Eden Prairie girls high school hockey, provided by Let’s Play Sam Carlson ...... 1 2 3 M. Bonapace-Potvin ..4-14-0 3.15 .892 RED WING WINGERS 7. Edina Hockey newspaper. First-place votes are in pa- 10. Orono 11. Rogers Allie Durigan ...... 2 1 3 Mia Bruesewitz ...... 2-4-0 3.71 .883 8. Burnsville rentheses. Player G A Pts. 9. Centennial 12. Eveleth-Gilbert Katie Trangsrud ...... 0 2 2 Brittany Arthur ...... 1-0-0 0.75 .875 CLASS AA Rosie Alleva ...... 31 25 56 10. Eagan 13. Faribault Kayla Fjelstad ...... 1 1 2 1. Roseville (10) Nicole Schammel ...... 25 17 42 11. Duluth East 14. Visitation/SPA United Chloe Billings ...... 1 0 1 2. Minnetonka DODGE COUNTY WILDCATS Paige Haley ...... 8 17 25 12. Elk River 15. Mankato West Goalie W-L-T GAA SvPct. 3. Edina Lydia Wagner ...... 17 5 22 13. Holy Angels Player G A Pts. 4. Irondale Rebecca Graham ...... 7-8-1 3.29 .888 Annie Gorman ...... 5 12 17 14. Benilde-St. Margaret’s 5. Elk River/Zimmerman Jamie Clay ...... 5-0-0 1.77 .904 Kortney Kleber ...... 20 23 43 Reagan Haley ...... 1 13 14 15. Andover 6. Hopkins Read Guy Limbeck’s Dana Rasmussen ...... 15 20 35 Elle Anderson ...... 1 10 11 CLASS A 7. Hill-Murray Local Sports Notebook JOHN MARSHALL/LOURDES Darby Dodds ...... 20 12 32 Jackie Friedrich ...... 0 6 6 1. Breck (6) 8. Roseau Emily Gunderson ...... 10 22 32 Emily Stegora ...... 0 3 3 2. St. Thomas Academy (4) 9. White Bear Lake Tuesdays and Saturdays Player G A Pts. Alaina Pappas ...... 10 7 17 Cori Fairbanks ...... 0 2 2 3. Hermantown 10. Stillwater in the Post-Bulletin sports Marissa Bruesewitz ...... 20 10 30 Matti Tibben...... 12 4 16 Maddie Olin ...... 1 0 1 4. Warroad 11. Benilde-St. Margaret’s Sarah Armstrong ...... 11 10 21 Rose Johnson ...... 5 8 13 Goalie W-L-T GAA SvPct. 5. Mahtomedi 12. Bemidji Eleanor Lemish ...... 9 6 15 Hailey Busch ...... 5 6 11 Lisa Nibbe ...... 11-8-0 2.21 .896 6. Thief River Falls section. 13. Lakeville South Katie Armstrong ...... 6 5 11 Ashley Lushinsky ...... 2 7 9 Quinn McGough ...... 5-1-0 2.00 .890 •••••••• ✩ D6 POST-BULLETIN / www.postbulletin.com Thursday, February 11, 2010 Comments? Sports editor Craig Swalboski, 285-7721, [email protected] Local Sports COLLEGE BASKETBALL / WOMEN GIRLS HOCKEY / SECTION ONE, CLASS AA PLAYOFFS JM/Lourdes ends Century’s season By Donny Henn [email protected] The girls hockey season came to an end for one Rochester team on Wednes- day night as John Marshall/ Lourdes beat Century 6-0 in a Section One, Class AA playoff game at the Rec Center. JM/Lourdes led 1-0 after one period and 3-0 after two, and went on to beat Century for the third time in three meetings this season. Century, the No. 9 seed, finished with a 1-25 record, while No. 8 seed JM/Lourdes (7-19) moves on to the quar- terfinals against No. 1 seed Lakeville South on Friday. “It was a well-played game; it was still close after one period,” said Century coach Dan Maidl. “We put together three pretty good games at the end of the year. I was very happy with Scott Jacobson, [email protected] our girls’ effort; it just wasn’t Megan Dekutoski of JM/Lourdes gets a good scoring chance but Century goalie Sul- reflected in our record.” tanna White makes the save during Wednesday night’s Section 1AA playoff game. JM/ Marissa Bruesewitz and Lourdes won 6-0. Sarah Armstrong led JM/ Lourdes, with two goals a 29-14 edge in shots on goal. coach Steve Russell. “It was a Lakeville South ended JM/ and one assist each. Nicole Michelle Bonapace-Potvin close game until we scored a Lourdes’ season last year with Nelson had one goal and one made 14 saves for JM/Lourdes, couple of short-handed goals a 15-0 win. assist, and Breanna Englund and Rachel Wohlford had 23 to start the third period.” “We were without our added one goal. Defenseman for Century. JM/Lourdes has a play- regular goalie in that game,” Hannah Nelson had a big “Both teams were a little off rematch against Lakev- Russell noted. “We’re expect- game with four assists. rusty with no practices earlier ille South at 7 p.m. Friday ing a much closer game this JM/Lourdes finished with in the week,” said JM/Lourdes at Hasse Arena in Lakeville. time.”

COLLEGE BASKETBALL / MEN Solid team effort

Elizabeth Nida Obert, [email protected] RCTC’s Whitney Fick, a freshman from Lake City, tries propels RCTC men to power past a Ridgewater defender during Wednesday 11, respectively. night’s game. Yellowjackets now The Yellowjackets led 45-38 at halftime but broke it 17-4 overall open early in the second half RCTC overwhelms By Donny Henn thanks to defensive pressure [email protected] and Ridgewater turnovers. Ridgewater finished with 25 Four players scored in turnovers, compared to 15 for Ridgewater women double figures and led Roch- Rochester. ester Community and Techni- “Forcing them into 25 turn- By Donny Henn rebounding advantage. cal College to a 78-65 men’s overs was a pretty big deal for [email protected] basketball win over Ridge- Rochester beat Ridgewa- us,” said Yellowjackets coach water Community College The Rochester Commu- ter for the second time this Brian LaPlante. “We shot the Wednesday night at RCTC. nity and Technical College season, and RCTC improved ball well, and got off to a good women’s basketball team to 15-5 overall and 5-3 in the Rochester broke away start in the second half.” South Division of the MCAC. utilized an harrassing defense early in the second half and Rochester shot 46 percent to overwhelm Ridgewater Maria Gangelhoff led the cruised to its second win over from the field, including 7-of- Community College 77-57 in Jackets with 23 points, 11 Ridgewater this season. RCTC 19 from three-point range. an MCAC game Wednesday rebounds, six assists and four improved to 17-4 overall and Williams added nine rebounds night at RCTC. steals. is ranked No. 11 in the NJCAA and five assists, Conway had RCTC cranked up its defen- Krystle Sell scored all of her poll this week. six rebounds, and Fritsch sive pressure early in the 17 points in the second half, had four rebounds and three Demetrius Williams and Joe Elizabeth Nida Obert, [email protected] second half, allowing the making 3-of-4 from three-point Conway both scored 16 points steals. Yellowjackets to pad a precar- range. Whitney Fick added 15 to lead Rochester’s balanced Rochester’s next game is at RCTC’s Logan Drager keeps going despite getting his ious 33-30 halftime lead. points, nine rebounds, three attack, with Kavon Martin and 3 p.m. Saturday against River- jersey grabbed by Ridgewater defender Andy Kalenberg “Our defensive pressure got steals and three assists. David Fritsch adding 12 and land at RCTC. during Wednesday night’s game. to them in the first three to five Rochester shot 44 percent minutes of the second half,” from the field, including 5-of- RCTC coach Steve Hucke said. 12 on three-pointers. “They had a hard time handling The Yellowjackets’ next HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS / NOTEBOOK it, and we got a lot of transition game is against Riverland at baskets as a result.” 1 p.m. Saturday at RCTC. Ridgewater finished with 32 The RCTC basketball teams Idso, Mayo boys finding new life turnovers, more than double ask that fans consider a dona- Rochester’s 14 giveaways. That tion at the door to Childhood It’s easy to identify the low point of the defensive effort and their concentration second place on the school’s all-time scor- countered Ridgewater’s 40-36 Cancer Awareness Day. Rochester Mayo boys basketball season. on their assignments has been beauti- ing list. Melquist is already the program’s It was back-to-back blowout losses the fully ramped up. career leader in rebounds and blocks. middle of January to Mankato West and The Cougars’ record has taken a — Donny Henn Owatonna. HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY / BOYS massive jump along the way. After L-O tandem clears 1,000 points Since then, however, the 6-11 Spartans beginning their season 3-5, including have shown strong signs of life. Mayo three straight losses the beginning of Le Roy-Ostrander hasn’t had many has won three of its last four games, January, Z-M has blistered. The Cougars 1,000-point scorers in girls basketball, Second-period including an impressive 60-53 decision have won seven of their last eight, with but now it has two more. Senior guard at Century on Friday. noteworthy road wins over tough teams Rachel Rosedahl and senior forward Goodhue, Triton and Cannon Falls. Kaylee Bunne recently cleared the scor- Mayo coach Shaun Lang considers ing milestone, becoming the first L-O “It’s not that we weren’t working hard lapse costs Lourdes better ball movement the biggest catalyst girls to do so since 1983. for the change. His players are learning before,” Raasch said. “But now the kids The Cadets (17-4-0 overall) Rosedahl went over 1,000 a few weeks the art of patience. are applying better effort to the right Eagles fall to state’s scored three times in the second ago and is now sitting at 1,117 career points. period to put the game away. “We’ve been better at swinging the spots. Once they had a better under- No. 2-ranked team standing of what we were trying to do, A varsity player since eighth grade, she Lourdes (12-7-3) pulled ball from one side to the other offen- also has 268 career steals, 604 rebounds, within two when Alec Bran- sively, getting the ball reversed,” he things have gone a lot better. The guys By Jason Feldman have really worked hard; they’ve earned 312 assists and 185 three-pointers. [email protected] drup scored on a power play said. “We’ve just got more confidence to Rosedahl’s game averages this season with 3:43 remaining. give the ball up (to teammates) and not what they’ve gotten.” Rochester Lourdes rallied for the 17-2 Cardinals are 13.4 points, 7.8 Brian Wasz had two assists for be in such a hurry to get shots up.” While Raasch makes it clear that this from one deficit, but it couldn’t rebounds, 5.5 assists and 4.6 steals. the Eagles, while Rory Vesel, More-aggressive has been a team thing, Z-M has gotten dig out of a hole a second time, “Rachel is an outstanding point guard Alex Kurth, Alex Funk and rebounding and fewer some strong individual contributions. falling to St. Thomas Academy, who has great leadership skills on the Landon Farrell had one each. turnovers have also He points to 6-foot-6 Scott Flotterud aver- 5-3, in a non-conference boys aging two blocked shots per game and floor,” said L-O head coach Aaron Eagles coach Josh Spaniol helped. hockey game on Wednesday. Bryan Hinrichs significantly stepping Hungerholt. “She is also ranked No. 1 said the team is still looking Individually, though, The game was rescheduled up his defensive game. in her class (academically).” for a consistent effort from the guy who has taken after being postponed on Z-M’s most valuable contributor to this Rosedahl plans to play college basketball, all 20 players for 51 minutes. over most during this Tuesday night. point, though, has been junior forward but she hasn’t decided on a school yet. He said Wasz, Funk and winning stretch has Cody Lodermeier. Though he’s just 6-2, Bunne, another five-year varsity STA, ranked No. 2 in the Kurth played strong games been 6-foot-8, 230-pound the 205-pound Lodermeier is a terror player, just went over 1,000 last week in latest Class A state poll, up front, as did defensemen . Idso, an Michael Idso on the glass, averaging 11 rebounds per L-O’s win over Lanesboro. jumped out to a 2-0 lead with a Karl Krecke and Nick Schoe- athletic big man, has game. Lodermeier also leads the team — Donny Henn pair of power-play goals in the berl. He also said goalie averaged 19 points and Idso in scoring (15 ppg.). opening 10 minutes. Lourdes, Mark Greve played well after 12 rebounds in Mayo’s Runningen joins Houston’s short list ranked 13th, responded well, replacing Nick Heimer in the last four games. For the season, he aver- — Pat Ruff Houston senior Astri Runningen joined though, as Alex Dewitz notched second period. ages 13 points and nine rebounds. GIRLS BASKETBALL her school’s short list of 1,000-point scor- a power-play goal at the 11:03 Lourdes plays host to New Lang has seen Idso progress as he’s Melquist is McDonald’s nominee ers last Saturday in the Hurricanes’ one- mark of the first and Jason Ulm tonight at Graham Arena, become more determined to play closer Rochester Lourdes senior center Laura point loss to Glenville-Emmons. Samuelson scored with just 19 then plays at Mankato West on to the basket. Melquist is among the Minnesota players Runningen is just the third Houston seconds to go in the period. Tuesday. “Mike has been stronger getting to the who have been nominated to play in the girl to reach 1,000 points, and one of basket, making his moves (inside), and 2010 McDonald’s All-American Game the others is her older sister, Grete, who grad- HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING / ROCHESTER not just shooting jump shots,” Lang said. following the high school season. “He’s developing a better power game.” Melquist, a 6-foot-2 center who will uated from Houston in But above all, Lang has seen his team play college ball at the University of 1989 with 1,087 points. Rochester triangular now set for Friday make a recent leap thanks to a collec- Wisconsin-Milwaukee, is the only Roch- Astri is averaging 12.2 By Ben Pherson Marshall at about 7:30 p.m., tive effort. ester area girl among the 19 Minnesota points, 10 rebounds and [email protected] and Century faces Mayo at “We’re playing with more confidence, nominees. 3 blocks per game for Houston, which is 5-16 The annual Rochester city about 9 p.m. playing our roles better and moving Amanda Barton from Waterville- better on offense,” he said. Elysian-Morristown is another nomi- this season. The Hurri- wrestling triangular has been The city championship canes are coached by rescheduled for a third time. trophy is on the line, with the — Pat Ruff nee, as is Lakeville North senior center Cassie Rochel, who helped her team to Dave Runningen, the The city championships will trophy being displayed in the Zumbrota-Mazeppa is stepping up Runningen girls’ father. winning school’s trophy case the Rotary/US Bank Holiday Classic be held Friday night at John Zumbrota-Mazeppa boys basketball Grete Runningen next year. championship in December. Marshall High School. coach Darin Raasch has never accused Melquist is currently averaging 19 Blum went on to play college basketball Wrestling begins at 6 p.m., The Section One, Class AAA his team of slacking off. points per game for the 18-2 Eagles, and at Luther College and was part of a 1992 with John Marshall against team wrestling tournament But in reviewing the last five weeks, with 1,647 career points she is on the Iowa Conference championship team. Century. Mayo wrestled John begins Thursday, Feb. 18. he does make this contention: Their verge of overtaking Lori Lawler (1,655) for — Donny Henn •••••••• Find a way to D outdoors help wildlife. D6 SportsSaturday, February 13, 2010 HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS HOCKEY / SECTION 1AA QUARTERFINALS Spartans again Anna Billings gets a hug from Mayo teammate show flare for Gabrielle Laures after the Spartans’ dramatic 3-2 double- the dramatic overtime win game to their full potential over Owatonna Mayo keeps and gave us the win.” in Friday’s season alive with Flesher’s game-winner Section One, sparked memories of last Class AA girls double-OT victory year’s section semifinal contest hockey quar- between Mayo and Lakeville terfinals. The By Jason Feldman South. In that game, played win puts Mayo [email protected] at Owatonna, Flesher weaved into Tuesday’s Mary Grace Flesher and through traffic and scored just semifinals Rochester Mayo continued before time expired in over- against No. 1 their flare for the dramatic time to send the Spartans to seed Lakeville in the postseason. the section final. South. Flesher’s game-winner The Mayo senior forward Scott Jacobson, scored on a hard wrist shot against Owatonna was set sjacobson@ from the high slot in the up by another dramatic goal, postbulletin.com second overtime Friday night as Leof scored with just 30 to lift the fourth-seeded Spar- seconds remaining in the third period to force over- tans to a thrilling 3-2 victory which defeated John Marshall/ put up three third-period goals had two goals and one assist coach Steve Russell said. against No. 5 seed Owatonna time. Flesher also assisted on Anna Billings’ goal in the Lourdes 6-0 on Friday. to pull away in that game. for Lakeville South (21-5-1). “It was her best game of the in a Section One, Class AA year.” first period that gave Mayo a Mayo (14-9-1 overall) picked Lakeville North, the No. 2 But Michelle Bonapace- tournament quarterfinal seed in Section 1AA, defeated JM/L had 13 shots. game. 1-0 lead. up its third victory of the Potvin was outstanding in season against Owatonna. All No. 7 Winona, 7-3, on Friday. goal for JM/L to keep the game “We almost had one (goal) in “(Flesher) has the ability Billings and Chloe Bill- three games were decided North will play host to Farm- close through two periods. the first,” Russell said. to make big plays and as a ings had assists on Flesher’s by two goals or less. Things ington in Tuesday’s other Lakeville South scored once team leader she stepped up winning goal. Lakeville South finally were just as even on Friday, semifinal. in the first period and then and made the biggest play Phillips credited the line pulled away in the third as Mayo held a slim 33-32 edge in the closing minute of the when it counted,” Mayo coach of Mackenzie McCormack, JM/Lourdes eliminated period, scoring four times on in shots on goal. second for a 2-0 lead. Jeff Phillips said. “I was very Courtney Schubauer and LAKEVILLE — Top-seeded 25 shots. proud of our seniors (Flesher, Olivia Mewhorter for keeping The Spartans must now Lakeville South pulled away Bonapace-Potvin faced 63 “They just kept coming wave Emma Leof, Anna Billings). Owatonna’s top line in check. travel to Lakeville South, in the third period to defeat shots and made 57 saves. She after wave and eventually we Every year we talk about our Mayo’s victory on Friday where they lost 5-1 on Jan. 21. No. 8 John Marshall/Lourdes stopped 36 of the 38 shots she got a little tired,” Russell seniors during playoff time pushes it into the Section 1AA Mayo had just 12 shots on goal 6-0 in another quarterfinal faced in the first two periods. said. and how each game could be playoff semifinals on Tuesday in that game, but trailed just game Friday. “Michelle have a very good JM/L finishes the season their last. They played this at top-seeded Lakeville South, 2-1 after two periods. South Junior Morgan Fritz-Ward game for us tonight,” JM/L 7-20.

NASCAR / DAYTONA 500 Who’s the favorite? Well, nobody really By Dave Kallmann some of those guys are push- of guys who I’ve pushed and McClatchy News Services ing as well because it’s a lot every time that I go and see DAYTONA 500 DAYTONA BEACH, Fla._ faster than it’s been in the them out on the grid before Kasey Kahne, among the past.” the 500 starts, I put my arm When: Sunday, favorites to win the Daytona After years with Dodge, around them and remind Kahne is in a Ford for the first them,” Busch said. noon (CDT) at Daytona 500, was asked Friday about International Speedway, potential winners who would time. Richard Petty Motor- Anyone else? sports made the switch in the Daytona, Fla. surprise a casual fan but “Jimmie,” Carl Edwards off-season, which essentially wouldn’t stun him. said, referring to four-time TV: Fox (KXLT), coverage aligned it with Roush Fenway His list included Sam defending Sprint Cup Series Racing, the lead Ford team starts at 11 a.m. Hornish Jr., the Indy-car cham- champion Jimmie Johnson, that won the 500 last year with pion who has struggled in the who won the other qualifying Matt Kenseth. after leading the most laps, transition to stock cars. race Thursday. “For Jimmie was a popular drafting partner That’s not to say there’s to do what he did on old tires That ought to say something anything wrong with Dodge. Thursday. about just how wide open and like that ... and was somehow Although Penske Racing The list goes on. unpredictable the race Sunday able to win that race.” is the only large team with might be. And. ... Muddling things are a the manufacturer anymore, couple of rule changes. Quick, unscientific polling its lead driver, Kurt Busch, Tony Stewart has won the of competitors and pundits Associated Press had the best car on the track summer race at Daytona three The restrictor plate — regarding favorites and dark Thursday, according to Kahne. times and finished second to which controls airflow to the Kasey Kahne answers questions at a Friday press confer- engine — has larger holes horses turned up a wild vari- ence in Daytona. As winner of a qualifying race Thursday, Busch’s teammates, Hornish Kahne on Thursday. Kevin ety of answers. The names of and Brad Keselowski, both Harvick won the 500 in 2007 this year, resulting in a 5 Mark Martin and Dale Earn- Kahne is one of the favorites in a race with no clear fa- mph jump in average speeds. vorites. were able to drive through and has won only two exhi- hardt Jr., the Hendrick Motor- the field to race at the front of bition races since: the last More frequently a driver has sports teammates who will agreed that this would be his fit gained when cars line up. their Duel races, as well. two Budweiser Shootouts at to let off the throttle to enter start on the front row, came best shot in NASCAR’s biggest “In the past, as a driver, Busch has experience Daytona. Kenseth had a strong the turns. Also, aerodynamic up but not extensively. race. you’re looking and it’s Kyle racing at the front in the 500. car in the Duel until handling changes have affected the way Kahne, who will start fourth “I just feel like this is the Busch or it’s Tony Stewart, He pushed then-teammate trouble slowed him. His Roush the cars stick to the track. after winning a qualifying race first time I’ve ever looked in Jimmie Johnson, Jeff Gordon, Ryan Newman to the victory Fenway teammates, Edwards “Unless you get a caution Thursday, was singled out as my mirror and there are cars ‘OK, I want to be behind those in 2008. and Greg Biffle, both led every 10 or 15 laps, everybody’s often as anyone. He shied pushing,” Kahne said, refer- guys.’ This year I think (my) “You can never feel like it’s Thursday. Kyle Busch, who cars are going to be moving from the “favorite” label but ring to the aerodynamic bene- car is one of those cars that your turn, but I do have a list crashed out of last year’s 500 around,” Stewart said.

Ohm accepted into prestigious Mayo program Up next in... LOCAL SPORTS NOTEBOOK • GUY LIMBECK Yellowjackets are holding a childhood [email protected] cancer research and “Brighter Tomor- rows” Cancer Support Group fund- raiser. Sports Donations will be accepted and each University of it was to me to get back on the court donation will receive a Gold Ribbon Minnesota women’s made me want to pursue the field (color of childhood cancer) Brighter basketball player because it had such a positive affect on Tomorrows staff will also be on hand to Monday Katie Ohm, who is a me.” answer any questions about childhood Elgin-Millville grad, has been accepted Ohm applied to six different physical Yoga! into the prestigious Mayo School of cancer as well as sell bracelets, child- therapy schools, but the Mayo was her hood cancer pins and accept donations. Health Sciences’ three-year program at first choice. Wes Emmert’s column the Mayo Clinic. The game is at the Regional Sports puts the spotlight on a “It’s a great school, and it’s really Center. If you are unable to attend and The program is very selective for competitive to get into, so I feel pretty would like to donate, contact RCTC personal fitness success those hoping to earn a doctoral degree good about it,” she said. “Mayo is the coach at steve.hucke@roch. story. in physical therapy. only school [that I applied to] that does Steve Hucke edu. or 529-6298. Only 28 students are interviews. I had an interview on Dec. accepted every year. 11, and I found out that next Thursday, • • • In her fifth year at so I found out within six days.” The RCTC baseball and softball Minnesota, Ohm was • • • teams are accepting equipment dona- Tuesday named a team captain, tions today as part of a fundraiser. The and she is currently A former Rochester man has a grand- From Vancouver son who is competing in the Olympics RCTC teams are looking for equipment ranked third on the list such as uniforms, helmets, gloves, of career three-point- in Vancouver. Bob Dr. Michael Stuart of the spikes, cleats and balls. ers made by a Golden Tewes, formerly of Mayo Clinic continues Rochester, now lives in Equipment can be brought to the Gopher women’s writing a daily “postcard” basketball player. Ohm Stillwater. His grand- Regional Sports Center today as the son, Mark Ladwig, will RCTC teams help Kim Glarner of the Ohm graduated with a from the Winter Olympic compete in pairs figure Regional Sports Center support staff kinesiology degree in May of 2009, and Games in Vancouver. skating for the United and his friends provide gear to the is currently pursuing a Master’s degree States. youth of Managua, Nicaragua. It is the in applied kinesiology. She will start hope that the Youth of Managua will her training at the Mayo next fall. Her Ladwig grew up in benefit from the development of Youth Wednesday dream of a career in physical therapy Moorhead, Minn. He Baseball and Softball. was inspired by her sister as well as by will pair with Amanda Field narrows some of Ohm’s personal experiences. Evora, his partner for Ladwig The dropoff time is between 12:30- the past eight years, 3:30 p.m. Donations can also be made Section 1A and 1AA girls “(Physical therapy) is a reward- to compete as one of two teams for the by contacting Glarner at kim.glarner@ ing career,” Ohm said. “My sister is hockey teams play their U.S. The pairs competition was set to roch.edu or Hucke at steve.hucke@roch. an occupational therapist, and I’ve be held on Sunday and Monday. edu. semifinal games Tuesday. heard about her experiences and how rewarding it is for her. As an athlete • • • Guy N. Limbeck’s Local Sports Notebook We’ll tell you who goes to I’ve had my share of injuries and The RCTC women’s basketball is regularly runs on Tuesdays and Saturdays. Friday’s title games. just having that relationship with my hosting Riverland today at 1 p.m. and He can be reached at glimbeck@postbulletin. trainer and knowing how important in conjunction with the game the com •••••••• ✩ D4 POST-BULLETIN / www.postbulletin.com Saturday, February 13, 2010 Comments? Sports editor Craig Swalboski, 285-7721, [email protected] Local Sports BOYS BASKETBALL / OWATONNA 64, CENTURY 51 Panthers, still trying to find shooting touch, fall to Owatonna continued. For Owatonna, it’s been make some big 3-pointers against there, for the entire 36 minutes,” Fellow guard Tyler Supalla had 16 Century struggles from the 6-foot-3, sweet-shooting and ball- Owatonna, but never seemed to be Century senior forward Jared points and forward Mitch Hawk- handling Thada doing all the right able to knock one down when it most Malone said. “But we’re just not ins had nine. Mike Sebring had 11 field in loss to Huskies stuff offensively. He’s averaged 20 mattered. Better outside shooting hitting outside rebounds and Hawkins had three By Pat Ruff points in those eight games, getting could have been the difference shots lately. We’ve steals. [email protected] them every which way. Friday night, against the Huskies, as Century got good shooters Manyang was the only Panther he did it again, scoring 20 more. played a gritty enough game to stay on this team. But to score in double figures. Josh The Rochester Century and within striking distance throughout. we just haven’t Gentling, Nate Kruisselbrink and Owatonna boys basketball teams are “He’s just been playing extremely been making them Dan Fleissner all had eight points. going in opposite directions. well for us (the past month),” Century trailed by seven at intermis- sion and was within four with four lately.” Owatonna 64, Century 51 That continued on Friday night Owatonna coach Josh Williams said. minutes to go in regulation. Century coach Joe OWATONNA (63) as the Panthers and Huskies met Ohm feels the shoot- Mitch Hawkins 9, Tyler Supalla 16, Mike Sebring at Century. Owatonna kept up Century wishes it could have some- The thing the Panthers did best 4, Vaughn Thada 20, Sheridan Skala 3, Matt Wag- ing will improve if ner 3, Paul Satterlund 6, Brian Vargason 2, Brian its winning trend with a nicely one stroke the ball as well as Thada was rebound. They won that battle his team cleans up Wagner 1. controlled game led by guard Vaughn has been of late. The biggest prob- 33-27, led by relentless 6-5 sophomore Other stats: Sebring 11 rebounds, Thada 3 assists, its offense overall. Thada, and dashed off with a 64-51 lem in its losing four of five has been forward Ater Manyang. Manyang Malone Supalla 3 steals, Hawkins 3 steals. grabbed 13 rebounds, to go along “We have streaks CENTURY (51) Big Nine Conference win. an inability to hit shots, particularly Carson Fossum 0, Josh Benson 0, Nick Beise 4, Nate It was Owatonna’s eighth consecu- from the outside. Century has shot with a team-high 15 points. where we have bad possessions,” Kruisselbrink 8, Jared Malone 6, Eric Sherden 2, Josh tive win, and moved it to 10-2 in the less than 40 percent in all four of But if Century could just have he said. “We had that happen again Gentling 8, Dan Fleissner 8, Ater Manyang 15. tonight.” Other stats: Manyang 13 rebounds, Gentling 8 re- Big Nine and 15-5 overall. Century those recent losses. It shot 36 percent shot better. . . That’s something the bounds, Fleissner 6 rebounds, Fossum 3 assists has dropped four of its last five and against Owatonna, including a killing Panthers have been saying for weeks As good as Thada was, he also got Halftime: OWA 32, CENT 25. is now 5-6, 10-7. some nice help. Owatonna, playing Free throws: OWA 21-30, CENT 11-20. 16 percent on 3-pointers. now. Three-point goals: OWA 5 (Supalla 3, Thada 1), CENT Trends within those streaks also Century was desperate to “We were really working hard out 10 players, had nine of them score. 4 (Beise 1, Kruisselbrink 1, Fleissner 2).

GIRLS BASKETBALL / ROCHESTER ROUNDUP BOYS BASKETBALL / ROCHESTER ROUNDUP Century collars Huskies with first Big 9 loss Strong second half carries Lourdes By Donny Henn LOURDES 54, COTTER 52 Other stats: Hanssen 11 rebounds; Melquist 8 rebounds; Helt 3 assists; An- [email protected] Eagles erase big deficit derson 3 assists, 4 steals. Daly nets 20 OWATONNA — The Roch- Rochester Lourdes made a Halftime: COTT 29, LOUR 23. Free throws: COTT 7-14, LOUR 10-15. ester Century girls basket- second-half comeback against Three-point goals: COTT 5 (Bowlin 2, Ro- points, pulls down ball team notched a 62-61 Winona Cotter and avoided emer 1, Trainor 1, Gernes 1), LOUR 0. eight rebounds upset win over Owatonna and an upset in a Hiawatha Valley MAYO 62, AUSTIN 41 handed the Huskies their first League girls basketball game By Guy N. Limbeck Friday night at the Lourdes Spartans sweep Packers Big Nine Conference defeat [email protected] Friday night. gym. Rochester Mayo built a double-digit lead before half- Lourdes trailed by as much WINONA — Lourdes used Owatonna had an opportu- time and stretched it out in nity to win the game or force 16 in the first half yet came a strong second half to rally the second half en route to overtime at the free throw back to stay unbeaten in the past Winona Cotter 55-45 in the Spartans second win over Hiawatha Valley League boys line, but an Owatonna player HVL Gold Division at 11-0, Austin this season. basketball on Friday. missed two free throws and and 20-2 overall. Cotter is that preserved Century’s 12-9, 3-7 in the HVL Gold. Mayo’s Julie Miller swished The Eagles trailed 30-25 narrow win. “Cotter started really strong a three-pointer just before the at the half before outscoring Cotter 30-15 in the second Century improved to 11-9 and we were sluggish,” said intermission and the Spar- half. overall and 9-4 in the confer- Lourdes coach Myron Glass, tans were in cruise control ence. Owatonna is 12-1 in the whose team notched its 11th after that. It was a much “We defended much better Big Nine and 13-6 overall. straight win. easier win than the first meet- in the second half and we ing with Austin a month ago, shot better, “What a fun, exciting game,” “I was really proud of when Mayo edged the Packers too,” Lourdes Century coach Aaron Berg the girls and the poise they showed for being down and 47-45. coach Jim said. “Beating an undefeated Daly said. team is a big feather in the never giving up. We just kept “It was a good win to boost cap, but we are going to need chipping away and got back confidence after a tough loss Sam Daly to shoot better from the line into the game.” to Century last week,” said paced the Eagles with down the stretch if we want Lourdes battled back to Mayo coach Angie Meister. 20 points to keep our momentum going regain the lead with eight “We had confidence in our and eight into sections.” minutes remaining, and the shots and pushed the ball up rebounds. score stayed close the rest of the floor more than we have Century scored five points Guards Tyler the game. been.” in the span of a few seconds Greguson and Rachael Doll led Mayo with S. Daly to take the lead in the final Lourdes guard Stephanie Nic Jensen 15 points and nine rebounds. minute of the game. The Helt made a steal and a layup each chipped with 12 points. Panthers never relinquished in the closing minute that put Anna Hirssig had 12 points “We had good balance, it, although Owatonna put the Eagles ahead by 5 points and eight rebounds, and Ali which was good to see,” coach itself in position for the win. and clinched the win. Moat added 10 points and Daly said. Three Century players Shelby Hanssen had four assists. Greguson collected seven scored in double figures, Mayo evened its record at one of her best game for rebounds as Lourdes held Mishawna Lindsay and Katy 10-10 overall and is 9-4 in the Lourdes with 17 points and a 24-19 edge on the boards. Scherer with 13 points each, Big Nine. Austin dipped to 11 rebounds. Laura Melquist Greguson also had three steals and Lizzie Stenhaug with 12. 3-16 and is in the conference Nate Howard, [email protected] had 20 points and eight as the Eagles forced 14 turn- “The girls played hard and rebounds, and Helt finished basement at 2-11. overs while committing just Michael Idso of Rochester Mayo attempts a one-handed complemented each other with 10 points. Mayo’s next game is Tues- seven. shot from behind the board during the Spartans game at well,” Berg said. Micaela Trainer led Cotter day at home against Mankato “It was good to see Tyler get Austin High on Friday night. Century is home Tuesday with 17 points. West. seven rebounds,” Daly said. MAYO 62, AUSTIN 41 against Faribault. Lourdes is home Monday The win moves Lourdes to CENTURY 62, OWATONNA 61 night for a makeup game AUSTIN (41) Babaye Oja 11, Bri Mayer 1, Jenna Svo- 13-6 overall, 5-4 in the HVL CENTURY (62) against Triton. The Eagles are Brittany Mlenar 1, Taylor Wells 6, Katy boda 7, Kaycee Lukes 6, Mary Kate Barinka Gold. Scherer 13, Lizzie Stenhaug 12, Maggie at Hayfield on Tuesday. 1, Meg Brucker 2, Meredith Molhusen 4, Robin Arjes 4, Sophia Hebrink 2. LOURDES 55, WINONA COTTER 45 Pumper 0, Jessica Grev 3, Mishawna Lindsey LOURDES 54, WINONA COTTER 52 LOURDES (55) MAYO (62) 13, Heather Tally 6, Jessica Hazelton 2, WINONA COTTER (52) Tyler Greguson 12, Nic Jensen 12, Andrew Brittany Sorgenfrie 2, Sarah Bohlen 7, Mallory Cochran 6, Kelsey Braatz 0. Paige Gernes 5, Lauren Bowlin 6, Nicole Lose 3, Alex Kapraun 5, Sam Daly 20, Nick Other stats: Hazeltzon 8 rebounds, 4 as- Kirkvold 3, Micaela Trainor 17, Kelly Ro- Julie Miller 7, Ali Moat 10, Anna Hirssig Shen 1, Chris Eickemeyer 2. 12, Anna Ryan 3, Rachael Doll 15, Lau- sists; Lindsey 5 rebounds, 2 steals; Scherer emer 3, Kelli Koetz 0, Sammi Storsveen WINONA COTTER (45) ren Ulsh 6. 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals, 2 blocks; 0, Emily Skeels 0, Sarah Spiten 8, Nicole Sam Tofstad 8, Robert Tofstad 2, Ryan Cochran 3 rebounds, 3 steals, 2 blocks; Beyer 10. Other stats: Doll 9 rebounds; Hirssig 8 Eichman 11, Jordan Ossefoort 9, Sam Werle Stenhaug 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals; Other stats: Spiten 5 rebounds; Trainor rebounds; Bohlen 8 rebounds, 5 steals; Moat 2, Gus Cochran 13. Wells 3 assists. 3 steals. 4 assists; Miller 6 steals, 3 assists. Halftime: WC 30, LOUR 25. OWATONNA (61) LOURDES (54) Halftime: MAYO 27, AUST 16. Free throws: LOUR 7-16, WC 4-11. Scoring not provided. Stephanie Helt 10, Olivia Muyres 2, Hanna Free throws: AUST 7-15, MAYO 15-22. Three-point goals: LOUR 9 (Jensen 3, Daly Halftime: CENT 36, OWA 35. Anderson 4, Aubrey Neumann 0, Jessie Three-point goals: AUST 4 (Lukes 2, Oja 3, Greguson 1, Lose 1, Kapraun 1), WC 1 Free throws: CENT 11-22, OWA na. Wilcken 1, Betsey Daly 0, Shelby Hanssen 1, Svoboda 1), MAYO 3 (Moat 1, Bohlen (Cochran 1). Three-point goals: CENT 3 (Scherer 3). 17, Laura Melquist 20. 1, Miller 1). AUSTIN 62, MAYO 54 Franzone has huge night AUSTIN — Rochester Mayo had been on a nice little streak, having won three of its last four games heading into Friday night’s r o a d g a m e with Austin. The Pack- ers pushed away Mayo’s good feelings — at least for a night — as it slid past Mayo 62-54 Franzone in Big Nine Conference action. It was Austin’s second win over Mayo this season. The Spartans slipped to 4-7 Nate Howard, [email protected] in the Big Nine and 6-12 over- Cody Gallaher of Rochester Mayo reaches for a layup during all. Austin is 5-7, 8-9. the Spartans game at Austin on Friday. “Austin played very effi- Scott Jacobson, [email protected] ciently on offense,” Mayo coach 8, Cody Gallaher 6. ers and scored 21 points while Shaun Lang said of a Pack- Other stats: Calcagno 7 assists Mayo goaltender Rebecca Graham makes a save in overtime and keeps the puck in front AUSTIN (62) 6-foot-6 Sam Onsomu scored 14 ers attack that landed three of her while Mayo defenders Kelli Anderson (6) and Chloe Billings (15) prevent Owa- Tim Erickson 15, Connor Gunderson points inside. players in double-figures, led 18, TJ Fritz 8, Joey Swatfager 13, Jamaal JM (1-16, 1-10 Big Nine) also tonna players from getting to the rebound. Mayo moves on to the section semifinals. by Connor Gunderson with Gibson 2. Halftime: AUST 32, MAYO 29. struggled to find any offensive 18 points. “They spread the GIRLS HOCKEY / SECTION 1AA Free throws: MAYO 3-5, AUST 8-10. rhythm. Kadri Plott led the court out very well.” Three-point goals: MAYO 9 (Franzone 9), team with eight points. Mayo had the opposite AUST 4 (). SCHEDULE “We had a bunch of turn- End of the line for JM/Lourdes results on offense. Guard MANKATO EAST 73, JM 41 SECTION ONE, CLASS AA overs because of the pres- Michael Franzone had a huge By Jason Feldman in the section quarterfinal WEDNESDAY, FEB. 10 Pressure rattles Rockets sure,” Cain said. “They did a game, with 27 points, including [email protected] round at Lakeville. First round MANKATO — John Marshall good job of keeping us out of Rochester John Marshall/Lourdes 6, Cen- hitting nine 3-pointers. But no struggled with Mankato East’s The Rochester John South moves on to play host tury 0 the flow of our offense.” other Mayo player had more defensive pressure in a 73-41 Marshall/Lourdes girls to No. 4 seed Rochester Mayo FRIDAY, FEB. 12 MANKATO EAST 73, JOHN MARSHALL 41 than eight points. loss in Big Nine Conference hockey team’s bid for a big in the section semifinals. Quarterfinals JOHN MARSHALL (41) Lakeville South 6, Rochester John Marshall/ “We struggled to attack the boys basketball on Friday. Mikail Gonyea 5, John Mattison 7, Jacob upset in the Section One, JM/L didn’t go away easily, Lourdes 0 Guthmiller 4, Travis Krukow 7, Nate Ekhoff middle of their zone,” Lang Class AA tournament came though. Michelle Bonapace- Mayo 3, Owatonna 2, 2OT “They just did a great job of 0, Abdiweli Ali 4, Louis Hermansen 2, said. “Franzone did a great Kadri Plott 8, Mitch Johnson 0, Christian up short on Friday. Potvin, a finalist for the Farmington 8, Dodge County 0 pressuring us early,” JM coach Lakeville North 7, Winona 3 job of keeping us in the game Hermansen 4. Richard Cain said. “And we MANKATO EAST (73) JM/Lourdes, the No. 8 seed Minnesota Senior Goalie of TUESDAY, FEB. 16 with his hot hand and impres- Semifinals got rattled and never recov- Brady Dose 7, Jordan Benesh 3, Mahad in the section, hung with the Year, kept her team in Mohmad 2, Alex Welter 21, Sam Onsomu 14, No. 4 Rochester Mayo at No. 1 Lakeville sive shooting night.” ered.” the game for two periods. BeePee Pajibo 12, Fredricks 2, Taylor Hayenga top-seeded Lakeville South South AUSTIN 62, MAYO 54 2, Brody Ziegler 4, Brandon Sedivy 6. MAYO (54) East (9-10, 6-6 Big Nine) used for two periods before the She held South to two goals No. 3 Farmington at No. 2 Lakeville North Halftime: ME 40, JM 20 Kvale Taylor 3, Sam Calcagno 2, Steve a solid inside-outside combi- Cougars’ depth took over. through two periods and FRIDAY, FEB. 19 Free throws: JM 14-25, ME 18-34. Final, at Owatonna Miller 0, Zach Rhodes 2, Nicholas Bhaskaran nation to score. Guard Alex South scored four third- stopped 56 of the 62 shots she 2, Michael Franzone 27, Evan Morris 0, Ian Three-point goals: JM 1 (Ali 1), ME 7 Mayo/South winner vs. Farmington/North Welter made five three-point- (Dose 2, Welter 5). period goals for a 6-0 victory faced in the game. winner, 5 p.m. Hathaway 4, Ben Alexander 0, Michael Idso ••••••••