Tritons take two from Lakers Feb. 7, 2010

ESTHERVILLE - Iowa Central beat Iowa Lakes in both ends of an Iowa Community College Athletic Conference basketball doubleheader Saturday as the Tritons won the women's game 74-72 and the men's 75-69.

In the women's game, the Lakers had four players score in double figures, with Shayna Geitzenauer scoring 16 points, Taylor Larson 15 and Amy Paulzine and Andrienne Terrell 11 apiece.

Monica Deighton pulled down nine rebounds.

ILCC is 1-9 in region play and 6-14 overall.

With their loss, the Laker men slip to 3-4 in the region and 14-7 overall.

Both Iowa Lakes teams are scheduled to travel to Ellsworth Wednesday.
 

Luverne rallies to edge Windom Area boys Feb. 7, 2010

LUVERNE - Luverne rallied for an 8-7 victory over Windom Area in Southwest Conference boys hockey Friday at Blue Mound Arena.

Three Eagles had three-point nights, with Cody Mischke recording two goals and an assist, while Justin Cook and Hunter Johnson each had three assists.

Adam Eisenmenger had two points on a goal and an assist.

Scoring one goal apiece were Tyler Clark, Mitch Baumhoefner, Jared Bargen and Nick Eisenmenger.

Windom Area will close out its regular-season schedule at home Thursday against Fairmont.

Saturday, Feb. 6 results

Wrestling
Mike Fasnacht Invitational
At Janesville
1. Jackson County Central 213, 2. Chatfield 134.5, 3. Sibley East 130.5, 4. Waterville-Elysian-Morristown/Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton 126, 5. Triton 91, 6. Saint Clair/Mankato Loyola 87.5, 7. Totino-Grace 59, 8. Southland 41.
Subway Maverick Invitational
At Sherburn
1. Saint James 185, 2. Blue Earth Area 163, 3. United South Central 127, 4. Pipestone 123, 5. Martin County West 107, 6. Fairmont 64, 7. Redwood Valley 61, 8. Worthington/Round Lake-Brewster 60.
Mankato East Invitational
1. Annandale/Maple Lake 208, 2. Austin/Austin Pacelli 169.5, 3. Lakeville South 149, 4. Wayzata 143, 5. Tomah (WI) 136.5, 6. Marshall 112.5, 7. Mankato East 110, 8. LeSueur-Henderson 94.
Other Minnesota wrestling
Windom/Mountain Lake/Butterfield-Odin 53, Fulda/Murray County Central 17
Albert Lea 28, Adrian 18
Iowa Class 2A Algona sectional
1. Emmetsburg/Armstrong-Ringsted/Ruthven-Ayrshire 257, 2. Algona/North Sentral Kossuth 219, 3. Spirit Lake Park 164.5, 4. Humboldt 149, 5. Laurens-Marathon 95, 6. Estherville-Lincoln Central 71.
Iowa Class 2A Clear Lake sectional
1. Clear Lake 213.5, 2. Osage 191, 3. Charles City 186.5, 4. Forest City 147.5, 5. Hampton-Dumont 147, 6. Lake Mills/Northwood-Kensett 115.
Iowa Class 1A Milford sectional
1. Okoboji 183, 2. Graettinger/Terril 181.5, 3. Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn 168, 4. Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn 141, 5. Sibley-Ocheyedan 124.5, 6. Alta 101, 7. Kingsley-Pierson 82
Iowa Class 1A Inwood sectional
1. Woodbury Central 192, 2. Sioux Center 177, 3. West Sioux 144.5, 4. Akron-Westfield 141, 5. Lawton-Bronson 113, 6. Hinton 102, 7. West Lyon 76.

Boys basketball
Pipestone 60, Jackson County Central 51
Worthington 78, Fairmont 44
Russell-Tyler-Ruthton 60, Fulda 53
Ellsworth 75, Murray County Central 48
Sleepy Eye Saint Mary's 91, Truman 76
Ruthven-Ayrshire 58, Estherville-Lincoln Central 49

Girls basketball
Pipestone 52, Jackson County Central 43
Fairmont 62, Worthington 47
Luverne 56, Redwood Valley 47
Fulda 50, Russell-Tyler-Ruthton 46
Saint James 67, Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 54
LeCenter 51, Truman 48

Boys hockey
Sleepy Eye 6, Worthington 2
Redwood Valley 6, Fairmont 1
Luverne 4, Morris/Benson 3 (OT)
Hutchinson 4, Marshall 3 (OT)

Girls hockey
LeSueur-Henderson/Saint Peter 8, Worthington 0
Redwood Valley 4, Fairmont 1

College men’s basketball
Fergus Falls 76, Minnesota West 70
Iowa Central 75, Iowa Lakes 69
Minnesota 66, Penn State 64
Kansas State 79, Iowa State 75
Northern Iowa 55, Southern Illinois 52
Illinois State 71, Drake 68
South Dakota State 78, Missouri-Kansas City 57
Minnesota State, Mankato 93, Minnesota State, Moorhead 72
Southwest Minnesota State 75, Minnesota-Crookston 70
Augustana 70, Wayne State 54
Saint Cloud State 107, Bemidji State 71
Concordia (Saint Paul) 78, Minnesota-Duluth 73
Winona State 71, Mary 67
Hamline 66, Gustavus 63
Augsburg 71, Macalaster 68
Saint Thomas 58, Carleton 55
Concordia (Moorhead) 63, Saint John’s 60
Bethel 86, Saint Olaf 72
Buena Vista 85, Loras 79
Bethany Lutheran 84, Crown 59

College women’s basketball
Minnesota West 75, Fergus Falls 59
Iowa Central 74, Iowa Lakes 72
South Dakota State 76, Missouri-Kansas City 47
Seattle 52, South Dakota 42
Minnesota State, Mankato 73, Minnesota State, Moorhead 56
Southwest Minnesota State 93, Minnesota-Crookston 67
Wayne State 75, Augustana 46
Bemidji State 70, Saint Cloud State 63
Concordia (Saint Paul) 83, Minnesota-Duluth 72
Winona State 79, Mary 68
Hamline 69, Gustavus 65
Macalaster 94, Augsburg 66
Saint Thomas 76, Carleton 59
Bethel 82, Saint Olaf 56
Concordia (Moorhead) 69, Saint Benedict 67
Saint Catherine 67, Saint Mary’s 57
Buena Vista 89, Loras 85
Bethany Lutheran 76, Crown 47

NBA
Minnesota Timberwolves 109, Memphis Grizzlies 102
New Orleans 104, Charlotte 99
Atlanta at Washington, ppd., snow
Detroit 99, New Jersey 92
Cleveland 113, New York 106
Chicago 95, Miami 91
Philadelphia 102, Houston 95
Milwaukee 93, Indiana 81
Utah 116, Denver 106
Los Angeles Lakers 99, Portland 82
Oklahoma City 104, Golden State 95
San Antonio 98, Los Angeles Clippers 81

College men’s hockey
Saint Cloud State 6, Alaska-Anchorage 0
Minnesota-Duluth 3, Michigan Tech 2
Gustavus 2, Concordia (Moorhead) 0
Saint Olaf 5, Saint Thomas 2
Augsburg 4, Saint Mary’s 2
Hamline 5, Saint John’s 2

College women’s hockey
Minnesota-Duluth 3, Minnesota 0
Wisconsin 6, Bemidji State 1
Gustavus 4, Concordia (Moorhead) 0
Hamline 1, Saint Benedict 1 (tie)
Saint Mary’s 5, Augsburg 1
Saint Catherine 1, Bethel 0 (OT)
Saint Thomas 3, Saint Olaf 2

NHL
Minnesota Wild 2, Philadelphia Flyers 1
Vancouver 3, Boston 2 (SO Vancouver 1-0)
Montreal 5, Pittsburgh 3
Los Angeles 4, Detroit 3
Dallas 4, Phoenix 0
Toronto 5, Ottawa 0
Carolina 3, New York Islanders 1
New York Rangers 3, New Jersey 1
Tampa Bay 2, Calgary 1 (OT)
Columbus 4, Buffalo 0
Atlanta 4, Florida 2
Chicago 2, Saint Louis 1
San Jose 4, Nashville 3
Colorado 3, Edmonton 0

College wrestling
Minnesota 23, Indiana 10
Iowa 38, Utah Valley 0
Northern Iowa 30, Appalachian State 9
Chattanooga 16, Northern Iowa 15
Saint Cloud State 44, Northern State 0

College baseball
Minnesota 3, Pro Alumni 0
Saint Cloud State 8, Wisconsin-Parkside 2

Mavericks post win over Cyclones Feb. 6, 2010

SHERBURN - Martin County West claimed a 42-37 win over Saint Clair in Valley Conference girls basketball Thursday.

JCC, MCW wrestlers to compete in tourneys Feb. 5, 2010

JACKSON - Both the Jackson County Central and Martin County West wrestling teams will be involved in tournament competition Saturday.

The Huskies will go to the second annual Mike Fasnacht Memorial tournament in Janesville. Wrestling starts at 10 a.m.

Scheduled to compete in addition to JCC and host Waterville-Elysian-Morristown/Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton are Chatfield, Maple River, Saint Clair/Mankato Loyola, Sibley East, Southland, Totino-Grace and Triton.

MCW is the host squad for the Maverick Subway Invitational. Wrestling in Sherburn also starts at 10 a.m.

Joining the host team there are Blue Earth Area, Fairmont, Pipestone, Redwood Valley, Saint James, Worthington/Round Lake-Brewster and United South Central.

Windom Area girls fall to New Ulm Feb. 5, 2010

WASECA - New Ulm handed Windom Area a 10-1 loss in nonconference girls hockey Thursday at New Ulm Civic Center.

Eagle goalie Brooklyn Drahota broke her school record for saves in a season. She made 15 saves in 13 minutes before giving to Bailee Sauter.

Drahota now has 1,075 saves this season, which breaks the record of 1,066 she set in the 2007-08 season. For her career, she is four shy of the 5,000 mark for her career. She'll hit that milestone in the regular-season finale at 7 p.m. Monday against Waseca.

Sauter made 15 saves in 38 minutes. Windom Area had 11 shots on goal.

Kylie Willard scored the Windom Area goal, her second of the season. Shelby Veenker got an assist.

Kaylen Berle had three goals and two assists for New Ulm. Kali Denn scored two goals.

Eagle boys drop home game to Bluejays Feb. 5, 2010

WINDOM - Waseca scored four goals in the second period and two in the third as the Bluejays beat Windom Area 6-5 in nonconference boys hockey Thursday.

Windom Area girls to host Fairmont Feb. 4, 2010

REDWOOD FALLS - Windom Area has been seeded fourth for the Section 3A girls hockey tournament and will host a first-round game.

The Eagles will host fifth-seeded Fairmont at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 12.

Those teams have met twice this season, with Windom Area winning both, 6-4 at Fairmont on Dec. 15 and 4-1 in Windom on Monday.

The winner of that game will play at top-seeded Luverne in a semifinal game on Tuesday, Feb. 16.

On the other side of the bracket on Feb. 12, seventh-seeded Worthington plays at second-seeded New Ulm and sixth-seeded Redwood Valley plays at third-seeded Marshall. Those winners play in a semifinal game Feb. 16 at the site of the higher-seeded team.

The championship game is Friday, Feb. 19 at Redwood Falls.
 

JCC gymnasts to host Redwood Feb. 4, 2010

JACKSON - Class A eighth-ranked Jackson County Central will host Redwood Valley in a Southwest Conference gymnastics dual Thursday. The JV meet starts at 6:30 p.m.

It will be Parent's Night and Senior Spotlight Night for the Huskies.

Girls hockey

The Windom Area girls hockey team has a 7 p.m. nonconference road game scheduled at New Ulm Thursday.

Windom Area is 6-15-1 on the season, while New Ulm is 8-10.

New Ulm won the first meeting between the teams 8-2 in Windom on Dec. 7.

Boys hockey

The Windom Area boys hockey team will host Waseca in nonconference play Thursday. The JV game is at 5 p.m., with the varsity game scheduled for 7 p.m.

The Eagles are 7-11-1 on the season, while the Bluejays are 5-9-1.

The teams tied 5-5 in Waseca on Dec. 30.

Girls basketball

Martin County West hosts Saint Clair in a makeup Valley Conference girls basketball game Thursday.

The Cyclones have a 10-8 record, while the Mavericks are 7-9.

Magic 7th, Huskies 8th in gymnastics ratings Feb. 4, 2010

SAINT CLOUD - Martin County Area is seventh and Jackson County Central eighth in the latest ratings by the Minnesota Girls Gymnastics Coaches Association.

The Magic have an average of 142.875, while the Huskies are averaging 142.817.

Perham leads Class A with a 151.933 average, with Elk River/Zimmerman and Rogers on top in Class AA with a 151.233 average.

For the complete ratings, click here.

Arrows up, Trojans down in girls hoops poll Feb. 4, 2010

PAYNESVILLE - One Southwest Conference team moved up, while another slipped in the latest girls basketball ratings by Minnesota Basketball News.

Pipestone (9-2) moved up one spot to seventh in Class 2A, with Worthington (12-2) dropped four spots places to eighth in Class 3A.

All four girls leaders are the same, Cedar Mountain-Comfrey (15-0) in Class 1A, Sauk Centre (19-0) in Class 2A, DeLaSalle (19-0) in 3A and Lakeville North (19-0) in 4A.

For the boys, Blue Earth Area (13-2) remains ninth in Class 2A. Ellsworth dropped out of the Class 1A poll.

All four boys leaders are also the same, MACCRAY (15-0) in 1A, New London-Spicer (16-1) in 2A, Saint Paul Johnson (15-0) in 3A and Eden Prairie (17-0) in 4A.

For the complete ratings, click here.

All four hockey leaders the same Feb. 4, 2010

Laker men top Gusties Feb. 4, 2010

Wednesday, Feb. 3 results

College men’s basketball
Riverland 75, Minnesota West 72
Iowa Lakes 95, Gustavus JV 67
Illinois 57, Iowa 49
Baylor 84, Iowa State 63
Northern Iowa 59, Wichita State 56
Gustavus 63, Macalaster 44
Concordia (Moorhead) 76, Augsburg 63
Hamline 87, Bethel 71
Saint John’s 84, Saint Olaf 61
Carleton 80, Saint Mary’s 60

College women’s basketball
Minnesota West 83, Riverland 71
Sioux Falls JV 81, Iowa Lakes 76
Iowa State 63, Texas Tech 48
Gustavus 74, Macalaster 66
Hamline 45, Bethel 40
Saint Benedict 54, Saint Olaf 41
Saint Thomas 69, Saint Catherine 60
Concordia (Moorhead) 86, Augsburg 69
Saint Mary’s 58, Carleton 49

Top 25 college men's basketball
(1) Kansas 72, Colorado 66 (OT)
(6) West Virginia 70, (22) Pittsburgh 51
South Florida 72, (7) Georgetown 64
(13) Ohio State 75, Penn State 62
(18) Vanderbilt 75, Mississippi State 72
(19) Temple 76, Duquesne 60
(20) Baylor 84, Iowa State 63
(24) Northern Iowa 59, Wichita State 56

Top 25 college women's basketball
(4) Nebraska 88, (10) Oklahoma State 67
(7) Xavier 72, George Washington 56
(12) Texas A&M 65, Missouri 55
(17) Texas 75, (13) Oklahoma 57
(15) Baylor 65, Kansas State 47
(22) Iowa State 63, Texas Tech 48

NBA
Atlanta 103, Los Angeles Clippers 97
Toronto 108, New Jersey 99
Philadelphia 106, Chicago 103, OT
New York 107, Washington 85
Oklahoma City 103, New Orleans 99
Boston 107, Miami 102
Dallas 110, Golden State 101
Utah 118, Portland 105
San Antonio 115, Sacramento 113
Los Angeles Lakers 99, Charlotte 97
Phoenix 109, Denver 97

College wrestling
Minnesota State, Moorhead 22, Concordia (Moorhead) 18

NHL
Ottawa 4, Buffalo 2
St. Louis 3, Chicago 2
Calgary 4, Carolina 1
Edmonton 1, Philadelphia 0
Anaheim 3, Detroit 1

Soper to leave post at Iowa Lakes Feb. 4, 2010

ESTHERVILLE - Iowa Lakes Community College golf coach Dan Soper is leaving that position.

He has been coaching the men’s and women’s teams 14 years. He'll wrap up his coaching career in August.

Dan Soper

“Dan has done an outstanding job at Iowa Lakes. He has consistently recruited high quality student athletes allowing his teams to be very competitive. His knowledge of the game of golf is first rate; he does a great job of teaching young men and women the game,” said Athletics Director Troy Larson. “I decided the time was right to move on,” Soper said. “I have peace of mind knowing the golf program is in very good shape and we have built something here the right way around a group of student athletes who year

in and year out have been willing to be a part of something bigger then themselves.”

And that attitude starts at the top.

“Dan has served as a role model for student athletes at Iowa Lakes. He has outstanding character and a deep passion for the student athletes that he has coached,” Larson said.

The program has always been about the students – and their families.

“As I look back what I will remember the most is all the relationships that have been developed with the players and their families – many of whom I will have lifelong friendships with. I was fortunate to have many outstanding players but really, they are even better people,” Soper said.

Soper had the unique opportunity to coach his children: Jeff, Andy and Ricca – all of whom advanced to national competition.

“Being the son or daughter of a coach is never easy and they all handled it well because they worked hard to reach goals just like the rest of their team mates,” Soper said. “To be able to have each to them as part of the program for two years as players and seeing them each compete at Nationals was certainly special just as it was to watch all of our 30 National Qualifiers who competed over the last 14 years.”

Looking back, Coach Soper realizes many people have impacted his life.

“I would like to personally thank a few people: Bob Grems who was the Athletics Director in 1996 when I was hired. Without the opportunity Bob extended to me none of this would have been possible. Roger Guge, Darin Moeller, Jason Vande Brake and Troy Larson who are all the other Athletics Directors whom I have worked with and gave our golf program tremendous support,” the coach said. “Also, the late George Hess – who was my high school golf and basketball coach and a wonderful mentor. Finally, my late parents, Les and Kathy Soper. They were the greatest influences in my life.”

Coach Soper will be on the job through August.

“My immediate future plans are to continue working at my full-time job and to get our men's and women's team ready for the upcoming spring season as well as help our recruits coming in this fall with their transition from high school to becoming part of the Laker Golf program,” Coach Soper said.

But, no doubt, he’ll be missed in the future.

“His athletes are better having gone through his program,” Larson said. “He will be missed at Iowa Lakes.”

Windom Area girls down Fairmont Feb. 2, 2010

WINDOM - Host Windom Area beat Fairmont in nonconference girls hockey Monday night at Windom City Arena as the Eagles beat the Cardinals 4-1.

Brooklyn Drahota made 40 saves for the Eagles, putting her 19 away from 5,000 saves for her career.

She lost her bid for her 14th career shutout ended with 3:24 remaining when a pass deflected off a Windom defender for the lone Fairmont goal.

Shelby Veenker scored all four goals for the Eagles for her fifth hat trick of the season. She has 30 goals on the season.

Meredith Hentges got one assist for Windom Area.

Lexie Mowery was credited with the Cardinals' goal, her second of the season.

Jess Weiderhoft had 11 saves for Fairmont.

The Eagles (6-15-1) will travel to New Ulm Thursday. The Cardinals are 2-13-1.

Eagle boys end losing streak Feb. 2, 2010

Mavs fall at home to Bluejays Feb. 2, 2010

SHERBURN - Truman defeated Martin County West 61-47 in a Valley Conference girls basketball game Monday night.

Alyssa Taylor recorded 12 points, eight rebounds and seven assists for the Mavericks.

Maggie Prunty scored 11 points and Alyssa Umbreit eight for MCW.

The Mavericks (7-9) will host Saint Clair Thursday.

MCW win home meet over Mankato East Feb. 2, 2010

WELCOME - Matraca Steen won the all around and two individual events as Martin County Area was a 143.825-132.55 winner over Mankato East.

Steen won the all around with a 36.525 total. She also won the uneven parallel bars (9.125) and floor exercise (9.575).

Linnea Erickson was first on vault (9.375) and Katie Krumholz was first on balance beam (8.9).

The Magic are at New Ulm Thursday.

Iowa boys basketball leaders stay the same Feb. 2, 2010

Monday, Feb. 1 results

Girls hockey
Windom Area 4, Fairmont 1
Morris/Benson 10, Marshall 0

Boys hockey
Windom Area 3, Sleepy Eye 1
Marshall 3, Morris/Benson 0

Girls basketball
Truman 61, Martin County West 47
Maple River 60, Martin Luther 33
Granada-Huntley-East Chain 51, Cleveland 18
Luverne 68, Round Lake-Brewster 47
Marshall 71, Redwood Valley 33
Westbrook-Walnut Grove 53, Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 49
Russell-Tyler-Ruthton 79, Ellsworth 68
Edgerton 61, Lincoln HI 40
Fairmont 63, Minnesota Valley Lutheran 42

Boys basketball
Pipestone 67, Luverne 44
Marshall 69, Redwood Valley 61
Worthington 64, New Ulm 63
Martin Luther 79, Elmore Academy 62
Springfield 79, Granada-Huntley-East Chain 49
Saint James 62, Madelia 37
Fulda 67, Mountain Lake/Butterfield-Odin 60
Adrian 67, Round Lake-Brewster 34
Southwest Minnesota Christian 58, Red Rock Central 30
Hills-Beaver Creek 66, Murray County Central 52
Edgerton 53, Lincoln HI 44
Minnesota Valley Lutheran 62, Fairmont 58
Harris-Lake Park 62, Woden-Crystal Lake-Titonka 38
Clay Central-Everly 68, Armstrong-Ringsted 56
Storm Lake Saint Mary's 66, Ruthven-Ayrshire 49
Emmetsburg 57, Sioux Central 39
Remsen-Union 54, Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn 49

Wrestling
Adrian 64, Fairmont 18
Fairmont 51, Luverne 24

Gymnastics
Martin County Area 143.825, Mankato East 132.55

College men’s basketball
Iowa Lakes 93, Dordt JV 69
Augsburg 75, Gustavus 70
Saint John’s 81, Macalaster 63
Saint Thomas 82, Saint Mary’s 70
Carleton 76, Saint Olaf 50
Hamline 86, Concordia (Moorhead) 83

College women’s basketball
Marshalltown 74, Iowa Lakes 65
South Dakota State 92, Centenary 50
Gustavus 87, Augsburg 68
Saint Catherine 69, Bethel 49
Saint Benedict 67, Macalaster 53
Saint Thomas 78, Saint Mary’s 49
Saint Olaf 58, Carleton 51
Hamline 75, Concordia (Moorhead) 63

Top 25 college men's basketball
(9) Texas 72, Oklahoma State 60

Top 25 college women's basketball
(3) Notre Dame 75, Rutgers 63
(15) Florida State 83, (9) North Carolina 73

NBA
Boston 99, Washington 88
Milwaukee 97, Miami 81
Memphis 95, Los Angeles Lakers 93
Phoenix 109, New Orleans 100
Denver 112, Sacramento 109 (OT)
Utah 104, Dallas 92
Portland 98, Charlotte 79

NHL
Pittsburgh 5, Buffalo 4
Anaheim 3, Florida 0
Philadelphia 3, Calgary 0
Edmonton 4, Carolina 2

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