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High school highlights for Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023

Top performances for area high school players.

John Marshall, Mayo boys swimming
Mayo's Alonso Montori competes in the 200 individual medley during a boys swim meet against John Marshall on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023, at John Marshall High School in Rochester. Montori won two individual events and was on two winning relays as Mayo defeated JM 91.5-76.5.
Traci Westcott / Post Bulletin

BOYS BASKETBALL

BIG NINE CONFERENCE

Soren Richardson topped the 1,000-point mark for his career as Northfield nipped Mankato East 85-84 to pull even in the Big Nine Conference race. Northfield and East are now both 10-3 and tied for first in league play.

Shawn Wysocki scored 15 points and Reid Weckwerth tallied 13 in Century's 69-56 loss to Owatonna.

HIAWATHA VALLEY LEAGUE

• Lourdes snapped a five game-losing streak, beating Kasson-Mantorville 58-42. The Eagles got a big game from Aidan Jahns, with 20 points. Ethan Lee paced the KoMets with 19 points.

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THREE RIVERS CONFERENCE

Lewis Doyle led the way with 17 points and Reid Klug added 12 as Caledonia topped Winona Cotter 71-59. Luke Gardner led Cotter with 16 points.

SOUTHEAST CONFERENCE

• Junior Elijah Solum scored 23 points, including the 1,000th of his career, as Spring Grove rolled past Glenville-Emmons 72-31. Tysen Grinde added 13 points for Spring Grove (16-1, 13-0 SEC).

Mac Nelson scored 20 points and Lyle/Austin Pacelli pulled away late to top Schaeffer Academy 61-46. Buay Koak scored 16 points for L/P, which is 17-2 overall, 14-0 in the SEC and has won 11 straight games. Evan Miller led Schaffer with 14 points while Levi Ouren and Ethan VanSchepen chipped in 12 each.

John Prestemon scored 19 points and Logan Wilder drained six 3-pointers for 18 points as Lanesboro toppled Grand Meadow 78-38. Jace Kraft led Grand Meadow with 15 points.

Cayden Tollefsrud poured in 32 points and Riley Snell added 15 as Mabel-Canton slipped past Houston 67-59 in overtime. The Cougars went on a 12-4 scoring run in the extra session. Carter Geiwitz made five 3-points and had 17 points for Houston while Conner Porter had 12 points and seven rebounds.

NON-CONFERENCE

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Alex Lee led the way with 23 points and Zach Mason hit four triples and scored 21 points as Kenyon-Wanamingo defeated St. Charles 65-56. Mason Apse drilled five 3-pointers for all 15 of his points for the Saints.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

BIG NINE CONFERENCE

Bailey Klote knocked down four 3-pointers en route to a game-high 26 points to lead Century 67-44 over Owatonna. Taylor Clarey also finished in double figures with 17 points for the Panthers, who led 33-19 at the half.

Ajiem Agwa finished with 18 points, while Olivia Walsh and Cassidy Shute each recorded 15 as Austin held off Red Wing 65-59. Sammi Chandler scored a game-high 23 to lead the Wingers.

HIAWATHA VALLEY LEAGUE

• Stewartville won its 16th straight game, beating fellow Hiawatha Valley League power Goodhue 68-51. Haylie Strum had 22 points for the Tigers. Stewartville is ranked fourth in Class AAA, Goodhue fourth in Class AA. Audrey Shindelar added 12 points for the Tigers and Savannah Hedin had 10 points and eight rebounds. For Goodhue, Kendyl Lodermeier had 15 points and 12 rebounds. Elisabeth Gadient 14 points and five rebounds, Tori Miller 10 points and 10 rebounds and Jada Scheele seven points and 11 rebounds.

SOUTHEAST CONFERENCE

Sydney Torgerson led the way with 21 points to help Houston sprint past Mabel-Canton 72-38.

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NON-CONFERENCE

Jacey Majerus tallied 16 points, while Ella Matzke added 12 in Lake City’s 59-49 win over Plainview-Elgin-Millville. Abigail O’Reilly paced the Bulldogs with a game-best 26 points.

• Randolph coach Dennis Trom recorded win No. 154, becoming the program's winningest coach in the Rockets’ 53-29 over Pine Island. Paige Ford made seven 3-pointers, finishing with 27 points to lead the way for Randolph.

BOYS HOCKEY

BIG NINE CONFERENCE

Cody Vlasaty made 44 saves, Ole Fevold had three points, Mason Decker scored twice and Damon Miller scored the game-winning goal — his first goal in nearly two months — as John Marshall stunned another Big Nine leader, winning 6-4 at Northfield.

• Thirteen Century players recorded a point, led by Bennett Pronk's five-point night (two goals, three assists) as the Panthers walloped Mankato East 12-1. Kyle Lappi made 28 saves, while Jonah Ottman recorded his first varsity hat trick and Wylie Jensen scored his first varsity goal. Brody Josselyn, T.J. Gibson and Blake Kanz all had three points.

• Goalies Ethan Knox of Austin and Ellis Petersmeyer of Red Wing combined to make close to 100 saves as their teams battled to a 3-3 tie. Knox made 57 stops, while Petersmeyer made 41.

NON-CONFERENCE

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Jacob Brown had a goal and two assists, Ryan Dripps scored twice and Matthew Siems scored the game-winning goal with 6:05 to go in the third period as Rochester Mayo beat Lakeville North 5-3. It's the Spartans first win over North since 2009. Nick Weick made 22 saves to backstop the victory.

Cooper Carlson and Jan Bla’ha had three-point games as La Crescent-Hokah rolled past Black River Falls 7-3. Carlson scored twice and had one assist, while Bla’ha scored once and had two assists, as the Lancers improved to 16-4-0.

GIRLS HOCKEY

BIG NINE CONFERENCE

Grace Kober made 43 saves in Mayo's 11-0 loss at Mankato East.

Tatum Zylka had a hat trick and an assist for Red Wing in a 7-4 win at Austin. Sarah Wangen scored two goals and added one assist for Austin.

Aliya Gricius made 22 saves in two periods of play for Winona, but the Winhawks lost 6-0 to Albert Lea. Mika Cichosz scored four goals for the Tigers.

BOYS SWIMMING/DIVING

BIG NINE CONFERENCE

Logan Atkinson (100 freestyle, 100 backstroke) and Alonso Montori (100 breaststroke, 200 individual medley) each won two individual events and were on two winning relays as Mayo defeated John Marshall 91.5-76.5.

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Gavin Potter won the 200 and 500 freestyle events and was on a winning relay as Century wrapped up a perfect 9-0 mark in dual meets for the regular season with a 92-65 victory over Red Wing.

Winston Walkup (200 individual medley, 100 freestyle) and Brent Dahl (50 freestyle, 100 backstroke) both won a pair of individual events and were on two wining relays as Austin defeated Winona 91-87.

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