LQPV late surge sinks Vikings
Trailing 28-27 at halftime, Lac qui Parle Valley poured in 48 second-half points and went on to defeat Minneota 75-57 Tuesday night in Madison.
Kaiden Allpress led the Eagles (8-7) with 25 points. Landon Schirm added 23 points and Will Giese 12.
LQPV sank 10 three-pointers with Allpress hitting five and Giese four.
Cale Sorensen scored 20 of his game-high 26 points in the first half for the Vikings (4-10). Max Rost and Anthony Rybinski finished with 11 points apiece.
The lead changed hand 13 times before the Eagles took a 41-40 lead with 12:17 remaining in the game and never trailed again, going on a 20-4 run to lead 61-44 with 6:10 left.
(LQPV 75, Minneota 57)
LQPV........................................................................................................27 48 - 75
Minneota..................................................................................................28 29 - 57
LQPV Individual Statistics
Scoring (total points): Landon Schirm 23, Kaiden Allpress 25, Blake Wollschlager 2, Will Giese 12, Kaden Molden 8, Maverick Conn 2, Hunter Kranz 3 ... 3-pointers: Allress 5, Giese 4, Kranz 1.
Minneota Individual Statistics
Scoring (total points): Ryan Dalager 2, Garet DeBoer 0, Sawyer DeSmet 3, Anthony Rybinski 11, Max Rost 11, Peyton Sheik 0, Cale Sorensen 26, Jackson Lacek 3 ... 3-pointers: Sorensen 3, Rost 1, Lacek 1
Windom 69, Minneota 56
(Result Friday, Jan. 21)
Windom (5-7) connected on 10 three-pointers and took advantage of a 27-6 run in the first half to overpower the Vikings (4-8).
Minneota, who had only seven players see action, trailed by as many as 26 points in the second half before outscoring Windom 20-7 to close out the game.
Cale Sorensen led Minneota with 22 points, while Max Rost had 10, Ryan Dalager nine, Anthony Rybinski eight, Sawyer DeSmet five and Garet DeBoer two. DeSmet also pulled down 12 rebounds, Sorensen had eight and Dalager seven.
For Windom, Henry Erickson had 16 points, Abe McKibbon 12, and
Drew Rothenberger and Dylan Serryn 10 apiece.
(WINDOM 69, MINNEOTA 56)
Windom.....................................................................................................42 27 - 69
Minneota...................................................................................................20 36 - 56
Team Statistics
Field goal shooting (good-attempts-pct.): Windom 23-for-53, 43.4 percent. Minneota 21-for-58, 36.2 percent ... 3-point shooting (good-attempts-pct.): Windom 10-for-25, 40.0 percent. Minneota 6-for-23, 26.1 percent ... Rebounds: Windom 38, Minneota 38.
Windom Individual Statistics
Scoring (total points): Teigen Wormstadt 4, Josh Garrison 9, Drew Rothenberger 10, Bryan Macario 6, Greyson Elder 2, Abe McKibbon 12, Henry Erickson 16, Dylan Serryn 10 ... 3-pointers: Garrison 3, Erickson 3, McKibbon 2, Rothenberger 1, Macario 1 ... Rebound leader: not available ... Assist leader: not available ... Steal leader: Garrison 2.
Minneota Individual Statistics
Scoring (fgm-fga ftm-fta points): Ryan Dalager 3-10 0-0 9, Garet DeBoer 1-4 0-0 2, Sawyer DeSmet 2-4 1-2 5, Jackson Lacek 0-2 0-0 0, Anthony Rybinski 2-5 4-5 8, Max Rost 5-15 0-1 10, Cale Sorensen 8-18 3-4 22 ... 3-pointers: Dalager 3, Sorensen 3 ... Rebounds: Rybinski 12, Sorensen 8, Dalager 7, Rost 5, DeBoer 2, Lacek 1 ... Assists: not available ... Steals: DeSmet 3, Rost 3, Sorensen 3, Dalager 1, DeBoer 1, Rybinski 1.
KMS 76, Minneota 43
(Result Thursday, Jan. 20)
Alex Call scored 19 points and combined with Jared Cortez for all nine of the Fighting Saints' three-pointers en route to drubbing Minneota (4-8).
Call drained five triples and Cortez had four for KMS (7-7). Isaac Rudningen finished with 14 points and Cortez 12.
Cale Sorensen had a team-high 19 points, including four 3-pointers, for the Vikings (4-8). It was the senior's sixth 20-point game of the season. Max Rost had 11 points.
KMS led 30-17 at halftime continued to extend its lead in the second half. Sorensen scored Minneota's first 12 points of the second half until Rost scored with 8:30 remaining in the game.
(KMS 76, MINNEOTA 43)
KMS......................................................................................................30 46 - 76
Minneota..............................................................................................17 26 - 43
Team Statistics
Field goal shooting (good-attempts-pct.): Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 28-for-54, 51.9 percent. Minneota 13-for-59, 22.0 percent ... 3-point shooting (good-attempts-pct.): Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 9-for-20, 45.0 percent. Minneota 7-for-19, 36.8 percent ... Rebounds: Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 43, Minneota 27.
KMS Individual Statistics
Scoring (total points): Alex Call 19, Jacob Gareis 4, Isaac Rudningen 14, DeAndre Holloway 4, Jared Cortez 12, Gavin Thorson 2, Gage Thorson 6, Malakai Lee 5, Drew Johnson 2, Hunter Kallstrom 6, Adam Froelich 2 ... 3-pointers: Call 5, Cortez 4 ... Rebound leader: Kallstrom 8 ... Assist leader: Cortez 5, Gage Thorson 5 ... Steal leader: Gareis 2.
Minneota Individual Statistics
Scoring (fgm-fga ftm-fta points): Ryan Dalager 0-5 0-0 0, Garet DeBoer 1-6 1-2 4, Sawyer DeSmet 0-1 0-0 0, Jackson Lacek 1-2 0-0 3, Anthony Rybinski 1-6 4-4 6, Max Rost 3-15 4-6 11, Peyton Sheik 0-6 0-2 0, Cale Sorensen 7-18 1-2 19 ... 3-pointers: Sorensen 4, Lacek 1, DeBoer 1 ... Rebounds: not available ... Assists: not available ... Steals: not available.
Minneota 76, Ortonville 31
(Result Tuesday, Jan. 18)
Cale Sorensen scored a season-high 29 points, hitting 13 of 17 shots from the field, to power the Vikings (4-7), who connected on 63 percent of their shots.
Minneota also shot a season-best 50 percent from three-point range, an area that has been a weakness all season. Sorensen made four of the Vikings' nine treys.
Anthony Rybinski and Max Rost had 11 points apiece for the Vikings. Garet DeBoer had seven points and Sawyer DeSmet had five points and a team-high 10 rebounds.
(MINNEOTA 76, ORTONVILLE 31)
Ortonville...............................................................................18 13 - 31
Minneota................................................................................36 40 - 76
Team Statistics
Field goal shooting (good-attempts-pct.): Ortonville 12-for-39, 30.8 percent. Minneota 30-for-48, 62.5 percent ... 3-point shooting (good-attempts-pct.): Ortonville 5-for-20, 25.0 percent. Minneota 9-for-18, 50.0 percent ... Rebounds: Ortonville 18, Minneota 39.
Ortonville Individual Statistics
Scoring (total points): Carter Brown 2, Daunte Fetters 5, Jaydon Hughes 2, Owen Longnecker 4, Hunter Merritt 3, Alex Meyer 4, Carter Powell 11 ... 3-pointers: Powell 3, Meyer 1, Merritt 1 ... Rebound leader: not available ... Assist leader: not available ... Steal leader: not available.
Minneota Individual Statistics
Scoring (fgm-fga ftm-fta points): Grant Anderson 0-0 0-0 0, Ryan Dalager 1-3 0-0 3, Garet DeBoer 2-4 3-4 7, Sawyer DeSmet 2-3 1-2 5, Jackson Lacek 2-4 0-0 5, Anthony Rybinski 4-6 1-2 11, Max Rost 5-8 1-3 11, Ben Schmidt 0-1 0-0 0, Peyton Sheik 2-2 0-0 5, Cale Sorensen 12-17 1-2 29 ... 3-pointers: Sorensen 4, Rybinski 2, Dalager 1, Lacek 1, Sheik 1 ... Rebounds: DeSmet 10, Rost 7, Sorensen 7, DeBoer 6, Sheik 4, Dalager 3, Lacek 2 ... Assists: not available ... Steals: Sorensen 2, Rost 2, Schmidt 1, Lacek 1.