December 2023

Pulling away in the second half the Springfield Tigers held off Cedar Mountain 72-63 in a recent Tomahawk Conference boys basketball showdown.Blake Steffl finished with 19 points, five assists, three rebounds and two steals and Blake Schueller had a double-double of 16 points, 13 rebounds and two blocked shots.Cooper Freitag added 16 points, four rebounds, three steals and two assists, Zach Sandgren had eight points and Brandon Pendleton had three points, three rebounds and two assists.Earlier the Cougars dispatched of BL/H/S 69-50 as they outscored the Mustangs 41-26 in the second half.The Cougars showed nice balance offensively as they had five players in double figures led by Pendleton who had a solid double-double of 15 points, 11 assists and seven steals.Freitag had 13 points, nine rebounds and three blocked shots, Sandgren added 13 points and five boards, Schueller had 12 points and eight boards and Steffl had 11 points, five assists and three rebounds.

The Redwood Valley girls basketball team had three girls in double figures as they held off Montevideo 49-42 in recent non-conference action.Kylee Larsen led the way for the Cards as she finished with 16 points, seven rebounds and three blocked shots.Kendall Huhnerkoch would finish with 12 points, four assists, three rebounds and two steals and Kenzie Lundeen had 11 points, five rebounds and an assist.Hailyn Ourada had three points and two assists, Morgan Kodet had two points and six rebounds, Cali Johnson added two points, nine rebounds and four steals and Brinn Wicks had two points and two steals.On Friday night the Cardinals fell 64-45 to visiting Windom Area.Lundeen knocked down a trio of three’s to lead the way with 17 points, six rebounds and an assist.Johnson had 11 points, four rebounds and a steal and Huhnerkoch had nine points and six rebounds.Kodet added three points and three rebounds, Larsen had four points and five boards and Ourada added one point, three rebounds and two assists.Earlier the Cards thumped GFW 62-37 in non-conference action.Lundeen had a team-high 19 points, four steals and three rebounds.Kodet had a season-high 15 points, 11 rebounds and three assists.Larsen finished with 11 points and five boards, Huhnerkoch had six points and eight rebounds, Brynne Farasyn had five points and two assists, Johnson had three points and eight steals, Wicks added three points and two rebounds.

The Redwood Valley boys basketball team improved to 3-0 on the young season with a pair of recent victories over Montevideo and Windom Area.The Cardinals trailed 28-24 at the half against the Thunderhawks but would rally in the second half to earn a 54-50 victory.Neither team shot well from the floor with the Cards shooting 35 percent compared to 36 percent for the T-Hawks.