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The Redwood Valley gymnastics team fell to host Worthington Thursday night in an early preview of upcoming Section 3A Tournament foes.The Section 3A favorite Trojans would roll to a 139.150-127.95 win over the Cards as we inch closer to Section Tournament time.“Going up against the best in the Section was going to be a tough task but we weren’t intimidated and I thought the girls competed well,” Coach Dean Wilson said, “We continue to add more skills and we’ll be ready to go come Sections.”Senior Avery Wilson got an early taste of competing against the top All-Arounder’s in the Section as she would finish third in a tight race with her score of 35.225.Hali Bullerman (35.7) and Addison Gerber (35.625) finished one-two to lead the Trojans.Brynn Green was fifth (31.725) and McKenna Flinn sixth (30.05) for the Cards.Wilson was tops on beam (8.875), Green added a 7.425, Flinn a 7.375, Ellie Nelson a 7.125 and Olivia Stoterau a 6.95.Wilson also captured the bars (8.8), Nelson added a 7.75, Green a 7.425, Stoterau a 6.95 and Flinn a 6.8.On floor, Wilson was fifth with an 8.575, Green added an 8.35, Madison Ourada a 7.55, Flinn a 7.4 and Victoria Johnson a 7.25.Wilson would finish fourth on vault (8.975), Green added an 8.525, Flinn an 8.475, Ourada an 8.375 and Nelson a 7.9.The Cardinal girls played host to Morris Area on Tuesday.

Max Fuhr went a perfect 4-0 to capture the title at 160 pounds Saturday at the Wabasso Wrestling Invitational.Fuhr received the award for the most pins in the least amount of time on the way to a first place finish as the Cards placed ninth out of 11 teams.The Cards - who were wrestling without a full line-up due to the 9th Grade State Tournament - also got a fourth place finish from Max Dillon (2-2) at 145, a fifth place finish from Zach Guggisberg (3-1) at 152, Tucker Amberg (1-2) was sixth at 139 and Jax Hennen went 2-2 at 172 but did not place.Jordan Katherman, Antonio Vazquez-Martinez and Adam Mohr also competed for the Cards.The Cards had three girls compete and all wrestled well as Ava Dillon (3-0) was first at 130, Addison Schmidt finished third at 148 (3-1) and Sam Reller was second at 112 (1-1).The girls state qualifier will be held in Redwood Falls on Feb.

The Redwood Valley boys basketball team split a pair of recent battles, rolling at home over Luverne and losing a barn burner with Spectrum Saturday afternoon in Becker.The Cardinals (13-4) thumped Luverne 96-60 Friday night to sweep the season series and improve to 9-1 in Big South Conference action.Saturday night they travelled to face a good Spectrum (14-2) squad and unfortunately let a 12-point halftime lead go by the wayside in an 84-82 loss.It was a well played game that statistically was a wash with both teams shooting well and the Cards actually forcing more turnovers.Elway Berg played well in defeat, going 6-of-10 from long range to finish with a team-high 26 points and six rebounds.

The Redwood Valley gymnasts recently went on the road and topped rival Pipestone Area 131.65-127.975.Senior Avery Wilson would again capture the All-Around with her score of 34.45 while Brynn Green was third with a 32.On vault, Chloe Walters (8.6) and Wilson (8.6) would tie for second, McKenna Flinn was sixth (8.5), Green added an 8.3 and Madison Ourada an 8.275.On bars the Cards would take five of the top six slots with Wilson recording a season best 9.05 to win.Flinn was second (7.95), Green third (7.925), Ellie Nelson fourth (7.85) aned Olivia Stoterau sixth (7.525).Flinn would finish third on beam (8.05), Nelson fourth (7.9), Wilson fifth (7.75), Green sixth (7.675) and Walters scored a 7.1.Finally on floor, Wilson was second (9.05), Walters fourth (8.4), Green fifth (8.1), Kharma Mathiowetz sixth (7.95) and Ourada added a 7.65.The Cards fell in JV team action 109.3-108.95.Mathiowetz was first on vault (8.6), Nelson and Stoterau second (8.1) and Victoria Johnson fifth (7.9).Mathiowetz was also second on bars (6.3) and Taylor Nelson fourth (5.5).Stoterau won easily on beam (7.5) with Ourada fifth (6.9) and Claire Stephens sixth (6.7).Taylor Nelson was second on floor (7.2), Johnson third (7.1), Ellie Nelson added a 6.8 and Julia Lang a 6.7.

The Redwood Valley girls basketball team continued to play well as they responded to three straight losses with three straight wins to improve to 10-6 on the season.The Cards picked up a nice 71-49 win over Pipestone Area in Big South Conference play.Kenzie Lundeen had a career night knocking down seven three’s on the way to 28 points, six rebounds, five assists and three steals.Kylee Larsen finished with 15 points and six boards and Kendall Huhnerkoch had 11 points and five rebounds.Cali Johnson added four points, four assists and three boards, Hailyn Ourada had three points, four rebounds and three assists, Morgan Kodet added three points and four boards, Addie Thomes had three points, Brynne Farasyn had two points, four rebounds and four assists and Melayna Nez had two points.The Cards then rolled again to a 78-44 win over TMB in non-conference play.Lundeen continued her hot shooting by knocking down five three’s on the way to a game-high 21 points, six boards, two assists and two steals.Johnson had 12 points, six assists, five steals and five rebounds and Huhnerkoch added 13 points, six rebounds, six steals and two blocked shots.Larsen had 12 points, six rebounds and two seteals and Kodet had nine points and two steals.Ourada added three points, six assists and three boards, Brinn Wicks had three points, two assists and two steals, Nez had three points and two rebounds and Lilyana Dixon had two points and one rebound.The Cards also topped South St.

The Wabasso wrestling team rolled to a 60-14 win over Waseca at the recent St.