Owatonna senior wrestler Abe Stockwell, in addition to the team bench, was pumped after pinning his opponent to pull the Huskies into a 32-32 tie with Watertown-Mayer Friday night. After several minutes however, the mode among the Huskies dipped as the Royals earned the win on criteria. It took a discussion at the scorer s table to determine the winner.
Each team won seven matches. Each team had three pins. Watertown-Mayer had a tech fall win and OHS did not, giving the Royals the win and leaving the Huskies with a split on the night. Owatonna beat Mankato West 70-12 to open the night s tri.
Late Surge Lifts Medford Girls to Victory [Scoreboard for Jan 19]
The Medford girls basketball team led most of the way in their 50-44 win over Tri-City United Tuesday night. But the Tigers needed a strong finish after the Titans rallied from a double-digit, second-half deficit to briefly take a 40-39 lead with under five minutes to play. Medford sophomore Andrea Bock immediately answered Kaitlyn Lang s three for TCU with a trey of her own to put Medford back up 42-40. The Tigers closed on an 11-4 run to improve to 2-0 on the season.
Bock hit the next two Medford buckets for a 46-44 lead. Tiger senior Jenna Berg drilled both ends of a one-and-one with less than a minute to go. Medford junior Clara Kniefel also connected on a pair of free throws for the final margin of 50-44.
Blooming Prairie Overcomes COVID, Wins Opener
The Blooming Prairie girls basketball team was not able to have any full five-on-five drills before opening their season Saturday against Bethlehem Academy due to coronavirus. The Awesome Blossoms still prevailed 46-28. Coach John Bruns was proud of the effort, writing in an email, We were able to win our first game of the season tonight (Saturday) is spit of having our first two weeks interrupted with COVID concerns.I was very happy with a lot of things about tonight, but the best thing was that the girls finally got a chance to get back out of the court.