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Burro boys close regular season with setbacks versus Cougars, Lions

Published by tlittle@bluffco... on Fri, 03/01/2019 - 10:45am

The Lanesboro boys, coming off a three-game winning streak, closed the regular season with a pair of home conference losses and a 9-14 record (4-10 SEC). Mabel-Canton matched those four SEC wins with a 56-45 victory at Lanesboro on Feb. 18. Those two squads thus split their two conference contests with each winning on the road. The Burros and Cougars tied for fourth and fifth places in the SEC East Division.

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Falcons ousted by Lady Rebels in section tournament

Published by tlittle@bluffco... on Fri, 03/01/2019 - 10:42am

It was one-and-done for the Fillmore Central girls in the Section 1A tournament this year, losing their first-round game to the Southland Rebels, 75-63.

The Lady Falcons, seeded fifth, went into the half-time intermission with a one-point lead, 34-33, against Southland, the 12th seed, but lost the second half by 13 (42-29), ending their 2018-19 season with a record of 17-9.

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FC boys end regular season with two losses

Published by tlittle@bluffco... on Fri, 03/01/2019 - 10:37am

The Fillmore Central boys’ basketball team finished the regular season with a pair of losses to La Crescent-Hokah (58-40) and Rushford-Peterson (71-45) and a record of 0-26.

Although not all the Fillmore Central boys’ basketball records are readily available, the winless season is thought to be a first for the Falcons, which became a unit back in 1993-94. The guys were 0-16 in Three Rivers Conference play and 0-6 in games against teams in the TRC-West.

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Four FCLMC wrestlers medal at Section 1A meet

Published by tlittle@bluffco... on Fri, 03/01/2019 - 10:31am

Nobody from the Fillmore Central/Lanesboro/Mabel-Canton wrestling team is advancing to the state meet, but four wrestlers did medal at the Section 1A individual tournament.

Picking up fourth place medals were Caden Anderson (132 lbs.) and Stefan Nikoloski (285). Cale Anderson (120 lbs.) and Michael Barrett (220) placed fifth.