Sports

New faces, new conference for Kingsland boys basketball team

Published by lniemeyer@bluff... on Tue, 11/27/2018 - 9:11am

“New faces in new places” is the theme for this year’s Kingsland boys’ basketball team. After a 17-win season in 2017, most of the regular rotation from last year is gone to graduation. Kingsland head coach John Fenske said it’ll basically be a brand-new team playing ball in Spring Valley.

“We graduated eight of our top nine players from last season,” said Fenske. “We did get our leading scorer back from last season but everyone else graduated.”

All-Conference picks lead Kingsland volleyball team

Published by lniemeyer@bluff... on Tue, 11/20/2018 - 3:02pm

The Kingsland volleyball team recently put the official wrap on the 2018 season at the annual awards banquet.

The team handed out the All-Southeast Conference awards, letters, and academic awards as well. Three Knights were selected All-SEC players. Lauren and Ellie Buchholtz were selected to the All-SEC First Team, with Taylor Zimmerman selected to the All-SEC Honorable Mention squad.

All-SEC First Team

St. Johns concludes fall season in three sports

Published by lniemeyer@bluff... on Tue, 11/20/2018 - 2:44pm

St. Johns Lutheran School in Wykoff completed the fall season in sports with increased numbers of participants, particularly in cross-country, this year.

Soccer

St. Johns Eagles soccer A-team played six regular season games, finishing the regular season with two wins and four losses, and a fifth place finish in the Southeast Minnesota Lutheran Athletic Conference (SEMLAC) tournament played in Plainview. It was a wet end to the season.

Football players honored at awards banquet

Published by lniemeyer@bluff... on Tue, 11/20/2018 - 2:42pm

The Kingsland football team recently wrapped up its 2018 campaign with an awards night recently.

The postseason awards began with the All-District honorees. Two Knights made All-District First Team, while two more made the All-District Honorable Mention Squad. In addition to on-field achievements, three Knight players were honored for academic achievement. The team awards were also handed out at the banquet, including offensive most valuable player, defensive most valuable player, and the Knight Award, which is given to the player that best exemplifies teamwork.

Cross-country runners earn post-season honors

Published by lniemeyer@bluff... on Tue, 11/20/2018 - 12:17pm

The Kingsland cross-country team finished up the 2018 season with a recent awards banquet. Head coach Erin Milz handed out four team awards, including the Most Valuable Girl, Most Valuable Boy, the Knight Award, and Most Improved. She also handed out Academic All-Conference awards and varsity letters.

Team awards

Most Valuable Girl: Renee Lechner

Knights end volleyball season in second round

Published by lniemeyer@bluff... on Thu, 11/01/2018 - 9:01am

The Kingsland volleyball team saw its season come to an end in the second round of the East Sub-Section 1A tournament last week.

The postseason began with the No. 9 seed Knights at No. 8 seed Houston during a play-in game on Monday night, Oct. 22, with the Knights winning 3-0 (25-13, 25-14, 25-14). With the win, Kingsland took two out of three matches this season against the Hurricanes.

Knights conclude season as they eye switch to nine-man schedule in 2019

Published by lniemeyer@bluff... on Thu, 11/01/2018 - 8:54am

The Kingsland football team had its season wrap up in the first round of the Section 1A playoffs, falling to No. 1 seed Blooming Prairie 53-20 on Tuesday, Oct. 23.

The No. 8 seed Knights wrapped up a rebuilding year with a road loss and finished 1-8 overall (1-6 sub-district). The 20 points against Blooming Prairie was the third-highest scoring game of the season for Kingsland. It was similar to many of their other games in which the young Knights played good spurts of football but couldn’t put together a complete game. 

Kingsland runners end season at section meet

Published by lniemeyer@bluff... on Thu, 11/01/2018 - 8:48am

The Kingsland cross-country teams took part in the Section 1A Meet on Thursday, Oct. 25, at the Northern Hills Golf Course in Rochester. The Kingsland girls finished in 19th place out of 20 complete teams, while the Knight boys’ team took 20th out of 22 teams in the section meet.

Plainview-Elgin-Millville is headed to the state cross-country meet as team champs while Winona-Cotter took the girls’ team title and also heads to the state meet.

Girls’ results

Team standings:

Knights close out regular volleyball season with wins

Published by lniemeyer@bluff... on Thu, 10/25/2018 - 8:50am

The Kingsland volleyball team was busy during the final week of the regular season.

Kingsland started the week by beating LeRoy-Ostrander on Monday, Oct. 15, by a 3-0 score (25-21, 25-22, 25-12) in the Knights’ only match of the regular season against the Cardinals. The Knights finished their regular season at the Rochester Exchange Tournament on Friday and Saturday, rallying from a slow 0-4 start in pool play to win their final two matches on Saturday. The Knights finish the regular season at 14-17 overall (8-6 SEC).

Kingsland runners compete at conference meet

Published by lniemeyer@bluff... on Thu, 10/25/2018 - 8:45am

The Kingsland cross-country teams took part in the Three Rivers Conference Meet on Tuesday, Oct. 16, at the Lewiston Golf Course. The Kingsland boys finished the 5,000-meter competition in 11th place, while the girls’ team didn’t meet the minimum number of five runners necessary to compete for a team title.

Plainview-Elgin-Millville won the conference boys’ championship while the girls’ title went to Winona Cotter.

Boys’ results

Team standings:

1. PEM   2. Lewiston-Altura/Rushford-Peterson   3. La Crescent … 11. Kingsland