Sports

Two Knights earn SEC basketball honors

Published by tlittle@bluffco... on Tue, 04/02/2019 - 1:38pm

Two Kingsland boys’ basketball players are all-conference selections after the 2018-2019 season. Senior Wyatt Pruter is an All-Southeast Conference First Team selection. Senior Reid Kruegel is an All-SEC Honorable Mention player after a vote by the conference coaches.

The All-Southeast Conference first and second teams are veterans, with eight repeat selections. Another three players moved up from the Honorable Mention squad.

Pruter – First Team

Three Kingsland girls earn postseason honors

Published by lniemeyer@bluff... on Tue, 03/19/2019 - 10:52am

Postseason honors are coming in for members of the Kingsland girls’ basketball team, which piled up 16 wins and tied for the East Division championship in their first year as Southeast Conference members.
Three Kingsland girls — two of them sophomores — were voted by conference coaches as all-conference selections. Lauren Buchholtz is an All-SEC First Team selection, Ellie Buchholtz is an all-conference Second Team member, while Samantha Wernimont is an All-SEC Honorable Mention selection.

Lauren Buchholtz – First Team

Knights end season vs. Randolph in section tourney

Published by tlittle@bluffco... on Wed, 03/13/2019 - 9:09am

The Kingsland boys’ basketball team had its season end in the second round of the Section 1A tournament. The No. 7 seeded Knights lost to hot-shooting No. 2 seed Randolph by a score of 78-40 on Monday, March 4, in Rochester. The Knights finish a solid campaign at 17-11 on the season.

Final game comes down to wire for Kingsland girls

Published by lniemeyer@bluff... on Tue, 03/05/2019 - 1:09pm

The Kingsland girls’ basketball team dropped its Section 1A quarterfinal round matchup against Hayfield 58-49 on Wednesday, Feb 27, to finish the season.

The Knights couldn’t hold on to a five-point halftime lead as the offense went quiet in the second half. Three Hayfield players all finished in double figures and combined to outscore the entire Knights roster (51-49), winning the playoff game by nine points. Kingsland finishes a solid season at 16-10 overall, co-champs in the Southeast Conference East Division at 10-3.

Kingsland advances in first round of section tourney

Published by lniemeyer@bluff... on Tue, 03/05/2019 - 1:03pm

 

Kingsland boys’ basketball coach John Fenske said, going into the first-round Section 1A tournament game with No. 10 seed Schaeffer Academy, that it wasn’t going to be easy. The prediction was somewhat puzzling considering the score of the regular-season game the teams played, which No. 7 seed Kingsland won 70-37. Kingsland foul trouble and “in-your-shorts” Schaeffer Academy defense made it a tough matchup, with the Knights holding serve on their home floor 55-48 Thursday, Feb. 28, at Kingsland.

Kingsland girls open section tournament with victory

Published by lniemeyer@bluff... on Mon, 03/04/2019 - 2:43pm

The Section 1A girls’ basketball playoffs are underway and the Kingsland Knights kicked off the opening round with a 65-53 win over Spring Grove on Thursday, Feb. 21, in Spring Valley.

 

Knights end regular season on six-game win streak

Published by lniemeyer@bluff... on Mon, 03/04/2019 - 2:23pm

The Kingsland boys’ basketball team wrapped up with the regular season on a six-game winning streak, with three of those wins coming last week.

 

Knights finish regular season strong to share division title

Published by lniemeyer@bluff... on Tue, 02/19/2019 - 2:47pm

The Kingsland girls’ basketball team swept the three games played last week, all in the Southeast Conference, ending the regular season tied with Houston for the Southeast Conference East title.

Kingsland boys keep basketball win streak alive

Published by lniemeyer@bluff... on Tue, 02/19/2019 - 2:40pm

The Kingsland boys’ basketball team ran its winning streak to four after taking three straight last week.

The Knights beat Fillmore Central 54-46 on Monday, Feb. 11. They knocked off Schaeffer Academy at home on Friday night, Feb. 15, by a score of 70-37. The team made it four-straight wins at home on Saturday against Glenville-Emmons, beating the Wolverines 75-44.

The Kingsland boys are 13-10 overall (9-3 Southeast Conference) and in second place in the SEC East Division behind unbeaten Spring Grove.

Defense key vs. FC

Girls continue compressed schedule due to winter weather

Published by lniemeyer@bluff... on Mon, 02/18/2019 - 2:21pm

The Kingsland girls’ basketball team won one of the three games played last week, losing a fourth to winter weather.

The Knights lost at Chatfield 66-54 on Monday night, Feb. 4. They beat Lanesboro on Friday,  Feb. 8, sweeping the season series with a 57-54 win. The team wrapped the week with a hard-fought loss at St. Charles, 62-60, on Saturday, Feb. 9. The girls are 12-9 (7-3 Southeast Conference) overall with four games left in the regular season.

Chatfield’s size wears Knights down