Champs!
When Ivanhoe basketball players first joined Minneota, they had a tradition of playing in the “Candy Cane” holiday tournament with teams like Westbrook-Walnut Grove and Heron Lake-Okabena.
When Ivanhoe basketball players first joined Minneota, they had a tradition of playing in the “Candy Cane” holiday tournament with teams like Westbrook-Walnut Grove and Heron Lake-Okabena.
Talk about rusty. You could almost see the rust falling off a layer at a time.
Assistant Coach Dale Kockelman said, “Right now we’re not a very good team.”
Minneota sweep a pair of wrestling matches Thursday, beating Fulda-Murray County Central 76-0 and Redwood Valley, 49-19 at Fulda.
An exciting, nip-and-tuck game game to the end came out in Minneota's favor when they defeated Westbrook-Walnut Grove, 88-84 to win the annual Holiday Candy Cane Tournament at Okabena.
Photographer Brian Jeremiason used a “Fish Eye” lens to get this different perspective of the Minneota vs. Lakeview boys’ basketball game.
The score found Minneota trailing, 49-45 — then Morgan Kockelman calmly threw up a three-pointer and it suddenly was a one-point game.
Four easy wins didn’t tell Coach Dave Busselman enough.
Minneota had a rough time at the Les Kertscher Duals in Frazee on Saturday.
They beat Pierz, 36-30 but were aided by four straight forfeits.
For the fourth straight game, the Minneota Vikings looked like a run-away train — leaving everything in its path far behind.
How are these for statistics?
Fouls: 58 (33 by RTR).
Free Throws: 30 of 71 (RTR 12 of 29; Minneota 18 of 42) for a total percent shooting of 42 percent.