Friday, December 12th.
Boys Hockey.
Delano 3, Monticello 2. The Tigers jumped out to a 2-0 lead after two periods, but the Moose stormed back to tie it in the third, with the game tying goal coming from Liam O’ Donnell with just over a minute left. In overtime Daniel Halonen scored his second goal of the game to pull out the win for Delano.
Dylan Nelson, #21, above, clears the puck out of in front of the net in Delano’s 3-2 win over Monti.
Litchfield DC 9, Marshall 1. Ryan Raisanan scored two goals and added an assist in the Dragons win.
Girls Hockey.
Marshall 5, Litchfield DC 1.
Girls Basketball.
Delano 70, Totino Grace 49. Cassie Wegman had a double double with 19 points and 10 redounds.
New London Spicer 95, Rockford 41. Jordyn Lark scored 11 points in the Rockets loss.
Holdingford 63, Maple Lake 34. Lucille Walton had 10 points for the Irish in the loss.
Monticello 70, Brainerd 49. Samantha Voll was the top scorer with 19 points in the Magic win.
Moorhead 70, Buffalo 68. Despite 27 points from Brianna Eggers, the Bison came up just short on the road against the Spuds on Friday.
Aitkin 53, Howard Lake WW 41.
Boys Basketball.
Annandale 84, Legacy 63. Colton Purcell scored a career high 41 points in the Cards road win.
Colton Purcell, above, had a career high 41 points in the Cards win on Friday night.
Howard Lake WW 71, Rush City 36.
Buffalo 70, St. Louis Park 66.
Renville C West 70, Maple Lake 65.
New London Spicer 73, Rockford 37.
Elk River 57, STMA 46.
Saturday, December 13th.
Girls Basketball.
Delano 71, Blaine 55. Abby Pietila just missed a triple double, scoring 21 points with 10 rebounds and 9 assists. Cassie Wegman had a double double for the Tigers with 23 points and 10 rebounds.
Lexi Champeau, above, attempts a free throw in the Tigers win over Blaine on Saturday.
Zimmerman 78, Howard Lake WW 51. Kzmarzick led the Lakers with 15 points.
Dassel-Cokato 63, Blake 60.
Boys Basketball.
Howard Lake WW 67, East Central 42.
Long Prairie Grey Eagle 70, Maple Lake 62.
Girls Hockey.
River Cities 9, North Wright County 3. Kendell Ringat scored a goal and added an assist in the River Hawks loss.
Wayzata 3, Buffalo 0.
Orono 7, Delano 1.
Boys Hockey.
STMA 7, Hopkins 1. Tanner Esterberg scored five goals in the Knights win!
Tanner Esterberg, above, scored five of the Knights seven goals on Saturday.
Maple Grove 3, Buffalo 0.
Guthrie Lind, above #17 in white takes a shot in the Bison hockey game against Maple Grove on Saturday. The Crimson, outshot the Bison, 34-21 in the shutout win.
Gymnastics.
Monticello took first place at the Elk River invite on Saturday.
Tuesday, December 16th.
Girls Basketball.
Delano 81, Marshall 77. #9AAA Delano defeated #2AAA Marshall in a Class AAA marquee matchup on Tuesday night, behind 23 points from Addie Iverson and 22 from Abbie Pietila.
Delano players, above, look on intently during the Tigers tight win over Marshall.
Monticello 54, Becker 50. The Magic rallied from an eight-point deficit in the second half to pull out the victory over Becker. Addison Ruda was the top scorer for Monticello with 18 points.
Buffalo 57, Jefferson 39. Brianna Eggers paced the Bison with 22 points.
Boys Basketball.
Annandale 80, Litchfield 55. Gabe Westman scored 16 points in the Cards home win.
Rockford 59, Brooklyn Center 51. Ethan Robran, Ian Faber and Mason Mooney all scored 16 points in the Rockets win.
Howard Lake WW 64, Dassel-Cokato 44.
Moorhead 66, Monticello 50.
Boys Hockey.
Monticello 2, Princeton 1. Niklas Nelson and Brady McGriff scored thirty seconds apart in the first period and that was all the Moose needed in a 2-1 win.
Buffalo 5, Benilde St. Margaret’s 2. Cooper Dalbec scored the game winning goal off of a faceoff in the third period as the Bison pulled away late.
STMA 3, Holy Family 1.
Girls Hockey.
Litchfield DC 15, Prairie Center 0. Mya Iverson scored four goals with three assists, while Lydia Schultz added two goals and five assist in the Dragons runaway win over PC.
Boys Swim and Dive.
Buffalo 103, Delano 80.
Above, action from the Delano Buffalo Boys Swim and Dive meet.
Wed, December 17th.
Boys Basketball.
Buffalo 89, Chanhassen 80. Matthew Jordan had a career high 32 points, including five threes, while Thomas Jordan added 27 points in the Bison home win.
Thursday, December 18th.
Boys Hockey.
Delano 3, Orono 1. Brody Geislinger netted two goals, including the game winner as the Tigers picked up a key section win over the Spartans.
Delano, above, celebrates a goal in their big win over Orono.
STMA 7, Anoka 1. Braedon Waller and Tanner Esterberg each scored two goals in the Knights win. Esterberg has scored seven goals in the last two games.
Litchfield DC 5, River Lakes 3. Brody Berggren scored four goals in the Dragons win.
Girls Hockey.
Minnetonka 9, North Wright County 1.
Hopkins 5, Buffalo 2.
Girls Basketball.
STMA 59, Chaska 53. The Knights rallied from a seven point halftime deficit to come back and beat the Hawks on Thursday night. Cail Jahnke led the Knights with 29 points.
Orono 79, Delano 46. In a battle of top ten teams it was all Spartans! Lexi Champeau was the top scorer for Delano with 19.
Boys Basketball.
Monticello 89, Princeton 55. Behind a career high 30 points from Hunter Miller, the Magic opened the Mississippi 8 conference season with a big win over Princeton.
Watertown Mayer 76, Rockford 70. Four players scored in double figures, led by Ian Faber with 19, but it was the Royals who picked up the win on Thursday night.
Becker 83, Delano 49. Vinny Lucarelli was the only Tiger in double figures with 10 points in the Tigers loss.
Gymnastics.
Monticello defeated Princeton with 141.4 points on Thursday night in a Mississippi 8 gymnastics meet. Defending AA state all-around champion Lauren Hanson won her third straight all-around competition for Monticello this season.
Lauren Hanson, above, is defending her all around state championship this season for Monticello.
