Sports

Kasson-Mantorville’s Alex Jennissen puts up a shot in traffic against Northfield.

KoMets fall in Section Tournament

The Kasson-Mantorville boys basketball team saw their season come to a close last week as they fell to Northfield in the opening round of the Section 1AAA tournament on Mar. 6. The defeats ends a tough year for the KoMets as they finished the season with a 4-23 record (4-11 HVL), but the team’s...

Kasson-Mantorville’s Bennett Berge flexes after defeating Waconia’s Cade Mueller for the 160 AA championship. It was Berge’s second state title after winning the 138AA championship last season.

KOMETS DOMINATE AT STATE

With the disappointment of falling short of capturing the team title long behind them, the Kasson-Mantorville wrestling team was on a mission heading into the Minnesota State Individual Tournament. The previous weekend, the KoMets had sent nine wrestlers to St. Paul in the Section 1AA Tournament ...

Kasson-Mantorville’s Garsen Schorr has his hand raised after winning the 220-pound Section 1AA Championship.

KOMET DOMINANCE

In the moments after the K-M wrestling team’s loss to Simley on February 16, I stood around many of the stunned members of KoMet Nation. The wrestling team had just lost their first dual during my four years as sports editor at the DCI and as it picked up its second place trophy and stood for a...

Kasson-Mantorville’s Nic VanOort shakes the hand of members of the Simley wrestling team after the KoMets were upset in the Section 1AA championship dual on Feb. 16.

AN UNEXPECTED ENDING

Entering the Section 1AA team wrestling tournament, the paths of Kasson- Mantorville and Simley seemed intertwined. The two teams were ranked first and second in The Guillotine’s Class AA rankings and in each of the past two years, the KoMets were able to get the best of the Spartans in the section...

K-M’s Olivia Matuska looks for the outlet pass in the second half against Stewartville.

K-M girls rolling after victory over Stewartville

The Kasson-Mantorville girs basketball team is starting to build momentum as it heads into February. The KoMets have been on a hot streak lately winning seven of their last eight games and with a convincing 84-74 victory over Stewartville on February 1, K-M is playing some of its best basketball of...

Petersohn is met by teammates Taylor Young (left), Paris Ellingson (center) and Holly Kubat after reaching her milestone. It was a special night at for the Triton girls basketball team as guard Kendra Petersohn scored her 1,000 career point for the Cobras. The junior reached the milestone on a free-throw in the second half against Goodhue on Feb. 1.

Triton’s Petersohn scores 1,000th career point

It was a big night for the Triton Girls Basketball team on February 1 as Kendra Petersohn scored her 1,000th career point against Goodhue. The junior guard became the first Triton girls basketball player in nearly 20 years to accomplish the feat when she sank a free throw late in the second half...

K-M senior Peyton Suess was surrounded by her friends and family after receiving the 2018 Female High School Athlete of the Year Award at the Rochester Area Sports Commission Awards Banquet on January 21.

A TEAM EFFORT

On January 21, Peyton Suess sat with many of the best high school athletes in the area. As part of the Rochester Area Sports Commission Banquet. She was up for the Female High School Athlete of the year award, many of her friends and family were on hand for the occasion and she even had a live...

Kinsey Koebele, Lexie Hugeback, Kassie Gruber and Olivia Matuska were all fired up after the KoMets made a late run in the first half.

Everyone chips in for K-M win over Triton

Kasson-Mantorville girls basketball team put forth one of he year last week as they used a tenacious full-court press and a team effort to defeat Triton on January 25. The victory improved the KoMets record to 11-6 on the season and has everyone on the team contributing in a big way. Against the...

Minelli prepares to go to work against Kenyon-Wanamingo on January 17.

A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY

There are plenty of stories that make up the Kasson- Mantorville wrestling team. As a dominant program, there are some kids that step on the mat and instantly find their way onto the top of the podium. For others, their path to success is a work in progress that starts at an early age and requires...

Kasson-Mantorville wrestling coach Jamie Heidt was named the 2018 Coach of the Year on Monday evening.

Heidt, Suess honored at Rochester Sports Banquet

As has been the case in recent history, Kasson-Mantorville was well represented at the Rochester Area Sports Commission Banquet on Monday night. In another case of history repeating itself, a KoMet athlete and a coach walked away with hardware at Monday’s event as K-M volleyball’s Peyton Suess was...