Sports Memories by Tom Jones

 

50 years ago: 1969

• The Lea College Lancers basketball team was preparing for its upcoming game against the Yankton College Greyhounds. Howard Wilkens, a 6-foot-2-inch sophomore from Glencoe, Illinois, was the team’s scoring leader with 23.6 points per game

• The Albert Lea boys’ hockey team defeated St. Paul Mechanic Arts 4-3. Charlie Evans, Dick Humphrey, Mike Braun and Ken Lien scored for the Tigers.

• First and Last Chance Liquor and Streater were leading the Southside Bowling League with records of 14-2. Terry Jensen had the high series for the week with a 572, with Dennis Jensen rolling a 565 and Dick Anfinson 559.

 

25 years ago: 1994

• The Albert Lea boys’ basketball team went on the road and were defeated by Rochester Mayo 73-59. Brendan Danielsen led the Tigers with 15 points and Pete Breitholtz added 12.

• The Glenville-Emmons boys’ basketball team fell to 1-8 on the season with losses to Southland, 77-56, and Lyle, 73-70. Brian Cipra led the Wolverines in both games with 13 and 16 points, respectively.

• The Minnesota Vikings were defeated by the New York Giants 17-10 in a wild card playoff game played at Giants Stadium. Cris Carter’s 40-yard pass from Jim McMahon was the lone touchdown for the Vikings, who finished the season 9-8.

 

10 years ago: 2009

• In the seventh annual Clash in Rochester, the Albert Lea Tigers wrestling team lost to two nationally-ranked teams. After falling 47-15 to Montini Catholic (of Illinois) 47-15, they were defeated 33-21 by Blue Springs (of Missouri). Cory Hansen and Matt Tiegs were the only two Tigers to win both their matches.

• Tim Brewster’s Minnesota Gophers football team was defeated by Kansas 42-21 in the Insight Bowl at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona.

• The Alden-Conger Knights girls’ basketball team lost to Windom in the final game of the Windom Invitational. Katie Hallman led the Knights with 17 points, with Megan Miller adding 12.

 

This year

• Former KATE sports director Jim Sannes is a senior writer and analyst for sports analytic company Numberfire, based out of New York. Sannes has podcasts that can be found at www.numberfire.com. Originally from Kasson, Sannes was sports director at KATE from 2014 to 2015.