Packers Dominate All-Conference Team

7 Mar

The Austin Packers, who clinched their first Big Nine conference title in 13 years last week, are well represented on the all-conference team announced today.

Juniors Joe Aase and Tom Aase, and sophomore Zach Wessels, were named to the all-conference first team.

Coach Kris Fadness was recognized as Coach of the Year.

The Packers begin section playoffs at home tonight against Faribault. See the Austin Post-Bulletin and Austin Daily Herald for previews, as well as this Rochester Post-Bulletin preview of the whole section.

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Section 1AAA Playoff Brackets Announced

3 Mar

As expected, the 20-5 Austin Packers received the top seed in the Section 1AAA Boys Basketball tournament. New Prague (17-9) got the second seed and Kasson-Mantorville (21-5) was third. Here is the complete bracket and schedule. The first two rounds will be hosted by the higher seeds, with the finals to be held a week from Friday at Mayo Civic Center.

Austin hosts #8 seed Faribault (1-25) Wednesday at 7 p.m.

Big Nine Champs!

3 Mar

The Austin Packers boys basketball team came into Friday night’s game against Owatonna with two scenarios:

  • If they won, they would claim sole possession of the Big Nine title, or
  • If they lost, they would likely share the title with both Owatonna and Mankato East.

With their 61-52 win over the Huskies, the Packers clinched the conference crown outright for the first time since 1988 (they had shared with Rochester Mayo in 1999), and with Mankato East’s win over Rochester Century the Huskies fell to third. Here are the final standings:

Tom Aase led the Packers in scoring with 18 points, while Joe Aase added 15, Zach Wessels 12, Goliath Oboyo 8, Collin Weisert 5, Nate Schwab 2 and Bret Lukes 1. See the stories in the Austin Daily Herald, Austin Post-Bulletin and Owatonna People’s Press.

Here are the game highlights:

The Packers open section 1AAA play-offs Wednesday at home, likely against Faribault. Game time is 7 p.m.

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Packers run record to 19-5

26 Feb

In a quick turnaround game after their Big Nine-clinching win over Rochester John Marshal Friday, the Packers traveled to Caledonia Saturday for a non-conference game against the Warriors. The Packers led most of the game (although they trailed 26-23 at halftime), but it was close all the way. The final score was 55-50, as the Packers ran their winning streak to six in anticipation of their regular-season finale against Owatonna.

Goliath Oboyo had a career-high 16 points to pace the Packers, while Tom Aase had 14, Zach Wessels 11, Nate Schwab 6 and Joe Aase 6 and  Zach Vierkandt 2.

Here are the highlights:

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Packer Clinch Share of Conference Crown

25 Feb

With a 78-43 rout of Rochester John Marshall Friday night, the Austin Packers have guaranteed themselves at least a share of the Big Nine conference title for the first time since 1999.

The Packers are a full game ahead of both Owatonna and Mankato East, and host the Huskies next Friday in the season finale with a chance to claim solo possession of the crown.

It was Senior Night on Friday, and the Packers used a balanced scoring attack and defense that led to layups to cruise to victory. Zach Wessels led the way with 18 points, while Tom Aase had 14, Nate Schwab 12, Goliath Oboyo 9, Joe Aase and Zach Vierkandt 6 each, Bret Lukes 5 and Collin Weisert and Ryan Larson 4 each. See the story in the Austin Daily Herald.

Here are the highlights:

The conference showdown is next Friday, but the Packers have one game before that, traveling to Caledonia tonight for their last non-conference matchup.

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