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Weekend Sweep for Packers

16 Jan

The Packers swept two home games on Friday and Saturday night, beating Mankato West 52-47 and then following with a 58-49 win over previously undefeated Caledonia, ranked third in the state in Class AA.

In the Friday night game, the game was close throughout, with the Packers maintaining a slight lead most of the way. The score was tied at 39 with seven minutes to play, and the Packers played tough to seal the win. Zach Wessels led the Pack with 16 points, while Matt Duren had 12, Joe Aase and Tom Aase 8 each and Zach Fadness and Jay Ettinger with 4 apiece. The Austin Post-Bulletin and Daily Herald have recaps.

On Saturday, the Packers were down 17-8 early before they got the offense going and clamped down on defense. They were down by 3 at the half and continued the pressure, eventually building a 15-point margin. Tom Aase and Matt Duren each had 13 points to pace the Packers, while Joe Aase had 10,  Zach Fadness 9, Jay Ettinger and Zach Wessels 5 each and Andrew Kaiser 3.

Here are the highlights from the win over Caledonia:

Update: Here are the highlights from the Mankato West game:

The Packers are now 5-6 overall, and 4-2 in the Big 9 Conference. Next up is another conference matchup Tuesday at Albert Lea.

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Packers Fall to Red Wing

9 Jan

The Austin Packers, fresh off an 18-point win over Rochester Mayo Friday night, came back for a make-up game Saturday night in Red Wing. The game had been scheduled for Dec. 11 but was snowed out.

Cold shooting plagued the Packers in this contest, as they were down 28-25 at the half. The second half was a little colder, as the Pack managed just 19 points and lost 57-44.

Here are the highlights:

Joe Aase had 14 points for the Packers, Tom Aase 9, Zach Wessels 8, Zach Fadness 5, Matt Duren 5, Jay Ettinger 2 and Max Coffey 1.

The Packers return to action Tuesday night, taking the road to play at Mankato East.

 

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Packers Top Spartans

8 Jan

The Austin boys ran their conference record to 3-1 Friday night with a win over the visiting Rochester Mayo Spartans.

The Packers had a 22-21 lead at halftime, but then outscored  the Spartans 31-14 down the stretch for the 53-35 win.

Here is the Austin Daily Herald story about the game.

Joe Aase had 19 points for the Packers, Matt Duren 15, Zach Fadness 6, Tom Aase 5, Jay Ettinger 4, Zach Wessels 2 and Max Coffey 2.

The Packers play again tonight, a make-up game that was snowed out in December, at Red Wing.

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Packers Overturn John Marshall

6 Jan

The Austin Packer boys came off a two-week break to score a big win Tuesday over Rochester John Marshall, 74-47.

After building a 22-point lead at halftime, the Packers cruised to their second conference win. Joe Aase had 18 points, Zach Fadness 13, Tom Aase 12, Zach Wessels 6, Jay Ettinger 5, Max Coffey 5, Andrew Kaiser 5, Matt Duren 4, Nate Weisert 2, Quinn Yocum 2 and Goliath Oboyo 2.

Here are the highlights:

Check out the Austin Post-Bulletin and Austin Daily Herald accounts of the game.

In other conference action, Century beat Mankato West 60-52, Winona edged Mayo 55-46 and Owatonna stopped Albert Lea 86-53. Faribault beat Waseca 75-57 in a non-conference contest.

Next up for the Packers are the Rochester Mayo Spartans on Friday in Packer Gym, where it will be Parents Night.

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Packers fall to 1-1 in conference

18 Dec

A slow first half in which they managed just 19 points put the Austin Packers down by 11. Then a 5-0 run by Winona to start the second half put the Packers in a hole that was just too big. Although they battled hard for the rest of the game, they could get no closer than 10. The final score was 65-46.

Here is the Austin Daily Herald story on the game and the Post-Bulletin recap, along with the KAAL-TV 10 p.m. sports, which includes a mention of “the brothers Aase.” Actually, their dads are brothers.

As is our practice, here is a more comprehensive set of video highlights. Unfortunately, thanks to the social cluelessness of some younger Winona players, the camera view of  an early 3-pointer by Zach Fadness was obstructed. But here’s the best of the rest:

Joe Aase had 15 points for the Pack, Matt Duren 12, Tom Aase 8, Zach Wessels 6 and Zach Fadness 5.

Next up is New Prague on Tuesday night in Packer Gym.

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