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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 Advance to Section Semis

10 Mar

The Austin Packer boys pulled out a close game against visting Faribault Wednesday night in the Minnesota Section 1AAA high school basketball tournament. Trailing by five with about five minutes to go, the Packers rallied to pull out a seven-point win.

Joe Aase scored 17 points,  while Tom Aase added 12, Zach Wessels 11, Jay Ettinger and Zach Fadness 6 and Collin Weisert 3. Here is the Herald story.

Next up for the Packers is top-seeded Winona on Saturday night.

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Packers Drop Close one to Mayo

12 Feb

The Austin Packers’ bid for a sweep of the week fell short when they dropped a 57-47 contest to Rochester Mayo on Friday night.

The Packers led by one at the half, but fell behind with a few minutes gone in the second half and couldn’t catch up. The Mayo coach said it was his team’s best performance of the year.

Joe Aase, Zach Wessels and Tom Aase were all in double figures for the Packers, with 16, 14 and 12 points respectively, while Zach Fadness had 3 and Andrew Kaiser 2.

Here are the video highlights:

The Packers are back in action Tuesday night at home against Mankato East.

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Packers Sweep the Week

30 Jan

The Austin Packers boys basketball team scored exactly twice as many points on Tuesday as they did on Friday, but still came away with convincing wins against Faribault and Rochester Century.

With the 78-55 win over Faribault and the 39-26 defeat of Century, the Packers have won five of their last six and are now over the .500 mark for the first time this year, at 8-7. They’re 7-3 in Big Nine Conference action.

In the Faribault contest on Tuesday, the Packers’ first 24 points came from three-pointers. Matt Duren had a huge night with 23 points, while Zach Wessels had 11, Tom Aase 10, Andrew Kaiser 9, Zach Fadness 9, Joe Aase 8, Jay Ettinger 3, Max Coffey 3 and Caleb Knorr 2.

Now, to the video highlights:

Here’s the Austin Daily Herald story and the P-B recap.

The Century game was completely different and much more physical. The Packers trailed early before going on a 23-2 run to close the half, and led 25-10 at halftime.

Zach Fadness led the Packers with 13 points, while Andrew Kaiser had 8, Joe Aase 7, Zach Wessels 6, Jay Ettinger 4 and Matt Duren 1.

Here are the video highlights:

The Austin Daily Herald had this story, while the Post-Bulletin filed this report.

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Packers Tip Off Season Today

4 Dec

The Austin boys start their season with a couple of tough tests, as the season preview article in the Austin Post-Bulletin indicates:

Tipping off the season on Saturday afternoon versus Cedar Falls, Iowa, the Austin boys will face a stiff challenge. Cedar Falls was in the Iowa State Tournament last season and has a guard who is rumored to be a Division-I college prospect.

If that’s not enough of a challenge, then the Packers will take on another stiff test from their own state in the second game of the season. Next week on Thursday night, Austin will play host to Minneapolis Washburn, ranked in the state’s top 10 for Class AAA.

“I feel good about the team, the kids played really well in their summer league and I hope they can carry that over into the season,” Austin coach Kris Fadness said. “We have a large number of seniors and some talented young kids, so we’ll have a deep rotation. It’s a tough schedule and we’ll put the kids through the fire in the first couple of weeks.”

Read the whole article here. It also includes the full season schedule, so mark your calendar to attend as many games as you can.

Join us this afternoon at 4 for the first game against Cedar Falls, Iowa! (The B squad game is at 3 2:30.) And check back here  at PackerFastBreakClub.com regularly for updates on the season, including video highlights from each game. You can get site updates by email or RSS, and join the Packer Fast Break Club group on Facebook.

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