Basketball Game Preview: Wabasha-Kellogg Falcons vs. Grand Meadow Superlarks

The Wabasha-Kellogg Falcons will venture away from home to take on the Grand Meadow Superlarks at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Wabasha-Kellogg has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the matchup with ten straight defeats, while Grand Meadow will come in with 15 straight victories.

It was a Battle of the Birds when Wabasha-Kellogg faced off against Dover-Eyota on Friday. Wabasha-Kellogg was outmatched by Dover-Eyota and fell 74-32. While losing is never fun, the Falcons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Minnesota basketball rankings (they are ranked 361st, while the Eagles are ranked 71st).

Annalise Wobbe

Steals (Career)

02/14/25 @ Dover-Eyota	3
02/11/25 vs Lewiston-Altura	2
01/25/25 vs Lanesboro	2
01/13/25 vs LeRoy-Ostrander	2
01/02/25 vs Rushford-Peterson	2

Despite the loss, Wabasha-Kellogg saw an underclassman step up: freshman Annalise Wobbe posted six points along with ten boards and three steals. The dominant performance gave Wobbe a new career-high in steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Alaina McCann, who put up five points and eight rebounds.

Even though they lost, Wabasha-Kellogg smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 13 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least ten offensive boards in 12 consecutive contests.

Lanesboro typically has all the answers at home, but on Friday Grand Meadow proved too difficult a challenge. In a tight game that could have gone either way, they made off with a 47-46 win over the Burros.

Grand Meadow's victory was their 12th straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 23-3. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 57.4 points over those games. As for Wabasha-Kellogg, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-21.

Wabasha-Kellogg took a serious blow against Grand Meadow in their previous meeting on February 1st, falling 66-26. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point Wabasha-Kellogg was down 47-12.