{"id":127933,"date":"2026-03-03T01:55:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T01:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/127933\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T01:55:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T01:55:07","slug":"rebels-plow-past-faribault-bethlehem-academy-in-quarterfinals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/127933\/","title":{"rendered":"Rebels plow past Faribault Bethlehem Academy in quarterfinals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-wisiwig-body1=\"true\" class=\"txtStyle_body1 mb_$body1\"><a data-wisiwig-link=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.austindailyherald.com\/sports\/mailto:sports@austindailyherald.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" class=\"text_$sec cursor_pointer transition-prop_color duration_$fast ease_east-out hover:text_$sec_D hover:duration_$fast hover:ease_east-out hover:transition-prop_color\"><\/a>ROCHESTER &#8211; The top-seeded Southland boys basketball team is on a mission to make a big playoff push and the Rebels showed they meant business as they pounded No. 8 Faribault Bethlehem Academy (11-15 overall) 75-38 in a Section 1A quarterfinal in Mayo Civic Auditorium Monday night.<\/p>\n<p data-wisiwig-body1=\"true\" class=\"txtStyle_body1 mb_$body1\">The Rebels (26-1 overall) cruised from the start and the game was in running time with nine minutes left.<\/p>\n<p data-wisiwig-body1=\"true\" class=\"txtStyle_body1 mb_$body1\">Southland was led by the junior trio of Ethan Schammel, who posted 15 points and three blocked shots, Henry Wiste, who scored 22 points, and Tate Goergen, who racked up 20 points, four rebounds and five assists.<\/p>\n<p data-wisiwig-body1=\"true\" class=\"txtStyle_body1 mb_$body1\">\u201cIt\u2019s a team game every time we play, and defense wins games. That\u2019s our main thing,\u201d Schammel said. \u201cWe\u2019re ready for the next one. It\u2019s going to be fun.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-wisiwig-body1=\"true\" class=\"txtStyle_body1 mb_$body1\">After taking an early 16-6 lead, the Rebels closed out the first half on a 32-10 push as their defense controlled the tempo from the opening whistle.<\/p>\n<p data-wisiwig-body1=\"true\" class=\"txtStyle_body1 mb_$body1\">Southland head coach Scott Koenigs credited his team for coming out with intensity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ROCHESTER &#8211; The top-seeded Southland boys basketball team is on a mission to make a big playoff push&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":127934,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154,47590,59627],"class_list":{"0":"post-127933","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bethlehem","8":"tag-bethlehem","9":"tag-bethlehem-headlines","10":"tag-bethlehem-news","11":"tag-editors-picks","12":"tag-southland-rebels"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127933\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}