The girls basketball season starts with some changes. This year is the first year of the shot clock. Mabel-Canton does not have enough for a squad, nor does Glenville-Emmons, so the SEC has just nine teams. It will be one big league (no divisions). M-C is sharing with Spring Grove. Section re-alignment took place. Notably, defending 1AA champion Goodhue is back in Section … [Read more...]
Cross Country: LARPH Boys Grab Section Title
The dynasty continues. For the fifth straight year, the Lewiston-Altura/Rushford-Peterson/Houston boys cross-country team is heading to state. For the third straight event to end this season, LARPH flipped-flopped with Winona-Cotter for first and second. The teams flip-flopped 1A Meet finishes after also going first and second last year. The Ramblers first two runners … [Read more...]
Volleyball Playoffs
Section 1A Volleyball Playoffs (10/23 & 10/26) (Play-In) 17-seed Houston (5-21) 3, 16-seed Kingsland (8-17) 2 > 13-25, 20-25, 25-23, 25-19, 15-8 (H: Emily Botcher 14 kills, 7 digs, 11 assists, 4 aces; E. Carrier 18 digs; Jorja Meyer 6 kills; Avery Kingsley 3 kills, 11 digs, 5 aces; Cadence Koehler 14 digs, 5 aces; Olivia Yohe 11 assists, 12 digs, 3 aces. K: K. … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Early playoff volleyball action saw all the highest seeded area teams moved on to their section quarters. Houston (17-seed) came back from down 2-0 to beat Kingsland (16-seed) in a 1A play-in game 3-2 (13-25, 20-25, 25-23, 25-19, 15-8). Ella Carrier had 18 digs for the ‘Canes while Kadence Aarsvold had 39 digs for the Knights. Houston then fell to top-seed #2 M-C 3-0 … [Read more...]
Football Playoffs
Football Playoffs - Section 1AA (10/24) (Quarterfinal) 6-seed Winona-Cotter (1-7) 12, 3-seed Chatfield (6-2) 59 (C: K. Schott 11-133, 2 TDs rushing, 29-yard reception; Parker Delaney 4-7, 128 yards, 2 TDs passing; Carson Rowland 5-89, TD rushing, passing TD; Caden Boyum 12-yard TD reception, 27-yard interception return TD; Devin Reinhardt 12-yard TD reception; Ben Carrier … [Read more...]
Meet the New Teachers at Grand Meadow Public Schools
Four new teachers joined Grand Meadow Public Schools this year. The Fillmore County Journal asked each of them a few questions to introduce them to the community. Faith Gehling Faith Gehling teaches sixth grade math and science. She’s also the varsity cheerleading coach and co-advisor for the National Honor Society. Gehling grew up in Grand Meadow, where she graduated … [Read more...]
Volleyball: Larks and Cards Share SEC-West
Grand Meadow (10-3, 13-12) and LeRoy-Ostrander (10-3, 18-9) entered the final short week of the regular season tied atop the SEC-West. Each had one SEC game left. Each won said contest. The teams are co-SEC-West champs, losing to each other and to East powers Mabel-Canton and Spring Grove in league play. Matt Rosaaen’s Larks had a bit tougher assignment, Lanesboro (7-6, 14-8). … [Read more...]
Cross Country: TRC Meet Sees Cotter Boys Return Favor, Kivimagi Take Second
Just days after LARPH’s boys nipped Cotter’s guys by one point at the PEM cross country invite, the squads again butted heads at the TRC Meet. The Ramblers avenged their loss, downing LARPH 38 to 41. The teams finished 1-2 last year too but by wider margin (52 to 71). GMLOS (121) took a distance third. LFC (175) took seventh and Chatfield (187) ninth of 10 complete … [Read more...]
Football: Hungerholt Blows Up Again in L-O’s 54-32 Win Over GM
LeRoy-Ostrander continued its excellent season and junior QB Camden Hungerholt again went nuts in a rivalry match-up with Grand Meadow. Hungerholt accounted for 564 yards of total offense in leading the #9 in 9-Man Cardinals to a 54-32 win. He ran for 340 with five TDs while passing for 224 yards with two more TDs. Carter Sweeney (5-116, TD receiving) and brother Reid … [Read more...]
Volleyball: L-O Ends 16-Match SEC Losing Streak to GM
The SEC volleyball series between West foes Grand Meadow and LeRoy-Ostrander has been dominated by the Superlarks. Entering the teams’ second league meeting of 2023, GM had won 16 straight and 18 overall contests versus the Cardinals. L-O’s last win over GM came in 2014 when Sam Siskow was the Cards big hitter. Under current coach Lindsay Milks, the Cardinals have been close … [Read more...]
Football (10/13)
South-East Football (10/13) Houston 36, Southland 6 (H: A. Kulas 37-159, 2 TDs rushing; Morgan Rohweder 5 of 7, 52 yards, TD passing; Lee Klunder 16-63 rushing; Axel Vix 3-40, TD receiving; Austin Groth 16-yard TD run; Zach Olson 4-11, TD rushing, 2-12 receiving. Both teams played with key players hurt) Grand Meadow 26, Lanesboro 22 (GM: C. Ludemann 33-209, 2 TDs rushing, … [Read more...]
Football
South-East Football (10/6 & 10/7) Mabel-Canton 38, Grand Meadow 14 (M-C: C. Tollefsrud 23-209, 3 TDs rushing; T. Larson 24-150, 2 TDs rushing. GM: C. Ludemann 22-154, TD rushing (82-yard TD run); Dalton Pischke 10-62 rushing; Blake Hubbard 51-yard fumble recovery TD. M-C led 22-8 at halftime, but GM capitalized on a Cougar fumble and a Ludemann 82-yard TD run made it 22-14 … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Cayden Tollefsrud ran for 209 yards and 3 TDs and Tyler Larson 150 yards and 2 TDs as Mabel-Canton (3-3, 3-3) downed Grand Meadow 38-14. Corbin Ludemann had 154 yards rushing and a TD in defeat. It was M-C’s third straight win after an 0-3 start. Sampson Wilkemeyer accounted for over 200 yards total offense and threw 3 TDs as R-P (2-4, 2-4) won its second straight, 30-7 over … [Read more...]
Volleyball
Three Rivers Conference Volleyball (10/3 & 10/5) St. Charles 0, #7 in A Fillmore Central 3 > 25-17, 25-10, 25-16 (FC: A. Britton 12 kills, 20-20 serving, 6 aces; Kammry Broadwater 10 kills, 9 digs 4 aces; Katie Pickett 11 assists, 7 digs; Aubrey Daniels 15 assists; Kyla Hellickson 7 digs) Southeast Conference Volleyball (10/2 - 10/5) Kingsland 3, Schaeffer … [Read more...]
Football
South-East Football (9/29) Grand Meadow 14, Southland 33 (GM: Corbin Ludemann 15-91, 2 TDs rushing; Dalton Pischke 8-50 rushing. Southland (3-2, 4-2) led 28-6 at the half and 33-14 after three. Larks had just four passing yards. GM did break a two-game scoreless streak after suffering back-to-back shut-outs to state-ranked teams #7 Edgerton (38-0) and #10 Kingsland (57-0). … [Read more...]
