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Top-ranked area Class A football squads continued to thrive and prosper. Fourth-ranked Rushford-Peterson stayed undefeated with a 53-14 win over Southland. Noah Carlson scored four times and surpassed 1,000 and 1,100 yards rushing for the season. Sophomore QB Landon Skalet threw three TDs and junior TE Jake Paulson caught two. Sixth-ranked Fillmore Central football had eight rushing TDs in beating Kingsland 62-0. Riley Means accounted for three TDs. Josh Peters ran for 164 yards and 2 TDs. It is the Falcons’ fourth straight win. R-P (5-0, 6-0) leads the Mid-Southeast-East over FC (4-1, 5-1) and Goodhue (4-1, 5-1). Houston rebounded from its first loss by whipping West Lutheran 50-8. Senior QB Harry Chiglo accounted for four TDs (three rushing). Because of an M-C loss, the Hurricanes (5-1) are in second place in the South-East behind co-#1’s Grand Meadow (6-0) and Spring Grove (6-0). Lanesboro had ten rushing TDs in pummeling Lyle/Pacelli 77-0. The Burros evened their records at 3-3. Coranda Vickerman had 16 kills, 14 assists, and 5 aces as 8th-ranked M-C volleyball swept Spring Grove. The win assured the Cougars (11-0, 21-3) at least a share of the SEC-East title. Lanesboro (8-3, 11-5) still is in contention. The Burros won their only match of the week over Hope Lutheran in a sweep. Cassidy Ruud continued her strong senior year with a team-high 14 kills. R-P volleyball won a couple matches on the week (Houston, Kingsland) to improve to 4-5, 13-10.