A year ago at the Section 1A Meet, Kingsland freshman Garrison Hubka was his team’s top runner. He finished 78th in a time of 19:19.1. In his first 5,000-meter run of the year, that time flew by the wayside. The sophomore won his second race in as many tries (17:40), finishing nearly a minute ahead of his nearest competitor. It was a notably quick run for Hubka. Just a … [Read more...]
Sports Returns; Running Season Starts with Home Meets
If there is a silver lining to the new altered cross country season, which sees only three teams per meet, but thus a lot more meets, it is that the Journal-covered programs will host more than in previous seasons. The first week of September saw Lanesboro/Fillmore Central and Kingsland both hosts meets, the first for either since the Knights hosted many years ago at Root … [Read more...]
Cross – Lake City Triangular
Lake City Triangular (Chatfield’s girls (27) beat Lake City (29) while D-E was incomplete. Tessa McMahon (13:23), Abbi Gillespie (13:24), and Belle Carr (13:46) finished three-four-five. Lake City’s Jacey Majerus (13:10) took first, D-E’s Malia Nelson (13:17) second at a 3,200-kilometer race. The Gophers boys took second (43) to Lake City (20) with D-E third (66). Tigers Joe … [Read more...]
2020 Cross Country Preview
Lewiston-Altura/Rushford-Peterson: Last year’s headlining C-C team came from the L-A/R-P share. Matt Kingsbury’s guys took the next, big step. After taking fourth at the Section 1A Meet in 2018, LARP finished second to Lake City in 2019 and earned a trip to Northfield and the state meet. There, they finished 15th of 16. Team black and red also took second at the TRC meet for a … [Read more...]
COVID’s Impact Alters 2020 Fall Sports Season
It will be a unique fall sports season. With the Minnesota State High School league coming to the decision to move near-contact sports football and volleyball to the spring (due to COVID-19), cross country and soccer will be the only fall sports (pertaining to local schools) left to go on. It makes what would’ve been a very busy fall sports season, a skeleton of its former … [Read more...]
High School Sports Year in Review 2019-2020
This past high school sports season, and high school year itself, will always be remembered for its ending. The corona virus terminated the state girls basketball play-offs prematurely, ended boys basketball state before it even transpired, and suspended and then cancelled spring sports. The school year followed, at least in the classroom learning. Graduations, proms, and … [Read more...]
A Decade’s Worth of Sports Part X
The All-Decade Top 18 for cross country. Due to time constraints, coaches weren’t contacted for comment. Rankings are based off team and individual conference, sectional, and state performances (places and times). Said rankings are subject to debate! Any time comparisons and ‘bests’ refer to TRC, Section 1A, and State meets collectively only. They are denoted by (*). … [Read more...]
A Decade’s Worth of Sports Part IX
The All-Decade golf top 20. Due to time constraints, coaches weren’t contacted for comment. Conference titles in the SEC are not noted due to the small number of full golf teams in the league (some years). Conference and sectional information from early in the decade is not included, as it could not be found. Rankings are based off individual and team section and state … [Read more...]
A Decade’s Worth of Sports Part VIII
The All-Decade track and field top 20. Rankings are based off of state qualifications and section/state success, which also includes True Team. Athletes who graduated in 2010 aren’t as regarded. One makes the list anyway. Because of time restraints and coaching changes, only a couple coaches were reached for comment. For rankings 21-35, go to … [Read more...]
A Decade’s Worth of Sports Part VII
With the spring season shorter than others, the Journal Sports Director has less opportunities to form opinions on softball players. Stats overall are also incomplete. And thus a carefully done top 20 is tough to do. Only an unofficial ranking will precede each player. Below are the softball players who stood out over the past decade. Players who missed a season aren’t … [Read more...]