It was a game that veered off script, if any football game has a script. The contest had a wild finish. It had two situations where one team was primed to score the clinching touchdown (but didn’t). The winning team lost its star player, but banded together and proved its metal. That team was the Chatfield Gophers. It wasn’t an easy task to make the 1AA state title game, but … [Read more...]
L-O Topples Lanesboro for Section 9-Man Title
LeRoy-Ostrander turned a 6-6 halftime stalemate into a decisive 30-6 runaway win in the 9-man Section One football final at Dodge Center. With the No. 3 section seed, the Cardinals (9-2) were in the section title game for the first time in 17 seasons against the defending section champ. With the No. 1 section seed, the state-ranked No. 2 Burros (10-1) did sustain an impressive … [Read more...]
Grand Meadow Stuns #6 Mabel-Canton in “Showcase” Game
At the start of the year, there were a couple teams surely gunning for SEC powerhouse Mabel-Canton. Lanesboro and Spring Grove both hoped to knock off the Cougars, ending their decade-plus league-play winning streak. With four combined tries, neither pulled the feat. Then there is Grand Meadow. M-C swept the Superlarks to open the season 25-17, 25-23, 25-17. The teams have won … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
R-P football (#9 in Class A) stayed perfect with a 66-12 win over Cotter. The Trojans (4-0, 5-0) lead the Southeast-East. Lanesboro football (#3 in 9-Man) stayed perfect with a 54-13 win over Kingsland. Seth Semmen, Orion Sass, and J.T. Rein combined to rush for nearly 400 yards in the game. The Burros (5-0, 5-0) lead the South-East. Houston football (1-4, 1-4) got its … [Read more...]
Rislov/LARP Win at St. Charles
Tuesday the 21st of September, five Journal-covered cross country programs ran only against another Journal-covered programs amidst two meets in Rushford and Harmony. On Thursday, September 30, all five squads descended upon the St. Charles Invite. The top 10 (particularly boys) was littered with Journal-covered athletes. Five of the top six runners were either from LARP, … [Read more...]
Falcon VB Comes From Behind to Beat Trojans
In a key TRC game, Rushford-Peterson volleyball (4-1, 12-5) hosted Fillmore Central (6-0, 10-7). Per homecomings, the game was played a 1 p.m. in front of most of the Trojans student body and a bunch of FC’s. It turned into a tense five-set affair. The story of games one and two was R-P’s serving and/or FC’s serve receive. The Trojans had six game one aces, as the Falcons … [Read more...]
Cardinals Shellack #1 Mountain Lake 36-6
Nine-man rankings in the state may be a little bit off the first few weeks but should align much better after games like the week four battle in LeRoy. LeRoy-Ostrander (2-1) struck Mountain Lake Area (3-0) from the ranks of the unbeaten, from its top spot in the state in 9-Man. And Trevor Carrier’s group did so emphatically. The Cards built a 21-0 halftime lead and cruised … [Read more...]
Burros Pound Past L-O, Take Control of South-East
In maybe the year’s marquee Section 1 9-Man contest, Lanesboro football (2-0) took down dangerous district adversary, LeRoy-Ostrander (2-0), and their joystick play-making quarterback Chase Johnson. The Burros ground-and-pounded their way to victory amidst a back-and-forth offensive game. Team black and orange scored first, going 58 yards on their first drive. A 46-yard … [Read more...]
Rein’s Punt-Run Propels Burros Past GM
It was a solid battle, until it wasn’t. In a season-opening rematch of last year’s Section 1 9-Man title game, Lanesboro and Grand Meadow battled for nearly three quarters. In the blink of an eye, GM seemingly was on the cusp of a huge play, only for it to be a huger one for the Burros. With the third quarter waning, James Semmen’s group led 8-0. Burro senior J.T. Rein … [Read more...]
2021 Football Preview
The 2020 football season was a unique one, to put it politely. First there wasn’t going to be a season, or it was going to be moved to the spring. Then, the MSHSL decided to have a fall football campaign, with it starting late, in October. Teams got games in amidst COVID, but the virus slowly took its toll. A shortened regular season was completed and the playoffs started, … [Read more...]