fter a hiatus, the top 50 teams of the Fall from 2010-2019 continues. As before, squads from the “Journal 10,” FC, R-P, Chatfield, Kingsland, M-C, Houston, Lanesboro, GM, SG, and L-O, are eligible. Ranking across different years, and involving teams from three different sports, is difficult and thus subject to debate. Ranking is by how far teams made it in the play-offs. … [Read more...]
Football Post-Season Wrap-Up
Larks, Burros and Johnsons Highlight All-South-East Squad With the Fillmore County Journal expanding its coverage to include Grand Meadow, Spring Grove, and LeRoy-Ostrander, the naming of the All South-East “East” sub-district team takes precedent. Seven of the teams in the sub-District fall under the “Journal 10” umbrella. Section title game foes GM and Lanesboro each get a … [Read more...]
Three Falcons, Three Gophers, Two Trojans Make All-TRC
Volleyball Post-Season Wrap-Up It was a shortened year of volleyball with no post-season, but two of the three ‘‘Journal 10” squads from the TRC had excellent seasons and boasted a trio of All-Conference picks. Fillmore Central boasts a pair of repeat picks in seniors Maddie Krage (5’6” OH) and K.J. Corson (5’3” libero). Krage was the Falcons’ go-to hitter. She was … [Read more...]
Cougars, Burros Headline All-SEC List
Volleyball Post-Season Wrap-Up In the Southeast Conference, the league’s top two teams, Mabel-Canton and Lanesboro, combine to boast nine of the 19 All-SEC picks. Leading the way are four players from the SEC East champion Cougars squad. Senior Kenidi McCabe (5’5” setter/OH) heads the list, making All-SEC for a fourth straight year. She is also the SEC Player of the … [Read more...]
Fall Sports Thrown Asunder
The week of Monday, November 16 brought a definitive end to the fall sports campaign. The day after that Tuesday’s initial playoff football games, Governor Tim Walz put a four-week pause on high school sports starting Saturday the 21st, per a rise in COVID cases across the state. Volleyball’s regular and post seasons went up in smoke. Teams that could, played their last … [Read more...]
Section 1 9-Man Football Play-Offs
Lions Score Late, Take Section Opener Over ‘Canes Spring Grove (4-seed, 4-2) did not lead Houston (5-seed, 2-4) until the final half-minute. A 21-yard touchdown pass from Isaac Griffin to Reid Bjerke completed a 93-yard, 13-play drive for the Lions’ 20-14 win in a Section 1 9-man football quarter at Blayne Onsgard Memorial Field. The drive remained alive, when on … [Read more...]
Cougars Grab SEC-East Title, Finish Perfect
Mabel-Canton volleyball entered the year with hopes of winning a 1A East title, maybe a Section 1A title, and proceeding on to state. The latter was dashed because of COVID even before the season started. The former two then also got dashed. M-C beat Houston in a sweep (25-15, 25-7, 25-22) to begin the week. Kenidi McCabe (15 kills, 10 assists, 6 digs), Jordyn Newgard (7 … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Kingsland (3-0, 5-2) and Grand Meadow (4-0, 5-3) volleyball were co-awarded the SEC-West volleyball division title. Only inter-division games counted as SEC league contests. The teams didn’t play each other. L-O (4-2, 5-4) finished third. Fillmore Central (7-1, 9-1), Chatfield (5-1, 7-4), PEM (5-1, 8-2), and Cotter (3-1, 4-2) quad-shared the TRC volleyball title. Chatfield … [Read more...]
Volleyball (11/16 – 11/20)
Chatfield 3, Rochester-John Marshall 2 > 25-23, 25-17, 23-25, 10-25, 18-16 (C: Zayda Priebe 14 kills; Mollie Henry 7 kills; Paige Erickson 6 kills, 6 blks, 6 digs; Peyton Berg 5 kills, 25 digs; Sydney Allen 16 assists, 8 digs; Devann Clemens 14 assists, 9 digs; Abi Hinckley 12 digs. Hinckley (28 of 30) and Berg (23 of 25) combined to go 51 of 55 on serve receive. The … [Read more...]
Cougars Top Burros in Epic Battle, Stay Undefeated
It was probably the best volleyball match of the year so far (as it pertains to ‘Journal 10’ squads). History was almost made. The streak continues. But Lanesboro (8-1) volleyball took a shot as good as any in a long time. They took Mabel-Canton (9-0) to five sets, getting close to ending the Cougars’ decade-plus long SEC win streak. One could’ve expected a battle. In the … [Read more...]