Mabel-Canton football has never been shy about running the football under Coach Karl Urbaniak.  Versus Kingsland, the Cougars made the Knights beet red with all the running.  Senior Gavin Johnson ran for 250 yards on 39 carries with 4 TDs.  Freshman Cayden Tollefsrud ran for 249 yards on 18 carries and 2 TDs.  The duo accounted for all six Cougars TDs and all five two-point … [Read more...]

Usually, the phrase points-off-turnovers is used in basketball.  Chatfield (3-1) football took out Triton (3-1) as a result of turnovers directly leading to points.  Triton turned the ball over three straight possessions in the second quarter, at one point running just two offensive plays but racking up three miscues (interception on first play of a possession, fumble on a … [Read more...]

In a Thursday night football game, Rushford-Peterson quarterback Malachi Bunke had his way with the Cotter Ramblers.   The junior threw 13 total passes and nearly half went for TDs.  Bunke went 13 of 23 for 314 yards, 6 TDs, and zero interceptions, as the Trojans cruised past Cotter 58-12.  The Trojans’ QB used senior wide receiver Kobe Lind (6-116, 3 TDs receiving) and junior … [Read more...]

On October 19, Chatfield volleyball opened some eyes by beating FC 3-1 in an early season TRC match.   It was set to be the first of two games between the two squads.  The re-match was scheduled for November 16 in Preston.  But the TRC has multiple schools on distance learning.  There are teams that aren’t playing.  In a quick bit of scheduling between Athletic Directors Dan … [Read more...]

In many ways, sports campaigns this season are unfair to many involved.  The silver lining is, at least there is a season, particularly for the teams who stay COVID-free enough to keep playing.  For M-C volleyball, the season in unfair in that there aren’t any big weekend tourneys against tougher competition.  With a 150-plus SEC match win-streak going, playing only SEC matches … [Read more...]

Lanesboro volleyball continued its excellent season.  Julie Schreiber’s group rode it three-headed hitting attack to two more conference wins.  The Burros first took out Houston in a tough three-set battle, 25-22, 26-24, 25-20.  Kaci Ruen (12 kills, 6 digs), Jessie Schreiber (11 kills, 7 digs), and Sydney Taylor (7 kills, 12 digs, 14-14 serving) notched 30 of Lanesboro’s 35 … [Read more...]

Spring Grove volleyball improved to 6-3 with a second 3-0 sweep of 0-7 winless Schaeffer Academy (25-7, 25-13, 25-20) and a far more competitive 3-1 victory over Houston (25-10, 25-19, 23-25, 25-17). For the week, Maggie Lile served 32-for-34 with 9 aces.  Against Schaeffer, a dozen Grove girls had kills and seven had assists as SG employed the entire lineup.  SG had 28 kills … [Read more...]

It is pretty easy to be overshadowed on the volleyball front when it comes to the teams the Fillmore County Journal covers.   Mabel-Canton, Fillmore Central, Grand Meadow, Lanesboro, Kingsland, Chatfield, and Spring Grove are all (well) above .500.  With a 2-0 week, Lindsay Milks’ LeRoy-Ostrander Cardinals moved their name into that plus-500 group.  The Cards first swept … [Read more...]

After falling to Fillmore Central, Chatfield volleyball (5-2) re-grouped by beating Caledonia 3-2.  The Gophers (5-1, 5-2) came back from down 2-sets-to-0.  Sydney Allen had 38 assists and 17 digs to key the effort.  Kingsland volleyball topped Southland 3-2 in a five-match set.  Ellie Buchholtz had 30 kills and Alyssa Link 40 assists for the Knights (5-1, 5-2).  L-O (3-2) … [Read more...]

L-O 29, Nicollet 18 (LO: C. Johnson 22-125, TD rushing, 3-10, 50 yards, INT passing; I. Collier 23-126, 2 TDs rushing, 2-25 receiving; Peyton Roe 9-76, TD rushing.  Cardinals scored in every quarter, leading 14-6 at halftime and 21-12 after three)  SG 36, L/P 22 (SG (3-2) won at L/P (2-3) with a second-half shutout. The Athletics had only 23 yards of offense in the second … [Read more...]