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. Teams 40 down to … [Read more...]
Knight Runner Stands Out at LFC’s Meet
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...]
Gopher Girls Punch Perfect Score
It is a lot easier to do at a three-team meet. Nonetheless, it is still a pretty nice accomplishment. At their second event of the year, Chatfield’s girls posted the cross country perfect score. Jayna Tangen’s Gophers took first, second, third, fourth, and fifth places to easily win the St. Charles Invite. Chatfield had 15 points, the Saints 51, and Schaeffer Academy was … [Read more...]
The Fall Top 50 – Countdown (#45 to #40)
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. As before, ranking across different years, and involving teams from three different sports, is difficult and thus subject to debate. Teams ranked in the 45-40 may have lost to teams in the 46-50 … [Read more...]
LARP Boys Win Second Race
It is to be expected. When you are a defending state team qualifier with your top runners back, and then the number of teams at every cross country meet are diminished due to COVID-19, you will probably win often. In their second meet of the year, LARP’s boys again ran to victory. Matt Kingsbury’s group (19) didn’t have much trouble beating R.A.A.C.E. (40) and W-K (78) to … [Read more...]
Cross Country (9/10)
(B) PEM 20, GMLOS 58, Lyle/Paceili 58 (PEM’s Baylor Hagen (17:38) took first and L/P’s Jayden Lewis (17:48.3) second at the 5-K run. GMLOS’ top runner was Christian Hjelman (18:40.9), who took sixth. The Bulldogs had runners 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, and 9); (G) PEM 30, L/P 43, GMLOS 53 (PEM’s MollyKate Hagen (20:06.4) took first, L/Ps Kirsten Koopal (20.18.1) took second at the 5-k … [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...]