Just like their football team, Grand Meadow volleyball’s season-opening schedule wasn’t easy. They first hosted strong East club Lanesboro, falling 3-2. Sue Wilson’s group then had to trek to powerhouse M-C. After two matches, defending West champ GM was 0-2. But the Larks have since won five straight including notching a 2-0 week. Team Purple dispatched with Lyle/Pacelli … [Read more...]
Lions Get Back to Winning, Down Knights
Visiting Spring Grove did almost all the damage in the first half before each team scored once after the break. SG drove 67 and 75 yards with their first two possessions to lead 14-0. After reaching the Kingsland 3-yard line, a bad snap on first down scuttled the next opportunity. But after an ensuing 87-yard drive, it was 21-0 after four possessions on the way to a 27-0 … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Sixth-ranked Chatfield football fell to #1 Caledonia 33-6, as Eli King accounted for over 300 yards total offense and all five Warrior TDs. Sam Backer ran for 124 yards in defeat, as Chatfield moved the ball (1st downs: Chat 15, Cal 20), but couldn’t score. Lanesboro won its third straight (3-1) by shutting out M-C 42-0. J.T. Rein had 132 yards rushing and 2 TDs. FC … [Read more...]
Football (10/30)
#1 in AA Chatfield 6 (Chat: S. Backer 27-124 rushing; Carter Daniels 7-yard TD run. Cal: E. King 15-31, 239 yards, 4 TDs passing, 14-63, TD rushing; Austin Klug 6-123, TD receiving; Isiah Reinhart 3-45, 2 TDs receiving; Colten Welsh 3-48, TD receiving. Turnovers: Chat 4, Cal 2. 1st Downs: Chat 15, Cal 20. Warriors led 20-0 at half, all scoring drives coming after converting … [Read more...]
Volleyball (10/26-10/29)
L-O 0, Southland 3 > 11-25, 23-25, 20-25 (LO: G. O’Byrne 14 digs; Sidney Lewison 5 kills, 5 digs, 4 blks; A. Welsh 10 assists; Kayden Schulte 9 digs; J. Runde 7 digs; Kylie Welsh 5 digs, 4 aces) Schaeffer Academy 0, SG 3 > 25-8, 25-12, 25-14 (SG: A. McHugh 13 kills, 13-14 serving, 8 aces; R. Normann 25 assists; M. Lile 7 digs, 17-18 serving, 9 aces; K. Gerard 5 … [Read more...]
Athlete of the Week – Gavin Johnson Mabel-Canton Football
Game of the Week: GM Blanks L-O Football
Last year, LeRoy-Ostrander football suddenly announced itself as a contender in the South-East with a 30-19 win over perennially power GM. The Cardinals went on to the District title. The Super Larks went on to the Section title. In a key rivalry battle in week three, the teams slugged it out. Through three quarters, the only touchdown came as a result of a blocked Cardinal … [Read more...]
#8 Gophers Get By Z-M, Eye #1 Caledonia
It wasn’t pretty. Some of that is just how football can be. Chatfield improved to 3-0 by beating Zumbrota-Mazeppa (0-3). The Gophers led just 6-2 well into the second half. They scored in the first quarter after an 11-play 82-yard drive (Sam Backer 32-yard TD run). But Chatfield had just three other offensive plays in the half. One was a bad snap through the end zone for a … [Read more...]
Burros End Streak Versus Lions
Visiting Lanesboro scored the first three times it had the ball, and despite spoiling a 90-yard drive with a fumble at the 3 yard-line, still cruised to a 28-0 halftime lead at Spring Grove. Scoring with their first possession of the second half, the Burros led 36-0. With four powerful running backs, the Burros averaged eight yards per handoff led by JT Rein (19-197 yards, TD … [Read more...]
SEC East Volleyball Triangular
As the second full week of the volleyball season started, three 3-0 teams sat atop the SEC-East; M-C, Lanesboro, and SG. Both the Lions and Burros took shots at the Cougars. On Tuesday, M-C trekked east to SG. Quick Cougar starts in each set stacked the Cougar deck. M-C began 10-1, 6-1, and 7-1 in the three games. The Cougars notched a convincing 3-0 sweep (25-11, 25-13, … [Read more...]