Winona “Jim Flim” Invite (Onalaska (74) beat Faribault (84) for boys’ team title. LARP (136) took 7th, Chatfield 10th (of 14 teams). Winona’s Carter Briggs (16:23.6) and Belle Plaine’s Drew Hastings (16:43.5) took first and second, LARP’s Luke O’Hare (16:50.7) third. Tyler Rislov (17:30.5) took 10th for LARP (of 96 runners). Onalaska (27) beat Faribault (104) for the girls’ … [Read more...]
Conversion Lifts R-P to 8-7 Win
What’s that old saying? It all comes down to this. For Rushford-Peterson football, it literally all came down to a couple plays late (on their last possession) in the game versus Goodhue. Both resulted in scores, giving Davin Thompson’s group a good early season win. In a battle between two rivals who seemingly always play each other very tight, it was defensive … [Read more...]
Cross Country (9/10 & 9/14)
D-E Invite (Lake City (33) beat LARP (40) to take boys’ title. LFC took 7th (of 7). L. O’Hare (17:24.2) won his second straight meet, besting PEM’s Samson Hagen (17:43.5). LARP’s T. Rislov (17:43.6) narrowly took third. LARPers Ricky Buchanon (10th), Grady Hengel (12th), and Andrew Hoiness (14th) finished top 15 (of 79). LFC didn’t have a top 25 runner. Lake City (34) … [Read more...]
Volleyball (9/10 – 9/14)
Chatfield 3, La Crescent 0 > 25-19, 25-16, 25-15 (C: Devann Clemens 9 assists, 14-14 serving, 6 digs; Paige Erickson 3 kills, 5 blks, 3 aces; Abi Hinckley 8 digs, 3 aces; Peyton Berg 7 digs, 3 aces; Kielan LaPlante 7 kills; Zayda Priebe 5 kills) FC 3, Southland 0 > 25-7, 25-14, 25-9 (FC: Hadley Yoder 14 kills; Krista Jorgenson 9 kills; K. Sikkink 8 kills, 23 assists, … [Read more...]
Second Half Propels ‘Canes Past Burros
The first half score was 12-8. The second half score was 32-6. Houston football found its running game in the second stanza and powered past Lanesboro in a week three South-East football contest. Cody Hungerholt’s Houstonites never trailed. The ‘Canes scored the game’s first 12 points, getting a Mikkel Schutte to Wyatt Walters 44-yard TD pass on their first possession, a … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
LARP’s Luke O’Hare (17:24.2) won his second cross country meet in as many tries, repeating as D-E Invite champion. Teammate Tyler Rislov notched his second straight third place finish. Mabel-Canton volleyball, ranked #6 in Class A, beat Lanesboro to stay perfect (6-0, 13-0) on the year. Sarina Stortz had 18 kills (.708 efficiency). Junior Kenidi McCabe was honored for … [Read more...]
Football (9/13)
Faribault B.A. 35, FC 14 (FC: Zach Haugerud 6-27, 157 yards, TD, 3 INTs passing; Carson Kiehne 2-120, TD receiving. Falcons: 0-0, 0-3) Triton 16, #7 in AA Chatfield 14 (C: Reid Johnson 12-23, 189 yards, 2 TDs, INT passing; Chance Backer 5-100, TD receiving; Maysn Remme 2-68, TD receiving. T: Braxton Munnikhuysen 19-136 rushing; Austin Melder 23-89, TD rushing; Parker Boe … [Read more...]
Frosh Provides ‘O’ In Gopher Shut-out Win
He’s young. From a boys high school sports perspective, he’s oh, so young. At an age where most athletes are hoping to start and excel on JV, he skipped a level. He’s excelling on the varsity level (without even playing much JV). He’s played two “big boy” games, amassing two one-hundred-yard efforts, five total TDs, and a pair of interceptions. And he looks the part, from … [Read more...]
Comeback Highlights Gopher VB’s Week
Five. It was the win total last year for Chatfield volleyball. Four came by September 14. The Gophers then finished 1-17 (losing 39 of 45 sets). Ah, but every year is anew and this one’s looking better. Just eight matches in, Chatfield is up to four wins. Two came the week of Monday, September 2. At R-P, Taylor Salisbury’s girls ended a short four-game losing streak to … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Cross country runners stood out at a pair of Thursday events. LARP’s Luke O’Hare picked up where he left off in 2018. He repeated as ‘Crazy Buffalo’ meet champion, shaving 36 seconds off his time (17:03 to 16:27). Teammate Tyler Rislov took third, as LARP’s boys took third. They had seven guys finish top 21. At the Hayfield Invite, Chatfield’s girls took second, the boys … [Read more...]