The 2019 high school football season begins with changes. Districts have been re-aligned. The Mid-Southeast has three sub-districts; Red, White, and Blue. Journal covered squads FC and R-P are in the Blue with Cotter, Hayfield, L-A, and W-K. The Falcons have “cross-over” games with Red and White schools. R-P plays just White schools. Those games are weeks one thru … [Read more...]
Volleyball Season Openers (8/22)
Hayfield 2, FC 3 > 25-23, 19-25, 22-25, 25-18, 15-11 (FC: K. Sikkink 17 kills, 16 assists, 15 digs, 20-22 serving, 3 aces; L. Mensink 10 kills, 28 assists, 11 digs; K.J. Corson 30 digs; Hadley Yoder 10 kills; Maddie Krage 9 kills, 3 blks; Ashlyn Simon 11 digs, 16-16 serving) Schaeffer Academy 1, Kingsland 3 > 25-20, 25-17, 13-25, 25-12 (K: Ellie Buchholtz 12 kills, 8 … [Read more...]
2019 Volleyball Preview
The 2019 high school volleyball season begins without too many changes. Teams are still in the same conferences. Six of seven FCJ covered teams have the same coach. Section alignments have changed. Notably, Chatfield and Cotter move from 1AA to 1A, Lewiston-Altura moves from 1A to 1AA, and Kenyon-Wanamingo moves from 2AA to 1A. Twenty-seven teams comprise Section 1A, … [Read more...]
Cross Country Preview
The 2018 cross country season, as it pertains to Fillmore County, could be called the Year of O’Hare. LARP sophomore Luke O’Hare dominated the section in the regular season, then won both the TRC the Section 1A meets on his way to a state tournament appearance. His LARP team was TRC runner-up (to PEM) and took fourth (of 22) at the section meet. They again look to be one of … [Read more...]
H.S. Sports Year in Review
The 2018-2019 high school sports year has concluded. Another group of young men and women are off to college or the work-force, or somewhere in between. The past sports year, as it pertains to FCJ covered schools, was defined by solid team achievements and a lot of stand-out individuals. In the fall, a main story was Mabel-Canton volleyball. Cougar volleyball is always … [Read more...]
Softball & Baseball Awards
Chatfield junior pitcher Lexi Chase headlines the post-season softball award winners list. For a second time she is named Class AA All-State. It’s her fourth time to make that list overall (HM as an 8th grader, 2nd team as a frosh). Chatfield’s TRC-West champions, Section Final Four appearance, 19-6 season was largely on Chase’s right arm. She went 14-5 on the mound. … [Read more...]
Scheevel’s Runner-Up Highlights State Golf
The 2019 Class A state golf meet, as it pertains to Fillmore County, revolved around three things. All had to do with Fillmore Central. For a sixth straight year, the Falcons girls golf team (coached by Aaron Mensink and Andy Todd) made the trek to Pebble Creek Golf Course in Becker. Eighth grader Jake Fishbaugher made what could be his inaugural visit to the course, … [Read more...]
Breitsprecher’s Top Fours Leads LFCMC Brigade
She could already lay claim to being Section’s 1A top hurdler. LFCMC junior Emma Breitsprecher can lay claim to being one of the state’s top Class A hurdlers too. She can probably lay claim to being its best Class A dual-event hurdler. In her second year of qualifying for state in both the 100-meter and 300-meter hurdles, Breitsprecher posted high finishes in both. But her … [Read more...]
State Track and Field Results
Six relays and seven individuals from FCJ covered track and field programs took on the state meet. They were a very busy group of athletes. Everyone who could make a final, did, leaving the majority of those competing to do so both Friday and Saturday. The GMLOKS girls 4x200 repeated as state champion. The GMLOKS girls 4x100 redeemed itself after a big disappointment last … [Read more...]
Repeat Title Highlights GMLOKS Exploits
Winning a state title isn’t easy. Just getting to state as a team is hard. GMLOKS 4x200 runners Riley Queensland and Hailey Hindt had hopes in basketball (and even volleyball), but strong Grand Meadow squads fell short. Kingsland’s Lauren Buchholtz was a star volleyball and basketball player, but her teams weren’t strong enough to contend for state. Schoolmate Anika Reiland … [Read more...]