The county top two volleyball program kept winning. FC beat Chatfield and D-E each 3-0. M-C beat Houston 3-0. The fifth-ranked Cougars (13-0, 29-2) have already won the SEC-East. FC (8-2, 13-8) is tied for second with PEM (8-2, 11-12) in the TRC behind Caledonia (10-0, 22-6). L-A (7-3, 19-9) is in fourth, Cotter (6-4, 16-8) fifth. Chatfield volleyball lost the county’s … [Read more...]
Football (10/11)
Kingsland 12, #8 in 9-Man Southland 47 (K: James Howard 81-yard KOR TD, rushing TD. Knights: 1-5, 1-6) GM 39, M-C 6 (MC: Gavin Johnson 22-158 rushing; Dawson Wilder 5-yard rushing TD. GM: Dusty Copley 16-190, 2 TDs rushing; Evan Oehlke 9-70, 2 TDs rushing, 5-12, 112 yards passing; Luke Speer 3-85, TD receiving. Cougars: 0-7, 0-7) Lanesboro 12, #2 in 9-Man L-O 20 (L: … [Read more...]
Volleyball (10/8 & 10/10)
Chatfield 0, FC 3 > 25-20, 25-14, 25-21 (FC: Lauren Mensink 12 kills, 12 assists, 7 digs; Kandace Sikkink 9 kills, 18 assists, 11 digs; Maddie Krage 8 kills; Krista Jorgenson 5 kills; Hope Sexton 18 digs, K.J. Corson 16 digs, 21-22 serving. C: Mollie Henry 6 kills; Abi Hinckley 21 digs; Devann Clemens 11-11 serving, 3 aces, 5 assists, 6 digs. Chatfield went 56-56 serving. … [Read more...]
Ace Setter Helps M-C to 22nd Title
The streak continues. Maybe it’ll end someday. Someday. Mabel-Canton volleyball (10-0, 26-2) went through its two nearest foes in the standings to shore up a 22nd straight shared or out-right SEC title. And while each Cougar has plenty of volleyball skill (as always), junior setter Kenidi McCabe led the way. Virtuoso is a decent word to describe the 5’4” junior. In the … [Read more...]
Falcons Tied for Second in TRC Race
It is another year of volleyball in the Three Rivers Conference. The teams that are seemingly always at or near the top, are there again. One of those is Fillmore Central. The Falcons probably won’t catch Caledonia. A couple wins the week of Monday, October 1 helped Travis Malley’s crew stay in second place though. It took extra effort versus W-K to get a win. The teal … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Five of seven Journal covered football teams picked up wins week six. Three improved to 4-2. R-P (2-1, 4-2) clobbered W-K 46-14. Sophomore QB Malachi Bunke completed 9 of 10 passes for 154 yards and 4 TDs while Triton Meldahl amassed 200-plus total yards including four long TDs (44, 46, 53, 59 yards). He’s ran for 100-plus yards in five consecutive games (911 yards on the … [Read more...]
Football (10/4)
Houston 40, M-C 7 (H: A. Van Gundy 6-139, TD receiving (59-yard TD catch), 7-45, TD rushing; Ben Walters 4-73, 2 TDs rushing (47-yard TD run), 2 sacks, fumble recovery; Wyatt Walters 10-55, TD rushing, 47-yard TD catch (100-plus total yards in five straight games); M. Schutte 9-11, 199 yards, 2 TDs passing. M-C: Gavin Johnson 19-116, TD rushing; Dawson Wilder 17-70 rushing. … [Read more...]
Volleyball (10/1 – 10/5)
Lanesboro 3, Houston 0 > 25-21, 25-22, 25-20 (L: K. Ruen 12 kills, 8 digs; Jessie Schreiber 8 kills; S. Taylor 7 kills, 11 digs, 21-23 serving, 7 aces; E. Cambern 27 assists, 9 digs; Payton Benson 15 digs, 3 aces; Malia Tessum 9 digs; Sophia Simes 8 digs. H: Casey Porter 7 kills, 10 digs; Tessa Peterson 6 kills; Emma Geiwitz/Allison Papenfuss 5 kills; Becca Rostad 8 digs) … [Read more...]
Cross Country (10/1 & 10/3)
Chatfield Invite (RACE (97:45.8) nipped Chatfield (97.46.3) for the boys’ team title. Kingsland took sixth (of 7). Gopher freshman T. Lanning (18:57) took first (first career varsity win). Chatfield’s Alex Wright (5th, 19:22.2), Brady Woltz (7th, 19:37.2) and Evan Wright (10th, 19:46.9) also finished top ten (of 77), while Logan Thompson (15th, 20:03) was top 20. … [Read more...]
Morken Gets 700th, Cougars Win Decorah Invite
Mabel-Canton volleyball coach Lonnie Morken entered the year with 679 career wins. Given the Cougars almost never stray below 25 wins in a season, 700 was just a matter of time. He entered the week of Monday September 23 just three short. M-C (18-2) won two SEC matches. Kingsland fell 3-0 (25-13, 25-17, 25-15). Kenidi McCabe authored a triple-double (10 kills, 12-12 … [Read more...]