One of last year’s marquee wins for Houston football was downing three-time defending state champion Grand Meadow. Coming into this season’s contest, the ‘Larks (#5) were ranked higher the ‘Canes (#10), but that was proved a misnomer. Houston spotted GM a first quarter lead (14-0) before rallying for a ranked-versus-ranked win. James Hongerholt (68 yards) and Joey Fishel (3 … [Read more...]
Gophers Trudge Past Bombers
The final score was close. It was primarily a smash-mouth run-versus-run football game. But two of three scores came through the air and the third was set up by a big pass play, as Chatfield football hosted Cannon Falls. Gopher Reid Johnson’s 55-yard TD pass to Ben Brogan, who made a play on an underthrown ball, put the Gophers up 7-0. In the final minute of the half, … [Read more...]
Trojans Harshly Say Goodbye to Rebels
For the second time in as many weeks, R-P football said goodbye to a future 9-man team in decisive fashion. The Trojans took out Kingsland week one and made Southland the victim in week two. R-P sandwiched big plays from Triton Meldahl (47 yard TD run) and Ethan Hermanson (52 yard punt return TD) around an Ethan Sense TD run (9 yards) to lead 20-0 at the half. Sense added … [Read more...]
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Houston volleyball stayed SEC perfect by beating Lanesboro 3-1. The ‘Canes then went 3-1 at the Cotter Invite. They begin the season 4-0 in the SEC, 7-1 overall, their best start in over a decade. Brianna Meyer’s group went 7-14 all of last season. Houston is just behind M-C (5-0, 11-1) in the SEC East. Other volleyball records; FC (1-0, 4-4), R-P (2-1, 5-5), Kingsland … [Read more...]
Football
Randolph 34, Lanesboro 14 (L: J.T. Rein 22-72, TD rushing; Carson Schwichtenberg 11-27, 125 yards, INT passing; 13-54, TD rushing; Andrew Luck 7-95 receiving; R: Andrew Wenstrom 21-229, 3 TDs rushing, 12-22, 153 yards, 2 TDs passing. Burros trailed 28-14 entering fourth. Lanesboro is 0-1, 1-1) #8 in A BP 41, FC 6 (FC: Zach Haugerud 38-yard TD pass to Carson Kiehne. BP: … [Read more...]
Volleyball (9/3 – 9/8)
R-P 3, Chatfield 1 > 25-21, 18-25, 25-15, 27-25 (RP: Lauren Lawston 8 kills, 12 digs; Alyvia Eide 17 digs; Jaelyn Connaughty 6 kills, 9 assists, 6 digs, 3 aces; Peyton Hoiness 12 assists, 8 digs, 5 aces; Kaleah Davis 5 kills, 8 aces. C: Kielan LaPlante 9 kills; Paige Erickson/Alanna Goetzinger 6 kills; Teagan Allen 14 assists; Abby Nosbisch 18-19 serving, 6 aces) FC 3, … [Read more...]
Cross Country
La Crescent “Crazy Buffalo” Invite (LARP’s Luke O’Hare (17:03) beat Lancers’ Hunter Grimm (17:08), Reese Anderson (17:16), and Thomas Lechnir (17:35) for first place, the sophomores’ first individual varsity title. Teammates Aidan Ellinghusyen (6th), Mitchell Ledebuhr (13th), Tyler Rislov (20th), and Ricky Buchanon (21st) finished in the top 25. LARP took third as a team. … [Read more...]
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Football Preview
The football season starts with no big changes. It’ll be the Kingsland’s last year of 11-man football. Rushford-Peterson went 6-1, 8-2 last season. It was the Trojans’ sixth straight winning campaign. They lost to BP 21-20 in the 1A semis (won the regular season meeting 39-35). Coach Davin Thompson notably lost a pair of standouts in All-District guys Jake Paulson and … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Landon Skalet threw for 5 TDs, sophomore Kobe Lind caught three, as R-P football opened by beating Kingsland 54-12. James Hongerholt ran for three TDs, as Houston beat AC/GE 38-6. Sophomore Carson Kiehne ran for three TDs, Tyler Raaen had two sacks, a 58-yard interception return, and a blocked punt, as FC beat Hayfield 31-0. Chatfield scored 21 points in the fourth quarter, … [Read more...]