FC 0, W-K 3 > 20-25, 14-25, 20-25 (FC: S. Schrüfer 9 kills, 9 digs; M. Scheevel 23 assists, 10 digs; P. Donlinger 9 kills; K.J. Corson 9 digs. Falcons-South suffer first TRC loss. Each team was TRC undefeated coming in) D-E 3, Chatfield 1 > 22-25, 27-25, 23-25, 23-25 (C: Belle Berg 7 kills, 12 digs; T. Allen 23 assists; Alanna Goetzinger 11 kills; A. Hinckley 20 digs, … [Read more...]
Cross Country
Chatfield Invite (Chatfield’s boys and girls took 3rd beind Stewie and Rochester Area Home School. Kingsland’s boys took 6th (of 7 complete), the girls were incomplete. Alex Wright (9th), Treyton Lanning (12th), Evan Wright (15th), and Brady Woltz (19th) finished top 20 for the Gophers (of 60). Stewie’s Alex Lawrence (17:56.6) took first. Gopher girls Aletta Strande (9th), … [Read more...]
‘Canes Stay Perfect in Double OT
It was the game of week five. Randolph (3-1) football travelled to #5 in 9-Man Houston (4-0). The teams engaged in a tit-for-tat track meet. Regulation saw four ties; 8, 16, 24 and 38. There were six lead-changes. Houston led 16-8, 30-24, and 38-32; Randolph 8-0, 24-16, and 32-30. James Hongerholt’s 1-yard TD (plus Joey Fishel run) in the fourth gave team double-H the … [Read more...]
Another Big Week for O’Hare, LARP Boys CC
It’s been awhile since Matt Kingsbury’s L-A/R-P cross country has had a team win a meet. An individual winning a meet has been a different story. Top male runner Luke O’Hare entered the Pine Island Invite a two-time meet champion this year already. He added a third top finish while LARP (35 > 1-2-8-11-13) bested Stewartville (49 > 3-7-9-14-16) and Pine Island (58 > … [Read more...]
#7 Gophers Test #1 Warriors
It was a match-up of undefeated state-ranked teams, #1 Caledonia (5-0) at #7 Chatfield (5-0). The Gophers pulled a rarity, playing the Warriors competitively. They held the vaunted Caledonia offense (46.5 PPG) in check. Chatfield intercepted Caledonia QB Noah King three times. Carson Larrabee majorly screwed up two Warrior punts. The Gophers hit the Warriors. The Warriors … [Read more...]
Let’s All Go Five
On Thursday, September 27, three county volleyball teams went the distance, two in a rare way. Rushford-Peterson, in its second meeting with D-E (this time of the conference variety), led 2-0 only for the Eagles to force a fifth game. R-P took the rubber-set for a 3-2 win (25-10, 25-23, 28-30, 23-25, 15-8). Lauren Lawston (18 kills, 14 digs), Peyton Hoiness (26 assists, 21 … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Sixth-ranked R-P football (5-0) stayed perfect by beating Cotter 56-12. The Trojans rushed for 404 yards on just 27 carries (15 yards per). Triton Meldahl (three carries) and Carson Flynn each had 2 TDs and over 100 yards. M-C football got 174 yards and 2 TDs from Gavin Johnson to beat L/P. The Cougars (2-2, 2-3) are 15-0 versus the Athletics all-time. FC volleyball beat … [Read more...]
Football (9/28)
Cotter 12, #6 in A R-P 56 (RP: T. Meldahl 3-111, 2 TDs rushing; C. Flynn 8-112, 2 TDs rushing; Ethan Sense 6-86, TD rushing; Carter Weidemann 2-56, TD rushing; Landon Skalet 3-7, 34 yards, 2 TDs passing; Ethan Hermanson/Vinnie Mason 17-yard TD receptions) FC 18, Southland 28 (FC: Josh Peters 22-126, 2 TDs rushing; 2-28, TD receiving; Zach Haugerud TD passing. FC is … [Read more...]
Volleyball (9/24 – 9/28)
Goodhue 3, Houston 0 > 19-25, 18-25, 17-25 (H: J. Albrecht 7 kills; E. Geiwitz 6 kills; A. Scanlan 9 assists, 9 digs; A. Rostad 15 digs) Kingsland 0, M-C 3 > 25-8, 25-22, 25-12 (MC: M. Michels 8 kills, 18-18 serving, 4 aces; Payton Danielson 8 kills; Sarina Stortz 6 kills; Lexi Thorson 5 kills, 10 digs; Kenidi McCabe 24 assists, 8 digs, 4 aces; Hannah Snell 11 digs. K: … [Read more...]
M-C VB “Silver” Champions at Showcase
The Class A Showcase brings together some of the best small school volleyball teams in the state for a two-day tourney. Lonnie Morken’s M-C Cougars are a perennial entrant. This year marked their seventh straight inclusion in the event. Despite heading to Burnsville with likely their shortest team of the seven years, M-C trekked home standing a little taller. On Friday … [Read more...]