At one point in the season, Fillmore Central football was 1-2. Now they are 6-2. Falcons finished off the regular season, ran their win streak to five, by beating Cotter. FC got a 60-yard Logan Corson to Dawson Schmidt TD pass in the first and, after an 84-yard Corson to Nate Haugerud pass, a Josh Peters 2-yard run in the second, to lead 14-0. Cotter scored right before the … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
LFC’s Kaylee Arndt took fourth at the TRC meet. Chatfield’s Tessa McMahon (7th) and LARP’s Emily Didier (10th) also finished top ten for the girls. Chatfield’s girls had six in the top 30. Luke O’Hare (9th) finished top ten for the boys. Sixth-ranked Houston football hammered L/P 52-20. Ryan Kuhn accounted for 249 yards of offense, 2 TDs, and had two interceptions, as M-C … [Read more...]
Football (10/18)
M-C 52, Lanesboro 14 (MC: R. Kuhn 16-200, 2 TDs rushing, 49-yard reception, two interceptions; Brenden Kerns 10-105, 3 TDs rushing; Gavin Johnson 40-yard TD run; Drew Wyffels 30-yard TD run. L: Carson Schwichtenberg 18-41, 199 yards, 2 TDs, 2 INTs; Andrew Luck 5-87 receiving; Frank Octrup-Dekeyrel 5-46, TD receiving; Caden Anderson 6-39, TD receiving) L/P 20, #6 in 9-Man … [Read more...]
Volleyball (10/16-10/21)
Houston 3, L-O 1 > 24-26, 25-10, 25-20, 25-18 (H: Amber Chapel 7 kills, 7 aces; Ariel Scanlan 26 assists, 11 digs; Becca Lee 6 kills, 7 digs; Jenny Albrecht 4 kills, 4 blocks) Lanesboro 0, SA 3 > 8-25, 12-25, 16-25 (L: Peighton Prestemon 15 digs; Claire Pieper 12 digs; Payton Benson 4 aces) Lanesboro 0, FC 3 > 25-10, 25-20, 25-9 (FC: Cailey Rindels 11 kills; … [Read more...]
Cross Country (10/17)
TRC Meet (Boys: 1st PEM (37, 2nd La Crescent (49), 4th LARP, 7th Chatfield, 10th LFC, 11th (of 11) Kingsland. LC’s Matt Steiger took first over W-K’s Nick Meyer. LARP’s Luke O’Hare (9th), Aidan Ellinghuysen (18th) and Mitchell Ledebuhr (20th) finished top 20. Girls: 1st Cotter (30), 2nd D-E (82), 3rd Chatfield, 5th LFC, 6th LARP, 11th (of 11) Kingsland. Cotter’s Grace and … [Read more...]
FC Football Pitches Shut-Out, Wins Fourth Straight
For a second straight week, an opponent couldn’t put a point up versus Fillmore Central (4-2). It wasn’t without W-K (3-3) trying hard, at least on one (18-play) first half drive. The teams combined for three first half red zone trips. FC twice held from inside the 12. The intermission score was 0-0. All the scoring was by FC in the third quarter. The teal and black’s … [Read more...]
Trojans “Return” to Win Column
In week six, R-P play-maker Jake Paulson was held in check both by a superb Goodhue team and the weather. The senior went without a reception for the first time all season. Versus Hayfield in week seven, Paulson avoided pass defenses. He circumvented them, returning two punts for TDs (90 yards, 53 yards). He also led R-P in rushing (5-70), helping the #9 in Class A Trojans … [Read more...]
Short on Short, ‘Canes Rebound With Win
After a couple strokes of bad news (first loss to SG, loss of a trio of players), Houston (5-1) returned to the win column versus Lanesboro (2-4). Brady Happel scored on a 60-yard TD run on the game’s first play. Happel and Zach Schneider each topped 100-yards rushing in the first half. Houston built a 38-6 lead. They prevailed 46-12 in fog bowl #1. Schneider (19-168, 2 … [Read more...]
Tuohy Shines, Gophers End Skid
The final score of fog bowl #2 in Chatfield had the Gophers (2-4) over St Charles (3-3) handily. The verdict wasn’t sealed until the fourth. St. Charles ran 23 of the first 26 offensive plays. A Parker Wendt 3-yard TD made it 6-0 early in the second. Carson Larrabee then had eight carries on Chatfield’s next possession, including a 2-yard TD run (6-6). Later in the … [Read more...]
Whipped By Warriors, Falcons Take Second
For one set, FC volleyball (12-0, 16-4) made mincemeat of defending Class A Runner-Up, seventh-ranked Caledonia (11-0, 17-4). In a battle essentially for the TRC title, the Falcons jumped out 20-10 and prevailed 25-16. It was the first set. Long up-front, with the likes of 6’2” sophomore MH Lydia Lange, athletic on the outside with power-hitting senior Madisyn Heaney, and … [Read more...]