The last time they met, Rushford-Peterson downed Fillmore Central 22-21. It was last year’s epic Class A Section title game, a contest decided on the last drive. The week three rematch in Harmony, saw the deciding points scored in the final 20 seconds. R-P came out of the gates getting the ball to their best play-maker. Landon Skalet dropped a 46-yard TD dime to Jake … [Read more...]
#5 Houston Runs Over L-O
It took just one big win for Houston to go from without-a-vote-unranked, to #5 in the 9-man polls. The Hurricanes defended their ranking at home by running over LeRoy-Ostrander. Houston put up the first 54 points of the game including a 28-point third quarter. Without completing one pass, Cody Hungerholt’s group rumbled over the Cardinals 54-6. Team double-H had 410 rushing … [Read more...]
An Interesting “Vets” Tourney
Wabasha always hosts a late September volleyball tournament. Fillmore Central, Kingsland, and Rushford-Peterson were among this year’s entrants. The tourney glared the unpredictability of the area volleyball scene. FC got an easier pool and went 3-0, beating La Crescent (25-18, 25-10), Lake City (25-9, 25-17), and R-P (25-15, 25-23). R-P went 2-1 in that pool, beating Lake … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
FC volleyball won two TRC matches, including rallying from down 2-1 to beat L-A. The Falcons (5-0, 10-4) are tied atop the TRC with Caledonia (5-0, 11-4). Madison Scheevel (131 assists, 30 setter kills), Paige Donlinger (50 kills), Kaelyn Marzolf (49 kills), and Cailey Rindels (49 kills, 62 digs) led FC as they went 5-1 on the week total. Sixth-ranked Mabel-Canton … [Read more...]
Football (9/8)
Lanesboro 6, #6 in 9-Man GM 56 (L: Carson Schwichtenberg 16-28, 159 yards, TD, INT passing; Connor Ruen 5-65, TD receiving; Andrew Luck 8-81 receiving, 10-28 rushing. GM: Zach Myhre 17-266, 5 TDs rushing. Burros are 0-2, 1-2) M-C 16, #3 in 9-Man SG 50 (MC: Brenden Kerns 12-54, TD rushing; Drew Wyffels 3-6, 86 yards, TD passing; Ethan Underbakke 2-63, TD receiving. SG: … [Read more...]
Volleyball (9/5 – 9/9)
L-A 2, FC 3 > 25-19, 21-25, 20-25, 25-23, 15-11 (FC: M. Scheevel 33 assists, 8 kills, 16 digs; K. Marzolf 16 kills; C. Rindels 13 kills, 17 digs; P. Donlinger 8 kills, 3 aces, 22 digs; K. Corson 16 digs. Falcons rallied from down 2-1. With it 23-23 in game four, Rindels smartly serve-received in the front row, quick passed to Scheevel, who sent it right back to Rindels for … [Read more...]
Cross Country (9/12 & 9/14)
D-E Invite (LFC girls (64) took second to Lake City (49) of seven teams. LARP was incomplete. Kaylee Arndt (3rd), Bailey Ruen (6th), Ashley Miner (10th), Maddie Smith (22nd), Kelly Ristau (24th), and Katie Prinsen (25th) finished top 25 for Burros (of 67 total). Emily Didier (23rd) paced LARP. Rochester Area Home School (38) beat PEM (42) for boys’ title. LARP’s boys … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Brenden Kerns had 210 yards rushing and 4 TDs as M-C beat L-O 50-29 to improve to 1-0, 2-0. Cougar volleyball (#6 in Class A) stayed perfect with a pair of SEC wins, including downing SG (25-21, 25-23, 25-23) in an early battle for first place. Savannah Slafter had 25 kills over two matches hitting near .500. M-C (5-0, 12-0) leads the East over SG (4-1, 8-4). Kingsland’s … [Read more...]
Football
M-C 50, L-O 29 (MC: B. Kerns 18-210, 4 TDs rushing; Ryan Kuhn 14-119, TD rushing; Drew Wyffels 2-53, TD rushing, 70-yard INT return TD. Leading 20-13 in third quarter, MC scored 30 unanswered points) #8 FC 12, BP 18 (FC: Logan Corson 7-18, 84 yards, TD passing; Josh Peters 8-28, TD rushing, 2 INTs for 72 yards; Nate Haugerud 3-yard TD reception. Game was tied 12-12 with … [Read more...]
Cross Country
Hayfield Invite (K-M (25) beat P-E-M (70) for boy’s title. Kingsland finished 11th (of 11). Wesley Dean (49th of 129) was the top Knight runner. Z-M/K-W (45) beat Byron (71) for girl’s title. Kingsland was incomplete (of 10 full teams). Zoe Scrabeck (40th (of 109) was the top Knight runner. Meet at the Oaks Golf Course) La Crescent ‘Crazy Buffalo’ Invite (La Crescent … [Read more...]