The first state football rankings are out. Last year’s Class A runner-up Rushford-Peterson earned the top honor, as defending state champion Minneapolis-North moved up to Class AA. The Trojans safeguarded their ranking versus Southland in week two. A Landon Skalet to Jake Paulson 24-yard TD reception capped a 90-yard drive and represented the only score of the first half. … [Read more...]
FC Volleyball Gets Big Early Win
A year ago, the Three Rivers volleyball race came down to Caledonia, PEM, and FC. The Falcons fell to the Warriors late. The league race wound up Warriors (12-0), Bulldogs (11-1), Falcons (10-2). All three teams figured to be in the hunt this year. PEM entered its match with FC having already lost to #3 in A Caledonia in five sets. And in one fell swoop, in just their … [Read more...]
#10 Gophers Move to 2-0
Chatfield found themselves ranked #10 in Class AA entering a week two match-up at Cannon Falls. They defended their position with a lot of Kyle Nosbisch and a lot of defense. Nosbisch, a 5’11” 180-pound senior, barreled forward time and time again for a 38-carrry, 151-yard night. He scored on a 1-yard second quarter plunge, the first half’s only score. Chatfield’s defense … [Read more...]
Volleyball (9/5 – 9/9)
#6 in Class A M-C 3, Houston 0 > 25-10, 25-13, 25-17 (MC: S. Slafter 9 kills, 8 digs; Lexi Thorson 10 digs; Hannah Snell 9 digs; Dakota Delaney 7 kills; Maddy Michels 6 kills, 19-20 serving, 5 aces; Payton Danielson 6 kills, 7 digs; Kenidi McCabe 29 assists. H: Amber Chapel 4 kills, 3 blocks; Becca Lee 7 digs; Ariel Scanlan 9 assists) La Crescent 1, Kingsland 3 > … [Read more...]
Houston Ends GM’s 51-Game Streak
Grand Meadow entered a week two contest with Houston having won 51 games in a row. The streak started Oct 11, 2013. The Lark’s last loss occurred on Oct. 4 and 5 of 2013. Due to a Friday postponement, Niko Anderson led Lanesboro past GM on Saturday 47-36. The Larks went on to win the 9-Man title. They followed it up with three straight perfect seasons, three more titles to … [Read more...]
Staying Home
There wasn’t a snow day, or a cold day. School hadn’t quite started so technically everyone was staying home anyway. From Houston to Spring Valley to Chatfield to Lanesboro to Harmony to Mabel, the first week of the football season had six of seven county teams playing home games. Six picked up victories. … [Read more...]
Houston’s Thursday Night Lights
With a big Spring Grove versus Cleveland/Emmanuel Lutheran 9-man game scheduled for Friday, Houston got a head start on the season by hosting Alden-Conger/Glenville Emmons Thursday. Joey Fishel and Zach Schneider combined to score the game’s first five TDs and the Hurricanes converted four two-point attempts to build a 38-0 second quarter lead. They cruised past A-C/G-E … [Read more...]
Trojans ‘Two’ Much for Knights
Only one county team didn’t play at home. Defending section champion Rushford-Peterson got two TDs from five different guys in handling Kingsland 58-0 in Spring Valley. Jake Paulson made plays in all three phases (4 receptions, 102 yards, 2 TDs, 90 return yards, sack) to lead the way. He and Landon Skalet (8-17, 148 yards, 2 TDs passing) continued their connectivity. Ethan … [Read more...]
Gophers Blast Lancers
In Chatfield, the Gophers dominated La Crescent. Ben Ihrke (7-66, 3 TDs rushing) had all of his scoring runs in the first half. Kyle Nosbisch plowed past the century mark (17-133, 2 TDs rushing). The Gopher defense snared five turnovers, had three sacks, and Ben Brogan authored a 21-yard interception return TD. Freshman Reid Johnson had two interceptions. Carter … [Read more...]
Burros Stay Ahead of Madelia
In the county’s most competitive contest, home Lanesboro stayed one step ahead of Madelia. The Burros never trailed, but had leads cut to four three times (10-6, 16-12, 22-18). The last came in the fourth quarter. Lanesboro then drove deep into Madelia territory, turning the ball over on downs. The Blackhawks were then forced to go-for-it on fourth down inside their own … [Read more...]