Rushford-Peterson opened a new school and thus a new gymnasium. The first official varsity game at the new venue was a win. R-P volleyball beat L-A in four sets; 25-22, 25-22, 22-25, 25-15. Lauren Lawston (13 kills, 11 digs) and Kensay Clobes (9 kills, 14 digs, 3 aces) led the way. Kaitlyn Bieberdorf (7 kills, 15-15 serving), Peyton Hoiness (28 assists), and Nicole … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
M-C volleyball breezed through their own Labor Day Tournament. They beat Spring Grove for the Gold title. Cougar tourney leaders: Savannah Slafter (54 kills, 43 digs), Dakota Delaney (45 kills), Lexi Thorson (58 digs, 13 aces), Payton Danielson (31 kills, 14 aces, 55 digs), Kenidi McCabe (159 assists), and Maddy Michels (33 kills, 10 blocks). M-C is 3-0 in the SEC, 10-0 … [Read more...]
Volleyball (8/28 – 8/31)
Houston 1, S.A. 3 > 25-21, 7-25, 20-25, 22-25 (H: Ariel Scanlan 12 assists, 16-17 serving, 2 aces; Becca Lee 13 digs) M-C 3, G-E 0 > 25-3, 25-4, 25-3 (MC: Lauren Wyffels 21-21 serving, 7 aces, 9 digs, 10 assists; P. Danielson 9 kills, 17-17 serving, 4 aces; M. Michels 8 kills; Sarina Stortz 7 kills; S. Slafter 4 kills, 5 aces; K. McCabe 20 assists) Houston 2, L/P 3 … [Read more...]
Cross Country
W-K Gallup (Girls: Chatfield 4th, Kingsland/LARP Inc. (of 9 full team). Tessa McMahon (15th), Isabelle Berg (19th), Katelyn Dornack (26th), Kaylee Maker (28th), Abbi Gillespie (29th), and Stephanie Bradt (33rd) finished top 35 (of 100) for Gophers. LARP’s Emily Didier took 30th. Boys: LARP 8th, Chatfield 9th, Kingsland Inc. (of 9 full). LARP frosh Luke O’Hare took 17th) … [Read more...]
Volleyball Openers (8/24)
GM 0, #7 in A M-C 3 > 25-14, 25-14, 25-16 (MC: Savannah Slafter 11 kills, 14 digs; Kenidi McCabe 37 assists, 13 digs, 3 aces; Dakota Delaney 13 kills; Lexi Thorson 9 digs, 5 aces; Maddy Michels 9 kills; Payton Danielson 5 kills, 13 digs) #2 in A Hayfield 3, FC 0 > 26-28, 7-25, 18-25 (FC: Madison Scheevel 19 assists, 15 digs; Kaelyn Marzolf 8 kills; Cailey Rindels 5 … [Read more...]
2017 Football Preview
The high school football season begins with what is the new normal per the district format; changes. L-A moves from the Mid-Southeast East District (R-P, FC, Kingsland, etc.) to the Southeast-White (Chatfield, etc.). Cotter does the opposite. BP moves from MSE West to East. Each MSE Sub-District now has nine teams. Cannon Falls joins L-A as a new team in the … [Read more...]
2017 Volleyball Preview
The 2017 volleyball season begins with turnover being a main theme. Last year’s All-Conference teams featured 12 total picks from county teams. Nine were seniors. Fillmore Central, Rushford-Peterson, Lanesboro, and Mabel-Canton lost multiple multi-year stand-out (All-Conference plus) players. Kingsland and Chatfield each graduated experienced seniors groups. And thus … [Read more...]
Fillmore County Journal Athlete of the Year ~ Noah Carlson
Year in Review – Year of the Senior
The 2016-2017 sports season in Fillmore County was a special one. None in the Journal Sports era produced so many teams with so many good to great seniors, so much senior depth. It seemed just before Y-2-K, a lot of athletic parents were spawning gifted offspring. From state track champion D-1 signees/gridiron juggernauts, to all-time leading scorers, 2,000-assists, … [Read more...]
