It was a dramatic end to a race, from an individual perspective. It was also a scary end. Down the home stretch of the girls 1A cross country meet, it came down to the favorite, Cotter’s Sonja Semling, LFC youngster Autumn Rakosnik and Chatfield’s Lexi Kivimagi. Semling, the two-time defending champion, was in first place heading to the last 300-meters or so. But she would … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Early playoff volleyball action saw all the highest seeded area teams moved on to their section quarters. Houston (17-seed) came back from down 2-0 to beat Kingsland (16-seed) in a 1A play-in game 3-2 (13-25, 20-25, 25-23, 25-19, 15-8). Ella Carrier had 18 digs for the ‘Canes while Kadence Aarsvold had 39 digs for the Knights. Houston then fell to top-seed #2 M-C 3-0 … [Read more...]
Football Playoffs
Football Playoffs - Section 1AA (10/24) (Quarterfinal) 6-seed Winona-Cotter (1-7) 12, 3-seed Chatfield (6-2) 59 (C: K. Schott 11-133, 2 TDs rushing, 29-yard reception; Parker Delaney 4-7, 128 yards, 2 TDs passing; Carson Rowland 5-89, TD rushing, passing TD; Caden Boyum 12-yard TD reception, 27-yard interception return TD; Devin Reinhardt 12-yard TD reception; Ben Carrier … [Read more...]
Clutch Performer of the Week – Jaxon Strinmoen – Spring Grove
Volleyball Athlete of the Week – Tayler Helgemoe – Rushford-Peterson
Football Athlete of the Week – Beau Wiersma – Kingsland
Cross Country Athlete of the Week – Lexi Kivimagi – Chatfield
Football: Trojans Win Fourth Straight
Rushford-Peterson continued its turn-around by beating Wabasha-Kellogg in their regular season finale, stoking their win streak to four. The Sampson Wilkemeyer to Jaxson Meldahl connection was huge, as the duo hooked up for 78 and 56-yard TD receptions. Wilkemeyer (12-18, 285 yards, 3 TDs passing, 6-24 rushing) improved to 4-0 when playing QB. Meldahl (6-207, 2 TD receiving), … [Read more...]
