Football Athlete of the Week – Kaaleem Reiland – Kingsland
Volleyball Athlete of the Week – Harper Goldsmith – Chatfield
Cross Country Athlete of the Week – Aaron Ploetz – LARPH
Football: #2 Warriors Blank #3 Gophers, Retake Thrones
It has probably been a long three years for Caledonia football fans. After a decade-plus of dominance that included 10 state titles from 2007 thru 2019, the 2020 season was scuttled by COVID and the Warriors were below five-hundred in 2021. Last year, Caledonia was again strong, but their season was foiled by a 10-8 loss to rival Chatfield in the 1AA title game. Over the last … [Read more...]
Football: #9 Knights Rip #7 Cardinals, Grab South-East First Place
Kingsland senior running back Beau Wiersma ran for under 60 yards and tallied less than 75 yards total offense. The Knights had under 75 yards of second half offense as a team. But neither minimal stat mattered as #9 in 9-Man Kingsland (4-0, 5-0) easily handled #7 in 9-Man LeRoy-Ostrander (4-0, 5-0) in a week six South-East Saturday night showdown. The Cardinal defense stacked … [Read more...]
Volleyball: #4 Gophers Storm Past #3 Warriors, Seize Control of TRC
It was impressive. In the TRC’s biggest volleyball match between its co-leaders, #4 in Class AA Chatfield (6-0, 15-2) swept #3 in Class AA Caledonia (6-0, 17-1). The scores were tight. But the Gophers made play after play and pushed past a long, talented, and well-coached Warrior team. It was tough to say who Chatfield’s top player was. High-jumping Jaelyn LaPlante hitting the … [Read more...]
Football
South-East Football (10/6 & 10/7) Mabel-Canton 38, Grand Meadow 14 (M-C: C. Tollefsrud 23-209, 3 TDs rushing; T. Larson 24-150, 2 TDs rushing. GM: C. Ludemann 22-154, TD rushing (82-yard TD run); Dalton Pischke 10-62 rushing; Blake Hubbard 51-yard fumble recovery TD. M-C led 22-8 at halftime, but GM capitalized on a Cougar fumble and a Ludemann 82-yard TD run made it 22-14 … [Read more...]
Football: #2 Falcons Post Third Shutout, Clinch Sub-Division
Quarterback Chase Christianson had nearly a perfect night throwing the football and the Fillmore Central defense pitched its third shutout of the year as Chris Mensink’s #2 Falcons downed Lewiston-Altura 40-0. Christianson (14-15, 180 yads, 2 TDs passing) completed 93% of his passes including hitting Greg Kennedy (6-73 receiving) and Jayce Kiehne for scores. Kiehne (4-53 … [Read more...]
Volleyball: Lions Push #2 Cougars and Their Streak
The streak should again be safe for another off-season. It barely survived. Second-ranked Mabel-Canton has not lost an SEC league match since 2009. In their second meeting with Spring Grove this year, they got pushed, hard. But for a while, it looked like it would be a short night. The teams played a highly competitive game one with a lot of early side-outs. The set had 15 … [Read more...]