17-seed Glenville-Emmons (5-13) 2, 16-seed Houston (5-17) 3 > 25-16, 16-25, 23-25, 25-15, 15-10 (H: E. Melbo 10 kills, 11 digs; S. Keehner 3 kills, 25 assists, 9 digs; K. Klunder 8 kills, 15 digs, 5 aces; L. Pedretti 11 kills, 10 digs, 4 aces; B. Rodriguez 5 assists, 21 digs, 3 aces; N. Skifton 4 kills; M. Srock 6 digs. Houston (6-17) moves on to face #1-seed FC (20-6).) … [Read more...]
Three Rivers Conference Volleyball (10/19)
Caledonia 3, PEM 0 > 25-7, 25-20, 25-17 (C: Elsa Blum 15 kills on .462 hitting, 8 digs, 17-17 serving, 4 aces; Avery Augedahl 28 assists; Ashlyn Reinhart 11 kills, 10 digs, 3 aces; Paizley Lange 3 kills, 14 digs, 20-20 serving, 3 aces; Lauren Goetzinger 10 digs; Adrienne Lange 7 kills.) Chatfield 3, La Crescent/Hokah 0 > 25-23, 25-22, 25-12 (C: Cora Bicknese 8 kills, … [Read more...]
South-East Sub-District Football (10/20 & 10/21)
Spring Grove 7, #7 in 9-Man Alden-Conger/Glenville-Emmons 20 (SG: C. Gerard 14-125, TD rushing, 8 tackles; Sam Klug 15 tackles. With their statistical offensive leader Dylan Halverson out injured, the Lions managed only 70 yards of total offense but defensively limited undefeated the Knights (8-0) to fewer than half of its 47-point scoring average. The Lions (5-3 South-East, … [Read more...]
Cross-District Football (10/22)
Fillmore Central 28, St. Clair/Mankato-Loyola 6 (FC: Q. Kaase 10-126, 2 TDs, conversion rushing, 21-yard reception, 49-yard interception return; Grant Daniels 12-74 rushing, 16-yard reception, 12 total tackles; Bridon Bahl 7-60, 2 TDs, conversion rushing, 2 of 4, 37 yards passing; Will Boettcher 1.5 sacks. Thirty-four of FC’s 38 ran offensive plays were rushing attempts. They … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Blake Hubbard rushed for 288 yards and had three total touchdowns (two rushing, pick six), while Parker Armagost added 193 yards and three rushing touchdowns as Grand Meadow ran for 582 yards in beating Faribault B.A. 58-18. Hubbard surpassed 1,000 yards rushing. The Larks (5-3 South-East/overall) are Section 1 9-Man’s 4-seed, will host 5-seed Kingsland (5-3, 5-3). Reid … [Read more...]
Football: Defensively Offensive #1 Warriors Finish Out Perfect Regular Season
In their regular season finale, the new #1-ranked team in Class AA used a scoring defense to easily handle neighbor LA Crescent/Hokah. Carl Fruechte’s Warriors had three fumble return touchdowns. In the first quarter, Max Schmitz sacked Lancer quarterback Maverick Moor and forced a fumble that Coby Hammell returned 16-yards for a score. In the second quarter, Bo Knutson sacked … [Read more...]
Football: Chatfield Downs #4 in Class AAA Pine Island 34-7
After a 53-3 drubbing to #1 in Class AA Caledonia in week seven, Chatfield football rallied in a big way in their regular season finale. Versus unbeaten Class AAA #4 Pine Island (7-0), the Gophers both wiped away the week seven game, and got revenge for a 30-0 (injury-depleted) loss in their season finale with the Panthers last year. Chatfield controlled the trenches, rushing … [Read more...]
Volleyball: Lions Down Southland, Grab First Conference Title Since 1984
Spring Grove clinched a share of its first conference volleyball title in 42 years with a 3-0 (25-12, 25-14, 25-20) win over Southland. This co-championship of the SEC East is the Lions’ first since the 1984 co-championship of the River Valley Conference. SG did not trail during the first two sets, but there were three lead changes during the final frame. The Lions rallied from … [Read more...]
Football: Knights Fight Off Huge Burro Run, Win on Last Second Play
In the best South-East game of the year, Kingsland (4-3) got a TD run as time expired to post a crazy win at #10 in 9-Man Lanesboro (6-1). The contest started with the Knights jumping out to a 30-8 first quarter lead. Kingsland senior Bently Wiersma had a hell of a quarter, returning a 79-yard kick-off for a score, throwing a 75-yard TD pass to Tate Rasmussen, returning a punt … [Read more...]
Volleyball: Five Set Wins Lead M-C to Shared East Title, Showcase Win
It was unheard of for decades. Coming off a 3-0 loss to Spring Grove which ended Mabel-Canton volleyball’s 231-match SEC win streak, M-C started their next/last league match by dropping sets one and two to Grand Meadow. M-C had thus lost five straight SEC sets, and they were flirting with a second straight SEC loss after not losing in league since 2009. And GM had controlled … [Read more...]