6-seed Fillmore Central Tops #2 Mabel-Canton For 1A Title The 1A volleyball tournament was denoted by a six and a seven-seed winning in the quarterfinals. The team to come out of the section does so with a 17-15 record. Playing their best volleyball of the year, 6-seed Fillmore Central earned its second ever state berth by beating top-seed Mabel-Canton in the … [Read more...]
Chatfield Welcomes Six New Teachers
Michael Christie is teaching seventh grade American History and eighth grade Geography at the middle school in Chatfield. He is a graduate of St. Charles High school and Winona State University with a bachelors in Social Studies Education, grades 5-12. He also has a Masters from Mankato State University in Teaching and Learning with history specialization. He went into the … [Read more...]
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Jonah Bunke ran for 252 yards and 4 TDs as 5-seed Rushford-Peterson football avenged a week eight 14-12 loss to Wabasha-Kellogg by shellacking the 4-seed Falcons 42-6 in the 1A quarters. R-P then fell at #4 in Class A and top-seed Goodhue 32-14. The Trojans finish the year 4-6. Two-seed Spring Grove topped Grand Meadow 52-6, as Bryce Berns threw five touchdowns passes. SG then … [Read more...]
Volleyball (11/4)
Larks Top Burros to Make Rochester Playing a competitive 1A Round of 16 volleyball playoff contest were 9-seed Lanesboro (17-13) and 8-seed Grand Meadow (15-13). Control mostly went from one team without too much fluctuation. Matt Rosaaen’s Larks led start to finish for a game one 25-11 win, as the Burros found their footing with a new setter. In set two, they did so, … [Read more...]
Cross Country: History Repeats Itself at 1A Meet, LARPH Boys Grab Section Title
The Section 1A cross country meet presented a lot of deja-vu from recent memory. LARPH’s boys, LFC’s Autumn Rakosnik, and Chatfield’s Lexi Kivimagi all ran their way back to state, repeating last year. And deja-vu particularly centered around Matt Kingsbury’s Card-Tro-Canes. Like last year, LARPH topped nearest foe Cotter/Hope Lutheran. Like last year, it was close. LARPH … [Read more...]
Football (11/4)
Knights Blank M-C, Down #6 SG on Field Goal to Make Section Final It has been a pretty remarkable two years for Kingsland football, coming off many years that were not. For a second straight campaign, Matt Kolling’s group will play to go to state. They made it that far in about as memorable a way as possible. Kingsland (3-seed, 6-2) started with a quarterfinal matchup with … [Read more...]
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Spring Grove volleyball swept Lyle/Pacelli to finish off its regular season. Fillmore Central volleyball got 10 kills and 17 digs from Kyla Hellickson in topping Rushford-Peterson 3-0. The Falcons (8-2, 13-15) finish tied for second in the TRC with Cotter (8-2, 21-4) behind Chatfield (10-0, 24-4). Benita Nolt recorded her 1,000th career kill and L-O swept Schaeffer. Paisley … [Read more...]
Volleyball (10/28)
#2 Cougars Sweep SEC, Top GM in Showcase Match Mabel-Canton ended its regular season by finishing their SEC schedule perfectly, notching their 30th win, then winning another SEC East-West Showcase match. Lonnie Morken’s #2-ranked crew won its final league game by sweep of Southland (25-5, 25-14, 25-21). The Rebels biggest pop was setter Maren Wehrenberg getting to 1,000 … [Read more...]
Football (10/28)
#2 Chatfield Runs Through #8 Cannon Falls to White Title On paper, it was a match-up of two ranked Class AA schools, each fighting for a stake in the Southeast-White title. On the field, it was #2 Chatfield (5-0, 7-0) controlling Cannon Falls’ running game and running wild on offense in a match-up that was a one-sided. If there was one point where it all started to go … [Read more...]
Cross Country (10/28)
LARPH Boys Top Cotter at TRC Meet The Section 1A boy’s cross-country rivalry between Lewiston-Altura/Rushford-Peterson/Houston’s boys and Cotter/Hope Lutheran was again on full display at the Three Rivers Conference Meet. Last year’s state Section 1A representatives dueled to the end with a narrow gap separating the two. The Ramblers motus-operandi held true. Their top three … [Read more...]