At last year’s Section 1A cross country meet, Winona-Cotter boy’s downed LARPH 75 to 84 for the team title. Both squads made state, but the Ramblers prevented LARPH from repeating as section champs after 2021’s team title. Said teams will probably again figure in the 1A team race. The PEM Jodi Rahman Invite might have been a prelude. Matt Kingsbury’s group notched their … [Read more...]
Football: #2 Falcons Post Third Straight Shutout
For a third straight week, FC’s defense was not scored on. The #2 in Class A Falcons easily took down Wabasha-Kellogg 49-0 in Mid-Southeast-East action. The senior trio of Chase Christianson (8-8, 112 yards, 3 TDs passing), Jayce Kiehne (4-71, 2 TDs receiving, 6-66 rushing, 50-yard punt return TD), and Kyle Daniels (11-83, 2 TDs rushing, 4-yard TD reception) led the way. … [Read more...]
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Spring Grove volleyball went 6-1 on the week, beating G-E and Lanesboro in SEC play, going 4-1 at the Goodhue Tourney. Their only loss there was to #3 in AA Chatfield, and the Lions took third. Kelsey Morken’s group (10-2, 20-6) got to 20 wins. R-P volleyball got 24 digs and 5 aces from Torryn Schneider in a sweep of W-K. The Trojans (4-5, 14-11) went 3-2 at the … [Read more...]
Volleyball (10/9 – 10/14)
Three Rivers Conference Volleyball (10/9 - 10/12) Rushford-Peterson 3, Wabasha-Kellogg 0 > 25-22, 25-22, 25-14 (R-P: T. Schneider 24 digs, 21-21 serving, 5 aces; Tayler Helgemoe 8 kills, 6 total blks (4 ace blocks); Ava Drazkowski 12 assists, 8 digs; L. Hoiness 5 kills, 12 digs, 3 aces; K. Magin 8 assists, 16 digs; A. Helgemoe 5 kills; Josie Brown 4 kills, 7 digs, 4 aces. … [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...]
Cross Country: LARPH Boys, LFC Girls Win Lewiston Run
Two teams at different stages of their development each captured titles at LARPH’s second cross country invite of the year, this time at Lewiston’s Heartland Golf Course. Earning their first team win at a big event in a long time (probably since the state seasons of 2015 and 2016) were Ellen Cullen’s LFC girls. The Burros have recently moved up a couple young runners in phenom … [Read more...]
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Cayden Tollefsrud ran for 209 yards and 3 TDs and Tyler Larson 150 yards and 2 TDs as Mabel-Canton (3-3, 3-3) downed Grand Meadow 38-14. Corbin Ludemann had 154 yards rushing and a TD in defeat. It was M-C’s third straight win after an 0-3 start. Sampson Wilkemeyer accounted for over 200 yards total offense and threw 3 TDs as R-P (2-4, 2-4) won its second straight, 30-7 over … [Read more...]
Volleyball
Three Rivers Conference Volleyball (10/3 & 10/5) St. Charles 0, #7 in A Fillmore Central 3 > 25-17, 25-10, 25-16 (FC: A. Britton 12 kills, 20-20 serving, 6 aces; Kammry Broadwater 10 kills, 9 digs 4 aces; Katie Pickett 11 assists, 7 digs; Aubrey Daniels 15 assists; Kyla Hellickson 7 digs) Southeast Conference Volleyball (10/2 - 10/5) Kingsland 3, Schaeffer … [Read more...]
Volleyball: FC’s Week Includes Topping Stewartville
Fillmore Central volleyball’s season added two more ‘good win’ notches on the belt with victories over La Crescent/Hokah and Stewartville. The Lancers (4-2, 10-2) entered in fourth place behind the third place Falcons (5-1, 13-5) in the TRC standings. FC dropped set three but was dominant in sets two and four. Travis Malley’s Falcons posted a 3-1 win (25-22, 25-10, 20-25, … [Read more...]
Cross Country: LARPH Boys and Kivimagi Highlight St. Charles Invite
Area teams LARPH, Chatfield, GMLOS and LFC all had strong showings on one level or another as they took on the St. Charles cross country invite. The LARPH boys continued their strong season, grabbing their third team title of the year (35) handily over GMLOS (107), Chatfield (110), St. Charles (113), Stewartville (124), and LFC (128) sixth. La Crescent/Hokah (134) and PEM (141) … [Read more...]
Football: Familiar Passing Connection Leads #3 FC Past Cotter
For a third time this year, seniors Chase Christianson and Jayce Kiehne hooked up for multiple TD passes in a game, and for a fifth time this year, #3 in Class A Fillmore Central posted a win. The duo linked for three first half touchdown passes covering 20, 28, and 12 yards respectively to lead FC to a 21-0 halftime lead. Chris Mensink’s group cruised to a 35-0 shut-out win … [Read more...]
Football: #3 Falcons Slog Past R-P 12-6
Mother nature was the most dominant force. The Mid-Southeast rivalry game between #3 in Class A Fillmore Central (3-0, 3-0) and Rushford-Peterson (0-3, 0-3) was denoted by negative yardage plays, balls-on-the-ground, and turnovers. The teams slogged through rain from start to finish. Collectively, they combined for less than 60 yards total offense. But for a second straight … [Read more...]
Volleyball: M-C and Chatfield Runners-Up Highlight Showcase Event
The Class A and AA Showcases at Burnsville’s Volleyball Warehouse again brought together most of the best small school teams in the state. Naturally, southeast Minnesota was represented. Double-A teams #5 Caledonia and #8 Chatfield competed, as did single-A teams #2 Mabel-Canton, #5 Fillmore Central, and Spring Grove. The two teams to fare the best were the Gophers and Cougars, … [Read more...]
Cross Country: Newcomers Tally Titles
The week in cross country for “Journal-11” programs included meets in Rushford and Pine Island. Two cross country newcomers arrived on the scene by tallying individual titles to highlight the action. Rakosnik/Kreidermacher Win LARPH’s First Invite LARPH hosted its first of two cross country invites. Rushford’s Ferndale Golf Course was the site. Just three teams, the hosts, … [Read more...]
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Spring Grove football (4-0, 5-0) stayed perfect on the season with a 35-0 win over Alden-Conger/Glenville-Emmons. Jaxon Strinmoen had three total TDs and 100 yards receiving to lead the way. Bryce Berns also accounted for a trifecta of scores (two passing, one rushing). The #2 Lions (4-0, 5-0), #10 Kingsland (3-0, 4-0), and #9 L-O (3-0, 4-0) top the South-East. Cayden … [Read more...]