Hungerholt Runs Wild over M-C as #5 LO/L/P Stays Perfect Mabel-Canton (3-3) controlled time of possession. The Cougars ran 67 offensive plays and amassed 313 yards of offense. Fifth-ranked LeRoy-Ostrander/Lyle/Pacelli (6-0) ran just 23 offensive plays. But Cardinal senior quarterback Camden Hungerholt ran wild and 23 plays netted 539 yards (23 yards per play) as visiting … [Read more...]
Volleyball (10/21)
#3 Chatfield Runs TRC Table, Repeats as Champion There is not much doubt. Chatfield volleyball is the best team in the Three Rivers Conference this year. Kristi Rindels’ Gophers won their final two league matches to go unblemished through the schedule. At home, they beat St. Charles 3-0 (25-9, 25-7, 25-21). Jaelyn LaPlante (10 kills, 5 digs, 16-16 serving, 5 aces) and Trindy … [Read more...]
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Ranked football teams rolled. Carson Rowland accounted for four total TDs (three rushing, one passing) as #3 in AA Chatfield whipped La Crescent/Hokah 52-8. Ethan Stendel accounted for four TDs (two rushing, two passing) as #5 Caledonia posted its fourth shut-out, blanking St. Charles 28-0. Chatfield (5-0, 6-0) leads the Southeast-White over Caledonia (4-1, 5-1) and #9 Cannon … [Read more...]
Football (10/14)
TD-Pass Hat Trick Propels #10 FC to First Place Fillmore Central football has owned the Mid-Southeast-Blue division the last two years. It seems it will be a hat trick for the Falcons. It took a hat trick, of touchdown passes, to put the Falcons in driver’s seat. In a big week six showdown, Chris Mensink’s Falcons (4-1, 4-1) took on Lewiston-Altura (4-1, 4-1) on the road in … [Read more...]
Volleyball (10/17)
Lions Take Set From #4 M-C, Cougars Win in Four For all intents and purposes, the SEC-East title was on the line as #4 in Class Mabel-Canton (9-0, 25-2) hosted Spring Grove (9-1, 15-5). The Lions have been about the only SEC team to test M-C over the years. That said, the Cougars whipped through SG 3-0 (25-22, 25-15, 25-18) on September 5. But like last year, the Lions got … [Read more...]
Cross Country (10/14)
Norms Hold True at Heartland Run For a second time this year, Lewiston-Altura/Rushford-Peterson/Houston cross country hosted a meet. At the top, a lot of this year’s running norms held true. LARPH boys won. LFC’s girls won. Their top runner, Autumn Rakosnik won. Starting with Matt Kingsbury’s host boys, it was not even remotely close. LARPH was one spot away from a perfect … [Read more...]
Cross Country: #4 LARPH Boys, #8 LFC Girls Win St. Charles Meet
Journal-covered cross country teams LARPH, LFC, Chatfield, GMLOS and Kingsland all took part in the St. Charles cross country meet. The host Saints, Stewartville, Dover-Eyota, La Crescent/Hokah and PEM also competed. The boys side had nine full teams and the girls side 10. LARPH’s boys (27) won their second meet of four competed by easily topping nearest foes Stewartville (66) … [Read more...]
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Maddox Rodriguez ran for 165 yards and 4 TDs and Lee Klunder 100 yards and one TD as Houston football (2-3, 2-3) beat AC/G-E 42-28. The duo are stepbrothers. Jonah Bunke ran for 172 yards and a TD as R-P (2-3, 2-3) beat Hayfield 54-6. Torryn Schneider had 16 digs and 5 aces on 25-25 serving as R-P volleyball beat La Crescent/Hokah 3-1. Spring Grove volleyball notched SEC wins … [Read more...]
Volleyball (10/7)
#4 Caledonia Runs Win Streak to Eight Coming off a 6-4 start to the year, Caledonia volleyball has been on a tear and it continued with a two-win week. The Warriors (4-2, 12-4) and Fillmore Central (4-1, 8-9) usually play tight matches. But this year marked the first since 2019 the match was not a 3-1 affair. Coming off the Class AA Showcase title, Dan Reinhart’s gals were … [Read more...]
Football (10/7)
#7 Lions Hold Off Mountain Lake in Battle of Unbeatens Nine-man seventh-ranked Spring Grove scored all the first-half points, and visiting Mountain Lake Area scored all the points in the second half. But the East Sub-District Lions (4-0, 5-0) held on to win the battle of football unbeatens, 21-12, over the visiting West Sub-District Wolverines (4-0, 4-1). After punting … [Read more...]