Football: Warriors Post Second Shutout in 1AA Title Game Rematch In a rematch of last year’s 1AA title game, Caledonia (1-0) progressively but convincingly subdued Dover-Eyota (0-1) in a Southeast White affair. For a second straight week, the Warrior defense was stout. The Eagles were held to 121 yards offense and they never found the end zone, though D-E played enough ball … [Read more...]

Volleyball: #2 Cougars Control Lions, Sweep Big SEC Matchup Neighboring schools Mabel-Canton and Spring Grove have been rivals in volleyball for many years, though there is a caveat. The Cougars nearly always win. A year ago, the Lions were the only SEC team to test M-C, losing 3-1 (22-25, 25-20, 25-15, 25-19) in Mabel, but 3-2 (25-20, 25-15, 22-25, 22-25, 15-13) in Spring … [Read more...]

At the Bill Glomski cross country meet in Stewartville, LFC’s Autumn Rakosnik took second and Chatfield’s Lexi Kivimagi third in an event with over 100 runners.  Maddex Rodriguez ran for 127 yards but Houston’s final drive ran out of the time as they fell to Southland 21-14 in South-East football action.  Cheyenne Bakken had 18 digs and 6 aces as Grand Meadow volleyball topped … [Read more...]

L-O/L-P Downs Kingsland Behind Conversions and Late Score In a battle between Section 1 9-Man’s top two regular season teams from a year ago, LeRoy-Ostrander/Lyle-Pacelli senior quarterback Camden Hungerholt scored on a one-yard TD run with 2:34 left in the game to put the Cardinals ahead of Kingsland 35-26.  The score, for all intents and purposes, put a penalty-laden, but … [Read more...]

Volleyball: Strong Programs Post Multiple Wins, Stay Unbeaten Mabel-Canton, Chatfield, Fillmore Central, and Caledonia could all be termed strong volleyball programs.  Each team notched multiple wins, as the 2024 volleyball season had its first full week.   #1 Cougars Down West Powers, Improve to 10-0  Mabel-Canton, ranked #1 in Class A, had three SEC matches, and came … [Read more...]

2024 Prep Football Preview The 2024 season is year two of the new district alignment. Hence, nothing changes from last year as it pertains to districts and sections. Three Journal-covered squads enter the year coming off state runs. Kingsland broke a 20-year drought and progressed all the way to the 9-Man state finals before controversially and agonizingly falling. Fillmore … [Read more...]

The 2023 high school volleyball season saw Mabel-Canton (14-0, 36-3) win its second straight Section 1A title and make state for a second straight year. Caledonia (9-1, 28-7) won the Section 1AA title and also made state. Each took fourth on the big stage. Fillmore Central (8-2, 23-8) was 1A runner-up, Chatfield (10-0, 26-3) made the 1AA final four, and Spring Grove (12-2, … [Read more...]