The Section 1 9-Man Final is set. It will be Spring Grove (2-seed, 7-3) versus Lanesboro (1-seed, 8-2). Third Quarter Fumbles Doom Knights, GM Rides Hubbard to Quarterfinal Win In a first-round Section 1 9-Man matchup, 5-seed Kingsland (5-3) trailed 4-seed Grand Meadow (5-3) 8-6 at the half. But turnovers and a massive game from senior Blake Hubbard propelled the … [Read more...]
Volleyball: 1A Playoffs (10/26)
9-seed Grand Meadow (13-13) 1, 8-seed Faribault B.A. (11-17) 3 > 18-25, 17-25, 25-16, 14-25 (GM: Rylee Holst 6 assists, 12 digs, 12-12 serving, 3 aces; Quinn Schaalma 18 assists, 8 digs, 15-16 serving, 3 aces; Cloey Breitbarth 13 assists, 5 digs, 3 aces; Alyvia Olson 10 kills, 7 digs; Riley Bungum 10 kills; Claire Munson 5 kills; Claire Stier 6 kills; Holly Weiss 4 kills, 6 … [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...]
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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...]
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...]
Cross Country (10/13)
Austin Meet (Pacelli’s boys (51) topped Winona (58) followed by Kasson-Mantorville (82), RAACHE (104), Austin (128), Byron (130), Albert Lea (215), BP (227), La Crescent/Hokah (251), and GMLOS (275). Winona’s Kedrick Boucek (15:40.8) topped Pacelli’s Zemecha McMannus (15:49.1) for first. Ethan Schnable (18:04.5) took 32nd (of 82) to lead GMLOS. Byron’s girls (51) topped RAACHE … [Read more...]
South-East Sub-District Football (10/14 & 10/15)
#7 in 9-Man Alden-Conger/Glenville-Emmons 33, LeRoy-Ostrander/Lyle/Pacelli 6 (L-O L P: Reid Hungerholt 8 of 18, 124 yards, TD, INT passing, 25-75 rushing; H. Wollenburg 7-102, TD receiving; Jaxon Learn team-high 12 tackles. AC/GE used an 18-point third quarter to expand a 15-6 halftime lead. The Knights (7-0, 7-0) clinched a share of the South-East title with the win. L-O L P … [Read more...]
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Blake Hubbard had his second straight huge game, rushing for 268 yards, 3 TDs, and three conversions on just 13 carries as Grand Meadow downed W-K 60-18. The Larks rushed for eight touchdowns. R-P football fell at Dover-Eyota 21-7. Each team walked out with 5-2 records. Hunter Wollenburg caught seven passes for 102 yards and a score but L-O/L/P lost to South-East leader AC/G-E … [Read more...]
Volleyball: Larks Win Two SEC Matches, Top Southland in Five
Grand Meadow volleyball won two matches on the week to post a four-game win streak. Cathy Paul’s gals first beat Glenville-Emmons 3-0 (25-8, 25-12, 25-13). The Larks were balanced behind Rylee Holst (10 digs), Peyton Nordeng (6 digs), Alyvia Olson (7 kills, 4 digs), Riley Bungum (8 kills), Claire Stier (6 kills), Quinn Schaalma (14 assists, 13-13 serving, 3 aces), Cloey … [Read more...]
Southeast Conference Volleyball (10/6 & 10/8)
Grand Meadow 3, LeRoy-Ostrander 1 > 25-16, 24-26, 25-14, 25-8 (GM: Q. Schaalma 18 assists, 11 digs, 26 of 29 serving, 6 aces; Rylee Holst 15 digs; Alyvia Olson 4 kills, 10 digs; Claire Munson 9 kills; Holly Weiss 5 kills, 5 digs; Riley Bungum 5 kills, 6 digs; Peyton Nordeng 7 digs, 3 aces. L-O: Madi Stern 11 kills, 8 digs; Tierney Schulte 15 digs; Maria Almaraz-Nolt 4 kills, … [Read more...]