Chatfield football (6-1), ranked #8 in AA, fell hard at #6 in AAA Pine Island (7-0), 30-0. The Gophers (6-2, 6-2) share the Southeast-Central Yellow with Triton (6-2, 6-2). Chatfield is Section 1AA’s 1-seed. They get a first round bye and will play either 4-seed Rochester-Lourdes (5-3) or 5-seed Dover-Eyota (4-4). Kingsland volleyball got 33 digs from Paisley … [Read more...]

Football: Warriors Hand #2 Gophers First Loss 14-0 Many a football team have taken the long trip to Caledonia and came home disappointed. In a key week six Southeast Central White matchup, #2 in AA Chatfield (5-0, 6-0) suffered said fate at the hands of the Warriors (3-2, 4-2). In a rematch of last year’s 1AA title game (a 24-14 Gopher win), Carl Fruechte’s group got revenge … [Read more...]

Caledonia volleyball, ranked #4 in AA, topped D-E in four sets (26-24, 21-25, 25-15, 25-12) to clinch a share of the TRC title. Avery Augedahl had 36 assists, Aubrie Klug 30 digs. Fillmore Central, ranked #4 in A, beat W-K 3-0. R-P went 3-0 in best-of-five-matches on the week, beating Houston 3-1 and Goodhue 3-0, PEM 3-0 in TRC play. Addison Drinkall had 53 total digs. … [Read more...]

Volleyball: Larks Sweep G-E to Claim West Title, Beat Southland in Five  Grand Meadow volleyball’s week included claiming the SEC-West outright, getting to 20 wins, beating a rival in five sets, and running its win streak to 13. Hosting Glenville-Emmons, Cathy Paul’s group performed the sweep (25-17, 25-16, 25-15). Doing so was GM’s 20th win of the year and it gave them the … [Read more...]

Kaaleem Reiland ran for 214 yards and three TDs while throwing a fourth score as Kingsland beat Wabasha-Kellogg 42-26.  The Knights (5-1, 5-1) are in second place behind #4 in A Mabel-Canton (6-0, 6-0) in the South-East.  Lee Klunder ran for 240 yards and 4 TDs as Houston beat Grand Meadow 50-6.  The Hurricanes (4-2, 4-2), Spring Grove (4-2, 4-2), and Alden-Conger/G-E (4-2, … [Read more...]

Football: #4 M-C Maintains South-East Lead with 26-20 Win Over #10 SG Neighborly rivals Mabel-Canton and Spring Grove have played each other yearly on the gridiron forever.  Few, if any, of those previous games were as big as a week six showdown.  In a huge contest to the South-East race, the #4 in 9-Man Cougars (5-0, 5-0) did what they do not often do versus #10 Spring … [Read more...]

Volleyball: #4 Gophers End Trojans TRC Streak, Take Third at Burnsville In a matchup of top four TRC teams, #4 in AA Chatfield (5-2, 13-6) gave Rushford-Peterson (5-1, 10-2) its second league loss while ending their five-match league win streak.  It was a Gopher sweep, 25-14, 25-20, 25-19.  Kristi Rindels’ group was easily the first to 20 in each set, 20-12, 20-16, and … [Read more...]

Cross Country: Variables Stay Constant at LARPH’s Lewiston Run At the top of things, cross country variables stayed constant as LARPH hosted its second meet of the year, this time at Lewiston’s Heartland Golf Course.  Matt Kingsbury’s guys and LFC gal runner Autumn Rakosnik continued to be head and shoulders above the field.   With another low team score, LARPH’s guys (21) … [Read more...]

Football: Spring Grove Scores Late, Upends #2 Kingsland Kaaleem Reiland thundered 78 yards on Kingsland’s first play from scrimmage and then passed to Carter Strobel for the two-point conversion. The #2 state-ranked team had an early 8-0 lead on Spring Grove, which held for 38 and a half minutes. The turning point was a botched, fourth-period Kingsland punt that gave SG the … [Read more...]

Volleyball: Morken Moves into Second Place All-Time with 885th Career Win Mabel-Canton won two volleyball matches on the week, sweeping both Lanesboro and Kingsland in SEC action. Doing so did more than just put the Cougars one step closer to another SEC-East title. Lonnie Morken, in his 32nd season as M-C’s head volleyball coach, moved into second place all-time on the … [Read more...]