After running a pair high-caliber cross country meets, LARPH’s boys got back a smaller, more local event. They got back to winning. Team Card-Tro-Cane was just one runner away from a perfect score at the St. Charles Meet. Only Stewartville’s Nolan Schatz (17:23.5), in third place, kept LARPH away from perfection. They had five of the other top six runners. Senior Isaac … [Read more...]
Football (9/29)
Football: Johnson’s Takedown Leads to #2 Gopher Victory over Triton It is always good to have a good wrestler on your football team. They know how to tackle and will get physical. Kaisen Johnson is a multi-time state qualifier on the mat. But the senior authored maybe his best gridiron takedown to ensure #2 in AA Chatfield (3-0, 3-0) a key Southeast-Central “Yellow” win over … [Read more...]
Volleyball (9/29)
Volleyball: Larks Take Control of West, Post 6-0 Week Overall Grand Meadow volleyball won two SEC matches on the week, sweeping their nearest SEC-West foe. They also went 4-0 at a home tourney to post a 6-0 week. Versus Southland (5-1, 5-1), the Larks (5-0, 9-4) lengthened their lead in the division with a 3-0 sweep (25-19, 25-19, 25-22). Setter Hallie Hendrickson (25 … [Read more...]
Hot Shots (9/29)
Nine-Man #9 Mabel-Canton rolled up 461 yards on the ground and 570 yards total offense in beating Faribault B.A. 62-19. Isaac Underbakke had three scores (one passing, two rushing) while the Kales (Tollefsrud and Eiken) each topped 100 yards on the ground with two rushing touchdowns. Spring Grove got the game-winning score with two-minutes to play to top W-K 26-14. M-C (4-0, … [Read more...]
Cross Country (9/16 – 9/20)
Pine Island Meet (Lake City’s girls (61) topped Goodhue (83). Kingsland took 8th (of 9). Tiger Olivia Yotter (13:25) won the 3,300-meter run over La Crescent/Hokah’s Hope Docan-Morgan (13:38.6). Kingsland’s top finisher was Reeyin Lanning (14:59.7) in 13th place (of 58). Stewartville (52) topped Kasson-Mantorville (64) for the guys team title. St. Charles’ Ivan Daood (11:41.0) … [Read more...]
Football (9/22)
Football: Extra Points Propel Houston Past #2 Spring Grove Each team scored three touchdowns. Houston converted all three extra-point plays; #2 in 9-Man Spring Grove converted none. With a 24-18 win, the Hurricanes ended a 20-game losing streak versus the Lions. It was a yellow-flag-fest and shared frustration with the teams combining for seven turnovers, 16 fumbles and 24 … [Read more...]
Volleyball (9/22)
Volleyball: #6 Warriors Top #3 Gophers in Battle of AA Titans For the second time in less than a week, #3 in Class AA Chatfield faced off with another talented, highly-ranked TRC foe. Days after falling to #3 in Class A Fillmore Central, #6 in AA Caledonia came to town for another hyped and key conference battle. The last two 1AA champions did battle in a match that … [Read more...]
Cross Country (9/22)
Cross Country: LARPH Boys, LFC’s Rakosnik Show Well at Massive Luther Run LARPH’s boys are ranked #1 in state in Class A. LFC’s girls are ranked #6. Each squad plus Chatfield’s teams took on the massive Luther All-American Invite featuring top runners from all sized Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin schools. LARPH’s boys (147) took fifth (of 25 full teams) only behind #3 Iowa … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Kingsland, ranked #3 in 9-Man, won a key South-East football matchup with Alden-Conger/G-E 22-12. The game ended prematurely per an injury to an AC/G-E player. Kaaleem Reiland accounted for all three Knights scores. Kingsland (3-0, 3-0) and Mabel-Canton (3-0, 3-0) are the last two South-East unbeaten teams. Reid Hungerholt (208 yards, 3 TDs passing; 185 yards, 2 TDs rushing) … [Read more...]
Football (9/15)
Football: Cougars Steam Early to Top Hurricanes Mabel-Canton’s gridiron guys had enough steam early to jump out on Houston. M-C then held the ‘Canes at bay in a week two South-East sub-district match-up. With Steam Engine Days going on in Mabel, and a steam engine at Karl Urbaniak Field, Cougar senior quarterback Isaac Underbakke tossed touchdowns passes on M-C’s first … [Read more...]