Fillmore Central (1-seed, 21-6) swept its way thru its first two post-season opponents and into the 1A semis. Versus Houston (16-seed, 6-17), the #2-ranked Falcons ripped in game one 25-6. The Hurricanes led 18-15 in game two, but FC then scored six in a row to lead 21-18. They took the game 25-20, then ripped in game three 25-8 for the 3-0 sweep. Hannah Vaalemoen (9 kills, 17 … [Read more...]
Cross Country: LARPH’s Bauer Wins 1A Girls Title, LFC’s Rakosnik Qualifies a Fourth Time
She is one win away from perfection. Her Roy Griak Meet time (17:33.7) is the lowest time of any Class 1A girl this season, and (purportedly) the second lowest time in the state. But, the past two years have not been so awesome at the 1A meet for LARPH junior Caitlin Bauer. In 2024, Bauer ran 20:39.8 to take 12th place. She was the first girl on the outside looking in at state, … [Read more...]
Cross Country: LARPH Boys Run State Streak to Eight With Fourth Straight 1A Title
The reigning state champions will return to defend their title. For the 8th straight year, LARPH boys cross country advanced to state. For a fourth straight year, they go as the 1A champs. By the narrowest of margins, sixth runner tiebreaker, the #3-ranked Screamin’ Eagles topped 1A rival, #7 Cotter/Hope Lutheran. Each team scored 72 points. Cotter went 1, 2, 8, 23, and 38; … [Read more...]
Playoff Pigtail Volleyball (10/22)
17-seed Glenville-Emmons (5-13) 2, 16-seed Houston (5-17) 3 > 25-16, 16-25, 23-25, 25-15, 15-10 (H: E. Melbo 10 kills, 11 digs; S. Keehner 3 kills, 25 assists, 9 digs; K. Klunder 8 kills, 15 digs, 5 aces; L. Pedretti 11 kills, 10 digs, 4 aces; B. Rodriguez 5 assists, 21 digs, 3 aces; N. Skifton 4 kills; M. Srock 6 digs. Houston (6-17) moves on to face #1-seed FC (20-6).) … [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...]
Hot Shots
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...]
Soccer (10/12 & 10/13)
(B) 12-seed Caledonia/Spring Grove/Houston (1-13) 0, 5-seed Kasson-Mantorville (6-6-3) 7 (The Komets went on to post a 6-1 quarterfinal win over 4-seed St. Charles, Lewiston-Altura/Lanesboro. The Caledonia/Spring Grove/Houston boys closed with a 1-14 record.) (G) 5-seed Caledonia/Spring Grove/Houston (4-9-2) 1, Dover-Eyota (6-7-2) 4 (The Warriors fell to Dover-Eyota for the … [Read more...]
Southeast Conference Volleyball (10/12 & 10/13)
Kingsland 0, LeRoy-Ostrander 3 > 25-23, 25-22, 25-23 (L-O: M. Stern 13 kills, 18 digs; Vanessa Lewis 25 assists, 14 digs; T. Schulte 15 digs; Maria Almaraz-Nolt 13 digs; Kim Volkart 3 kills, 9 digs, 17-18 serving; Mabel Johnson 7 kills; Maci Guttormson 5 kills. K: Sydney Wendt 12 assists, 15 digs; Chloe Drury-DeBoer 13 digs; Kenidy Fenton 7 digs; Taylor Lawson 3 kills, 7 … [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...]
Cross Country: LARPH Boys Top Cotter/HL at PEM
For yet another year, Section 1A boys cross-country adversaries #3 in Class A LARPH and #2 in A Cotter/Hope Lutheran squared off at the PEM “Jodi Rahman” Invite late in the year. For the second straight year, LARPH came out on top. Matt Kingsbury’s group (49) topped the Ramblers (68) with W-K (90), Stewartville (127), LFC (128), D-E (128), St. Charles (176), Chatfield (178), … [Read more...]