Two teams at different stages of their development each captured titles at LARPH’s second cross country invite of the year, this time at Lewiston’s Heartland Golf Course. Earning their first team win at a big event in a long time (probably since the state seasons of 2015 and 2016) were Ellen Cullen’s LFC girls. The Burros have recently moved up a couple young runners in phenom … [Read more...]
Football: Burros Sneak Past ‘Canes For First Win
Two teams on losing streaks looking for a win played a tight contest in Houston. Lanesboro (0-4, 0-5) entered winless but with four single-digit losses while Houston (2-2, 3-2) entered having lost its last two. James Semmen’s crew led 14-8 at halftime and went ahead 20-8 in the third quarter only for ‘Cane Zach Olson to return the ensuing kick-off 77-yards for a TD to make it … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Cayden Tollefsrud ran for 209 yards and 3 TDs and Tyler Larson 150 yards and 2 TDs as Mabel-Canton (3-3, 3-3) downed Grand Meadow 38-14. Corbin Ludemann had 154 yards rushing and a TD in defeat. It was M-C’s third straight win after an 0-3 start. Sampson Wilkemeyer accounted for over 200 yards total offense and threw 3 TDs as R-P (2-4, 2-4) won its second straight, 30-7 over … [Read more...]
Volleyball
Three Rivers Conference Volleyball (10/3 & 10/5) St. Charles 0, #7 in A Fillmore Central 3 > 25-17, 25-10, 25-16 (FC: A. Britton 12 kills, 20-20 serving, 6 aces; Kammry Broadwater 10 kills, 9 digs 4 aces; Katie Pickett 11 assists, 7 digs; Aubrey Daniels 15 assists; Kyla Hellickson 7 digs) Southeast Conference Volleyball (10/2 - 10/5) Kingsland 3, Schaeffer … [Read more...]
Soccer (10/2 – 10/5)
(G) Caledonia/Spring Grove/Houston 0, Pine Island/Z-M 2 (PIZM had a goal each half. Warrior goaltender Josie Foster had 11 saves) (G) Cal/SG/Hou 0, St. Charles/Lewiston-Altura/Lanesboro 2 (Both SC/L-A-L goals came in the second half. Foster had 11 saves) (B) SC/L-A/L 1, Cal/SG/Hou 13 (The high-powered visitors led 8-0 at halftime on Senior Night in Caledonia. Will Hahn … [Read more...]
Volleyball
Southeast Conference Volleyball (9/26 & 9/28) Spring Grove 3, Houston 0 > 25-4, 25-15, 25-19 (SG: Jordis Neeley 5 kills, 7 aces; Joelle Halverson 8 kills, 3 aces; Sydney Holland 5 digs, 8 aces; Kendal VanMinsel 5 kills, 18 assists, 5 kills, 2 aces. H: Emily Botcher 4 assists, 5 total blks; Jorja Meyer 3 kills, 3 blks) Schaeffer Academy 0, #2 in A Mabel-Canton 3 > … [Read more...]
Soccer (9/25 – 9/28)
(G) Caledonia/Spring Grove/Houston 1, Triton 1 (Macy Kraus scored in the 26th minute to put the Warriors ahead 1-0 at halftime (assisted by Siri Konkel). T/KW/H tied it in the 50th minute with a goal over the goalkeeper’s head) (G) Caledonia/Spring Grove/Houston 2, La Crescent/Hokah 10 (Loisah Gay scored with an assist from Siri Konkel. Later Konkel scored with an 18-yard, … [Read more...]
Football: #10 Knights Blast Hurricanes Ahead of L-O Showdown
On paper, #10 in 9-Man Kingsland (3-0, 4-0) hosting Houston (2-1, 3-1) in a week five battle looked nice. The Hurricanes only loss came after leading big in week four versus LeRoy-Ostrander. They entered the contest coming off a bye. But the Hurricanes also entered without top running back Maddox Rodriquez (injury versus the Cardinals). Kingland entered on a roll ever since … [Read more...]
Cross Country: Newcomers Tally Titles
The week in cross country for “Journal-11” programs included meets in Rushford and Pine Island. Two cross country newcomers arrived on the scene by tallying individual titles to highlight the action. Rakosnik/Kreidermacher Win LARPH’s First Invite LARPH hosted its first of two cross country invites. Rushford’s Ferndale Golf Course was the site. Just three teams, the hosts, … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Spring Grove football (4-0, 5-0) stayed perfect on the season with a 35-0 win over Alden-Conger/Glenville-Emmons. Jaxon Strinmoen had three total TDs and 100 yards receiving to lead the way. Bryce Berns also accounted for a trifecta of scores (two passing, one rushing). The #2 Lions (4-0, 5-0), #10 Kingsland (3-0, 4-0), and #9 L-O (3-0, 4-0) top the South-East. Cayden … [Read more...]