The Warrior boys welcome back 11 players with varsity experience, but that team went 1-15 (0-10 conference). The five graduates included oft-honored goalkeeper August Allen and all-conference Noah Stigeler. But all-conference midfielder junior Jacob Hernandez does return for a team that features five seniors – A.J. Marschall, Sean McCormick, Laurent Stigeler, Vincent Colsch and … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Caledonia got two rushing and two passing TDs from QB Ethan Stendel as the Warrior football blanked Z-M 61-0. Kail Schott ran for 156 yards and 2 TDs and Parker Delaney threw three TDs as Chatfield crunched Pine Island 49-6. Jayce Kiehne had two rushing and two receiving TDs (101 yards receiving) while Chase Christianson completed seven of eight passes for 194 yards and … [Read more...]
Football: Big Third Quarter Propels Houston Past Nicollet
Nine-man football can often be a track meet and the cross-district match-up of Houston (1-0) and Nicollet (0-0) was just that. But in a game where each team scored points in three of four quarters, it was the one quarter where a team went scoreless where the verdict was sealed. A back-and-forth first saw the Hurricanes fall behind 12-0 and twice trail by double digits. An early … [Read more...]
SEC Volleyball (8/28 – 8/31)
Lyle/Pacelli 1, Houston 3 > 25-18, 17-25, 25-20, 25-23 Spring Grove 3, Southland 0 > 25-22, 25-5, 25-17 (SG: J. Halverson 8 kills; K. VanMinsel 5 kills, 18 assists, 7 digs; J. Neeley 6 kills, 6 digs, 3 aces; S. Holland 10 digs, 18-19 serving, 4 aces) Houston 3, Glenville-Emmons 1 > 25-17, 17-25, 25-16, 25-21 Southland 1, LeRoy-Ostrander 3 > 25-14, 18-25, … [Read more...]
Cross Country (8/28 & 8/31)
Wabasha-Kellogg Gallup (LARPH’s boys (36) took a narrow second to Arcadia (34) of the five full teams. W-K’s Cole Arens (10:03.28) took first, Arcadia’s Nestor Badillo second (10:48.7), and LARPH’s Ryan Prinsen (10:53.48) third of 58 runners going two miles. Tyler Betthauser (5th > 11:22.57), Wyatt Kreidermacher (7th > 11:29.14)), and Isaac Rasmussen (10th > 11:36.5) … [Read more...]
Soccer (8/31)
(B) Caledonia/SG/Houston 0, Cotter 14 (“We suffered a tough loss at Cotter,” lamented boys assistant coach Andrew Marschall. “The first half our defense held them well, but our offensive game was lacking. After they put a few goals in, our team fell apart.” Cotter scored 10 goals after halftime. Warriors > 0-1, 0-2) (G) Cotter 5, Caledonia/SG/Houston 0 (No details for … [Read more...]
2023 Football Preview
Like every other two years since the MSHSL went to the format, the 2023 high school football season starts with district realignment. In Class AA, the Southeast-White is now Cale-donia, Chatfield, La Crescent/Hokah, Dover-Eyota, St. Charles, Cannon Falls, and Triton. The Lancers and Bombers enter from the Southeast-Red. Goodhue and Lewiston-Altura move to the Mid-Southeast. … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Fall sports got going. Bryce Berns accounted for 301 total yards (114 rushing, 187 yards passing) and three TDs as SG football beat Mountain Lake 28-7. Houston stopped AC/G-E’s two-point try in overtime to post a 36-34 win. Hurricane Maddox Rodriguez ran for 136 yards and 3 TDs. Kinley Soiney had 24 kills as #2 in Class A M-C volleyball swept GM 3-0 in a battle of defending SEC … [Read more...]
South-East Football (8/24 & 8/25)
Houston 36, Alden-Conger/Glenville-Emmons 34 in OT (H: M. Rodriguez 20-136, 3 TDs rushing; Aden Kulas 19-69, TD rushing; Austin Groth rushing TD; Morgan Rohweder 3 of 8, 62 yards passing. The score was tied 28-28 at the end of regulation. AC/G-E missed a game-winning field goal as time expired. Rodriguez scored his third TD on 4th and one and Landyn VanGundy caught the … [Read more...]
2023 Cross Country Preview
Last year saw area cross country programs put together a strong collective campaign. LARPH’s boys made state for the fourth consecutive season, going as Section 1A runner-up. Kingsland sent two individual boys representatives to state in section champ Garrison Hubka and Cole Kruegel. L/FC’s Isaac Snyder also made state on the guys side. On the girls side, Chatfield had a strong … [Read more...]