It will sting. The way that they lost will not ever be forgotten. After a tremendous season and a trip to the Prep Bowl, Kingsland football’s state title game experience will be denoted by a couple debatable officiating calls on critical plays. The #5 Knights (Section 1 Champ, 13-0) out-played #3 Nevis (Section 5 Champ, 12-0) offensively. The Tigers had just three first … [Read more...]
2023 Girls Basketball Preview
The girls basketball season starts with some changes. This year is the first year of the shot clock. Mabel-Canton does not have enough for a squad, nor does Glenville-Emmons, so the SEC has just nine teams. It will be one big league (no divisions). M-C is sharing with Spring Grove. Section re-alignment took place. Notably, defending 1AA champion Goodhue is back in Section … [Read more...]
Football: Late Interception Helps Seal Knights’ Date to Prep Bowl
Kingsland senior defensive back Ayden Howard intercepted Fertile-Beltrami quarterback Caiden Swenby with under two minutes to go in the fourth quarter, helping put one nail in the Falcons’ coffin. “It all happened so fast, I didn’t have time to think about it,” said Howard in the post-game press conference. Sophomore QB Kaaleem Reiland then powered his way for four yards on 4th … [Read more...]
Kingsland School Board Reviews Fiscal Year 2023
Donations to the Kingsland School District acknowledged near the opening of the November 20 meeting include the following: Stephanie Derby and Scott Mulholland donated $25 to the Music Department in memory of Sandy Hulbert; Cindy Seabright donated $500 to the Music Department, and Ann Oeltjen of Prairie Wind Farms donated $1,000 to the STEM program. One new hire was announced … [Read more...]
All-TRC Cross Country
All-Conference in cross country is determined by the TRC Meet, which occurred on October 17. All the All-TRC kids were noted in the October 30 Fillmore County Journal Sports, but a few things could have elaborated on. Making All-TRC on the boys side were LARPH’s Ryan Prinsen, Brennan Kunst, Aaron Ploetz, Isaac Rasmussen, Tyler Betthauser, Treyton Heyland and Hunter Rislov, … [Read more...]
Football: Knights Season Will Continue at the Bank!
The Kingsland football program ran its state quarterfinal record to 4-0 all-time with a win over Hills-Beaver Creek at Albert Lea High School. The Section 1 9-Man champion #5 Knights (11-0) used scores on either side of the half to take control versus the Section 3 champion #7 Patriots (10-0). The teams had two common opponents. HBC beat Lanesboro 22-14 in the regular season … [Read more...]
Football: Undefeated #5 Kingsland Heads to State for First Time in 20 Years
Kaaleem Reiland rushed for 132 yards and two touchdowns while also passing for 135 yards and two more scores as Kingsland sped past Spring Grove, 44-14, in the 9-player football Section One championship game at Austin. The sophomore quarterback also ran and passed conversions. Beau Wiersma (25-130 rushing) scored three TDs – two rushing and one pass reception – plus added a … [Read more...]
Football: #5 Knights Crusade Into Section Title Game
Kingsland’s massive season continued with two convincing wins to start the 2023 playoffs. Matt Kolling’s Knights marauded to their first Section title game since 2003. Versus Lanesboro (8-seed, 1-7) in the quarterfinals, #5 in 9-Man Kingsland (1-seed, 8-0) scored twice in each of the first two quarters to led 26-0 at halftime, then built a 46-0 lead through three stanzas. … [Read more...]
Volleyball Playoffs
Section 1A Volleyball Playoffs (10/23 & 10/26) (Play-In) 17-seed Houston (5-21) 3, 16-seed Kingsland (8-17) 2 > 13-25, 20-25, 25-23, 25-19, 15-8 (H: Emily Botcher 14 kills, 7 digs, 11 assists, 4 aces; E. Carrier 18 digs; Jorja Meyer 6 kills; Avery Kingsley 3 kills, 11 digs, 5 aces; Cadence Koehler 14 digs, 5 aces; Olivia Yohe 11 assists, 12 digs, 3 aces. K: K. … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Early playoff volleyball action saw all the highest seeded area teams moved on to their section quarters. Houston (17-seed) came back from down 2-0 to beat Kingsland (16-seed) in a 1A play-in game 3-2 (13-25, 20-25, 25-23, 25-19, 15-8). Ella Carrier had 18 digs for the ‘Canes while Kadence Aarsvold had 39 digs for the Knights. Houston then fell to top-seed #2 M-C 3-0 … [Read more...]
Football: #5 Knights Complete First 8-0 Season Since 1995
It was a good year to be Knight football fan. A 6’2” 230-pound senior running back named Matt Kolling was a beast to tackle, Trenton Hyland was the QB, and Kingsland ripped to a 14-0 record including wins over Triton in the state semifinals and Breckinridge 22-3 in the Class B state championship game. The year was 1995. That was the last time a Kingsland football … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Cayden Tollefsrud ran for 129 yards and 3 TDs while also returning a kick-off 90-yards for a score as Mabel-Canton ended the regular season by beating AC/G-E 46-20. The senior went over 1,000 yards rushing. The Cougars (4-4, 4-4) are Section 1’s 9-Man’s 6-seed, will play at 3-seed Spring Grove (6-2, 6-2). SG volleyball got eight aces from Jordis Neeley in beating L/P 3-0. The … [Read more...]
Volleyball
Three Rivers Conference Volleyball (10/17) Rushford-Peterson 1, PEM 3 > 24-26, 9-25, 25-18, 17-25 (R-P: Tayler Helgemoe 15 kills, 6 total blks (3 ace); T. Schneider 21 digs; Ava Drazkowski 17 assists, 5 digs; Kayla Magin 12 assists, 13 digs; Lindsey Hoiness 11 digs; Josie Brown 7 kills, 6 digs; Kallie Eide 10 digs; Rebecca Magin 4 kills; Ava Helgemoe 4 kills. Five of R-P’s … [Read more...]
Football: #6 Kingsland Clinches Crown in Showdown at #10 Spring Grove
A 75-yard interception touchdown return by Knight Sam Howard broke open a previously close game, and state-ranked #6 in 9-Man Kingsland went on to control the second half and #10 Spring Grove for big a 38-13 win. The Knights are 7-0 for the first time since their state title team in 1995 and at 6-0 in league play, have clinched at least a share of the South-East sub-district … [Read more...]
Cross Country: LARPH Boys Top Cotter 45 to 46 at PEM Invite
At last year’s Section 1A cross country meet, Winona-Cotter boy’s downed LARPH 75 to 84 for the team title. Both squads made state, but the Ramblers prevented LARPH from repeating as section champs after 2021’s team title. Said teams will probably again figure in the 1A team race. The PEM Jodi Rahman Invite might have been a prelude. Matt Kingsbury’s group notched their … [Read more...]
