Cotter/Hope Lutheran (43) nipped a less-than-full-strength LARPH boys cross country team (46) at the PEM Meet. Trey Hegland (4th), Brennan Kunst (7th), and Aaron Ploetz (8th) finished top 10 for LARPH. LFC’s Autumn Rakosnik took a narrow second to Cotter/HL’s Sonja Semling while Chatfield’s Lexi Kivimagi took third, LARPH’s Caitlin Bauer sixth, and LFC’s Lillyan Kiehne 8th. … [Read more...]

Hungerholt Runs Wild over M-C as #5 LO/L/P Stays Perfect Mabel-Canton (3-3) controlled time of possession. The Cougars ran 67 offensive plays and amassed 313 yards of offense. Fifth-ranked LeRoy-Ostrander/Lyle/Pacelli (6-0) ran just 23 offensive plays. But Cardinal senior quarterback Camden Hungerholt ran wild and 23 plays netted 539 yards (23 yards per play) as visiting … [Read more...]

#3 Chatfield Runs TRC Table, Repeats as Champion There is not much doubt. Chatfield volleyball is the best team in the Three Rivers Conference this year. Kristi Rindels’ Gophers won their final two league matches to go unblemished through the schedule. At home, they beat St. Charles 3-0 (25-9, 25-7, 25-21). Jaelyn LaPlante (10 kills, 5 digs, 16-16 serving, 5 aces) and Trindy … [Read more...]

Ranked football teams rolled. Carson Rowland accounted for four total TDs (three rushing, one passing) as #3 in AA Chatfield whipped La Crescent/Hokah 52-8. Ethan Stendel accounted for four TDs (two rushing, two passing) as #5 Caledonia posted its fourth shut-out, blanking St. Charles 28-0. Chatfield (5-0, 6-0) leads the Southeast-White over Caledonia (4-1, 5-1) and #9 Cannon … [Read more...]

TD-Pass Hat Trick Propels #10 FC to First Place Fillmore Central football has owned the Mid-Southeast-Blue division the last two years. It seems it will be a hat trick for the Falcons. It took a hat trick, of touchdown passes, to put the Falcons in driver’s seat. In a big week six showdown, Chris Mensink’s Falcons (4-1, 4-1) took on Lewiston-Altura (4-1, 4-1) on the road in … [Read more...]

Lions Take Set From #4 M-C, Cougars Win in Four For all intents and purposes, the SEC-East title was on the line as #4 in Class Mabel-Canton (9-0, 25-2) hosted Spring Grove (9-1, 15-5). The Lions have been about the only SEC team to test M-C over the years. That said, the Cougars whipped through SG 3-0 (25-22, 25-15, 25-18) on September 5. But like last year, the Lions got … [Read more...]

Maddox Rodriguez ran for 165 yards and 4 TDs and Lee Klunder 100 yards and one TD as Houston football (2-3, 2-3) beat AC/G-E 42-28. The duo are stepbrothers. Jonah Bunke ran for 172 yards and a TD as R-P (2-3, 2-3) beat Hayfield 54-6. Torryn Schneider had 16 digs and 5 aces on 25-25 serving as R-P volleyball beat La Crescent/Hokah 3-1. Spring Grove volleyball notched SEC wins … [Read more...]

#4 Caledonia Runs Win Streak to Eight Coming off a 6-4 start to the year, Caledonia volleyball has been on a tear and it continued with a two-win week. The Warriors (4-2, 12-4) and Fillmore Central (4-1, 8-9) usually play tight matches. But this year marked the first since 2019 the match was not a 3-1 affair. Coming off the Class AA Showcase title, Dan Reinhart’s gals were … [Read more...]

#7 Lions Hold Off Mountain Lake in Battle of Unbeatens Nine-man seventh-ranked Spring Grove scored all the first-half points, and visiting Mountain Lake Area scored all the points in the second half. But the East Sub-District Lions (4-0, 5-0) held on to win the battle of football unbeatens, 21-12, over the visiting West Sub-District Wolverines (4-0, 4-1). After punting … [Read more...]

Sahara Morken topped 4,000 career assists as M-C volleyball beat Houston 3-0. The senior had 35 helpers and six aces in the match. Spring Grove volleyball used a balanced team approach to notch three SEC sweeps on the week, topping Southland, Lanesboro and LeRoy-Ostrander. Chatfield topped Cannon Falls and Pine Island each via sweep in notable non-conference matchups. Hannah … [Read more...]

#6 Warriors Double Rally for Win Over #5 Cannon Falls Early in the second quarter, Caledonia football faced an uphill task. Coming off a ranked-versus-ranked 20-13 loss to Chatfield in week three, the #6 Warriors (2-1) trailed #5 Cannon Falls (3-0) 12-0. But Carl Fruechte’s group double-rallied to post their best win of the year. The Warriors scored three second quarter … [Read more...]

Teams Take on Class A/AA Showcases, Warriors Grab AA Title Area volleyball teams Mabel-Canton, Chatfield, Caledonia, Spring Grove, and Fillmore Central once again took on the Class A/AA Showcase tournaments in Burnsville. The Cougars and Gophers were each runner-up last year. This year, the Cougars, Warriors and Gophers each won their pools to make their Gold Brackets. … [Read more...]

LARPH Hosts First Meet with Chatfield, LFC LARPH cross country hosted its first of two meets, this one at Ferndale Golf Course. Each race was cut to 4,000-meter per a warm humid afternoon. The other two teams competing were Lanesboro/Fillmore Central and Chatfield. New state polls were released that day, with the LARPH boys ranked #2 to Redwood Valley. Section foe Cotter was … [Read more...]