Kaaleem Reiland ran for 214 yards and three TDs while throwing a fourth score as Kingsland beat Wabasha-Kellogg 42-26.  The Knights (5-1, 5-1) are in second place behind #4 in A Mabel-Canton (6-0, 6-0) in the South-East.  Lee Klunder ran for 240 yards and 4 TDs as Houston beat Grand Meadow 50-6.  The Hurricanes (4-2, 4-2), Spring Grove (4-2, 4-2), and Alden-Conger/G-E (4-2, … [Read more...]

Football: #4 M-C Maintains South-East Lead with 26-20 Win Over #10 SG Neighborly rivals Mabel-Canton and Spring Grove have played each other yearly on the gridiron forever.  Few, if any, of those previous games were as big as a week six showdown.  In a huge contest to the South-East race, the #4 in 9-Man Cougars (5-0, 5-0) did what they do not often do versus #10 Spring … [Read more...]

Volleyball: #4 Gophers End Trojans TRC Streak, Take Third at Burnsville In a matchup of top four TRC teams, #4 in AA Chatfield (5-2, 13-6) gave Rushford-Peterson (5-1, 10-2) its second league loss while ending their five-match league win streak.  It was a Gopher sweep, 25-14, 25-20, 25-19.  Kristi Rindels’ group was easily the first to 20 in each set, 20-12, 20-16, and … [Read more...]

Cross Country: Variables Stay Constant at LARPH’s Lewiston Run At the top of things, cross country variables stayed constant as LARPH hosted its second meet of the year, this time at Lewiston’s Heartland Golf Course.  Matt Kingsbury’s guys and LFC gal runner Autumn Rakosnik continued to be head and shoulders above the field.   With another low team score, LARPH’s guys (21) … [Read more...]

Football: Spring Grove Scores Late, Upends #2 Kingsland Kaaleem Reiland thundered 78 yards on Kingsland’s first play from scrimmage and then passed to Carter Strobel for the two-point conversion. The #2 state-ranked team had an early 8-0 lead on Spring Grove, which held for 38 and a half minutes. The turning point was a botched, fourth-period Kingsland punt that gave SG the … [Read more...]

Volleyball: Morken Moves into Second Place All-Time with 885th Career Win Mabel-Canton won two volleyball matches on the week, sweeping both Lanesboro and Kingsland in SEC action. Doing so did more than just put the Cougars one step closer to another SEC-East title. Lonnie Morken, in his 32nd season as M-C’s head volleyball coach, moved into second place all-time on the … [Read more...]

Football: Johnson’s Takedown Leads to #2 Gopher Victory over Triton It is always good to have a good wrestler on your football team. They know how to tackle and will get physical. Kaisen Johnson is a multi-time state qualifier on the mat. But the senior authored maybe his best gridiron takedown to ensure #2 in AA Chatfield (3-0, 3-0) a key Southeast-Central “Yellow” win over … [Read more...]

Volleyball: Larks Take Control of West, Post 6-0 Week Overall  Grand Meadow volleyball won two SEC matches on the week, sweeping their nearest SEC-West foe. They also went 4-0 at a home tourney to post a 6-0 week. Versus Southland (5-1, 5-1), the Larks (5-0, 9-4) lengthened their lead in the division with a 3-0 sweep (25-19, 25-19, 25-22). Setter Hallie Hendrickson (25 … [Read more...]

Nine-Man #9 Mabel-Canton rolled up 461 yards on the ground and 570 yards total offense in beating Faribault B.A. 62-19. Isaac Underbakke had three scores (one passing, two rushing) while the Kales (Tollefsrud and Eiken) each topped 100 yards on the ground with two rushing touchdowns. Spring Grove got the game-winning score with two-minutes to play to top W-K 26-14. M-C (4-0, … [Read more...]