Stewartville “Bill Glomski” Meet (Races shortened to 3,200-meters per heat/humidity. Byron (33) topped RAACHE (74) and Pine Island (108) for the girl’s team title. L/FC (186) took 7th, Chatfield (260) 8th, GMLOS (397) 14th, and Kingsland (433) 15th (of 15 teams). La Crescent/Hokah’s Maya Bartosova (12:05.2) and Hope Docan-Morgan (12:20.3) took first and second. Bartosova is a … [Read more...]
Football: Knights Honor Drees With Season-Opening Win
Kingsland football honored the tragic passing of would-be senior teammate Nathaniel Drees just days before fall practice began, with a season-opening win over Faribault B.A. In a game that was preceded by a tribute to Drees, with a lightening delay, and with a final score of 48-8 Kingsland, Matt Kolling’s group did not make it completely academic until a massive fourth quarter. … [Read more...]
Football: Cardinals Cage Lions
LeRoy-Ostrander/Lyle/Pacelli won 7 of 8 fourth-down battles to turn away visiting Spring Grove, 28-7. Quarterback Reid Hungerholt accounted for all four Cardinal touchdowns while amassing 400 yards of total offense (23-222 yards rushing, 9.7 avg. 3 TDs) and 178 yards passing (11 of 16, TD, no interceptions). But the L-O/L/P defense was equally adept. While the Cardinal attack … [Read more...]
Southeast Conference Volleyball (8/27)
Schaeffer Academy 0, LeRoy-Ostrander 3 > 25-13, 25-10, 25-11 (L-O: Miranda Nagel 9 kills, 8 aces; Maria Almaraz-Nolt 5 kills, 6 digs, 7 aces; Vanessa Lewis 18 assists, 3 aces; Madi Stern 5 kills; Tierney Schulte 5 digs, 12-12 serving, 5 aces. L-O had 25 aces on 73 total attempts but with 16 service errors. Cardinals > 1-0, 1-0) Lanesboro 2, Grand Meadow 3 > 25-14, … [Read more...]
2026 Prep Football Preview
The 2025 football season saw three area teams win section titles and make state. Mabel-Canton (11-1) ended a four-plus decades long drought in starting the year 11-0 and winning the Section 1 9-Man title, making state for the first time since 1981. Fillmore Central (10-1) started the year 10-0, grabbing its third 1A title in four years. Caledonia (9-3) added another state … [Read more...]
2026 Prep Volleyball Preview
A year ago, was another strong season for area volleyball teams. Chatfield (Section 1AA) and Fillmore Central (Section 1A) each repeated in winning their respective section titles. The Gophers (27-8) and Falcons (27-7) each went to state, bringing home hardware. Elsewhere, TRC champ Caledonia (26-6), SEC-East champ Mabel-Canton (29-4), and SEC-West champ Grand Meadow (22-7) won … [Read more...]
Ronnenberg, Volkart and Spring Grove Team Excel at State Trap Finale
Rushford-Peterson marksman Colton Ronnenberg, LeRoy-Ostrander super shooter Kimberley Volkart and the Spring Grove trap team all earned exceptionally high honors while competing versus the very best in Minnesota’s grand clay target finale on June 26. After tiebreakers, Spring Grove finished fourth among more than 400 teams, and Ronnenberg was state runner-up among more than … [Read more...]
Cougars, Trojans, Cardinals Capture State Clay Target Titles
Mabel-Canton in Class 4A, Rushford-Peterson in Class 3A and LeRoy-Ostrander in Class 2A, each won a state team championship at the Minnesota State High School Clay Target League’s annual state trap extravaganza at Alexandria. They were the first state clay target titles for a Journal-area team since Spring Grove captured three straight in 2017, 2018 and 2019. Going forward, … [Read more...]
State Track and Field: Goergen Walks Away with Two Titles to Lead GMLOKS
He is the first Journal-covered track and field athlete to win two individual state titles in the same season since RPH’s Noah Carlson grabbed three in 2015. Southland junior, GMLO-KS runner, Tate Goergen had himself a big couple days at the state track and field meet. He started in the prelims, where Goergen tied the all-time Class A 800-meter record time of 1:50.72 also set … [Read more...]
Track and Field: Boldt and Goergen Dominance Highlight 1A Meet
At the 2026 Section 1A track and field meet, a total of 44 kids from RPH, Chatfield, LFCMC, GMLOKS, and Caledonia/Spring Grove qualified for state. RPH’s girls were team champ, and nine Tro-Canes made state. Chatfield (12), LFCMC (11), and GMLOKS (10) got double-digits kids to state. Two sprinters … [Read more...]