Blake Hubbard rushed for 288 yards and had three total touchdowns (two rushing, pick six), while Parker Armagost added 193 yards and three rushing touchdowns as Grand Meadow ran for 582 yards in beating Faribault B.A. 58-18. Hubbard surpassed 1,000 yards rushing. The Larks (5-3 South-East/overall) are Section 1 9-Man’s 4-seed, will host 5-seed Kingsland (5-3, 5-3). Reid … [Read more...]
Volleyball: Five Set Wins Lead M-C to Shared East Title, Showcase Win
It was unheard of for decades. Coming off a 3-0 loss to Spring Grove which ended Mabel-Canton volleyball’s 231-match SEC win streak, M-C started their next/last league match by dropping sets one and two to Grand Meadow. M-C had thus lost five straight SEC sets, and they were flirting with a second straight SEC loss after not losing in league since 2009. And GM had controlled … [Read more...]
Cross Country (10/13)
Austin Meet (Pacelli’s boys (51) topped Winona (58) followed by Kasson-Mantorville (82), RAACHE (104), Austin (128), Byron (130), Albert Lea (215), BP (227), La Crescent/Hokah (251), and GMLOS (275). Winona’s Kedrick Boucek (15:40.8) topped Pacelli’s Zemecha McMannus (15:49.1) for first. Ethan Schnable (18:04.5) took 32nd (of 82) to lead GMLOS. Byron’s girls (51) topped RAACHE … [Read more...]
Southeast Conference Volleyball (10/12 & 10/13)
Kingsland 0, LeRoy-Ostrander 3 > 25-23, 25-22, 25-23 (L-O: M. Stern 13 kills, 18 digs; Vanessa Lewis 25 assists, 14 digs; T. Schulte 15 digs; Maria Almaraz-Nolt 13 digs; Kim Volkart 3 kills, 9 digs, 17-18 serving; Mabel Johnson 7 kills; Maci Guttormson 5 kills. K: Sydney Wendt 12 assists, 15 digs; Chloe Drury-DeBoer 13 digs; Kenidy Fenton 7 digs; Taylor Lawson 3 kills, 7 … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Blake Hubbard had his second straight huge game, rushing for 268 yards, 3 TDs, and three conversions on just 13 carries as Grand Meadow downed W-K 60-18. The Larks rushed for eight touchdowns. R-P football fell at Dover-Eyota 21-7. Each team walked out with 5-2 records. Hunter Wollenburg caught seven passes for 102 yards and a score but L-O/L/P lost to South-East leader AC/G-E … [Read more...]
Southeast Conference Volleyball (10/6 & 10/8)
Grand Meadow 3, LeRoy-Ostrander 1 > 25-16, 24-26, 25-14, 25-8 (GM: Q. Schaalma 18 assists, 11 digs, 26 of 29 serving, 6 aces; Rylee Holst 15 digs; Alyvia Olson 4 kills, 10 digs; Claire Munson 9 kills; Holly Weiss 5 kills, 5 digs; Riley Bungum 5 kills, 6 digs; Peyton Nordeng 7 digs, 3 aces. L-O: Madi Stern 11 kills, 8 digs; Tierney Schulte 15 digs; Maria Almaraz-Nolt 4 kills, … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Bently Wiersma ran for 223 yards and four TDs as Kingsland football (3-3 SEC, 3-3 overall) topped W-K 51-20. Chatfield’s Hunter Polikowsky notched his fourth straight 100-yard rushing game (128 yards, TD) as Chatfield (4-2 Yellow, 4-2 overall) beat St. Charles 21-10. Fillmore Central volleyball, up to #2 in Class A in the latest poll, notched wins over R-P and LC/H each 3-0 … [Read more...]
Football: Burros Deck Cards in Game of Second Place Teams
Both Lanesboro (4-1, 4-1) and LeRoy-Ostrander/Lyle/Pacelli (4-1, 4-1) entered their week six game tied for second place in the South-East with Spring Grove (4-1, 4-1) behind Alden-Conger/Glenville-Emmons (5-0, 5-0). Despite the even records, the home Burros walked out with a resounding victory. James Semmen’s group scored TDs and converted two on each of their first six … [Read more...]
Southeast Conference Volleyball (9/28 thru 10/1)
LeRoy-Ostrander 0, #10 in Class A Mabel-Canton 3 > 25-12, 25-9, 25-8 (M-C: Braylee Stortz 15 kills, 5 kills; G. Rein 23 assists, 6 digs; E. Halverson 6 kills; Mya Tweten 6 kills; Kaylee Kleppe 12 digs, 15-15 serving 2 aces; Lauren Burke 8 digs; Livia Garness 6 digs; Ally Siskow 4 kills. L-O: Maria Almaraz-Nolt 5 kills, 10 digs; Vanessa Lewis 12 assists, 8 digs; Tierney … [Read more...]
Cross Country: LARPH Stars Each Take First at St. Charles Meet
It does not happen too often that a cross-country team has the individual male and female champion at a meet. That type of thing has become common place this year for Lewiston-Altura/Rushford-Peterson/Houston. Matt Kingsbury has had a lot very good guy runners over the years, but … [Read more...]