Journal-covered cross country teams LARPH, LFC, Chatfield, GMLOS and Kingsland all took part in the St. Charles cross country meet. The host Saints, Stewartville, Dover-Eyota, La Crescent/Hokah and PEM also competed. The boys side had nine full teams and the girls side 10. LARPH’s boys (27) won their second meet of four competed by easily topping nearest foes Stewartville (66) … [Read more...]
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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...]
Volleyball (10/7)
#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...]
Football (10/7)
#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...]
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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...]
Football (9/30)
#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...]
Volleyball (9/30)
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...]
Cross Country (9/30)
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...]
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Kingsland (2-1, 2-1) ran for 406 yards and eight touchdowns in beating Lanesboro 67-7. Kaaleem Reiland had four total scores (three rushing) with 135 yards on the ground to lead the way. Fillmore Central (2-1, 2-1) ran for 331 yards and six touchdowns in beating Faribault B.A. 54-16. FC volleyball beat Cotter 3-1 and PEM 3-0. Kyla Hellickson had 33 digs in the win over the … [Read more...]
Football (9/23)
#6 Gophers Down #1 Warriors in Big Early Season Game In another chapter of their rivalry, ranked AA teams #6 Chatfield (2-0) and #1 Caledonia (2-0) did battle in a big week three showdown. Plays late in the second and third quarters majorly helped determine the verdict. Leading 6-0, with first half waning, Chatfield got back-to-back big pass plays. Quarterback Carson Rowland … [Read more...]
Volleyball (9/23)
Cougars Improve to 19-0 with Eight Win Week, Heritage Title The #2-ranked team in Class A volleyball kept plugging along with an eight-win week which included the Heritage Christian Academy tourney title. Mabel-Canton first went through SEC foes Kingsland and Lanesboro in straight sets. The Knights fell 25-11, 25-5, and 25-9. Sahara Morken had 28 assists, 6 digs, and 5 aces … [Read more...]
Cross Country (9/23)
Burro Girls Claim First at D-E Meet Top runner Autumn Rakosnik ran away with the individual crown and Ellen Cullen’s LFC girls team put their five scoring runners all in the top 20 to claim the Dover-Eyota cross country meet team title. Rakosnik ran with section foes and 2023 state qualifiers Olivia Yotter of Lake City and Lexi Kivimagi of Chatfield for a while before … [Read more...]
LeRoy-Ostrander Schools Welcomes Two New Teachers
Two enthusiastic teachers have joined the team at LeRoy-Ostrander Schools this year. Katie Bakke is the new second-grade teacher, and Ian Thomason is the district’s middle and high school special education teacher. Both teachers, who are commuting from Stewartville, bring unique backgrounds and teaching philosophies to their classrooms. Katie Bakke Katie Bakke’s journey to … [Read more...]
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LeRoy-Ostrander/Lyle-Pacelli football wrecked Westbrook-Walnut Grove 55-6 to improve to 2-0 on the year. The Cardinals got pick sixes from Carter Sweeney and Reid Hungerholt. Sweeney also caught two scores. Kingsland (1-1, 1-1) rebounded from a loss to L-O/L-P by smacking GM 58-16. Kaaleem Reiland threw four TD passes on just five attempts, Zach Reiland topped 100 yards on the … [Read more...]
Football (9/16)
Football: Warriors Post Second Shutout in 1AA Title Game Rematch In a rematch of last year’s 1AA title game, Caledonia (1-0) progressively but convincingly subdued Dover-Eyota (0-1) in a Southeast White affair. For a second straight week, the Warrior defense was stout. The Eagles were held to 121 yards offense and they never found the end zone, though D-E played enough ball … [Read more...]