Three Rivers Conference Volleyball (10/3 & 10/5) St. Charles 0, #7 in A Fillmore Central 3 > 25-17, 25-10, 25-16 (FC: A. Britton 12 kills, 20-20 serving, 6 aces; Kammry Broadwater 10 kills, 9 digs 4 aces; Katie Pickett 11 assists, 7 digs; Aubrey Daniels 15 assists; Kyla Hellickson 7 digs) Southeast Conference Volleyball (10/2 - 10/5) Kingsland 3, Schaeffer … [Read more...]
Football: #9 Cardinals Win Another in Fourth, Await #10 Kingsland
To some degree, #9 in 9-Man LeRoy-Ostrander football (3-0, 4-0) has been the cardiac Cardinals. Their last four games have all been essentially decided in the fourth quarter. At better-than-winless Lanesboro (0-3, 0-4), the Cardinals led 14-6 at halftime and 22-6 in the third quarter only for the Burros to get back-to-back scores, the last a Mason Howard 28-yard TD run, to … [Read more...]
Volleyball
Southeast Conference Volleyball (9/26 & 9/28) Spring Grove 3, Houston 0 > 25-4, 25-15, 25-19 (SG: Jordis Neeley 5 kills, 7 aces; Joelle Halverson 8 kills, 3 aces; Sydney Holland 5 digs, 8 aces; Kendal VanMinsel 5 kills, 18 assists, 5 kills, 2 aces. H: Emily Botcher 4 assists, 5 total blks; Jorja Meyer 3 kills, 3 blks) Schaeffer Academy 0, #2 in A Mabel-Canton 3 > … [Read more...]
Football: Cardinals Move to 4-0 with Another Clutch Fourth Quarter
LeRoy-Ostrander can proudly hold up four fingers high. For a third straight week, the #10 in 9-Man Cardinals were clutch in the fourth quarter to post another big win. Trevor Carrier’s group (2-0, 3-0) trailed Southland (2-1, 3-1) 13-12 midway through the last quarter only for Logan Diemer to toss a 4th and 10, 22-yard half-back pass touchdown to Carter Sweeney for the 18-13 … [Read more...]
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Spring Grove football (4-0, 5-0) stayed perfect on the season with a 35-0 win over Alden-Conger/Glenville-Emmons. Jaxon Strinmoen had three total TDs and 100 yards receiving to lead the way. Bryce Berns also accounted for a trifecta of scores (two passing, one rushing). The #2 Lions (4-0, 5-0), #10 Kingsland (3-0, 4-0), and #9 L-O (3-0, 4-0) top the South-East. Cayden … [Read more...]
Volleyball 9/18-9/23
TRC Volleyball (9/19 & 9/21) #5 in AA Caledonia 3, Wabasha-Kellogg 0 > 25-23, 25-13, 25-12 (C: L. Koepke 20 kills, 12 digs; Braelyn Lange 10 kills; Emma Rommes 40 assists; Liv Myhre 13 kills; Emme Kittleson 12 digs) Lewiston-Altura 2, Rushford-Peterson 3 > 25-17, 23-25, 21-25, 26-24, 15-9 (R-P: T. Schneider 24 digs, 26-26 serving, 3 aces; Ava Helgemoe 15 kills; … [Read more...]
Volleyball (9/11-9/16)
SEC Volleyball (9/11 - 9/16) LeRoy-Ostrander 3, Lyle/Pacelli 0 > 25-10, 25-15, 25-17 (L-O: B. Nolt 20 kills (.455 hitting), 6 digs, 5 aces; B. Jasper 6 kills, 8 digs, 3 aces; K. McKenzie 5 kills, 24-26 serving, 7 aces; J. Olson 32 assists, 8 digs, 9-9 serving, 3 aces; K. Lewison 7 digs) Lyle/Pacelli 0, Lanesboro 3 > 25-23, 25-14, 25-20 (L: J. Storhoff 13 kills; 15 … [Read more...]
Football: Huge Fourth Allows L-O to Overtake #10 Houston
Late in the third quarter, it looked like #10 in 9-Man Houston (2-0, 3-0) had control. In a key early season South-East contest, the Hurricanes led LeRoy-Ostrander (1-0, 2-0) 50-28. L-O seemed incapable of getting a stop against Houston’s speedy ground attack. But then, the Cardinals put forth an epic fourth quarter. The defense only got stops. And junior quarterback Camden … [Read more...]
Volleyball: Larks Down L-O in Five Sets in Key SEC-West Matchup
Grand Meadow volleyball has won the last seven SEC-West titles. LeRoy-Ostrander took second place last year and entered the teams’ first matchup this year leading (4-1, 7-2) the Larks (3-2, 6-7) in the standings. The teams played a spirited affair that went the distance. The Cardinals were most determined team in game one. On top of winning, L-O had the priority of getting … [Read more...]
Football: Hungerholt’s Eight TDs Leads L-O to 2-0
LeRoy-Ostrander football won the 2021 9-man state title behind spectacular dual-threat QB Chase Johnson. But even he never accomplished what his successor did in week two of the 2023 season. Cardinal junior QB Camden Hungerholt lit up Alden-Conger/Glenville-Emmons both with his legs and his arm. On the ground, he ran 28 times for 283 and three TDs. Through the air, he was 11 of … [Read more...]
Cross Country: GMLOS Boys Take Second at Hayfield Invite
Second place finishes highlighted the Hayfield cross country invite, as it pertained to “Journal-covered” teams GMLOS and Chatfield. On the guys side, McKenzie Bradley’s GM group notched a team second place finish (63) by tying with Pine Island (63) but losing sixth runner tie-breaker. PI’s sixth took 30th, GMLOS’ 35th. Chatfield also competed, taking fifth of eight total … [Read more...]
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Kaaleem Reiland accounted for 349 total yards (126 rushing, 223 passing) and 6 total TDs as Kingsland football moved to 2-0 by beating Red Rock Central 63-21. LeRoy-Ostrander volleyball (3-1, 6-2) went 4-1 on the week including taking second at the Hayfield Invite. Cardinal setter Jenna Olson had 32 assists in a win over Kingsland. The Knights came back from down 0-2 to … [Read more...]
SEC Volleyball (9/5 & 9/7)
Schaeffer Academy 0, Spring Grove 3 > 25-9, 25-4, 25-8 (SG: Joelle Halverson 8 kills; Kendal VanMinsel 16 assists, 6 aces; Emerson Ingvalson 6 kills; Hailey Norman 5 kills; Isabel Kaufmann 5 aces; Jada Strinmoen 6 assists, 5 aces) Lanesboro 3, Houston 0 > 25-16, 25-15, 26-24 (L: Jensyn Storhoff 11 kills, 9 digs; Claire Keasling 19 assists, 3 aces; Ellie Howard 9 digs; … [Read more...]
Non-Conference Volleyball (9/5 – 9/9)
Lake City Tourney (Rushford-Peterson went 2-1, beating W-K 2-0 (25-23, 25-13) and Lake City (21-25, 25-20, 15-10) while losing to Red Wing 0-2 (14-25, 17-25). Trojan tourney leaders: T. Helgemoe (16 kills, 9 total blks, 5 aces), A. Drazkowski (37 assists), Lindsey Hoiness (10 kills, 21 digs, 6 aces), T. Schneider (18 digs). Trojans are 2-1, 5-2) Hayfield Tourney … [Read more...]
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Caledonia got two rushing and two passing TDs from QB Ethan Stendel as the Warrior football blanked Z-M 61-0. Kail Schott ran for 156 yards and 2 TDs and Parker Delaney threw three TDs as Chatfield crunched Pine Island 49-6. Jayce Kiehne had two rushing and two receiving TDs (101 yards receiving) while Chase Christianson completed seven of eight passes for 194 yards and … [Read more...]