Knights Blank M-C, Down #6 SG on Field Goal to Make Section Final It has been a pretty remarkable two years for Kingsland football, coming off many years that were not. For a second straight campaign, Matt Kolling’s group will play to go to state. They made it that far in about as memorable a way as possible. Kingsland (3-seed, 6-2) started with a quarterfinal matchup with … [Read more...]
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Spring Grove volleyball swept Lyle/Pacelli to finish off its regular season. Fillmore Central volleyball got 10 kills and 17 digs from Kyla Hellickson in topping Rushford-Peterson 3-0. The Falcons (8-2, 13-15) finish tied for second in the TRC with Cotter (8-2, 21-4) behind Chatfield (10-0, 24-4). Benita Nolt recorded her 1,000th career kill and L-O swept Schaeffer. Paisley … [Read more...]
Volleyball (10/28)
#2 Cougars Sweep SEC, Top GM in Showcase Match Mabel-Canton ended its regular season by finishing their SEC schedule perfectly, notching their 30th win, then winning another SEC East-West Showcase match. Lonnie Morken’s #2-ranked crew won its final league game by sweep of Southland (25-5, 25-14, 25-21). The Rebels biggest pop was setter Maren Wehrenberg getting to 1,000 … [Read more...]
Cross Country (10/28)
LARPH Boys Top Cotter at TRC Meet The Section 1A boy’s cross-country rivalry between Lewiston-Altura/Rushford-Peterson/Houston’s boys and Cotter/Hope Lutheran was again on full display at the Three Rivers Conference Meet. Last year’s state Section 1A representatives dueled to the end with a narrow gap separating the two. The Ramblers motus-operandi held true. Their top three … [Read more...]
Cross Country (10/8)
PEM Jodi Rahman Meet (Cotter/Hope Lutheran’s boys (43) nipped LARPH (46) for first. Chatfield (195) took seventh and LFC (209) ninth of 10 total complete teams. The Ramblers had the top three; Ryan Littlefield (16:14.2), Erik Semling (16:14.7), and Kellen Groth (16:27.2). LARPH put five in the top 15; Trey Hegland (4th > 16:32.5), Brennan Kunst (7th > 16:54.9), Aaron … [Read more...]
Hot Shots (10/21)
Cotter/Hope Lutheran (43) nipped a less-than-full-strength LARPH boys cross country team (46) at the PEM Meet. Trey Hegland (4th), Brennan Kunst (7th), and Aaron Ploetz (8th) finished top 10 for LARPH. LFC’s Autumn Rakosnik took a narrow second to Cotter/HL’s Sonja Semling while Chatfield’s Lexi Kivimagi took third, LARPH’s Caitlin Bauer sixth, and LFC’s Lillyan Kiehne 8th. … [Read more...]
Football (10/21)
Hungerholt Runs Wild over M-C as #5 LO/L/P Stays Perfect Mabel-Canton (3-3) controlled time of possession. The Cougars ran 67 offensive plays and amassed 313 yards of offense. Fifth-ranked LeRoy-Ostrander/Lyle/Pacelli (6-0) ran just 23 offensive plays. But Cardinal senior quarterback Camden Hungerholt ran wild and 23 plays netted 539 yards (23 yards per play) as visiting … [Read more...]
Volleyball (10/21)
#3 Chatfield Runs TRC Table, Repeats as Champion There is not much doubt. Chatfield volleyball is the best team in the Three Rivers Conference this year. Kristi Rindels’ Gophers won their final two league matches to go unblemished through the schedule. At home, they beat St. Charles 3-0 (25-9, 25-7, 25-21). Jaelyn LaPlante (10 kills, 5 digs, 16-16 serving, 5 aces) and Trindy … [Read more...]
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Ranked football teams rolled. Carson Rowland accounted for four total TDs (three rushing, one passing) as #3 in AA Chatfield whipped La Crescent/Hokah 52-8. Ethan Stendel accounted for four TDs (two rushing, two passing) as #5 Caledonia posted its fourth shut-out, blanking St. Charles 28-0. Chatfield (5-0, 6-0) leads the Southeast-White over Caledonia (4-1, 5-1) and #9 Cannon … [Read more...]
Football (10/14)
TD-Pass Hat Trick Propels #10 FC to First Place Fillmore Central football has owned the Mid-Southeast-Blue division the last two years. It seems it will be a hat trick for the Falcons. It took a hat trick, of touchdown passes, to put the Falcons in driver’s seat. In a big week six showdown, Chris Mensink’s Falcons (4-1, 4-1) took on Lewiston-Altura (4-1, 4-1) on the road in … [Read more...]
Volleyball (10/17)
Lions Take Set From #4 M-C, Cougars Win in Four For all intents and purposes, the SEC-East title was on the line as #4 in Class Mabel-Canton (9-0, 25-2) hosted Spring Grove (9-1, 15-5). The Lions have been about the only SEC team to test M-C over the years. That said, the Cougars whipped through SG 3-0 (25-22, 25-15, 25-18) on September 5. But like last year, the Lions got … [Read more...]
Cross Country (10/14)
Norms Hold True at Heartland Run For a second time this year, Lewiston-Altura/Rushford-Peterson/Houston cross country hosted a meet. At the top, a lot of this year’s running norms held true. LARPH boys won. LFC’s girls won. Their top runner, Autumn Rakosnik won. Starting with Matt Kingsbury’s host boys, it was not even remotely close. LARPH was one spot away from a perfect … [Read more...]
Cross Country: #4 LARPH Boys, #8 LFC Girls Win St. Charles Meet
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...]