The girls basketball season starts with some changes. This year is the first year of the shot clock. Mabel-Canton does not have enough for a squad, nor does Glenville-Emmons, so the SEC has just nine teams. It will be one big league (no divisions). M-C is sharing with Spring Grove. Section re-alignment took place. Notably, defending 1AA champion Goodhue is back in Section … [Read more...]
Volleyball: Post-Season Awards
It was a special year for area volleyball teams, both team-wise and individually. Mabel-Canton and Caledonia each made state. The Cougars were the SEC-East champions. Chatfield won the TRC. Fillmore Central was 1A runner-up. Grand Meadow and LeRoy-Ostrander shared the SEC-West. Spring Grove did not win anything per se, but went 22-7. Rushford-Peterson and Lanesboro both also … [Read more...]
M-C Receives $20,000 From Anonymous Donor
The Mabel-Canton School Board graciously accepted a $20,000 cash donation from an anonymous donor and expressed their thanks for generous donation, at the school’s regular meeting on November 21. Chairman Cristal Adkins called the meeting to order at 6 p.m. and led the board in the Pledge of Allegiance. Board members present included Cristal Adkins, Chris Miller, Mark … [Read more...]
Volleyball: Cougars Second Straight State Run Ends in Fourth Place Finish
After taking third place at state last year, including rallying from down 2-1 for a 3-2 win in their last match, Mabel-Canton’s 2023 experience was just a tad below their 2022 trip. Instead of rallying from down 2-1 for a 3-2 in the third-place match, they almost rallied from down 2-1 for a 3-2 win in the third-place match. They fell narrowly and were disappointed. But it … [Read more...]
Volleyball: #2 M-C Tops #7 FC, Cougars Repeat as 1A Champions
Ten years after the teams met for a 1A final (2013), Fillmore Central and Mabel-Canton did so again. Both teams battled hard to get there. The finals match was then an anti-climactic sweep after a wild week of action. Cougars Trek Through Goodhue, Defend Past Upstart Alden-Conger in Five Sets Defending 1A champ #2 Mabel-Canton (1-seed, 32-1) downed Goodhue (9-seed, 12-13) … [Read more...]
Football: Lions Return to 9-Man Finals, Oust ‘Cougs and Cards
Section 3-seed Spring Grove, last year’s state runner-up, returns to the 9-man section title game after avenging a regular-season loss to Mabel-Canton in the quarters and then upending LeRoy-Ostrander 27-20 in a snowy semi-final. At home in the 32-6 win against 6-seed Mabel-Canton (4-4), the Lions (6-2) scored on its first possession in each half and its first four … [Read more...]
Volleyball Playoffs
Section 1A Volleyball Playoffs (10/23 & 10/26) (Play-In) 17-seed Houston (5-21) 3, 16-seed Kingsland (8-17) 2 > 13-25, 20-25, 25-23, 25-19, 15-8 (H: Emily Botcher 14 kills, 7 digs, 11 assists, 4 aces; E. Carrier 18 digs; Jorja Meyer 6 kills; Avery Kingsley 3 kills, 11 digs, 5 aces; Cadence Koehler 14 digs, 5 aces; Olivia Yohe 11 assists, 12 digs, 3 aces. K: K. … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Early playoff volleyball action saw all the highest seeded area teams moved on to their section quarters. Houston (17-seed) came back from down 2-0 to beat Kingsland (16-seed) in a 1A play-in game 3-2 (13-25, 20-25, 25-23, 25-19, 15-8). Ella Carrier had 18 digs for the ‘Canes while Kadence Aarsvold had 39 digs for the Knights. Houston then fell to top-seed #2 M-C 3-0 … [Read more...]
Volleyball: #2 Cougars Finish Out Perfect SEC Loop, Dominate Showcase
It is about that time of year. It is about the time when Mabel-Canton volleyball finishes out its SEC schedule perfect and beats whoever the West has in the East-West Showcase contest. Only once in the last 10 years has that not happened; 2021 when GM won the Showcase. Lonnie Morken’s Cougars ended the SEC regular season by handling Southland 3-0 (25-18, 25-18, 25-11). It was … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Cayden Tollefsrud ran for 129 yards and 3 TDs while also returning a kick-off 90-yards for a score as Mabel-Canton ended the regular season by beating AC/G-E 46-20. The senior went over 1,000 yards rushing. The Cougars (4-4, 4-4) are Section 1’s 9-Man’s 6-seed, will play at 3-seed Spring Grove (6-2, 6-2). SG volleyball got eight aces from Jordis Neeley in beating L/P 3-0. The … [Read more...]
South-East District Football (10/18)
Alden-Conger/Glenville-Emmons 20, Mabel-Canton 46 (M-C: C. Tollefsrud 19-129, 3 TDs rushing, 90-yard KOR TD; Tyler Larson 9-80, 2 TDs rushing, 2-19 receiving; Isaac Underbakke 5-9, 68 yards passing; Darian Hershberger 2-42 receiving. ACGE had four straight first half possessions that ended in a fumble and M-C capitalized, leading 40-12 at halftime. The Cougars were 5 of 5 on … [Read more...]
M-C’s Morken was inducted into the Minnesota State High School Coaches Association Hall of Fame
On October 14, Mabel-Canton head volleyball coach Lonnie Morken was inducted into the Minnesota State High School Coaches Association Hall of Fame. Morken is only the fifth volleyball coach to receive such distinction. He is pictured alongside some of his current players and coaches. Morken is already a member of the Minnesota Volleyball Coaches Association Hall of Fame … [Read more...]
Volleyball: #2 Cougars Clinch 26th Straight SEC Title
Entering the week of Monday, October 9, it was mostly just a foregone conclusion Mabel-Canton volleyball would win the SEC-East. Sweeping 3-0 wins over Lanesboro and Houston made it official. M-C downed the Burros 25-13, 25-11, and 25-16. Tylar Wenthold had a season-high 11 kills. Sahara Morken (4 kills, 32 assists, 9 digs, 13-13 serving, 4 aces), Kinley Soiney (10 kills, … [Read more...]
Football: Conversion and Stops Propel #8 L-O Past M-C 51-50
In a 9-man game that featured a wild fourth quarter and 101 total points scored, it was a two-point conversion and back-to-back defensive plays that tipped the scales. Winners of three straight Mabel-Canton (3-3, 3-3) took on #8 LeRoy-Ostrander (4-1, 5-1), which entered having just dropped its first game to #6 Kingsland. The upstart Cougars led by double digits each half. … [Read more...]
M-C Requests Meeting with Decorah School District
The Mabel-Canton School Board discussed the Decorah tuition agreement in length at the board’s October 17 regularly scheduled meeting. The agreement ends at the end of this year unless it is extended. Superintendent Gary Kuphal first shared with the board that prior to the school board meeting Iowa families met to discuss the agreement and possible options. Kuphal has met with … [Read more...]
