The Section 1 9-Man Final is set. It will be Spring Grove (2-seed, 7-3) versus Lanesboro (1-seed, 8-2). Third Quarter Fumbles Doom Knights, GM Rides Hubbard to Quarterfinal Win In a first-round Section 1 9-Man matchup, 5-seed Kingsland (5-3) trailed 4-seed Grand Meadow (5-3) 8-6 at the half. But turnovers and a massive game from senior Blake Hubbard propelled the … [Read more...]
Volleyball: Cougars Sweep L-O, Beat A-C in Four, Make 1A Semis
A young Mabel-Canton team has had its inconsistencies this year, but won two play-off games to earn a berth in the 1A semis. Versus 13-seed LeRoy-Ostrander (11-14) in the Round of 16, M-C (4-seed, 22-8-1) posted a 3-0 sweep (25-7, 25-9, 25-13). Freshman Braylee Stortz had 15 kills on .636 hitting plus 5 digs. Ella Halverson (10 kills, 18-20 serving, 5 aces), Gwen Rein (29 … [Read more...]
South-East Sub-District Football (10/20 & 10/21)
Spring Grove 7, #7 in 9-Man Alden-Conger/Glenville-Emmons 20 (SG: C. Gerard 14-125, TD rushing, 8 tackles; Sam Klug 15 tackles. With their statistical offensive leader Dylan Halverson out injured, the Lions managed only 70 yards of total offense but defensively limited undefeated the Knights (8-0) to fewer than half of its 47-point scoring average. The Lions (5-3 South-East, … [Read more...]
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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...]
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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...]
Volleyball: Spring Grove Ends M-C’s 231-Match SEC Win Streak
Spring Grove upended next-door rival and perennial Class A volleyball juggernaut Mabel-Canton 3-0 (25-21, 25-14, 25-19). It had been eight years and 19 matches since the Lions had defeated the Cougars in the two-set championship match at the 2018 Mabel-Canton Classic. It has been 30 years (1996) since the Grove girls had downed the Cougars in a best-of-five-set match. Until … [Read more...]
Mabel-Canton’s New Teachers Share Their Stories
Mabel-Canton Public Schools recently welcomed three new teachers: Abigail (Abby) Henry, Wyatt Murphy, and Nathaniel (Nate) Kroshus. Henry teaches middle school science and K-6 ADSIS reading intervention; Murphy teaches physical education and health for grades 7-10, economics for grade 10, and government for grade 12; and Kroshus teaches band for grades 5-12 and elementary … [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...]
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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...]