At the Bill Glomski cross country meet in Stewartville, LFC’s Autumn Rakosnik took second and Chatfield’s Lexi Kivimagi third in an event with over 100 runners. Maddex Rodriguez ran for 127 yards but Houston’s final drive ran out of the time as they fell to Southland 21-14 in South-East football action. Cheyenne Bakken had 18 digs and 6 aces as Grand Meadow volleyball topped … [Read more...]
Football 9/9
L-O/L-P Downs Kingsland Behind Conversions and Late Score In a battle between Section 1 9-Man’s top two regular season teams from a year ago, LeRoy-Ostrander/Lyle-Pacelli senior quarterback Camden Hungerholt scored on a one-yard TD run with 2:34 left in the game to put the Cardinals ahead of Kingsland 35-26. The score, for all intents and purposes, put a penalty-laden, but … [Read more...]
Volleyball 9/9/24
Volleyball: Strong Programs Post Multiple Wins, Stay Unbeaten Mabel-Canton, Chatfield, Fillmore Central, and Caledonia could all be termed strong volleyball programs. Each team notched multiple wins, as the 2024 volleyball season had its first full week. #1 Cougars Down West Powers, Improve to 10-0 Mabel-Canton, ranked #1 in Class A, had three SEC matches, and came … [Read more...]
Football
2024 Prep Football Preview The 2024 season is year two of the new district alignment. Hence, nothing changes from last year as it pertains to districts and sections. Three Journal-covered squads enter the year coming off state runs. Kingsland broke a 20-year drought and progressed all the way to the 9-Man state finals before controversially and agonizingly falling. Fillmore … [Read more...]
Volleyball
SEC Volleyball - Season Openers (8/22 & 8/23) Lanesboro 3, LeRoy-Ostrander 2 > 25-19, 19-25, 22-25, 20-25, 17-15 (L: Jensyn Storhoff 24 assists, 4 aces; Ellie Howard 20 digs; Ava Rein 20 digs; Jentrey Schreiber 10 kills; Sari Rein 9 kills, 3 blks; Taylor Hanson 6 blks. L-O: Benita Nolt 15 kills, 12 digs, 2 blks, 2 aces; Brooke Jasper 5 kills 10 digs; Meah Stevens 20 … [Read more...]
2024 Area Prep Volleyball Preview
The 2023 high school volleyball season saw Mabel-Canton (14-0, 36-3) win its second straight Section 1A title and make state for a second straight year. Caledonia (9-1, 28-7) won the Section 1AA title and also made state. Each took fourth on the big stage. Fillmore Central (8-2, 23-8) was 1A runner-up, Chatfield (10-0, 26-3) made the 1AA final four, and Spring Grove (12-2, … [Read more...]
M-C Continues Discussion on Potential Bond Referendum
At the August 20 school board meeting, the Mabel-Canton School Board continued its discussion on a potential school bond referendum aimed at securing funding for facility upgrades. Chairman Cristal Adkins called the meeting of the Mabel-Canton School board to order at 6 p.m., followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. The board unanimously approved the meeting agenda with one … [Read more...]
Mabel-Canton Prepares for 2024-25 School Year
Note: The Mabel-Canton School Board article published in the July 22 issue was the incorrect article. We apologize for the error. Chairman Adkins called the July 16 meeting of the Mabel-Canton School board to order at 6 p.m. and led her colleagues in the Pledge of Allegiance. The board unanimously approved the revised agenda and the minutes from the June 18 regularly … [Read more...]
Two Teams, 19 Individuals Compete at National Trap Championships
Mabel-Canton finished 28th and Spring Grove 42nd among 261 qualifying high school trap teams at the 2024 national tournament in Mason, Mich/, on July 12-14. That put the Cougars among the top 11% and the Lions among the top 16% of the top teams in the nation. Individually, Spring Grove’s Taylor Reinhardt ranked 12th among 257 girls, and Rushford-Peterson’s Samual Finley 113th … [Read more...]
M-C Prepares For the New School Year
Chairperson Cristal Adkins called the July 18 regularly scheduled meeting of the Mabel-Canton School to order at 6 p.m. and led her colleagues in the Pledge of Allegiance. The board approved the meeting agenda as amended and the June 20 meeting minutes as written. Board members present included Cristal Adkins, Chris Miller, Mark Weidemann, Dustin Tollefsrud, Traci … [Read more...]