In a South-East sub-district rivalry game, in a nutshell, Lanesboro is big, Mabel-Canton is smaller. That size helped the Burros to a win and eclipse last year’s victory total. The Cougars got enough big plays to stay in the game most of the way. Lanesboro never trailed, leading 8-0, 8-6, 14-6, 14-12, 22-12, and 22-18 at the half, as the teams exchanged scores. A pair of … [Read more...]
Football: Cardinals Slip Past Rival Superlarks
LeRoy-Ostrander/Lyle/Pacelli (2-0 South-East/overall) downed Grand Meadow (2-0 Southeast/overall) in a key sub-district battle by literally slipping past their rivals. In the series’ biggest game since 2021 (when the likes of Chase Johnson, Tanner Olson, Dusty Copley and Taylor Glynn battled), the Cardinals took down the Larks on a soggy field. With L-O/L/P up 14-6, one big … [Read more...]
Volleyball: #1 Falcons Pull Reverse Sweep of #8 Warriors
The volleyball matchup of #1 in Class A Fillmore Central (2-0 TRC, 7-1 overall) and #7 in Class AA Caledonia (2-1 TRC, 8-2 overall) was absolutely marquee. The teams in recent memory nearly always compete at the top of the conference (and their respective sections). For two sets, the Warriors looked primed to make the TRC race interesting. But FC battled back to the reverse … [Read more...]
Volleyball: Morken Wins #900, M-C’s Week Includes HCA Tourney Title
At the Heritage Christian Academy Tournament, Mabel-Canton coach Lonnie Morken became only the second person in Minnesota state high school volleyball history to amass his 900th career win. Morken did so in a 2-0 (25-11, 25-11) pool play win over Coon Rapids. For the tourney, the Cougars went 5-1, losing their first match of the year to West Lutheran 1-1 (14-25, 25-17) in pool … [Read more...]
Soccer (9/8 – 9/12)
(G) Caledonia/Spring Grove/Houston 0, D-E 4 (B) La Crescent/Hokah 7, Caledonia/SG/Hou 2 (G) Caledonia/SG/Hou 0, LC/H 6 (B) Cal/SG/Hou 1, Lake City 7 (Warriors > 0-2, 1-4) (G) Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial/Mankato-Loyola/St. Clair 0, Cal/SG/Hou 2 (Bristol Kuennen scored an unassisted goal, and Jordan King added a goal, assisted by Kya Deck for the Warriors. … [Read more...]
Cross Country (9/10)
Hayfield Meet (Rochester-Lourdes’ girls (34) took first over Blooming Prairie (42), PEM (99), St. Charles (103), Z-M/K-W (118), GMLOS (152), and JWP/WEM (161). Hayfield’s Hadley Doman (19:23.7) topped BP’s Gloria Hernandez (20:08.7) for first. GMLOS’ top finisher was Audrey Main (22:49.5) in 17th place (of 57). On the boys’ side, Z-M/K-W (35) topped Pacelli (36) by one point … [Read more...]
Non-Conference Volleyball (9/8 thru 9/12)
#7 in AA Caledonia 3, Winona 2 > 25-8, 20-25, 24-26, 25-15, 25-2 (C: A. Reinhart 22 kills, 14 digs, 5 aces; A. Lange 9 kills; E. Blum 9 kills, 9 digs; L. Augedahl 38 assists; Paizley Lange 13 digs, 28-32 serving, 4 aces; Lauren Goetzinger 11 digs, 4 aces) Rushford-Peterson 2, Red Wing 3 > 25-22, 17-25, 24-26, 25-23, 10-15 (R-P: A. Drinkall 41 digs; B. Schneider 15 … [Read more...]
Southeast Conference Volleyball (9/8 & 9/10)
Lyle/Pacelli 3, Grand Meadow 2 > 25-23, 25-23, 19-25, 25-27, 9-15 (GM: S. Braun 11 kills, 20 digs; Q. Schaalma 32 assists, 16 digs, 4 aces; Claire Munson 6 kills, 8 digs; Riley Bungum 11 kills; Rylee Holst 11 digs; Peyton Nordeng 16 digs.) Kingsland 3, Glenville-Emmons 2 > 25-20, 13-25, 25-23, 20-25, 15-10 (K: C. Drury-DeBoer 3 kills, 25 digs; Jill Moore 3 kills, 16 … [Read more...]
Three Rivers Conference Volleyball (9/10)
St. Charles 0, #7 in AA Caledonia 3 > 25-10, 25-16, 25-12 (C: Paizley Lange 8 kills, 17 digs; Ashlyn Reinhart 10 kills; Lily Augedahl 25 assists, 21-22, 3 aces; Lauren Goetzinger 9 digs; Elsa Blum 3 kills 9 digs; Adrienne Lange 4 kills) Dover-Eyota 3, Chatfield 0 > 18-25, 19-25, 17-25 (C: Cora Bicknese 6 kills, 17 digs; Brynn Tweten 12 assists; Addison Johnsrud 8 … [Read more...]
South-East Sub-District Football (9/11)
Lanesboro 22, Alden-Conger/Glenville-Emmons 28 (L: T. Tessum 10-131, 2 TDs, conversion rushing; Henry Semmen 12-58, conversion rushing; Braylon Hanson 71-yard TD pass to Quadyn Kettner. The Burros did not punt but had four total turnovers, two interceptions and two lost fumbles. The last fumble came in the final minutes on the Burros’ final drive with starting QB Tessum out … [Read more...]