After a 1-4 start to the season, Lanesboro volleyball posted a 5-1 on the week, winning two best-of-five affairs in non-sweeping fashion, then going 3-1 at the Waukon Tourney. At LeRoy-Ostrander, the Burros yielded set one (18-25), but fought to close wins in the next three (25-21, 25-21, 27-25) for the 3-1 win. Emma Ruen (7 kills, 15 assists, 16 digs) led the way with help … [Read more...]
Football: Defense And Ground Game Lead Warriors to 3-0
Caledonia’s defense held Triton to nine yards rushing and intercepted Cobra quarterback Graden Thomas three times. The offense clipped off 6.5 yards per carry as Carl Freuchte’s Warriors stayed perfect courtesy of a win in Dodge Center. Triton’s first drive took seven-plus minutes off the clock, but yielded zero points. A 28-yard Grant King to Chase Hauser screen pass touchdown … [Read more...]
Football: Gophers Rally in Week Three, Top Bombers
A week two 20-0 loss at Dover-Eyota was not what Chatfield football fans have become accustomed to under Coach Jeff Johnson. But in week three, Chatfield rallied the wagons versus Cannon Falls. After losing the turnover battle 4-0 versus D-E, Chatfield won turnovers versus the Bombers 4-0. The Gophers led 21-6 at halftime. Twice after, CF made it interesting. Both times, … [Read more...]
Football: Semmen Helps Burros Bull Past Mabel-Canton
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...]