South-East Football (9/29) Grand Meadow 14, Southland 33 (GM: Corbin Ludemann 15-91, 2 TDs rushing; Dalton Pischke 8-50 rushing. Southland (3-2, 4-2) led 28-6 at the half and 33-14 after three. Larks had just four passing yards. GM did break a two-game scoreless streak after suffering back-to-back shut-outs to state-ranked teams #7 Edgerton (38-0) and #10 Kingsland (57-0). … [Read more...]
Volleyball
Southeast Conference Volleyball (9/26 & 9/28) Spring Grove 3, Houston 0 > 25-4, 25-15, 25-19 (SG: Jordis Neeley 5 kills, 7 aces; Joelle Halverson 8 kills, 3 aces; Sydney Holland 5 digs, 8 aces; Kendal VanMinsel 5 kills, 18 assists, 5 kills, 2 aces. H: Emily Botcher 4 assists, 5 total blks; Jorja Meyer 3 kills, 3 blks) Schaeffer Academy 0, #2 in A Mabel-Canton 3 > … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Rushford-Peterson football got started on the easier second half of the season by beating Hayfield 28-8. Jaxson Meldahl ran for 128 yards and a TD to help the Trojans (1-4, 1-4) to their first win. Spring Grove volleyball swept matches with Houston and Schaeffer Academy. Mabel-Canton swept Schaeffer in its only match of the week. The #2 in Class A Cougars (9-0, 25-1) … [Read more...]
Football: #3 Falcons Slog Past R-P 12-6
Mother nature was the most dominant force. The Mid-Southeast rivalry game between #3 in Class A Fillmore Central (3-0, 3-0) and Rushford-Peterson (0-3, 0-3) was denoted by negative yardage plays, balls-on-the-ground, and turnovers. The teams slogged through rain from start to finish. Collectively, they combined for less than 60 yards total offense. But for a second straight … [Read more...]
Cross Country: Newcomers Tally Titles
The week in cross country for “Journal-11” programs included meets in Rushford and Pine Island. Two cross country newcomers arrived on the scene by tallying individual titles to highlight the action. Rakosnik/Kreidermacher Win LARPH’s First Invite LARPH hosted its first of two cross country invites. Rushford’s Ferndale Golf Course was the site. Just three teams, the hosts, … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Spring Grove football (4-0, 5-0) stayed perfect on the season with a 35-0 win over Alden-Conger/Glenville-Emmons. Jaxon Strinmoen had three total TDs and 100 yards receiving to lead the way. Bryce Berns also accounted for a trifecta of scores (two passing, one rushing). The #2 Lions (4-0, 5-0), #10 Kingsland (3-0, 4-0), and #9 L-O (3-0, 4-0) top the South-East. Cayden … [Read more...]
Volleyball 9/18-9/23
TRC Volleyball (9/19 & 9/21) #5 in AA Caledonia 3, Wabasha-Kellogg 0 > 25-23, 25-13, 25-12 (C: L. Koepke 20 kills, 12 digs; Braelyn Lange 10 kills; Emma Rommes 40 assists; Liv Myhre 13 kills; Emme Kittleson 12 digs) Lewiston-Altura 2, Rushford-Peterson 3 > 25-17, 23-25, 21-25, 26-24, 15-9 (R-P: T. Schneider 24 digs, 26-26 serving, 3 aces; Ava Helgemoe 15 kills; … [Read more...]
Cross Country (9/23)
Winona Invite (LARPH’s boys (73) took fourth to Belle Plaine (27), Winona-Senior (71), and RAACHE (72) while Chatfield took seventh (of eight full teams). Belle Plaine’s Ezra Fahey (17:26.3) took first over Sioux Falls-Jefferson’s Kieran Weigelt (17:27.1). LARPH’s Ryan Prinsen (14th place > 18:23.1), Wyatt Kreidermacher (17th > 18.36.6), Aaron Ploetz (20th > 18:43.5), … [Read more...]
Caledonia vs. R-P Volleyball
The Trojans were able to take set two from the Warriors, but Cal posted a 3-1 win (25-17, 21-25, 25-14, 25-12) to stay perfect in TRC play.Photo by Paul Trende … [Read more...]
Football (9/15 & 9/16)
South-East Football (9/15 & 9/16) Mabel-Canton 26, Southland 29 (M-C: C. Tollefsrud 21-100, 2 TDs rushing, 3-55, TD receiving, 86-yard KOR TD (opening kickoff); Tyler Larson 14-118 rushing; Isaac Underbakke 5-16, 67 yards, TD passing. M-C jumped to a 14-0 first quarter lead and led 20-14 at halftime. Southland scored the third quarter’s only points to head to the fourth … [Read more...]
Volleyball (9/11-9/16)
SEC Volleyball (9/11 - 9/16) LeRoy-Ostrander 3, Lyle/Pacelli 0 > 25-10, 25-15, 25-17 (L-O: B. Nolt 20 kills (.455 hitting), 6 digs, 5 aces; B. Jasper 6 kills, 8 digs, 3 aces; K. McKenzie 5 kills, 24-26 serving, 7 aces; J. Olson 32 assists, 8 digs, 9-9 serving, 3 aces; K. Lewison 7 digs) Lyle/Pacelli 0, Lanesboro 3 > 25-23, 25-14, 25-20 (L: J. Storhoff 13 kills; 15 … [Read more...]
Rushford-Peterson’s New Teachers
Introducing the two new teachers on the Rushford-Peterson School staff this year – Kendra Vix is teaching middle school and high school, and David Jewison is teaching sixth and eighth grade science, math/reading enrichment, and a variety of exploratory classes, such as: finance, STEM, typing capstone and study skills. Kendra Vix graduated from Rushford-Peterson in 2014. … [Read more...]
Cross Country: Prinsen/LARPH Boys Win D-E Invite
LARPH, LFC, GMLOS and Kingsland all took on the 5,000-meter Dover-Eyota Cross Country Invite. The defending multi-time state representative LARPH boys came away with their first team win of the season. They also had the individual champ. Matt Kingsbury’s guys (35) not only topped RAACHE (62) and Lake City (71), but seven of their runners finished top 20. The next best team was … [Read more...]
Mid-Southeast Football (9/8 & 9/9)
Faribault B.A. 22, Rushford-Peterson 14 (R-P: Caden Johnson 7 of 12, 126 yards, 2 TDs, INT passing; Sampson Wilkemeyer 2-40, TD receiving; Jonah Bunke 12-39 rushing; Jaxon Meldahl 4-35 rushing; Dominick Corcoran 45-yard TD reception. R-P led 6-0 after one quarter and 14-8 at the half. B.A. hit a 65-yard TD pass to start the second half, then took advantage of a Trojan fumble, … [Read more...]
TRC Volleyball (9/5 & 9/7)
Dover-Eyota 0, #8 in AA Chatfield 3 > 25-13, 25-11, 25-10 (C: Jaelyn LaPlante 14 kills, 7 digs; Trindy Barkeim 8 kills; Harper Goldsmith 8 kills, 18 assists, 6 digs; Cora Bicknese 9 digs, 3 aces; Hannah Tweten 10 assists, 3 aces. Gophers > 2-0, 5-1) St. Charles 0, Rushford-Peterson 3 > 25-10, 25-7, 25-14 (R-P: Tayler Helgemoe 3 kills, 13-13 serving, 4 aces, 5 total … [Read more...]