#2 Cougars Sweep SEC, Top GM in Showcase Match Mabel-Canton ended its regular season by finishing their SEC schedule perfectly, notching their 30th win, then winning another SEC East-West Showcase match. Lonnie Morken’s #2-ranked crew won its final league game by sweep of Southland (25-5, 25-14, 25-21). The Rebels biggest pop was setter Maren Wehrenberg getting to 1,000 … [Read more...]
Cross Country (10/28)
LARPH Boys Top Cotter at TRC Meet The Section 1A boy’s cross-country rivalry between Lewiston-Altura/Rushford-Peterson/Houston’s boys and Cotter/Hope Lutheran was again on full display at the Three Rivers Conference Meet. Last year’s state Section 1A representatives dueled to the end with a narrow gap separating the two. The Ramblers motus-operandi held true. Their top three … [Read more...]
Cross Country (10/8)
PEM Jodi Rahman Meet (Cotter/Hope Lutheran’s boys (43) nipped LARPH (46) for first. Chatfield (195) took seventh and LFC (209) ninth of 10 total complete teams. The Ramblers had the top three; Ryan Littlefield (16:14.2), Erik Semling (16:14.7), and Kellen Groth (16:27.2). LARPH put five in the top 15; Trey Hegland (4th > 16:32.5), Brennan Kunst (7th > 16:54.9), Aaron … [Read more...]
Soccer Playoffs (10/7 & 10/9)
(B) 1A Play-In > 9-seed Caledonia/Spring Grove/Houston 0, 8-seed PEM 1 (With the 9-seed, the Warrior boys fell in the section tournament opener at 8-seed P-E-M. During the regular season, the boys had lost once and tied once against the Bulldogs. P-E-M improved to 4-10-4 while C/SG/H closed the season at 1-13-1) (G) 1A Quarterfinal > 8-seed Caledonia/Spring … [Read more...]
Hot Shots (10/21)
Cotter/Hope Lutheran (43) nipped a less-than-full-strength LARPH boys cross country team (46) at the PEM Meet. Trey Hegland (4th), Brennan Kunst (7th), and Aaron Ploetz (8th) finished top 10 for LARPH. LFC’s Autumn Rakosnik took a narrow second to Cotter/HL’s Sonja Semling while Chatfield’s Lexi Kivimagi took third, LARPH’s Caitlin Bauer sixth, and LFC’s Lillyan Kiehne 8th. … [Read more...]
Football (10/21)
Hungerholt Runs Wild over M-C as #5 LO/L/P Stays Perfect Mabel-Canton (3-3) controlled time of possession. The Cougars ran 67 offensive plays and amassed 313 yards of offense. Fifth-ranked LeRoy-Ostrander/Lyle/Pacelli (6-0) ran just 23 offensive plays. But Cardinal senior quarterback Camden Hungerholt ran wild and 23 plays netted 539 yards (23 yards per play) as visiting … [Read more...]
Volleyball (10/21)
#3 Chatfield Runs TRC Table, Repeats as Champion There is not much doubt. Chatfield volleyball is the best team in the Three Rivers Conference this year. Kristi Rindels’ Gophers won their final two league matches to go unblemished through the schedule. At home, they beat St. Charles 3-0 (25-9, 25-7, 25-21). Jaelyn LaPlante (10 kills, 5 digs, 16-16 serving, 5 aces) and Trindy … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Ranked football teams rolled. Carson Rowland accounted for four total TDs (three rushing, one passing) as #3 in AA Chatfield whipped La Crescent/Hokah 52-8. Ethan Stendel accounted for four TDs (two rushing, two passing) as #5 Caledonia posted its fourth shut-out, blanking St. Charles 28-0. Chatfield (5-0, 6-0) leads the Southeast-White over Caledonia (4-1, 5-1) and #9 Cannon … [Read more...]
Football (10/14)
TD-Pass Hat Trick Propels #10 FC to First Place Fillmore Central football has owned the Mid-Southeast-Blue division the last two years. It seems it will be a hat trick for the Falcons. It took a hat trick, of touchdown passes, to put the Falcons in driver’s seat. In a big week six showdown, Chris Mensink’s Falcons (4-1, 4-1) took on Lewiston-Altura (4-1, 4-1) on the road in … [Read more...]
Volleyball (10/17)
Lions Take Set From #4 M-C, Cougars Win in Four For all intents and purposes, the SEC-East title was on the line as #4 in Class Mabel-Canton (9-0, 25-2) hosted Spring Grove (9-1, 15-5). The Lions have been about the only SEC team to test M-C over the years. That said, the Cougars whipped through SG 3-0 (25-22, 25-15, 25-18) on September 5. But like last year, the Lions got … [Read more...]