The Week of Monday, October 3 had area cross country teams hosting meets. Chatfield held its annual run at Chosen Valley Golf Course on Tuesday while LARPH hosted at Lewiston’s Heartland GC Thursday. Kivimagi/Strande Go 1-2 at Gopher Home Meet Chatfield’s home cross country meet featured two of the five ‘Journal 11’ teams, the Gophers and Kingsland. Twelve total squads … [Read more...]
Volleyball: Rivals Battle for Positioning
Volleyball the week of Monday, October 3 had rivals battling for league positioning. The big-ticket match was in the TRC, where league undefeated teams, former often AA play-off foes, Caledonia and Chatfield, did battle. Size Propels Warriors Past Gophers in TRC Showdown It was the biggest TRC match to date (and precursor to a huge football game). Caledonia (6-0, … [Read more...]
Bunke Run, Hengel Interception, Propel Trojans to OT Victory
Overtime games don’t happen too frequently in high school football. Rushford-Peterson (3-1, 4-1) got a taste versus Randolph (2-2, 3-2) in week six Mid-Southeast action. The Rockets led 14-7 at halftime. The game was then tied 14-14, 20-20, and 28-28. R-P held leads of 20-14 and 28-20 in the second half. A Grady Hengel to Dawson Bunke 1-yard pass (plus conversion pass) gave the … [Read more...]
GM Rallies with 38 Fourth Quarter Points to Down Rebels
Grand Meadow (2-2, 3-2) trailed winless Southland (0-5, 0-5) at one point 34-12 in the third quarter and 34-18 heading to the fourth, before pulling off a ridiculous comeback win. The game started with two Rebel scores in the first quarter followed by two Lark scores. Southland led 14-12 in the second quarter before scoring 20-unanswered points for a 34-12 lead early in the … [Read more...]
Football: #1 Chatfield and #3 Caledonia Battle
Week six of the football season featured the Class AA battle of #1 Chatfield and #3 Caledonia. Gutsy Call Ensures #1 Gophers Big Win Over #3 Warriors It was a big game; #3 in AA Caledonia (4-0, 5-0) at #1 in AA Chatfield (3-0, 5-0). It was a physical defensive battle between standout football program coached by long tenured men (Carl Fruechte, Jeff Johnson) in … [Read more...]
Spring Grove girls in control at Kingsland
State-ranked No. 9 Spring Grove met little resistance while dismissing Kingsland 3-0 (25-11, 25-8, 25-7) in Spring Valley on Oct.6.The Knights trailed throughout except for scoring the first point of the second set before the Lions scored the next 13 points. The Grove girls attacked with 33 kills and only 8 hitting errors and served 95% with 14 kills and only 4 misfires. The … [Read more...]
Spring Grove gridders go to 6-0 with high-scoring Homecoming win
Tysen Grinde scored with a game-opening 81-yard kickoff return, a 44-yard punt return and a 51-yard pass reception as state-ranked No, 5 Spring Grove celebrated Homecoming with a 50-21 win against LeRoy-Ostrander on Saturday, Oct. 8. Elijah Solum threw for 3 touchdowns and ran 52 yards for the last Lion TD. Already the league leader in total offense completed14 of 19 passes … [Read more...]
Lion girls survive four-set struggle versus Lanesboro
Trailing Lanesboro 20-16 in the fourth set, state-ranked No. 9 Spring Grove avoided a fifth set by winning 9 of the final 11 points to win the match, 3-1 (22-25, 25-22, 25-19, 25-22) and complete a season sweep of the Burros. It was exciting with three 25-22 set scores, but it was an inconsistent evening for both teams. It was a rare occasion in which the team with the most … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Jovial King had 31 assists as Caledonia volleyball stayed TRC perfect with a 3-0 sweep of W-K. The Warriors (6-0, 11-8) are two wins behind Chatfield (8-0, 22-1) in the TRC standings. L-O volleyball won its two SEC matches on the week, beating L/P and G-E 3-0. Jenna Olson had 32 assists versus the Athletics. Jordan Runde had 19 (kills) and 14 (digs) and 4 (aces) versus the … [Read more...]
Football Week Five: Top Teams Continue Tear
The Fillmore County Journal Sports covers 11 football teams. After five weeks, five are still undefeated. Two more have just one loss. Chatfield (#1 in AA), Caledonia (#3 in AA), Fillmore Central (#6 in A), Lanesboro (#3 in 9-man), and Spring Grove (#6 in 9-man) all won to move to 5-0. R-P and M-C posted “Ws” to move to 4-1. #1 Gophers Pick LCH’s Bones Ahead of … [Read more...]