The cross-country season is taking shape. The five Journal-covered programs all have kids with realistic shots at state. LFC’s Isaac Snyder and Lillyan Kiehne, LARP’s Ryan Prinsen, GMLOS’ McKenna Hendrickson, Chatfield’s Lexi Kivimagi and Aletta Strande, and Kingsland’s Garrison Hubka and Cole Kruegel have been the main standouts. Team-wise, LARPH’s boys and Chatfield’s girls … [Read more...]
Volleyball: Gophers Win PI Tourney, Improved to 22-1
It was a reduced week of volleyball on the whole. The TRC had just one day of league games while SEC matches saw top teams handle weaker ones. The biggest development was the ongoing outstanding season of the Chatfield Gophers. Team Chosen Valley beat La Crescent/Hokah 3-1 (24-26, 25-12, 25-14, 25-22) in their sole league game of the week. Jaelyn LaPlante had 21 (kills) and 15 … [Read more...]
Spring Grove girls complete season sweep of Schaeffer
Spring Grove served with 95% accuracy while completing a season volleyball sweep of visiting Schaeffer Academy on Sept. 20 with set scores of 25-10, 25-12, 25-8. Seven different SG servers had aces. Each team had four service errors, but SG served 14 aces and SA zero. Just as in the previous meeting, the Spring Grove Lions scored with 34 kills and a good 25% hitting efficiency. … [Read more...]
Lions linger until second half before subduing Southland
The Spring Grove defense was dominant; the Lion attack was inconsistent but yet explosive enough to excite the many fans who made the trip to Adams for the 33-14 road win over Southland on Sept. 30. Junior quarterback Elijah Solum had a hand in all five touchdowns – passing for three scores and running for two more. Tysen Grinde caught eight passes for 140 yards, including a … [Read more...]
Spring Grove gridders grill Grand Meadow, 47-16
Spring Grove grilled Grand Meadow, 47-16, on Sept. 24, snapping a four-game losing streak against the Superlarks with a balanced offense – 242 yards rushing, 223 yards passing - and a defense that forced 10 punts while limiting GM to 100 yards of offense. The Lions (4-0, 4-0 East)) overcame two first half turnovers to lead 27-8 at halftime. Grand Meadow (2-2, 1-2 East) … [Read more...]
Lions girls win Waukon Tournament, take Bronze title at Showcase
It was all Iowa competition on one Saturday and all Minnesota opposition the next Saturday. The Spring Grove volleyball girls did not drop a set while winning all six matches on the way to the championship of the Waukon (Iowa) Tournament on Sept. 17. A week later in Burnsville at the prestigious Class A Showcase, the Lions won three of five matches and the Bronze Division … [Read more...]
Spring Grove girls turn away Grand Meadow, 3-0
The Spring Grove volleyball girls scored five of the final six points to overtake visiting Grand Meadow in the first set and then went on to less dramatic decisions in the next two sets to sweep the Superlarks, 3-0 (25-23, 25-19, 25-15) on Sept. 22. Grand Meadow, the current the leader in the SEC West Division left the court at 8-5 (6-2 SEC). The state-ranked No. 9 Lions … [Read more...]
Lions girls surge early, Cougars control rest of state-ranked showdown
The Spring Grove girls took the exciting first set, but the rest of the night belonged to visiting Mabel-Canton, 3-1 (SG 26-24, M-C 25-11, 25-12, 25-13) in a Sept. 20 clash of top-ten, state-ranked volleyball teams. After winning their first 42 sets of the season, undefeated Mabel-Canton responded well to a setback. Shortly after the Cougars dropped their first set of the … [Read more...]
Game Stats (9/12-9/17)
Mid-Southeast Blue Football (9/16) Rushford-Peterson 19, Kenyon-Wanamingo 14 (R-P: G. Hengel 13-91, 2 TDs rushing, 3-15 receiving; Jonah Bunke 13-102 rushing; Riley Tesch 8 of 15, 120 yards, TD passing; Sampson Wilkemeyer 3-73, TD receiving; Dalton Hoel 2-32 receiving. R-P had first and goal trailing 14-13 in the fourth, but fumbled. One series later, Tesch hit Wilkemeyer … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Rushford-Peterson volleyball won the Wabasha-Kellogg Tourney. Nikki Schultz’s girls beat St. Anthony’s, Goodhue, and Medford in pool play, then LeRoy-Ostrander and W-K in the four-team first place bracket. R-P also beat Cotter 3-0 in TRC action while losing to La Crescent/Hokah in five sets. The Trojans improved to 2-3, 9-4. R-P football (1-1, 2-1) got a fourth quarter Grady … [Read more...]