It has been awhile since Lanesboro football posted a truly marquee victory. Their last great win probably dates to 2013, when the (Niko Anderson) Burros (over the course of two days, oddly) beat eventual state champion Grand Meadow. Lanesboro finished 8-2, losing to GM in the 9-Man semifinals. That was the Burros last season of note. Until, that is, this year. Entering … [Read more...]
Lark Football Downs Houston, Stays Perfect at 5-0
Through the first four weeks of the season, GM football overcame obstacle after obstacle. They beat the defending state champions. They beat a couple rivals. They beat a fellow state ranked team. Gary Sloan’s group hurdled Mountain Lake, Spring Grove, LeRoy-Ostrander, and Southland to stay unbeaten. Their week five opponent also was of significance. GM trekked to Houston … [Read more...]
Cougars Johnson/Tollefsrud Run Wild
Mabel-Canton football has never been shy about running the football under Coach Karl Urbaniak. Versus Kingsland, the Cougars made the Knights beet red with all the running. Senior Gavin Johnson ran for 250 yards on 39 carries with 4 TDs. Freshman Cayden Tollefsrud ran for 249 yards on 18 carries and 2 TDs. The duo accounted for all six Cougars TDs and all five two-point … [Read more...]
Points Off Turnovers Propels Gophers
Usually, the phrase points-off-turnovers is used in basketball. Chatfield (3-1) football took out Triton (3-1) as a result of turnovers directly leading to points. Triton turned the ball over three straight possessions in the second quarter, at one point running just two offensive plays but racking up three miscues (interception on first play of a possession, fumble on a … [Read more...]
Bunke Tosses Six TDs in Trojan Win
In a Thursday night football game, Rushford-Peterson quarterback Malachi Bunke had his way with the Cotter Ramblers. The junior threw 13 total passes and nearly half went for TDs. Bunke went 13 of 23 for 314 yards, 6 TDs, and zero interceptions, as the Trojans cruised past Cotter 58-12. The Trojans’ QB used senior wide receiver Kobe Lind (6-116, 3 TDs receiving) and junior … [Read more...]
Falcon Football Wins Second Straight
After a 0-3 start to the season, Fillmore Central football beat Hayfield 32-8 to win its second straight contest. A trio of Falcons posted multiple TDs. Two topped 100 yards rushing. Falcon senior QB Zach Haugerud (10-112, TD rushing, 5-8, 82 yards, 2 TDs passing) authored a trio of scores, hitting classmate Carson Kiehne (12-58 rushing, 4-59, 2 TDs receiving) on a pair of … [Read more...]
Falcon Volleyball Gets Revenge, Improves to 7-1
On October 19, Chatfield volleyball opened some eyes by beating FC 3-1 in an early season TRC match. It was set to be the first of two games between the two squads. The re-match was scheduled for November 16 in Preston. But the TRC has multiple schools on distance learning. There are teams that aren’t playing. In a quick bit of scheduling between Athletic Directors Dan … [Read more...]
Cougar VB Stays Unbeaten
In many ways, sports campaigns this season are unfair to many involved. The silver lining is, at least there is a season, particularly for the teams who stay COVID-free enough to keep playing. For M-C volleyball, the season in unfair in that there aren’t any big weekend tourneys against tougher competition. With a 150-plus SEC match win-streak going, playing only SEC matches … [Read more...]
Burro VB Improves to 8-1
Lanesboro volleyball continued its excellent season. Julie Schreiber’s group rode it three-headed hitting attack to two more conference wins. The Burros first took out Houston in a tough three-set battle, 25-22, 26-24, 25-20. Kaci Ruen (12 kills, 6 digs), Jessie Schreiber (11 kills, 7 digs), and Sydney Taylor (7 kills, 12 digs, 14-14 serving) notched 30 of Lanesboro’s 35 … [Read more...]
Grove Girls Shackle Schaeffer, Houston
Spring Grove volleyball improved to 6-3 with a second 3-0 sweep of 0-7 winless Schaeffer Academy (25-7, 25-13, 25-20) and a far more competitive 3-1 victory over Houston (25-10, 25-19, 23-25, 25-17). For the week, Maggie Lile served 32-for-34 with 9 aces. Against Schaeffer, a dozen Grove girls had kills and seven had assists as SG employed the entire lineup. SG had 28 kills … [Read more...]