It is pretty easy to be overshadowed on the volleyball front when it comes to the teams the Fillmore County Journal covers.   Mabel-Canton, Fillmore Central, Grand Meadow, Lanesboro, Kingsland, Chatfield, and Spring Grove are all (well) above .500.  With a 2-0 week, Lindsay Milks’ LeRoy-Ostrander Cardinals moved their name into that plus-500 group.  The Cards first swept … [Read more...]

After falling to Fillmore Central, Chatfield volleyball (5-2) re-grouped by beating Caledonia 3-2.  The Gophers (5-1, 5-2) came back from down 2-sets-to-0.  Sydney Allen had 38 assists and 17 digs to key the effort.  Kingsland volleyball topped Southland 3-2 in a five-match set.  Ellie Buchholtz had 30 kills and Alyssa Link 40 assists for the Knights (5-1, 5-2).  L-O (3-2) … [Read more...]

L-O 29, Nicollet 18 (LO: C. Johnson 22-125, TD rushing, 3-10, 50 yards, INT passing; I. Collier 23-126, 2 TDs rushing, 2-25 receiving; Peyton Roe 9-76, TD rushing.  Cardinals scored in every quarter, leading 14-6 at halftime and 21-12 after three)  SG 36, L/P 22 (SG (3-2) won at L/P (2-3) with a second-half shutout. The Athletics had only 23 yards of offense in the second … [Read more...]

PEM 3, R-P 0 > 26-28, 23-25, 19-25 (R-P: Kaylee Ruberg 11 kills, 16 digs; Alyvia Eide 19 digs; Isabelle Kahoun 16 assists, 16-16 serving, 3 aces, 6 digs; Hannah Ronnenberg 3 kills, 16 digs, 21-21 serving; Hailey Jenkins 10 digs.  Ruberg had 11 of R-P’s 21 kills.  Trojan had 72 digs as a team.  The Bulldogs improved to 5-1.  R-P is 2-4, 2-5)  Southland 2, Kingsland 3 > … [Read more...]

To start the season, Grand Meadow football’s schedule wasn’t easy.  Week one they played at Mountain Lake, the defending state 9-man champions.  Week two, they hosted South-East rival Spring Grove.  Week three, they played at L-O, a rival who handed the Larks one of their two losses last season.  GM ran that gauntlet.  Their reward in week four?  Southland emerged as … [Read more...]

The halftime score was 36-36.  It looked like the first team to 60 would win.  The team that got to 60 points did win.  In a classic 9-man shoot, L-O (1-2) and Houston (2-1) did battle, combining for 110 points!  The game started uniquely.  The ‘Canes opening kick-off was allowed to be returned to the 10-yard line.  Cardinal four-year team manager Brody Larson, a sub 5’0” tall … [Read more...]

It was a ho-hum week for Mabel-Canton volleyball.  They beat one their closest competitors in the East handily, then notched a second win over a division foe.  The biggest highlight came from senior setter/hitter Kenidi McCabe.  All said feats were performed oddly on Wednesday and then Saturday.  M-C (5-0) first trekked to Randolph on hump day.  The Rockets (4-1) came in tied … [Read more...]

Chatfield volleyball entered its week having already gone four sets twice (wins over FC and L-A).  The Gophers played R-P and then St. Charles, going extra volleyball both matches.   They first trekked to take on the Trojans, whose first three TRC matches also went four sets.  Game one was a side-out clinic, with ten ties up to 14-14.  Chatfield rode senior middle hitter Paige … [Read more...]

FC volleyball notched a nice week, sweeping two TRC’s foes to stay a top club in the conference.  FC first trekked and beat L-A 3-0 (25-21, 25-14, 25-15).  Lauren Mensink (8 kills, 22 assists, 12 digs), Maddie Krage (10 kills), and K.J. Corson (18 digs) led the way.  Hadley Yoder (6 kills, 3 aces), Kammry Broadwater (6 kills), Alyssa Britton (6 kills), Ashlyn Simon (9 digs), … [Read more...]

Julie Schreiber’s Lanesboro volleyball team staked its claim to being the second best SEC squad by posting a 2-0 week.  The Burros first swept Houston 3-0 (25-20, 25-17, 25-22).  Sydney Taylor (12 kills, 10 digs), Kaci Ruen (8 kills, 8 digs, 12-12 serving, 5 aces), Malia Tessum (26 digs), Ella Cambern (28 assists, 11 digs) led the way, getting help from Jessie Schreiber (8 … [Read more...]