Spring Grove needed two 97-yard possessions and three plays covering more than 80 yards to finally overtake Mabel-Canton, 28-24, on snow-frosted Blayne Onsgard Memorial Field on Nov. 12. Trailing the Cougars (2-4) by two scores in the fourth quarter, the Lions (4-2) rallied with two home run tosses from Isaac Griffin – first for 86 yards to Caden Grinde and then for 82 yards to … [Read more...]
Spring Grove spoils Lyle/Pacelli Homecoming, 36-22
Spring Grove (3-2) won at Lyle/Pacelli (2-3) with a second-half shutout on an unusually warm and sunny Saturday Homecoming Saturday afternoon at Lyle. The Athletics had only 23 yards of offense in the second half after 206 yards before halftime. Lyle/Pacelli led at halftime, 22-21. But three plays into the second half, an interception by freshman Elijah Solum at the L/P 17 … [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. SG 3, Schaeffer Academy 0 (25-7, 25-13, 25-20,) In this fifth straight win over the Lions from … [Read more...]
Burro Football Takes Down #5 Southland
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...]