Just like their football team, Grand Meadow volleyball’s season-opening schedule wasn’t easy. They first hosted strong East club Lanesboro, falling 3-2. Sue Wilson’s group then had to trek to powerhouse M-C. After two matches, defending West champ GM was 0-2. But the Larks have since won five straight including notching a 2-0 week. Team Purple dispatched with Lyle/Pacelli … [Read more...]

Visiting Spring Grove did almost all the damage in the first half before each team scored once after the break.  SG drove 67 and 75 yards with their first two possessions to lead 14-0. After reaching the Kingsland 3-yard line, a bad snap on first down scuttled the next opportunity. But after an ensuing 87-yard drive, it was 21-0 after four possessions on the way to a 27-0 … [Read more...]

Error totals were very similar in both volleyball matches. However, Spring Grove had far more offense than did visiting and winless Schaeffer Academy (0-6) but a far less efficient attack at Lanesboro. The Burros improved to 6-1 (6-1 SEC) while Spring Grove slipped to 4-3 (4-3 SEC) SG 3, Schaeffer Academy 0 (25-8, 25-12, 25-14) The Lions served 25 aces against a struggling … [Read more...]

Spring Grove scored on three of its first four possessions against Kingsland at Spring Valley on October 30. It would be a 27-point eruption before halftime before the Lion offense sputtered during the second half of an eventual 34-8 sub-district victory. However, the Spring Grove starting defense never wavered, limiting the home team to only 1-of-13 success on third downs and … [Read more...]

Sixth-ranked Chatfield football fell to #1 Caledonia 33-6, as Eli King accounted for over 300 yards total offense and all five Warrior TDs.  Sam Backer ran for 124 yards in defeat, as Chatfield moved the ball (1st downs: Chat 15, Cal 20), but couldn’t score.  Lanesboro won its third straight (3-1) by shutting out M-C 42-0.  J.T. Rein had 132 yards rushing and 2 TDs.   FC … [Read more...]

#1 in AA Chatfield 6 (Chat: S. Backer 27-124 rushing; Carter Daniels 7-yard TD run.  Cal: E. King 15-31, 239 yards, 4 TDs passing, 14-63, TD rushing; Austin Klug 6-123, TD receiving; Isiah Reinhart 3-45, 2 TDs receiving; Colten Welsh 3-48, TD receiving.  Turnovers: Chat 4, Cal 2.  1st Downs: Chat 15, Cal 20.  Warriors led 20-0 at half, all scoring drives coming after converting … [Read more...]

L-O 0, Southland 3 > 11-25, 23-25, 20-25 (LO: G. O’Byrne 14 digs; Sidney Lewison 5 kills, 5 digs, 4 blks; A. Welsh 10 assists; Kayden Schulte 9 digs; J. Runde 7 digs; Kylie Welsh 5 digs, 4 aces)  Schaeffer Academy 0, SG 3 > 25-8, 25-12, 25-14 (SG: A. McHugh 13 kills, 13-14 serving, 8 aces; R. Normann 25 assists; M. Lile 7 digs, 17-18 serving, 9 aces; K. Gerard 5 … [Read more...]

Visiting Lanesboro snapped a 10-game losing streak versus Spring Grove with a suffocating defense and a ground-gouging offensive attack. The Burros scored the first three times they had the ball and despite spoiling a 90-yard drive with a fumble at the 3 yard-line, still cruised to a 28-0 halftime lead at Lion Homecoming on October 23. Scoring with their first possession of the … [Read more...]

The Spring Grove girls, like all other Mabel-Canton volleyball opponents, were swept in three sets against the No. 6, state-ranked Cougars on October 20. In sharp contrast two nights later, it was a back-and-forth, five-set setback at Randolph. After winning their first three matches of 2020, the Lions ended the week at 3-2 (3-2 SEC). Mabel-Canton 3, SG 0 (25-11, 25-13, … [Read more...]