A year ago, Grand Meadow won the Section 1 9-Man football title, fulfilling the dream to go to state. But the Larks’ aspirations of something greater were cut short in the state quarters. GM fell roughly to Mountain Lake 42-12. The Wolverines went on to an undefeated season (14-0) and a state 9-Man championship. That win ended Section 1’s stranglehold on state 9-Man … [Read more...]
Game of the Week: Lanesboro at GM Volleyball
It was odd. It was the first high school volleyball match of the year, on October 8. Fans weren’t supposed to be able to attend, then that got annulled the afternoon of the game. So in Grand Meadow, in front of those faithful who were related to the players and thus had the privilege to witness, strong SEC squads, the Larks and Lanesboro, went head-to-head. What wasn’t … [Read more...]
Cardinals Grip Good Versus Burros
In the best jungle-gym performance of the week, LeRoy-Ostrander worked on its grip versus Lanesboro in a Section 1 9-Man football opener. Trevor Carrier’s group built a 21-0. The Cardinals got a first quarter 2-yard TD run by Isaac Collier, and two second quarter TD passes from Chase Johnson to Tristan Lewison (65 yards and 28 yards) to take a three TD lead. Lanesboro … [Read more...]
Knight Trio Star Across Three Sports
It was a pretty big three-sport week for Kingsland athletes and teams. Across three days, someone from cross country, volleyball, and then football, stood out, giving the silver and black a notably good week. On the running paths Tuesday, sophomore Garrison Hubka continued his excellent break-out campaign. He won his third race of the season (17:12), beating Panther Tanner … [Read more...]
Spring Grove extends volleyball win streak to 12 versus Wolverines
Spring Grove served an amazing 97% with 16 aces (Paige Jahnke 6, Maggie Lile 4) as Spring Grove opened the 2020 season with a three-set road win at Glenville-Emmons, 25-17, 25-12, 25-10. All six Lion servers scored from the service line. Sophomore Addyson McHugh scored 16 points with 13 kills, 1 ace block and 2 service aces. Sophomore Kenadee Gerard was the most efficient … [Read more...]
Second half sends Spring Grove past Houston, 33-16
After a back-and-forth first half, Spring Grove dominated the second stanza to defeat Houston, 33-16, at Blayne Onsgard Memorial Field in the October 11 season opener of 2020. Trailing 16-7, the Lions drove 65 yards to make it 16-14 just 41 seconds before halftime. It became two touchdowns within 56 seconds on the game clock when sophomore Hunter Holland took the second half … [Read more...]
C-C Teams Win Final Home Meets
The final week of the cross country season had Chatfield and LARP hosting home meets, with GMLOS involved in the later. Each squad notched a team win and the three squads combined for four individual firsts. In Chatfield, the Gophers hosted their third meet of the season. They’d tip-toed around sweeping both firsts for individuals and teams the previous two meets. With PEM … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Chatfield’s Reid Johnson threw for three and ran for a fourth score as the Gophers blanked L-A 32-0 in a re-match of last year’s 1AA semifinals. Max Aug caught two TDs, Sam Backer eclipsed 100 yards rushing, and the Gopher defense held the Cardinals to 110 yards of offense for the game. LFC’s Carson Ruen won his third cross country race, the D-E Invite. R-P volleyball had 91 … [Read more...]
Football (10/9 & 10/10)
Football (10/9 & 10/10) L-A 0, Chatfield 32 (C: R. Johnson 11-19, 139 yards, 3 TDs passing, 2-yard rushing TD; M. Aug 3-74, 2 TDs receiving; Sam Backer 16-115, TD rushing; Tate Karver 17-yard TD reception. Gopher defense stymied Cardinals in a re-match of last year’s 1AA semifinals. L-A had 10 yards total offense and one first down at halftime. They finished with 51 … [Read more...]
Volleyball (10/8 – 10/11)
Volleyball (10/8 - 10/11) Houston 3, L/P 0 > 25-15, 25-8, 25-10 (H: Emma Geiwitz 12 kills; Lilly Carr 17 assists, 16-17 serving, 7 aces; Richelle Botcher 5 kills, 12-13 serving, 4 aces, 8 digs; Becca Rostad 9 digs; Allison Papenfuss 7 digs, 3 aces) M-C 3, Southland 0 > 25-14, 25-8, 25-11 (M-C: K. McCabe 10 kills, 14 assists, 8 digs; Sophie Morken 7 kills, 14 assists; … [Read more...]