Cross Country (10/6 & 10/8) St. Charles Invite (La Crescent/Hokah’s boys (27) beat St. Charles (37) and LFC (59). Saint Andrew O’Hara (17:57) took first with Burro Carson Ruen (18:29) taking second. No other LFC runners made the top 10. The Lancers had five of the top eight runners. LC/H’s girls (19) beat LFC (42) and an incomplete St. Charles squad. Lancer Lydia … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
LARP boys cross country won its sixth race of the year at the PEM Invite, led by first and second place finishers Luke O’Hare and Tyler Rislov. Chatfield girls C-C won its fifth event in six tries by taking their third home invite. Tessa McMahon took second, as the Gophers had runners, 2, 3, 4, and 5. … [Read more...]
Cross Country (9/29 & 10/1)
Chatfield Invite #3 (The host Gopher girls (23) beat La Crescent/Hokah (33) and W-K (80). LCH had the top runner, Lydia Rosendahl (21:24). Chatfield had runners 2-3-4-5; Tessa McMahon (21:53), Aletta Strande (22:22), Belle Carr (22:42), and Abbi Gillespie (22:50). Katelyn Dornack (9th, 23:43) was their fifth scoring runner. LC/H’s boys (22) took first over Chatfield (38) … [Read more...]
Soccer (9/28 & 10/01)
(B) Cotter/Hope 1, Cal/SG/Hou 4 (Austin Meyer scored two goals and assisted with a free kick on a Dominick Konkel goal, which put the Warriors up 3-1 with 9:36 to play. Sam Flatin assisted both Meyer goals, the first midway through the first half and the final score with only two minutes remaining. Just two minutes after Meyer scored the ice-breaker, Lyle Myhre made it 2-0, a … [Read more...]
Spring Grove volleyball returns mostly young, but experienced lineup
Experience and more height than usual provide optimism for the 2020 Spring Grove volleyball girls, who return nine of 10 letter winners from a 19-10 team, a third straight season with that many wins. Half of 10 setbacks came against state-ranked teams. The Lions, at 10-4 SEC, finished tied for second in the SEC East, a fourth straight runner-up finish with a playoff win. The … [Read more...]
Spring Grove gridders restocking line again
For the second straight season, it is a mostly inexperienced Spring Grove football squad, following last year’s 7-3 crew who achieved a 10th straight winning season. Eight of 16 letter winners return, but only four with starting experience on offense and defense. The kicking game is the most experienced unit for new head coach Kody Moore, who takes the reins after the … [Read more...]
LFC, LARP and GMLOS Host C-C Meets
he week of Monday, September 21 featured area cross country teams taking part in four total meets. Three were hosted by Journal-covered squads. LFC hosted Monday, LARP Tuesday, and GMLOS Friday. The Burros triangular in Preston (LFC’s third of the year) also included Chatfield and W-K. It was the second time in less than a week that LFC and the Gophers competed in the same … [Read more...]
Cross Country (9/24)
La Crescent/Hokah Invite (On the boys’ side, LC/H (34) nipped St. Charles (37) for first with Kingsland (57) taking third. Saint Andrew O’Hara (17:35) took first, Knight Garrison Hubka (17:45) second, and Lancer Cody Kowalski (18:07) third. Knight Cole Kruegel (19:01) took sixth. Twenty-nine runners competed. On the girls’ side, LC/H (15) was the only complete team. St. … [Read more...]
Soccer (9/22 & 9/24)
(B) La Crescent-Hokah 8, Cal/SG/Hou 1 (Trailing 7-0, Warrior Austin Meyer scored with a penalty kick with the 68th minute of the 80-minute game at Caledonia. The Lancers had scored seven minutes into the match, led 4-0 at halftime, and added a pair of penalty-kick goals in the second half while improving to 4-2-1 behind a hat trick from Andy Lopez. The teams had tied 1-1 … [Read more...]
The Fall Top 50 Countdown (#35 to #31)
The top 50 teams of the fall from 2010-2019 continues. As before, squads from the “Journal 10,” FC, R-P, Chatfield, Kingsland, M-C, Houston, Lanesboro, GM, SG, and L-O, are eligible. Ranking across different years, and involving teams from three different sports, is difficult and thus subject to debate. Ranking is by how far teams made it in the play-offs. Starting at … [Read more...]