Houston 3, Schaeffer Academy 0 > 25-13, 25-11, 25-8 (H: Emma Geiwitz 10 kills; Richelle Botcher 6 kills; Lilly Carr 4 kills, 12 assists; S. Torgerson 4 kills, 6 digs, 18-19 serving, 9 aces; Becca Rostad 7 digs) Houston 0, Randolph 3 > 10-25, 16-25, 14-25 (H: S. Torgerson 5 kills, 5 digs; L. Carr 4 kills, 14 assists, 8 digs; E. Geiwitz 4 kills, 6 digs; R. Botcher 6 digs; … [Read more...]
Spring Grove girls cannot slow state-ranked Cougars
The Spring Grove girls (6-4, 6-4 SEC) remained close only in the third and final set during the conference volleyball rematch at Mabel-Canton. The Cougars (11-0, 11-0 SEC) appeared deserving of their No. 4 state Class A ranking while taking all three sets – 25-15, 25-15, 25-20. The Lions had more earned points (kills, blocks, aces) than errors in each set, but they could not … [Read more...]
Big fourth-period plays propel Lions past Cougars, 28-24
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...]