Four volleyball teams won two matches on the week, allowing each to stay unblemished on the year. Three are from the SEC-East, meaning there will be some big matches upcoming in the future for that division. #4 Cougars Down GM and G-E At the head of the SEC-East list, the SEC list period, are the Class A fourth-ranked Mabel-Canton Cougars. Lonnie Morken’s group took … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Chatfield football (tied for #9 in Class AA) out-scored D-E 29-0 in the second quarter to roll to a 50-9 win. Sam Backer had four TDs (see Athlete of the Week) while Grady Schott blocked two punts, one for a TD, had an interception, and a sack. Cal/Houston/SG boys soccer (13-seed) upset Rochester-Lourdes (4-seed) in the first round of the 1A soccer play-offs by a 2-1 margin. … [Read more...]
Volleyball (10/12 – 10/15)
Southland 3, Houston 2 > 25-23, 15-25, 26-24, 12-25, 9-15 (H: Emma Geiwitz 13 kills; Sydney Torgerson 11 kills; Lilly Carr 27 assists; Becca Rostad 18 digs, 5 aces; Allison Papenfuss 15 digs; Richelle Botcher 10 digs) St. Charles 3, R-P 1 > 25-22, 18-25, 20-25, 16-25 (R-P: Elly Malone 13 kills, 20 digs; Alyvia Eide 21 digs; Hailey Jenkins 16 digs; Isabelle Kahoun 24 … [Read more...]
Soccer (Section 1A Tournament, 10/12 – 10/16)
(B) Cal/SG/Hou 2, Lourdes 1 (With the 13-seed, the Warriors pulled off the upset over 4-seed Rochester Lourdes on a windy night in Rochester – reported to be the program’s first-ever win over the Eagles. It is also the boys’ first playoff win in at least 10 years or more. The Warriors never trailed after Nick Schmitz scored the night’s first goal. After Lourdes tied it up … [Read more...]
Sport Standings as of October 21
Larks Get Revenge, Down Mountain Lake in Big Re-match
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...]