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...]
Cross Country
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...]