R-P football usually has a pretty darn good running back. This season, senior Triton Meldahl has used his speed to fly around/past foes. The 5’11” 160-pounder capped a huge regular season, helping the Trojans to a wild win over Hayfield. Triton notched career highs with 289 yards and 5 TDs on 28 carries (scores of 24, 40, 17, 73, and 71 yards). Despite that, the game was a … [Read more...]
Gophers Survive Panthers
It was almost a trap. One week after a key play-off seeding win over St. Charles, Chatfield football (5-2) entertained Pine Island (2-4). Stand-out RB Sam Backer returned, but the Gophers narrowly escaped. Austin Koenigs’ sack/forced fumble, Chance Backer recovery, set up a quick Chatfield score (S-Backer 5-yard run). The Gophers grabbed an early 7-0 lead. The Panthers … [Read more...]
Cougars Finish SEC Perfect, Grab #1
It’s a very broken record. Mabel-Canton volleyball progressed through the SEC season perfect. Lonnie Morken’s Cougars are again over 30 wins and head to the post-season ranked #6 in state as Section 1A’s top seed. M-C took out Randolph 3-0 (25-8, 25-8, 25-15) in their SEC finale. Kenidi McCabe (6 kills, 27 assists, 18 digs), Payton Danielson (6 kills, 13 digs, 16-17 … [Read more...]
Falcons Take Second in TRC
Fillmore Central volleyball (8-2, 13-8) entered the last night of TRC action tied with PEM (8-2, 11-12) for second place behind league-champion Caledonia (10-0, 22-6). Travis Malley’s girls did their business, dispatching with St. Charles 3-0 (25-12, 25-19, 25-23). Lauren Mensink (14 kills, 14 assists, 12 digs) and Kandace Sikkink (11 kills, 21 assists, 14 digs, 20-21 … [Read more...]
Burros Complete Big Turn Around
Hierarchically, if you are a volleyball program in Fillmore County, Mabel-Canton usually has you beat and FC usually is next. Both are amid long periods of excellence. Lanesboro has ebbed and flowed. Last season was a down year (2-12, 6-15). By beating Schaeffer Academy 3-0 (25-13, 25-18, 25-18) in this year’s regular finale, Julie Schreiber’s Burros finished 10-4 (SEC), … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
J.T. Rein’s 3-yard TD run late propelled Lanesboro football over L/P 33-28. The Burros led 21-0. Rein ran for 156 and 3 TDs. Lucas Howard authored Kingsland’s first three-TD game in a long time, but the Knights fell to #2 L-O 52-22. Play-off football seeding (9-man); 6-seed Lanesboro (3-4, 3-5) at 3-seed SG (6-2), 7-seed Kingsland (1-6, 1-7) at 2-seed GM (7-1), 5-seed … [Read more...]
Football
L/P 28, Lanesboro 33 (L: J.T. Rein 25-156, 3 TDs rushing; Nate Betz 7-65, TD rushing; Seth Semmen 6-40 rushing, 8-14, 91 yards, INT passing; Bodin Mayer 5-yard TD run. LP: Cole Walter 20-39, 356 yards, 3 TDs, 2 INTs passing; Zach Bollingberg 10-181, 3 TDs receiving. Burros led 21-0 and 27-8 in 2nd. L/P scored 20 unanswered (led 28-27 in 4th). A 36-yard Seth Semmen to Ben … [Read more...]
Volleyball (10/14 – 10/19)
L-O 0, Kingsland 3 > 25-18, 25-18, 25-14 (K: Ellie Buchholtz 13 kills, 12 digs; Shelby Beck 7 kills; Alyssa Link 21 assists; Caitlin Miner 5 kills, 3 blks; Audrey Webster 12 digs) Houston 0, GM 3 > 9-25, 14-25, 9-25 (H: Emma Geiwitz 5 kills; Lilly Carr 5 assists, 8 digs) R-P 3, Southland 0 > 25-12, 25-18, 25-21 (RP: Kaleah Davis 12 kills; Alyvia Eide 15 … [Read more...]
Trio of Football Teams Move to 5-2
R-P, Chatfield, and Houston football teams each won in week seven, moving to 5-2 on the season. Red Zone Efficiency, Wieser Propel R-P Over FC The final tally was and 18-point R-P win over FC. But it could’ve been a closer contest between two county rivals on a cold, windy, and even snowy October night. Red zone efficiency was the stat of the game. The Trojans were 4 … [Read more...]
Let’s Go Five Twice
County teams have played 34 matches that have gone either four or five sets, including 15 five-set matches this season. The week of Monday, October 7 had five five-set contests, R-P and Kingsland each doing two. Ten Sets in Two Days for Trojans Rushford-Peterson volleyball hadn’t really had a marquee moment, or set of moments on the year. The Trojans entered the week … [Read more...]