Mabel-Canton volleyball coach Lonnie Morken entered the year with 679 career wins. Given the Cougars almost never stray below 25 wins in a season, 700 was just a matter of time. He entered the week of Monday September 23 just three short. M-C (18-2) won two SEC matches. Kingsland fell 3-0 (25-13, 25-17, 25-15). Kenidi McCabe authored a triple-double (10 kills, 12-12 … [Read more...]
Gophers Bounce Back, Backer a Big Effort
Chatfield football started the year with two wins, freshman tailback Sam Backer making a big early splash. The Gophers then dropped back-to-back contests to Triton (16-14) and Caledonia (41-8). In week five, Jeff Johnson’s group got back on track behind their big o-line and young running back. The frosh did non-frosh things, rushing 24 times for 273 yards and 4 TDs … [Read more...]
Behind O’Hare/ Rislov, LARP Boys Win Again
It always helps the team cross country score when your top two runners combine for a three. For a second time this year, LARP boys top two went 1-2, egging the Tro-Cards to victory. At the St. Charles Invite (at SC’s Golf Course), LARP (46) beat nearest foe, section competitor La Crescent (56), to claim the top spot. Junior Luke O’Hare (17:23.9) won his fourth race of the … [Read more...]
Volleyball Matches Get Competitive
It was a week of long volleyball matches. Journal covered teams played three five-set affairs and four four-set affairs. Monday saw Kingsland and Houston resume their match from a week earlier. Houston led 1-0 before postponement per floor condensation. The Hurricanes led the match 2-1 before the Knights took the final two sets for the comeback 3-2 win (21-25, 25-21, 21-25, … [Read more...]
Burro VB Posts Marquee Win
It’s a small step. For a program that won 11 total matches the past two seasons combined, staying on the plus side of .500 is a sign things are going in the right direction. Lanesboro volleyball heads to October with more “W’s” than the last two seasons combined. The rising young squad posted two wins on the week. One was a big one. By taking down Spring Grove 3-0 (25-18, … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Fillmore Central football got its first win, beating W-K 28-12. R-P (3-1) and #8 in AA L-A (4-0) battled to a one-point Cardinal win (28-27). The Trojans led 21-14 and were in the red zone late in the fourth, but fumbled. L-A scored (21-21), R-P scored (27-21) and L-A scored again (28-27) all in the final 3:00. Houston (3-1) also played a big game versus Spring Grove … [Read more...]
Football
FC 28, W-K 12 (FC: Zach Haugerud 6-15, 169 yards, 2 TDs, INT passing, 11-52 rushing; Hadrian Williams 10-93, 2 TDs rushing, 17-yard reception; Carson Kiehne 3-103, TD receiving (69-yard TD catch) - averaging 26.3 yards per reception; Grant Kennedy 2-49 receiving, two INTs defensively. W-K scored first followed by 28 unanswered FC points. Falcons: 1-1, 1-4) Kingsland 15, … [Read more...]
Volleyball
Randolph 0, Kingsland 3 > 25-16, 25-17, 25-19 (K: E. Buchholtz 21 kills, 3 blks; A. Link 27 assists; S. Beck 6 kills; A. Webster 14 digs; Anika Reiland 10 kills. Knights are 5-5, 5-11) … [Read more...]
Trojans Drop 60 in a Half
It was a mismatch from the beginning. Cotter football is in a serious gulley. R-P football is a strong program that has yielded good teams for decades nearly uninterrupted. The score was going to be lopsided. But the Trojans put 60 on the Ramblers, in the game’s first two quarters. In a contest that had a one hour, forty-minute first half, and about a 40-minute second … [Read more...]
Hurricane Walter(s)
In week three, Houston football rode senior running back Wyatt Walters to a 44-14 win over Lanesboro. In week four, it was Ben Walters who got all the glory. The 5’10” 200-pound senior scored all of the Hurricanes’ touchdowns in a lopsided win at Lyle/Pacelli. Cody Hungerholt’s group took a 16-0 lead into intermission, but scored 24 more unanswered points in the third … [Read more...]