It’s not a shock they are 10-0. But a season ago, they weren’t. A 9-0 week helped #6 in Class A Mabel-Canton volleyball to a decade’s worth of unabated wins to start the season. The Cougars had no problem in two SEC league wins over Schaeffer Academy (25-8, 25-15, 25-13) and Grand Meadow (25-8, 25-7, 25-8). Kenidi McCabe (25 assists, 11 digs, 3 aces), Sarina Stortz (11 … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Lanesboro volleyball nearly matched last year’s win total (six) before September has even started. Junior Sydney Taylor had 57 kills and 75 digs across two league games and seven tournament games to lead the way. The Burros are 2-1, 5-5. R-P’s Alyvia Eide amassed 92 digs over 17 sets-played on the week. Chatfield’s Aletta Strande (10th) and Treyton Lanning (12th) finished … [Read more...]
Football (8/30)
Southland 9, Houston 8 (H: Mikkel Schutte 17-58 rushing, two defensive INTs; Ben Walters 10-24, TD rushing; Wyatt Walters 8-48 rushing. A Rebel early 4th quarter 24-yard FG was the game-winner. TOs: H 1, S 4. ‘Canes: 0-1, 0-1) Kingsland 22, GM 47 (K: James Howard 81-yard KOR TD, rushing TD; Devin Carr rushing TD. Knights: 0-1, 0-1) USC 41, Fillmore Central 7 (FC: … [Read more...]
Volleyball (8/27 – 8/30)
FC 1, #1 in AA Stewartville 3 > 11-25, 9-25, 25-23, 10-25 (FC: Kandace Sikkink 9 kills, 11 assists; Maddie Krage 9 kills; Lauren Mensink 6 kills, 12 assists, 9 digs; K.J. Corson 16 digs; Ashlyn Simon 12 digs. Falcons: 0-0, 1-1) Pine Island 0, Chatfield 3 > 25-23, 27-25, 25-18 (C: Peyton Berg 5 kills; Zayda Priebe 5 kills; Abby Nosbisch 10 digs; Teagan Allen 3 kills, … [Read more...]
Cross Country (8/29)
Stewartville “Bill Glomski” Invite (La Crescent (47) beat Byron (118) for the boys title. Chatfield took 9th, LFC 13th, and Kingsland 16th (of 20 complete). Jordan’s Symon Keiser (17.36.2) won the boys race over La Crescent’s Jake Boudreau (17:59.7). Chatfield’s T. Lanning (18:57.1) took 12th. LFC’s Carson Ruen (19:15.4) took 18th. Chatfield’s Brady Woltz took 29th (of 228 … [Read more...]
2019 FCJ High School Football Preview
The 2019 high school football season begins with changes. Districts have been re-aligned. The Mid-Southeast has three sub-districts; Red, White, and Blue. Journal covered squads FC and R-P are in the Blue with Cotter, Hayfield, L-A, and W-K. The Falcons have “cross-over” games with Red and White schools. R-P plays just White schools. Those games are weeks one thru … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
FC’s comeback from a 2-1 deficit, 3-2 victory over Hayfield, highlighted the opening night of volleyball. Kandace Sikkink (17 kills, 16 assists, 15 digs) and Lauren Mensink (10 kills, 28 assists, 11 digs) had triple-doubles. K.J. Corson had 30 digs. Kingsland, Houston, and Mabel-Canton also got wins. Lanesboro fell in a close one to GM 3-1. Sydney Taylor had 20 kills and … [Read more...]
Volleyball Season Openers (8/22)
Hayfield 2, FC 3 > 25-23, 19-25, 22-25, 25-18, 15-11 (FC: K. Sikkink 17 kills, 16 assists, 15 digs, 20-22 serving, 3 aces; L. Mensink 10 kills, 28 assists, 11 digs; K.J. Corson 30 digs; Hadley Yoder 10 kills; Maddie Krage 9 kills, 3 blks; Ashlyn Simon 11 digs, 16-16 serving) Schaeffer Academy 1, Kingsland 3 > 25-20, 25-17, 13-25, 25-12 (K: Ellie Buchholtz 12 kills, 8 … [Read more...]
2019 Volleyball Preview
The 2019 high school volleyball season begins without too many changes. Teams are still in the same conferences. Six of seven FCJ covered teams have the same coach. Section alignments have changed. Notably, Chatfield and Cotter move from 1AA to 1A, Lewiston-Altura moves from 1A to 1AA, and Kenyon-Wanamingo moves from 2AA to 1A. Twenty-seven teams comprise Section 1A, … [Read more...]
Cross Country Preview
The 2018 cross country season, as it pertains to Fillmore County, could be called the Year of O’Hare. LARP sophomore Luke O’Hare dominated the section in the regular season, then won both the TRC the Section 1A meets on his way to a state tournament appearance. His LARP team was TRC runner-up (to PEM) and took fourth (of 22) at the section meet. They again look to be one of … [Read more...]