It was a week of either really good volleyball serving, or suspect serve receive. R-P got 14 aces in beating Houston 3-1. Jaelyn Connaughty had 9 kills, 13 assists, 10 digs, and 9 aces. R-P then beat PEM 3-1 with 16 aces. FC had 14 and 15 aces in wins over Southland and La Crescent. Lexi Thorson had 10 of M-C’s 16 aces in a win over Lanesboro. The Cougars then had 18 aces … [Read more...]
Football (9/14)
#1 in 9-Man SG 52, M-C 12 (MC: Drew Wyffels 15-110, TD rushing, 4-9, 54 yards, INT passing; Gavin Johnson 11-74, TD rushing. SG: Alex Folz 11-133, 4 TDs rushing, 8-10, 150 yard, TD passing. Cougars are 1-1, 2-1) Lanesboro 0, #10 in 9-Man GM 45 (L: Held to under 200 yards offense. GM: Evan Oehlke 3-6, 125 yards, TD passing, 11-53, 2 TDs rushing. Score was 0-0 after one, … [Read more...]
Volleyball (9/10 – 9/15)
R-P 3, Houston 1 > 25-19, 22-25, 25-23, 25-21 (RP: J. Connaughty 9 kills, 13 assists, 10 digs, 28-29 serving, 9 aces; Alyvia Eide 25 digs; Lauren Lawston 7 kills, 15 digs; Peyton Hoiness 19 assists, 11 digs; Kaitlyn Bieberdorf 8 kills. H: Ariel Scanlan 8 kills, 7 assists, 9 digs; Emma Geiwitz/Jenny Albrecht 6 kills; Alyssa Rostad 10 digs; Gretchen Hill 8 digs) PEM 1, R-P … [Read more...]
Cross Country (9/13)
Mayo Invite (Chatfield’s girls took 22nd (of 24), the boys 24th (of 27), in a race that included mostly AA-schools. Neither Gopher squad had a top 50 finisher) … [Read more...]
Falcons Topple Defending Champ #5 Warriors
The last five years, either Fillmore Central (2013, 2014) or Caledonia (2015/co, 2016, 2017) has been TRC champion in volleyball. The last two years, the Falcons battled the Warriors late in the season with TRC title implications. The Warriors won both, and both TRC titles. Scott Koepke’s group will probably factor in the race again this year, somehow. But Travis Malley’s … [Read more...]
121-Match League Streak Alive, Cougars Sweep Lions
It was surreal. In the finals of Mabel-Canton’s Labor Day tourney, the host Cougars were beaten. Spring Grove toppled M-C 2-0 (25-20, 25-19), ending the Cougars’ 112-match win streak versus SEC foes anywhere. It was the third straight set the Lions had taken from Lonnie Morken’s bunch. The teams split the pool play match-up, M-C winning (25-16, 21-25). It left the … [Read more...]
Wyffels’ OT Run Propels Cougars
The best county football game, maybe the best game in the entire area of week two, was the M-C versus L-O contest. The Cougars overcame a double-digit deficit and pulled the rare feat of never leading in regulation and winning the ball game. The Cardinals scored two second quarter TDs (Riley Olson 1-yard run, Olson 17-yard pass from Trey Hungerholt) to lead 12-0. Just before … [Read more...]
Hurricane Football Rallies Past Larks
One of last year’s marquee wins for Houston football was downing three-time defending state champion Grand Meadow. Coming into this season’s contest, the ‘Larks (#5) were ranked higher the ‘Canes (#10), but that was proved a misnomer. Houston spotted GM a first quarter lead (14-0) before rallying for a ranked-versus-ranked win. James Hongerholt (68 yards) and Joey Fishel (3 … [Read more...]
Gophers Trudge Past Bombers
The final score was close. It was primarily a smash-mouth run-versus-run football game. But two of three scores came through the air and the third was set up by a big pass play, as Chatfield football hosted Cannon Falls. Gopher Reid Johnson’s 55-yard TD pass to Ben Brogan, who made a play on an underthrown ball, put the Gophers up 7-0. In the final minute of the half, … [Read more...]
Trojans Harshly Say Goodbye to Rebels
For the second time in as many weeks, R-P football said goodbye to a future 9-man team in decisive fashion. The Trojans took out Kingsland week one and made Southland the victim in week two. R-P sandwiched big plays from Triton Meldahl (47 yard TD run) and Ethan Hermanson (52 yard punt return TD) around an Ethan Sense TD run (9 yards) to lead 20-0 at the half. Sense added … [Read more...]