Landon Skalet threw for 5 TDs, sophomore Kobe Lind caught three, as R-P football opened by beating Kingsland 54-12. James Hongerholt ran for three TDs, as Houston beat AC/GE 38-6. Sophomore Carson Kiehne ran for three TDs, Tyler Raaen had two sacks, a 58-yard interception return, and a blocked punt, as FC beat Hayfield 31-0. Chatfield scored 21 points in the fourth quarter, … [Read more...]
Football Week 1 (9/30 & 9/31)
Houston 38, AC/G-E 6 (H: J. Hongerholt 10-152, 3 TDs rushing, 3-6, 32 yards passing; J. Millen 11-139, TD rushing, 3-32 receiving; J. Fishel 14-58, TD rushing. Up 22-6, Hurricanes put it away with 16-0 fourth) Kingsland 12, R-P 54 (RP: L. Skalet 17-22, 224 yards, 5 TDs passing; K. Lind 9-119, 3 TDs receiving, 58-yard interception return; E. Sense 11-70, 2 TDs rushing, … [Read more...]
Volleyball (9/27 – 10/1)
Kingsland 3, L/P 1 > 25-16, 20-25, 29-27, 25-22 (L: L. Buchholtz 19 kills, 20 digs; Ellie Buchholtz 11 kills, 10 assists, 6 aces; Alyssa Link 19 assists, 8 digs; Nora Jahn 16-17 serving, 3 aces; Taylor Zimmerman 14-14 serving, 10 digs) SA 0, M-C 3 > 25-7, 25-15, 25-13 (MC: Lauren Wyffels 14 assists, 10 digs, 13-13 serving, 5 aces; Avery Davis 9 kills; Maddy Michels 8 … [Read more...]
Cross Country (9/27 & 9/30)
W-K Gallup (LARP’s boys took 4th, Kingsland 9th (of 9). L. O’Hare (7th) and Aidan Ellinghuysen (13th) finished top 20 for LARP, which had seven in the top 50 (of 129) total. Kingsland and LARP girls were incomplete with no runners in the top 25) Stewartville “Bill Glomski” Invite (Chatfield girls took 5th, LFC’s 9th (of 13). Kingsland was incomplete. Gophers Beatrice … [Read more...]
Volleyball Preview
The 2018 volleyball season starts with a switchero. Kingsland embarks on its inaugural season in the SEC. They join M-C, Houston, Lanesboro, and SG in the East division. The SEC has 11 teams. Their departure from the TRC makes it a 12 team league (again). The top returning county team, the only squad to bring home hardware last year (SEC East champs, 1A East Runner-Up), is … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Four of five county volleyball squads to open the season on August 23 came out winners. Kingsland got 39 combined kills from the Buchholtz sisters in beating Schaeffer 3-1. Lauren had 25 (kills) and 18 (digs). Ellie had a triple-double-plus (14 kills, 12 assists, 15 digs, 6 aces). Madison Scheevel had 32 assists and 18 digs, K.J. Corson 22 digs, as the FC beat Hayfield 3-1. … [Read more...]
Volleyball Season Openers (8/23)
FC 3, Hayfield 1 > 19-25, 25-22, 25-22, 25-19 (FC: P. Donlinger 15 kills, 10 digs; S. Schrüfer 11 kills, 3 aces; M. Scheevel 32 assists, 18 digs; K.J. Corson 22 digs; K. Bergey 11 digs; Kandace Sikkink 5 kills, 7 digs) Kingsland 3, Schaeffer Academy 1 > 25-22, 20-25, 25-8, 25-23 (K: L. Buchholtz 25 kills, 18 digs; E. Buchholtz 14 kills, 12 assists, 15 digs, 6 aces; … [Read more...]
Holst is NCAA National Champion
On Saturday, May 26, 2018, Lanesboro native Eric Holst made a mark for himself as he became the field-event national champion in the NCAA Championships in LaCrosse, Wis., with an incredible 211-4 hammer throw. “I started throwing in seventh grade, but I didn’t get to start throwing the hammer until my freshman year of college,” states Holst, which makes his accomplishment … [Read more...]
H.S. Sports Year in Review
The 2016-2017 high school sports year was a year of the senior. It seems every school in Fillmore County had a plethora of very highly acclaimed athletes, who partook in a tremendous amount of successes. The 2017-2018 high school sports year can’t be specifically termed. Teams and athletes still had plenty of success. Six county teams made state. Twenty-one athletes … [Read more...]
“All” Softball Selections
In the Three Rivers, Chatfield and Cotter tie for a league high five All-Conference picks for softball. The top two girls in the Gophers order, stand-outs Lexi Chase and Belle Berg each make the list for a third straight season. The sophomore pitching ace Chase led the Gophers to an 18-4 season. She went 14-2 with 185 strikeouts, just eight walks, and a .287 earned run … [Read more...]