For a second straight week, an opponent couldn’t put a point up versus Fillmore Central (4-2). It wasn’t without W-K (3-3) trying hard, at least on one (18-play) first half drive. The teams combined for three first half red zone trips. FC twice held from inside the 12. The intermission score was 0-0. All the scoring was by FC in the third quarter. The teal and black’s … [Read more...]
Trojans “Return” to Win Column
In week six, R-P play-maker Jake Paulson was held in check both by a superb Goodhue team and the weather. The senior went without a reception for the first time all season. Versus Hayfield in week seven, Paulson avoided pass defenses. He circumvented them, returning two punts for TDs (90 yards, 53 yards). He also led R-P in rushing (5-70), helping the #9 in Class A Trojans … [Read more...]
Short on Short, ‘Canes Rebound With Win
After a couple strokes of bad news (first loss to SG, loss of a trio of players), Houston (5-1) returned to the win column versus Lanesboro (2-4). Brady Happel scored on a 60-yard TD run on the game’s first play. Happel and Zach Schneider each topped 100-yards rushing in the first half. Houston built a 38-6 lead. They prevailed 46-12 in fog bowl #1. Schneider (19-168, 2 … [Read more...]
Tuohy Shines, Gophers End Skid
The final score of fog bowl #2 in Chatfield had the Gophers (2-4) over St Charles (3-3) handily. The verdict wasn’t sealed until the fourth. St. Charles ran 23 of the first 26 offensive plays. A Parker Wendt 3-yard TD made it 6-0 early in the second. Carson Larrabee then had eight carries on Chatfield’s next possession, including a 2-yard TD run (6-6). Later in the … [Read more...]
Whipped By Warriors, Falcons Take Second
For one set, FC volleyball (12-0, 16-4) made mincemeat of defending Class A Runner-Up, seventh-ranked Caledonia (11-0, 17-4). In a battle essentially for the TRC title, the Falcons jumped out 20-10 and prevailed 25-16. It was the first set. Long up-front, with the likes of 6’2” sophomore MH Lydia Lange, athletic on the outside with power-hitting senior Madisyn Heaney, and … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Though four FCJ covered football teams won, the best game saw Mabel-Canton lose. Versus Randolph (3-3), the Cougars (3-3) came back from down 16 (44-28) with less than five minutes to go, to tie the game at 44. The Rockets were then inside the five in the final ticks, only to fumble. Randolph then scored and held in overtime. Their QB Andrew Wenstrom had six total TDs. M-C … [Read more...]
Football (10/13)
Kingsland 6, #1 in A Goodhue 44 (K: Jackson Rindels 2-48 receiving, rushing TD. Knights: 0-6, 0-7) M-C 44, Randolph 52 in OT (MC: Brenden Kerns 24-178, 2 TDs rushing; Drew Wyffels 16-125, 2 TDs rushing, 4-7, 49 yards, TD passing; Ryan Kuhn 23-114, TD rushing; Logan Richardson 14-yard receiving TD. In the fourth, Wyffels hit Richardson (plus two) and Kuhn scored (plus two), … [Read more...]
Volleyball (10/10 -10/14)
Lanesboro 0, Houston 3 > 25-10, 25-16, 25-11 (H: Ariel Scanlan 5 kills, 16 assists; Amber Chapel 7 kills; Jenny Albrecht 3 kills, 5 blocks; Gretchen Hill 10 digs; Becca Lee 9 digs. L: Joelie Schreiber 9 kills, 8 assists, 4 blocks. ‘Canes: 3-9, 6-13) FC 3, D-E 0 25-11, 25-9, 25-14 (FC: C. Rindels 12 kills, 22 digs; P. Donlinger 10 kills, 14 digs; K. Marzolf 10 kills, 4 … [Read more...]
Cross Country (10/10)
PEM Invite (Cotter’s girls (53) took first over Rochester Area Home School (55). LFC finished fifth, LARP sixth (of eight complete teams). Kingsland was incomplete. Grace Ping and Lauren Ping took first and second for Ramblers. LFC’s Kaylee Arndt took fifth. LARP’s Emily Didier (14th), Grace Buchanon (15th), and Hannah Linder (16th) finished top ten, as did LFC’s Bailey … [Read more...]
Cougars Post Consecutive SEC Title #20
It was their hardest clinch in a while. Mabel-Canton volleyball (#9 in Class A, 10-0, 20-3) was taken to the limit by rival Spring Grove (9-1, 19-4) in the most key SEC match of the year. It was the teams’ fourth meeting. M-C won twice at their Labor Day Tourney (25-7, 25-14 and 25-18, 25-12). SG was without key asset Mariah Edgington. The first regular season meeting in … [Read more...]