It is about that time in the year when Mabel-Canton volleyball gets to 20 wins. Yep. They did. M-C swept (25-16, 25-13, 25-18) Houston (MC: Dakota Delaney 13 kills; Sarina Stortz 8 kills; Maddy Michels 7 kills; Payton Danielson 11 digs, 29-29 serving, 5 aces; Kenidi McCabe 30 assists, 3 aces; Lexi Thorson/Hannah Snell 8 digs. H: Becca Lee 4 kills, 9 digs; Ariel Scanlan 13 … [Read more...]
Ranked Battles Set
It is probably unprecedented. Four neighboring school districts, four former SEC teams from 20 years ago, Spring Grove (#1 in 9-man), Rushford-Peterson (#1 in A), Caledonia (#1 in AA), and Houston (#3 in 9-man) all are ranked top three in state. Adding Winona High (#1 in AAAA), four #1 ranked football teams in state are in the same tri-county area. Three are set for huge … [Read more...]
Football
M-C 81, Lyle/Pacelli 32 (MC: R. Kuhn 16-247, 3 TDs rushing, 20-yard TD reception; B. Kerns 15-156, 5 TDs rushing; Drew Wyffels 4-41, TD rushing, 2-3, 44 yards, TD passing; Gavin Johnson 9-yard TD run; Ethan Underbakke 5-71 rushing. Cougars scored on first ten, and eleven of 13 possessions. Yardage: MC 650, LP 406) Southland 7, FC 38 (FC: L. Corson 8-10, 13 yards, 2 TDs … [Read more...]
Cross Country
St. Charles Invite (Girls: 1st Stewartville (22), 2nd Chatfield (74), 4th LFC, LARP/Kingsland Inc. Seven complete teams. LFC’s Kaylee Arndt took third. Chatfield’s Tessa McMahon took 6th. Gophers Isabelle Berg (12th) and Beatrice Martin (14th) finished top 15. LFC’s Bailey Ruen took 16th. LARP’s Emily Didier (17th) and Hannah Linder (18th) finished top 20 (of 79). Boys: … [Read more...]
FC VB Still Best Falcons, 6-0 in TRC
There was a bit of intrigue to the big FC/W-K volleyball match. Days earlier, Fillmore Central (10-4) was the #1 seed in W-K’s tourney, but fell in the first round. Falcons-North (9-1), surprisingly won the event. Falcons-South (let’s call them the B&B squad) extracted a bit of revenge and posted another very good TRC win. FC fought off W-K for the 3-1 win (25-23, … [Read more...]
Cougar Volleyball Starts 18-0
Mabel-Canton had three non-tourney matches on the week, two versus county foes. The Cougars and Chatfield met for the first time in the Fillmore County Journal Sports era. M-C leading hitter Savannah Slafter just played libero (shoulder). The Cougars started slow but prevailed in a 3-0 sweep (25-21, 25-12, 25-15). Payton Danielson (8 kills, 22-22 serving, 5 aces, 9 digs), … [Read more...]
Houston VB Finds a Win Streak
Houston volleyball started the year 1-9. Picking up two more wins, over Fillmore County teams, they ran their streak to three. For only the second time in ten years, the ‘Canes beat R-P (26-24, 14-25, 26-24, 26-24). Ariel Scanlan (20 assists, 20-20 serving), Amber Chapel (10 kills, 3 blocks), and Becca Lee (5 kills) led the way. Scanlan’s older twin sisters Bailey and … [Read more...]
Trojans/Gopher VB Cap Week
Capping the volleyball action was the best match of the week. Chatfield went to R-P and had the Trojans on the ropes. Maybe spurred by their energetic student section, team green found a “W.” The Gophers led most of the first two sets, but had to battle at the end of each to win. Game one saw six late ties. Chatfield ended the stanza 6-0 for the 25-20 win. The Gophers led … [Read more...]
‘Cane Football Wears Out M-C
It took until the second stanza. Undefeated, #3 in 9-Man Houston (3-0), wore out Mabel-Canton (2-1). Team double-H amassed 13 first half first downs, M-C four, but the Hurricanes only led 8-0 at intermission. That score was a 7-yard Brady Happel TD run, which capped a 16-play, 92-yard drive. A fumble in the red zone negated a big scoring opportunity late in the half. The … [Read more...]
Second Quarter Big for Falcons at Knights
FC football (2-1, 2-2) ended a two-game slide by beating Kingsland. The Falcons intercepted three passes and put up 20 second quarter points to build a 27-0 halftime lead. They prevailed 41-6. Nate Haugerud scored two different ways (58-yard INT return TD, 41-yard TD reception). Logan Corson (5-15, 93 yards, 2 TDs passing; 14-66 rushing) also hit Colten Kraling on a 15-yard … [Read more...]