D-E Invite (LFC girls (64) took second to Lake City (49) of seven teams. LARP was incomplete. Kaylee Arndt (3rd), Bailey Ruen (6th), Ashley Miner (10th), Maddie Smith (22nd), Kelly Ristau (24th), and Katie Prinsen (25th) finished top 25 for Burros (of 67 total). Emily Didier (23rd) paced LARP. Rochester Area Home School (38) beat PEM (42) for boys’ title. LARP’s boys … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Brenden Kerns had 210 yards rushing and 4 TDs as M-C beat L-O 50-29 to improve to 1-0, 2-0. Cougar volleyball (#6 in Class A) stayed perfect with a pair of SEC wins, including downing SG (25-21, 25-23, 25-23) in an early battle for first place. Savannah Slafter had 25 kills over two matches hitting near .500. M-C (5-0, 12-0) leads the East over SG (4-1, 8-4). Kingsland’s … [Read more...]
Football
M-C 50, L-O 29 (MC: B. Kerns 18-210, 4 TDs rushing; Ryan Kuhn 14-119, TD rushing; Drew Wyffels 2-53, TD rushing, 70-yard INT return TD. Leading 20-13 in third quarter, MC scored 30 unanswered points) #8 FC 12, BP 18 (FC: Logan Corson 7-18, 84 yards, TD passing; Josh Peters 8-28, TD rushing, 2 INTs for 72 yards; Nate Haugerud 3-yard TD reception. Game was tied 12-12 with … [Read more...]
Cross Country
Hayfield Invite (K-M (25) beat P-E-M (70) for boy’s title. Kingsland finished 11th (of 11). Wesley Dean (49th of 129) was the top Knight runner. Z-M/K-W (45) beat Byron (71) for girl’s title. Kingsland was incomplete (of 10 full teams). Zoe Scrabeck (40th (of 109) was the top Knight runner. Meet at the Oaks Golf Course) La Crescent ‘Crazy Buffalo’ Invite (La Crescent … [Read more...]
#1 R-P Pitches Second Shut-out
The first state football rankings are out. Last year’s Class A runner-up Rushford-Peterson earned the top honor, as defending state champion Minneapolis-North moved up to Class AA. The Trojans safeguarded their ranking versus Southland in week two. A Landon Skalet to Jake Paulson 24-yard TD reception capped a 90-yard drive and represented the only score of the first half. … [Read more...]
FC Volleyball Gets Big Early Win
A year ago, the Three Rivers volleyball race came down to Caledonia, PEM, and FC. The Falcons fell to the Warriors late. The league race wound up Warriors (12-0), Bulldogs (11-1), Falcons (10-2). All three teams figured to be in the hunt this year. PEM entered its match with FC having already lost to #3 in A Caledonia in five sets. And in one fell swoop, in just their … [Read more...]
#10 Gophers Move to 2-0
Chatfield found themselves ranked #10 in Class AA entering a week two match-up at Cannon Falls. They defended their position with a lot of Kyle Nosbisch and a lot of defense. Nosbisch, a 5’11” 180-pound senior, barreled forward time and time again for a 38-carrry, 151-yard night. He scored on a 1-yard second quarter plunge, the first half’s only score. Chatfield’s defense … [Read more...]
Volleyball (9/5 – 9/9)
#6 in Class A M-C 3, Houston 0 > 25-10, 25-13, 25-17 (MC: S. Slafter 9 kills, 8 digs; Lexi Thorson 10 digs; Hannah Snell 9 digs; Dakota Delaney 7 kills; Maddy Michels 6 kills, 19-20 serving, 5 aces; Payton Danielson 6 kills, 7 digs; Kenidi McCabe 29 assists. H: Amber Chapel 4 kills, 3 blocks; Becca Lee 7 digs; Ariel Scanlan 9 assists) La Crescent 1, Kingsland 3 > … [Read more...]
Houston Ends GM’s 51-Game Streak
Grand Meadow entered a week two contest with Houston having won 51 games in a row. The streak started Oct 11, 2013. The Lark’s last loss occurred on Oct. 4 and 5 of 2013. Due to a Friday postponement, Niko Anderson led Lanesboro past GM on Saturday 47-36. The Larks went on to win the 9-Man title. They followed it up with three straight perfect seasons, three more titles to … [Read more...]
Staying Home
There wasn’t a snow day, or a cold day. School hadn’t quite started so technically everyone was staying home anyway. From Houston to Spring Valley to Chatfield to Lanesboro to Harmony to Mabel, the first week of the football season had six of seven county teams playing home games. Six picked up victories. … [Read more...]