Week six football had two top 10 battles. For their homecomings, R-P (#1 in Class A, 5-0) hosted Goodhue (#4 in Class A, 5-0) and Houston (#3 in 9-Man, 5-0) hosted Spring Grove (#1 in 9-Man, 5-0). The home teams had to eat onions in tough losses. Their football gear absorbed mud, following two rain-soaked sludge-fests. ‘Canes Foiled by Folz and Company It wasn’t one … [Read more...]
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FC football (3-2, 4-2) forced five turnovers, pulled the rare blocked punt in the end zone, catch in the end zone TD, and pitched a shut-out in beating USC 35-0. All five Falcon TDs came off turnovers or the blocked punt. Matt Lutes had three short scoring runs. It was FC’s third straight win. Connor Ruen authored a pick-six and set up Lanesboro’s second score with a good … [Read more...]
Football
FC 35, USC 0 (FC: M. Lutes 7-37, 3 TDs rushing; Josh Peters 11-65 rushing; Brady Ristau 9-40, TD rushing, 2-20 receiving, interception; Luke Ristau blocked punt, Colten Kraling catch in end zone for TD; Nate Haugerud two interceptions) L/P 0, Lanesboro 14 (L: C. Ruen 22-yard INT return TD, 14-41 rushing, 2-32 receiving, 4-65 punt returns; Carson Schwichtenberg 15-yard TD … [Read more...]
Volleyball (10/2 – 10/7)
Houston 0, Goodhue 3 > 10-25, 11-25, 14-25 L-A 3, Chatfield 1 > 12-25, 25-22, 16-25, 13-25 (C: Kielan LaPlante 11 kills, 3 ½ blocks; Belle Berg 8 kills, 18 digs; Grace Friederichs 24 assists; Abi Hinckley 11 digs, 14-15 serving, 2 aces; Paige Erickson/Mollie Henry 6 kills) Kingsland 0, PEM 3 > 18-25, 19-25, 23-25 (K: K. Kruegel 13 kills; L. Buchholtz 10 kills; E. … [Read more...]
Cross Country (10/3)
Chatfield Invite (Rochester Area Home School won boys race over Stewartville. Chatfield’s boys took 7th and Kingsland 8th (of 8). Brady Woltz took 19th for Gophers (of 94). Stewartville won girls race over RAHS. Chatfield girls took 4th, Kingsland was incomplete. Tessa McMahon took 8th for Gophers, Isabelle Berg 12th, and Beatrice Martin 14th. RAHS won guys/girls combined … [Read more...]
Falcons Clip Knights, Near TRC Showdown
It has been a couple years since Fillmore Central volleyball was the Three Rivers heavyweight. In 2013 and 2014, the Falcons won back-to-back undefeated league titles on the way to back-to-back section title games. After a two year lull of still-good-but-not-the-best, FC is tiptoeing toward (hoping for) the later. Travis Malley’s Falcons won two more league matches to move … [Read more...]
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Ryan Kuhn ran for 247 yards and accounted for four TDs, Brenden Kerns scored five times, as M-C football (2-2, 3-2) downed L/P 81-32. The Athletics are coached by former Chatfield graduate Adam Hurley. Logan Corson accounted for three TDs (all in the second quarter), as FC football (3-2, 3-2) beat Southland 38-7. Chatfield girls cross country took second at the St. Charles … [Read more...]
Volleyball
La Crescent 0, Houston 3 > 25-11, 25-19, 25-22 (H: A. Scanlan 29 assists, 10 digs, 8 aces; Marissa Kennedy 8 kills, 10 digs; Amber Chapel 7 kills, 7 digs; Becca Lee 7 kills; Alyssa Rostad 9 digs) #7 in Class A Caledonia 3, Kingsland 2 > 25-23, 19-25, 16-25, 25-18, 9-15 (K: L. Buchholtz 21 kills, 10 digs; E. Buchholtz 33 assists; K. Kruegel 12 kills; Taylor Zimmerman … [Read more...]
Cougars Get to 20 Wins
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...]