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...]
Hot Shots
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...]
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...]