When a team almost always starts the season with double digit wins before a loss, and often finishes with 30-plus victories, the coach’s win total is going to go up quickly. Third-ranked Mabel-Canton breezed through Houston in straight sets 25-6, 25-10, 25-8 (MC: Savannah Slafter 11 kills, 4 aces, 2 blocks; Coranda Vickerman 9 kills, 11 assists, 3 aces; Maddy Michels 8 kills; … [Read more...]
Schwichten-Burros Topple M-C
It was one of the more surprising scores of week two. Lanesboro did a number on Mabel-Canton in 9-man football. The Burros got a little revenge for a (big) loss last year. He wasn’t the only guy doing stuff, but Cole Schwichtenberg’s huge quarter, huge game, guaranteed Burro victory. Lanesboro scored the first 30 points of the contest, with their All-District QB finding the end … [Read more...]
Speedy Trojans Down Falcons
In was one of the marquee week two football match-ups, hopeful section contenders #10 in Class A (tie) FC (1-0) and #8 in Class A R-P (1-0) battled a great battle down to the wire. One team’s fast playmakers were the difference. The Trojans came out fired up on their (sloppy wet) home field. They remembered last year’s 33-0 loss. For almost a half, the Trojans controlled the … [Read more...]
Powell voted Coach of the Year
The Minnesota High School Coaches Association has begun to announce their awards for 2016 spring sports. Lane Powell of Harmony, former girls varsity golf coach for Fillmore Central, has been named the Class A Girls Golf Coach of the Year for the state of Minnesota. This honor is voted on by all high school golf coaches in the state. Powell coached junior high boys golf for … [Read more...]
Cross Country – 8/29-9/2
W-K Gallop (Chatfield girls took 6th (of 9 full). LARP was incomplete. Emily Didier (LARP) finished 17th. Isabelle Berg (26th) was top Gopher. Chatfield boys took 7th, LARP 8 (of 11). Dylan Linder (LARP) finished 14th, Dillon Nolan (Chat) 33rd. The two mile event at Coffee Mill CC) Stewartville Invite (Chatfield’s girls took 5th, Kingsland’s 8th (of 14). Amelia Staat (King) … [Read more...]
Football – 9/2 Openers
BP 6, R-P 26 (RP: N. Carlson 26-178, 4 TDs; L. Skalet 8-11, 141 yards passing; Jake Paulson 4-83 receiving; Lukas Rasmussen 3-58 receiving, 2-pointer, defensive INT, FF. Trojans blew game open in third quarter with TD, FR, 29-yard pass, TD four-play sequence > 6-0 to 20-0) J-W-P 6, FC 14 (FC: R. Means 4-9, 26 yards, TD, 2 INTs passing, 10-97, TD rushing; Sam Rustad 3-yard … [Read more...]
Volleyball (8/29-9/1)
R-P 3, L-A 1 > 25-23, 27-25, 22-25, 25-14 (RP: S. Skalet 23 assists, 30-32 serving, 8 aces; K. Clobes 8 kills, 13 digs, 8 aces; M. Crawford 13 digs, 4 aces; A Agrimson 7 kills; Olivia Hoff 11 digs) Houston 0, D-E 3 > 15-25, 18-25, 9-15 (H: A. Scanlan 15 assists; Amber Chapel 5 kills) L/P 3, Houston 1 > 25-22, 23-25, 12-25, 20-25 (H: A. Chapel 5 kills, 12.5 blocks; A. … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Weston Whalen, Talon Peterson, and Brenden Kerns topped the century-mark rushing and scored twice as M-C’s line manhandled LeRoy-Ostrander in a 48-20 win. R-P’s defense yielded zero points on three BP first half red zone possessions, Noah Carlson rushed four TDs (178 yards), and sophomore Landon Skalet completed seven of his eight passes for first downs, as the Trojans beat BP … [Read more...]
Burros Burn to 3-0
It wasn’t that long ago Lanesboro volleyball struggled to win. Now, they are as formidable as any (save M-C) in the SEC. The black and orange burned thru a pair of league foes to start the season 3-0. Randolph fell 25-12, 25-11, 25-15. Seniors Haley Polin (11 kills, 3 aces), Lexi Melander (27 assists, 21-21 serving, 5 aces), and Cassidy Ruud (8 kills, 16 digs), junior Joelie … [Read more...]
Canes Comeback Highlights Week One Football
The first week of football saw many of the games go down as tentatively planned. The best game saw Houston pull a double-digit fourth quarter comeback versus Randolph. The team exchanges scores and two’s (8-0, 8-8, 16-8, 16-16) to start. An Andrew Wenstrom to Carsyn Gunderson 14-yard TD pass gave the Rockets a 22-16 halftime lead. A Charlie Willie 9-yard TD run put the Rockets … [Read more...]