Grand Meadow (10-3, 13-12) and LeRoy-Ostrander (10-3, 18-9) entered the final short week of the regular season tied atop the SEC-West. Each had one SEC game left. Each won said contest. The teams are co-SEC-West champs, losing to each other and to East powers Mabel-Canton and Spring Grove in league play. Matt Rosaaen’s Larks had a bit tougher assignment, Lanesboro (7-6, 14-8). … [Read more...]
Volleyball: #2 Cougars Finish Out Perfect SEC Loop, Dominate Showcase
It is about that time of year. It is about the time when Mabel-Canton volleyball finishes out its SEC schedule perfect and beats whoever the West has in the East-West Showcase contest. Only once in the last 10 years has that not happened; 2021 when GM won the Showcase. Lonnie Morken’s Cougars ended the SEC regular season by handling Southland 3-0 (25-18, 25-18, 25-11). It was … [Read more...]
Volleyball: #5 Warriors Top #7 Falcons in Battle of Ranked Teams
At the beginning of the year, it was a matchup of potential huge impact on the TRC race. But because Chatfield beat both, it came down to two good teams fighting for second/third. Caledonia (#5 in Class AA, 8-1, 22-5) took on Fillmore Central (#7 in Class A, 8-1, 17-5) in a battle of TRC heavyweights. The first set saw a huge turn-around. Caledonia jumped out 8-2 but FC … [Read more...]
Cross Country: TRC Meet Sees Cotter Boys Return Favor, Kivimagi Take Second
Just days after LARPH’s boys nipped Cotter’s guys by one point at the PEM cross country invite, the squads again butted heads at the TRC Meet. The Ramblers avenged their loss, downing LARPH 38 to 41. The teams finished 1-2 last year too but by wider margin (52 to 71). GMLOS (121) took a distance third. LFC (175) took seventh and Chatfield (187) ninth of 10 complete … [Read more...]
Football: Hungerholt Blows Up Again in L-O’s 54-32 Win Over GM
LeRoy-Ostrander continued its excellent season and junior QB Camden Hungerholt again went nuts in a rivalry match-up with Grand Meadow. Hungerholt accounted for 564 yards of total offense in leading the #9 in 9-Man Cardinals to a 54-32 win. He ran for 340 with five TDs while passing for 224 yards with two more TDs. Carter Sweeney (5-116, TD receiving) and brother Reid … [Read more...]
Football: Lions Hang on Late, Edge Hurricanes, 20-18
Visiting Spring Grove scored their first three times with the ball, never trailed, and led 20-6 at halftime, before holding on late to hold off Houston, 20-18, in a game that ultimately came down to extra points. Jaxon Strinmoen ran in the only successful conversion and came up big on two of the Hurricanes’ three failed conversions with an assisted tackle and an interception. … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Cayden Tollefsrud ran for 129 yards and 3 TDs while also returning a kick-off 90-yards for a score as Mabel-Canton ended the regular season by beating AC/G-E 46-20. The senior went over 1,000 yards rushing. The Cougars (4-4, 4-4) are Section 1’s 9-Man’s 6-seed, will play at 3-seed Spring Grove (6-2, 6-2). SG volleyball got eight aces from Jordis Neeley in beating L/P 3-0. The … [Read more...]
South-East District Football (10/18)
Alden-Conger/Glenville-Emmons 20, Mabel-Canton 46 (M-C: C. Tollefsrud 19-129, 3 TDs rushing, 90-yard KOR TD; Tyler Larson 9-80, 2 TDs rushing, 2-19 receiving; Isaac Underbakke 5-9, 68 yards passing; Darian Hershberger 2-42 receiving. ACGE had four straight first half possessions that ended in a fumble and M-C capitalized, leading 40-12 at halftime. The Cougars were 5 of 5 on … [Read more...]
Volleyball
Three Rivers Conference Volleyball (10/17) Rushford-Peterson 1, PEM 3 > 24-26, 9-25, 25-18, 17-25 (R-P: Tayler Helgemoe 15 kills, 6 total blks (3 ace); T. Schneider 21 digs; Ava Drazkowski 17 assists, 5 digs; Kayla Magin 12 assists, 13 digs; Lindsey Hoiness 11 digs; Josie Brown 7 kills, 6 digs; Kallie Eide 10 digs; Rebecca Magin 4 kills; Ava Helgemoe 4 kills. Five of R-P’s … [Read more...]
Lion Girls Win Five, Drop One to Finish Regular Season at 21-6
Spring Grove closed the 2023 volleyball regular season with a 21-6 record after winning four matches and dropping one for a third-place finish at the Goodhue Tournament and then a 3-0 conference road romp at Austin versus Lyle/Pacelli (25-11, 25-10, 25-6). The lone tournament loss came against Class AA state-ranked No. 3 Chatfield. The Lions, at 12-2 in Southeast … [Read more...]