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Five of seven Journal covered football teams picked up wins week six.  Three improved to 4-2.  R-P (2-1, 4-2) clobbered W-K 46-14.  Sophomore QB Malachi Bunke completed 9 of 10 passes for 154 yards and 4 TDs while Triton Meldahl amassed 200-plus total yards including four long TDs (44, 46, 53, 59 yards).  He’s ran for 100-plus yards in five consecutive games (911 yards on the season) and has 11 total TDs.  Chatfield (2-2, 4-2) beat Lake City 28-6 behind the Backer brothers.  Sam had 153 yards rushing and Chance 135 yards receiving.  The duo combined for three TDs.  It was the former’s fifth 100-yard rushing game of the season (932 yards) and he’s got 12 total TDs.  Houston (4-2, 4-2) beat M-C 40-7.  Alex Van Gundy had 184 total yards and two TDs while Mikkel Schutte was 9 of 11 for 199 yards and 2 TDs passing.  Elsewhere, FC (2-1, 2-4) beat Hayfield 37-7.  Alec Sikkink (126 yards) and Hadrian Williams (109 yards) each topped the century mark rushing, combining for 3 TDs.  Zach Haugerud completed 13 of 16 passes for 176 yards and 2 TDs.  Kingsland (1-4, 1-5) got its first win, beating L/P 14-6.  On the volleyball court, Kingsland and Houston went five sets again.   The ‘Canes rallied from down 2-1 to post a 3-2 win.  Jenny Albrecht had 11 kills and 21 digs for the victors, Ellie Buchholtz 20 kills and 17 digs for the defeated.  The Knights rallied from down 2-1 in the teams’ first meeting.  Chatfield’s Peyton Berg had 31 digs, R-P’s Alyvia Eide 30 digs, as the Gophers got a 3-1 win.  Chatfield (4-5, 9-10) also beat D-E.   Freshmen Treyton Lanning and Aletta Strande made the smaller Chatfield CC Invite memorable for the hosts, as they took first and second respectively.  It was Lanning’s first ever title.  LARP’s Luke O’Hare took third at the Lewiston Ole Olmstead Invite.