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Mabel-Canton Cougars

Mabel-Canton High School
316 Fillmore, PO Box 337
Mabel, MN. 55954
507-493-5422

Superintendent: Gary Kuphal
Principal: Michelle Weidemann
Activities Director: Lonnie Morken

COUGAR SPORTS

Chatfield’s Sam Carrier gets the pass deflection on a ball intended for St. Charles’ Saevian Hong in the #2 in AA Gophers 51-8 win over the Saints. Chatfield remained perfect at 6-0. Photo by Leif Erickson

Football (10/13)

Paul Trende Oct 13, 2025

Football: #4 M-C Maintains South-East Lead with 26-20 Win Over #10 SG Neighborly rivals Mabel-Canton and Spring Grove have played each other yearly on the gridiron forever. Few, if any, of those previous games were as big as a week six showdown. In a huge contest to the South-East race, the #4 in 9-Man Cougars […]

Chatfield’s Cora Bicknese goes high to attack against Rushford-Peterson’s Ava Helgemoe. Chatfield (7-2, 19-7) swept the Trojans (6-2, 11-3) in a match of top four TRC teams while also taking third of 32 at the large-school Burnsville Tourney. Photo by Leif Erickson

Volleyball (10/13)

Paul Trende Oct 13, 2025

Volleyball: #4 Gophers End Trojans TRC Streak, Take Third at Burnsville In a matchup of top four TRC teams, #4 in AA Chatfield (5-2, 13-6) gave Rushford-Peterson (5-1, 10-2) its second…

Cross country teams leave the line at the LARPH Meet held in Lewiston. Guys from the host team are notably middle left while those from LFC are middle right. Team Card-Tro-Cane (21) handily won their fifth run of the year, topping nearest foe Pine Island (80). Photo by Christine Vreeman

Cross Country (10/13)

Paul Trende Oct 13, 2025

Cross Country: Variables Stay Constant at LARPH’s Lewiston Run At the top of things, cross country variables stayed constant as LARPH hosted its second meet of the year, this time at Lewiston’s Heartland…

Spring Grove’s Dylan Halverson ends a Kingsland threat by making an interception at the goal-line for a pass intended for Kingsland’s Michael Johnson. Lion Ezra Konkel is also shown. For a second straight week, the Lions (4-1, 4-1) scored late to earn victory, this time handing #2 in 9-Man Kingsland (4-1, 4-1) its first loss via a 14-8 win. Photo by Christine Vreeman

Football (10/6)

Paul Trende Oct 6, 2025

Football: Spring Grove Scores Late, Upends #2 Kingsland Kaaleem Reiland thundered 78 yards on Kingsland’s first play from scrimmage and then passed to Carter Strobel for the two-point conversion. The…

Second place in all-time career wins (885), Lonnie Morken was surprised by the presence of former Stewartville coach and mentor John Dzubay at Morken’s history-making volleyball game. Dzubay is in first place with 1,039 wins. Photo submitted

It’s Great to be a Cougar – Lonnie Morken Makes State History

Charlene Corson Selbee Oct 6, 2025

Mabel-Canton (M-C) Volleyball Coach, Lonnie Morken, made history Thursday evening, September 25, reaching an astounding 885 career wins and 150 losses. He moved up to second place for all-time career…

Mabel-Canton head volleyball coach Lonnie Morken (second from left in back row) poses with his team and assistant coaches after winning his 885th career match versus Kingsland. Doing so moved Morken into second place all-time in state history behind Stewartville former head John Dzubay (1,039). Photo by Heather Kleiboer

Volleyball (10/6)

Paul Trende Oct 6, 2025

Volleyball: Morken Moves into Second Place All-Time with 885th Career Win Mabel-Canton won two volleyball matches on the week, sweeping both Lanesboro and Kingsland in SEC action. Doing so did…

Chatfield safety Kaisen Johnson (#6) takes a lick but brings down Triton QB Pierce Petersohn just short of the goal line to deny a would-be game-winning second-overtime two-point conversion and enable the Gophers to post a huge 24-23 sub-district win. They improved to 4-0. Photo by Paul Trende

Football (9/29)

Paul Trende Sep 29, 2025

Football: Johnson’s Takedown Leads to #2 Gopher Victory over Triton It is always good to have a good wrestler on your football team. They know how to tackle and will…

Grand Meadow’s Alyvia Olson is on the attack against the defense of Houston’s Jorja Meyer. The Larks posted a 6-0 week including two SEC wins, as GM (7-0, 15-4) is off to a big start and a big lead over nearest foe Southland (6-3, 6-3) in the SEC-West. Photo by Paul Trende

Volleyball (9/29)

Paul Trende Sep 29, 2025

Volleyball: Larks Take Control of West, Post 6-0 Week Overall Grand Meadow volleyball won two SEC matches on the week, sweeping their nearest SEC-West foe. They also went 4-0 at…

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Hot Shots (9/29)

Paul Trende Sep 29, 2025

Nine-Man #9 Mabel-Canton rolled up 461 yards on the ground and 570 yards total offense in beating Faribault B.A. 62-19. Isaac Underbakke had three scores (one passing, two rushing) while…

Houston’s Elliot Frauenkron battles forward against the Spring Grove defenders including Christian Bjerke (#34), Caden Gerard (#15), and others. Houston ended a 20-game losing streak to the Lions via a 24-18 victory. Photo by Emma Geiwitz

Football (9/22)

Paul Trende Sep 22, 2025

Football: Extra Points Propel Houston Past #2 Spring Grove Each team scored three touchdowns. Houston converted all three extra-point plays; #2 in 9-Man Spring Grove converted none. With a 24-18…