The final score was close. It was primarily a smash-mouth run-versus-run football game. But two of three scores came through the air and the third was set up by a big pass play, as Chatfield football hosted Cannon Falls. Gopher Reid Johnson’s 55-yard TD pass to Ben Brogan, who made a play on an underthrown ball, put the Gophers up 7-0. In the final minute of the half, … [Read more...]
Football
Randolph 34, Lanesboro 14 (L: J.T. Rein 22-72, TD rushing; Carson Schwichtenberg 11-27, 125 yards, INT passing; 13-54, TD rushing; Andrew Luck 7-95 receiving; R: Andrew Wenstrom 21-229, 3 TDs rushing, 12-22, 153 yards, 2 TDs passing. Burros trailed 28-14 entering fourth. Lanesboro is 0-1, 1-1) #8 in A BP 41, FC 6 (FC: Zach Haugerud 38-yard TD pass to Carson Kiehne. BP: … [Read more...]
Volleyball (9/3 – 9/8)
R-P 3, Chatfield 1 > 25-21, 18-25, 25-15, 27-25 (RP: Lauren Lawston 8 kills, 12 digs; Alyvia Eide 17 digs; Jaelyn Connaughty 6 kills, 9 assists, 6 digs, 3 aces; Peyton Hoiness 12 assists, 8 digs, 5 aces; Kaleah Davis 5 kills, 8 aces. C: Kielan LaPlante 9 kills; Paige Erickson/Alanna Goetzinger 6 kills; Teagan Allen 14 assists; Abby Nosbisch 18-19 serving, 6 aces) FC 3, … [Read more...]
Cross Country
La Crescent “Crazy Buffalo” Invite (LARP’s Luke O’Hare (17:03) beat Lancers’ Hunter Grimm (17:08), Reese Anderson (17:16), and Thomas Lechnir (17:35) for first place, the sophomores’ first individual varsity title. Teammates Aidan Ellinghusyen (6th), Mitchell Ledebuhr (13th), Tyler Rislov (20th), and Ricky Buchanon (21st) finished in the top 25. LARP took third as a team. … [Read more...]
Football Preview
The football season starts with no big changes. It’ll be the Kingsland’s last year of 11-man football. Rushford-Peterson went 6-1, 8-2 last season. It was the Trojans’ sixth straight winning campaign. They lost to BP 21-20 in the 1A semis (won the regular season meeting 39-35). Coach Davin Thompson notably lost a pair of standouts in All-District guys Jake Paulson and … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Landon Skalet threw for 5 TDs, sophomore Kobe Lind caught three, as R-P football opened by beating Kingsland 54-12. James Hongerholt ran for three TDs, as Houston beat AC/GE 38-6. Sophomore Carson Kiehne ran for three TDs, Tyler Raaen had two sacks, a 58-yard interception return, and a blocked punt, as FC beat Hayfield 31-0. Chatfield scored 21 points in the fourth quarter, … [Read more...]
Football Week 1 (9/30 & 9/31)
Houston 38, AC/G-E 6 (H: J. Hongerholt 10-152, 3 TDs rushing, 3-6, 32 yards passing; J. Millen 11-139, TD rushing, 3-32 receiving; J. Fishel 14-58, TD rushing. Up 22-6, Hurricanes put it away with 16-0 fourth) Kingsland 12, R-P 54 (RP: L. Skalet 17-22, 224 yards, 5 TDs passing; K. Lind 9-119, 3 TDs receiving, 58-yard interception return; E. Sense 11-70, 2 TDs rushing, … [Read more...]
Volleyball (9/27 – 10/1)
Kingsland 3, L/P 1 > 25-16, 20-25, 29-27, 25-22 (L: L. Buchholtz 19 kills, 20 digs; Ellie Buchholtz 11 kills, 10 assists, 6 aces; Alyssa Link 19 assists, 8 digs; Nora Jahn 16-17 serving, 3 aces; Taylor Zimmerman 14-14 serving, 10 digs) SA 0, M-C 3 > 25-7, 25-15, 25-13 (MC: Lauren Wyffels 14 assists, 10 digs, 13-13 serving, 5 aces; Avery Davis 9 kills; Maddy Michels 8 … [Read more...]
Cross Country (9/27 & 9/30)
W-K Gallup (LARP’s boys took 4th, Kingsland 9th (of 9). L. O’Hare (7th) and Aidan Ellinghuysen (13th) finished top 20 for LARP, which had seven in the top 50 (of 129) total. Kingsland and LARP girls were incomplete with no runners in the top 25) Stewartville “Bill Glomski” Invite (Chatfield girls took 5th, LFC’s 9th (of 13). Kingsland was incomplete. Gophers Beatrice … [Read more...]
The Austin Roadblock
This season marked the fifth straight year Chatfield softball made the Section Final Four in Austin. The Gophers task was a high one; win four games over two days. It’s the fifth straight year their season ends in Austin. Chatfield (1AA East Runner Up, 18-3) got one win, beating Byron (1AA West Runner-Up, 15-7) in the loser out game. The contest was scoreless for six … [Read more...]