Chatfield 3, La Crescent 0 > 25-19, 25-16, 25-15 (C: Devann Clemens 9 assists, 14-14 serving, 6 digs; Paige Erickson 3 kills, 5 blks, 3 aces; Abi Hinckley 8 digs, 3 aces; Peyton Berg 7 digs, 3 aces; Kielan LaPlante 7 kills; Zayda Priebe 5 kills) FC 3, Southland 0 > 25-7, 25-14, 25-9 (FC: Hadley Yoder 14 kills; Krista Jorgenson 9 kills; K. Sikkink 8 kills, 23 assists, … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
LARP’s Luke O’Hare (17:24.2) won his second cross country meet in as many tries, repeating as D-E Invite champion. Teammate Tyler Rislov notched his second straight third place finish. Mabel-Canton volleyball, ranked #6 in Class A, beat Lanesboro to stay perfect (6-0, 13-0) on the year. Sarina Stortz had 18 kills (.708 efficiency). Junior Kenidi McCabe was honored for … [Read more...]
Football (9/13)
Faribault B.A. 35, FC 14 (FC: Zach Haugerud 6-27, 157 yards, TD, 3 INTs passing; Carson Kiehne 2-120, TD receiving. Falcons: 0-0, 0-3) Triton 16, #7 in AA Chatfield 14 (C: Reid Johnson 12-23, 189 yards, 2 TDs, INT passing; Chance Backer 5-100, TD receiving; Maysn Remme 2-68, TD receiving. T: Braxton Munnikhuysen 19-136 rushing; Austin Melder 23-89, TD rushing; Parker Boe … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Cross country runners stood out at a pair of Thursday events. LARP’s Luke O’Hare picked up where he left off in 2018. He repeated as ‘Crazy Buffalo’ meet champion, shaving 36 seconds off his time (17:03 to 16:27). Teammate Tyler Rislov took third, as LARP’s boys took third. They had seven guys finish top 21. At the Hayfield Invite, Chatfield’s girls took second, the boys … [Read more...]
Football (9/6)
R-P 39, Faribault B.A. 18 (RP: T. Meldahl 23-249, 2 TDs rushing; Kobe Lind 4-65, TD receiving, 59-yard TD run; Justin Ruberg 5-56, TD receiving; Malachi Bunke 10-15, 127 yards, 2 TDs passing; Hale Stensgard 35-yard INT return TD) FC 13, Goodhue 34 (FC: Zach Haugerud 9-24, 160 yards, 2 TDs, 3 INTs passing; Cory Brown 2-64, TD receiving; Carson Kiehne 3-62, TD receiving. … [Read more...]
Volleyball (8/31 – 9/7)
Kingsland 0, #6 M-C 3 > 25-6, 25-10, 25-9 (MC: K. McCabe 10 kills, 11 digs, 23 assists, 4 aces; Payton Danielson 8 kills, 11 digs, 4 aces; Sarina Stortz 7 kills; Jordyn Newgard 5 kills, 6 digs; Emily Carolan 5 kills; L. Wyffels 9 digs, 12 assists, 23-23 serving, 7 aces. K: Audrey Webster 8 digs; Ellie Buchholtz 10 assists. Knights: 2-2, 2-8) SG 3, Lanesboro 0 > … [Read more...]
2019 FCJ High School Football Preview
The 2019 high school football season begins with changes. Districts have been re-aligned. The Mid-Southeast has three sub-districts; Red, White, and Blue. Journal covered squads FC and R-P are in the Blue with Cotter, Hayfield, L-A, and W-K. The Falcons have “cross-over” games with Red and White schools. R-P plays just White schools. Those games are weeks one thru … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
FC’s comeback from a 2-1 deficit, 3-2 victory over Hayfield, highlighted the opening night of volleyball. Kandace Sikkink (17 kills, 16 assists, 15 digs) and Lauren Mensink (10 kills, 28 assists, 11 digs) had triple-doubles. K.J. Corson had 30 digs. Kingsland, Houston, and Mabel-Canton also got wins. Lanesboro fell in a close one to GM 3-1. Sydney Taylor had 20 kills and … [Read more...]
Volleyball Season Openers (8/22)
Hayfield 2, FC 3 > 25-23, 19-25, 22-25, 25-18, 15-11 (FC: K. Sikkink 17 kills, 16 assists, 15 digs, 20-22 serving, 3 aces; L. Mensink 10 kills, 28 assists, 11 digs; K.J. Corson 30 digs; Hadley Yoder 10 kills; Maddie Krage 9 kills, 3 blks; Ashlyn Simon 11 digs, 16-16 serving) Schaeffer Academy 1, Kingsland 3 > 25-20, 25-17, 13-25, 25-12 (K: Ellie Buchholtz 12 kills, 8 … [Read more...]
Fillmore Central set to begin 2019-20 school year
At the August 27 Fillmore Central School Board meeting, Principal Heath Olstad gave a report on the upcoming school year. The high school open house will be held on August 28. At that time, students along with their parents will be able to see the new renovations and updates at the high school. The football field is almost finished although the lights aren’t up yet so the … [Read more...]


