It was almost a trap. One week after a key play-off seeding win over St. Charles, Chatfield football (5-2) entertained Pine Island (2-4). Stand-out RB Sam Backer returned, but the Gophers narrowly escaped. Austin Koenigs’ sack/forced fumble, Chance Backer recovery, set up a quick Chatfield score (S-Backer 5-yard run). The Gophers grabbed an early 7-0 lead. The Panthers … [Read more...]
Football
L/P 28, Lanesboro 33 (L: J.T. Rein 25-156, 3 TDs rushing; Nate Betz 7-65, TD rushing; Seth Semmen 6-40 rushing, 8-14, 91 yards, INT passing; Bodin Mayer 5-yard TD run. LP: Cole Walter 20-39, 356 yards, 3 TDs, 2 INTs passing; Zach Bollingberg 10-181, 3 TDs receiving. Burros led 21-0 and 27-8 in 2nd. L/P scored 20 unanswered (led 28-27 in 4th). A 36-yard Seth Semmen to Ben … [Read more...]
Trio of Football Teams Move to 5-2
R-P, Chatfield, and Houston football teams each won in week seven, moving to 5-2 on the season. Red Zone Efficiency, Wieser Propel R-P Over FC The final tally was and 18-point R-P win over FC. But it could’ve been a closer contest between two county rivals on a cold, windy, and even snowy October night. Red zone efficiency was the stat of the game. The Trojans were 4 … [Read more...]
Football (10/11)
Kingsland 12, #8 in 9-Man Southland 47 (K: James Howard 81-yard KOR TD, rushing TD. Knights: 1-5, 1-6) GM 39, M-C 6 (MC: Gavin Johnson 22-158 rushing; Dawson Wilder 5-yard rushing TD. GM: Dusty Copley 16-190, 2 TDs rushing; Evan Oehlke 9-70, 2 TDs rushing, 5-12, 112 yards passing; Luke Speer 3-85, TD receiving. Cougars: 0-7, 0-7) Lanesboro 12, #2 in 9-Man L-O 20 (L: … [Read more...]
Football (10/4)
Houston 40, M-C 7 (H: A. Van Gundy 6-139, TD receiving (59-yard TD catch), 7-45, TD rushing; Ben Walters 4-73, 2 TDs rushing (47-yard TD run), 2 sacks, fumble recovery; Wyatt Walters 10-55, TD rushing, 47-yard TD catch (100-plus total yards in five straight games); M. Schutte 9-11, 199 yards, 2 TDs passing. M-C: Gavin Johnson 19-116, TD rushing; Dawson Wilder 17-70 rushing. … [Read more...]
Gophers Bounce Back, Backer a Big Effort
Chatfield football started the year with two wins, freshman tailback Sam Backer making a big early splash. The Gophers then dropped back-to-back contests to Triton (16-14) and Caledonia (41-8). In week five, Jeff Johnson’s group got back on track behind their big o-line and young running back. The frosh did non-frosh things, rushing 24 times for 273 yards and 4 TDs … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Fillmore Central football got its first win, beating W-K 28-12. R-P (3-1) and #8 in AA L-A (4-0) battled to a one-point Cardinal win (28-27). The Trojans led 21-14 and were in the red zone late in the fourth, but fumbled. L-A scored (21-21), R-P scored (27-21) and L-A scored again (28-27) all in the final 3:00. Houston (3-1) also played a big game versus Spring Grove … [Read more...]
Football
FC 28, W-K 12 (FC: Zach Haugerud 6-15, 169 yards, 2 TDs, INT passing, 11-52 rushing; Hadrian Williams 10-93, 2 TDs rushing, 17-yard reception; Carson Kiehne 3-103, TD receiving (69-yard TD catch) - averaging 26.3 yards per reception; Grant Kennedy 2-49 receiving, two INTs defensively. W-K scored first followed by 28 unanswered FC points. Falcons: 1-1, 1-4) Kingsland 15, … [Read more...]
Trojans Drop 60 in a Half
It was a mismatch from the beginning. Cotter football is in a serious gulley. R-P football is a strong program that has yielded good teams for decades nearly uninterrupted. The score was going to be lopsided. But the Trojans put 60 on the Ramblers, in the game’s first two quarters. In a contest that had a one hour, forty-minute first half, and about a 40-minute second … [Read more...]
Hurricane Walter(s)
In week three, Houston football rode senior running back Wyatt Walters to a 44-14 win over Lanesboro. In week four, it was Ben Walters who got all the glory. The 5’10” 200-pound senior scored all of the Hurricanes’ touchdowns in a lopsided win at Lyle/Pacelli. Cody Hungerholt’s group took a 16-0 lead into intermission, but scored 24 more unanswered points in the third … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Kandace Sikkink had 16 kills and 16 assists as FC volleyball (3-1, 8-7) beat PEM. Lanesboro beat Kingsland to improve to 5-3, 10-11. Julie Schrieber’s group in renaissancing (went 2-12, 6-25 in 2018). Alyvia Eide had 36 digs, though R-P lost in four sets to Cotter. Teammate Kaleah Davis totaled 21 kills and 11 aces in the loss to Cotter, a win over La Crescent. Peyton Berg … [Read more...]
Football
L-A 14, FC 0 (FC: Zach Haugerud 17-28, 228 yards, INT passing; Grant Kennedy 8-127 receiving; Carson Kiehne 3-40 receiving, 3-33 rushing; Alec Sikkink 16-39 rushing. LA: Cole Mundt 20-255, 2 TDs rushing (97-yard TD run). Key sequence in first half; FC was stopped on 4th and goal at the three. Mundt ran 97-yards on L-A’s next play for the game’s first score. Falcons had … [Read more...]
Conversion Lifts R-P to 8-7 Win
What’s that old saying? It all comes down to this. For Rushford-Peterson football, it literally all came down to a couple plays late (on their last possession) in the game versus Goodhue. Both resulted in scores, giving Davin Thompson’s group a good early season win. In a battle between two rivals who seemingly always play each other very tight, it was defensive … [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...]
Frosh Provides ‘O’ In Gopher Shut-out Win
He’s young. From a boys high school sports perspective, he’s oh, so young. At an age where most athletes are hoping to start and excel on JV, he skipped a level. He’s excelling on the varsity level (without even playing much JV). He’s played two “big boy” games, amassing two one-hundred-yard efforts, five total TDs, and a pair of interceptions. And he looks the part, from … [Read more...]