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...]
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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...]
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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...]