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...]
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...]
2019 Volleyball Preview
The 2019 high school volleyball season begins without too many changes. Teams are still in the same conferences. Six of seven FCJ covered teams have the same coach. Section alignments have changed. Notably, Chatfield and Cotter move from 1AA to 1A, Lewiston-Altura moves from 1A to 1AA, and Kenyon-Wanamingo moves from 2AA to 1A. Twenty-seven teams comprise Section 1A, … [Read more...]
Baseball (5/13 – 5/17)
PEM 8, R-P 2 (RP: Nolan Mueller 6 2/3 IP, 8 H, 8 R, 5 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, Loss (first loss, 5-1); Tommy Ekern 1-3, RBI, R) Southland 3, Chatfield 5 (C: Z. Roline 3-3, 2B, 3 RBI; Max Aug 2-2, 3 R, 5 2/3 IP, 3 H, 3 ER, 3 BB, 5 K, Win); C 10, S 9 (C: Roline 1-4, 2B, 5 RBI, R; Henry Gathje 2-3, RBI, R; Austin Storm 2-4, RBI, save; Seth Allen 1-2, 3 R; Hunter Johnston 1 IP, Win) … [Read more...]
Softball (5/6 – 5/18)
FC/L 1, L-A 4 (FCL: K.J. Corson 2-3, R; Adeline Peters 1-3, RBI); L-A 14, FC/L 2 [6] (FCL: Kelsey Biel 1-3, RBI) R-P 1, #2 in AA Cotter 13 [5] (RP: Avalon Jacobson 1-2, R; Julissa Trejo 1-2, RBI); #2 C 23, R-P 5 (RP: Megan Oian 2-3, 2B, R; Jasmine Schueler 1-3, RBI, R) Schaeffer Acad. 1, Houston 9 (H: A. Rostad 2-3, 2B, RBI, 2 R; Gretchen Hill 2-4, 2B, 2 RBI, R; … [Read more...]
Baseball (5/6 – 5/11)
D-E 5, Chatfield 2 (C: Seth Allen 6 IP, 4 H, 5 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 7 K, Loss; Henry Gathje 2-4; Zach Roline 1-3, 2B) R-P 13, Houston 1 [6] (R-P: Malachi Bunke 2-4, 3 RBI, R; Tim Highum 2-4, 2B, 2 RBI, R; Justin Ruberg 2-4, 2 RBI, R; Nolan Mueller 1-2, 2B, 2 RBI, R, 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 K, Win (5-0). H: James Hongerholt 3-3, two 2B; J. Millen 1-3, HR, RBI, R) W-K 4, M-C … [Read more...]
Softball (5/6 – 5/11)
AC/GE 8, Houston 3 (H: Alyssa Rostad 3-4, R; Gretchen Hill 3-4, RBI; Beverlee Hahn 2-4, RBI) FC/L 2, La Crescent 5 (FCL: Adeline Peters 2-4, 2B) M-C 5, Cal/SG 6 (M-C: Kenidi McCabe 2-4, 3B, RBI, 2 R; Payton Danielson 1-2, 2 RBI, R. Warriors won with walk-off single) Southland 3, R-P 13 [5] (R-P: Karissa Eide 2-3, 3B, RBI, R; Peyton Hoiness 1-2, 3 R, 5 IP, 6 H, 3 … [Read more...]
Golf (5/6 – 5/11)
(B) G-E 273, Houston 261 (H: Owen Gaustad 52*); (G) G-E 284, H 255 (H: Lilli Carlson 56*. Valley High GC) (B) St. Charles 244, Chatfield 193 (C: Riley Mulhern 46*; Colton Johnson 47; Tadyn Burnett 49); C Inc., SC 217 (C: Mollie Henry 52. SC: Emma Cage 48*. Chatfield CC) (B) Lanesboro 187, Kingsland 189 (L: Hayden Lawstuen 42; Cale Anderson 43; Clay Schwichtenberg 48. … [Read more...]
Houston Steals Win With 6-run Seventh
It appeared over. Already up 1-0, GMLOK softball scored four in the bottom of the sixth to lead Houston 5-0. Bulldog Pitcher Lily Hughes had tossed a no-hitter through five, a one-hitter through six. What were the chances the ‘Canes would amass seven hits and six runs in an inning (the seventh)? Four of Houston’s first five hitters reached. Just one run scored (5-1). The … [Read more...]