La Crescent 0, Houston 3 > 25-11, 25-19, 25-22 (H: A. Scanlan 29 assists, 10 digs, 8 aces; Marissa Kennedy 8 kills, 10 digs; Amber Chapel 7 kills, 7 digs; Becca Lee 7 kills; Alyssa Rostad 9 digs) #7 in Class A Caledonia 3, Kingsland 2 > 25-23, 19-25, 16-25, 25-18, 9-15 (K: L. Buchholtz 21 kills, 10 digs; E. Buchholtz 33 assists; K. Kruegel 12 kills; Taylor Zimmerman … [Read more...]
Ranked Battles Set
It is probably unprecedented. Four neighboring school districts, four former SEC teams from 20 years ago, Spring Grove (#1 in 9-man), Rushford-Peterson (#1 in A), Caledonia (#1 in AA), and Houston (#3 in 9-man) all are ranked top three in state. Adding Winona High (#1 in AAAA), four #1 ranked football teams in state are in the same tri-county area. Three are set for huge … [Read more...]
Houston School Board talks enrollment, approves proposed levy
The Houston School Board met for its regular meeting in the library of Houston Public High School at 6 p.m. on Thursday, September 21, 2017. In attendance were Superintendent Abraham and Board members Bonner, Wilson, Carlson and Evenson. Board member Norlien arrived shortly afterwards. Following the Pledge of Allegiance, the board approved the night’s agenda unanimously. The … [Read more...]
Houston VB Finds a Win Streak
Houston volleyball started the year 1-9. Picking up two more wins, over Fillmore County teams, they ran their streak to three. For only the second time in ten years, the ‘Canes beat R-P (26-24, 14-25, 26-24, 26-24). Ariel Scanlan (20 assists, 20-20 serving), Amber Chapel (10 kills, 3 blocks), and Becca Lee (5 kills) led the way. Scanlan’s older twin sisters Bailey and … [Read more...]
‘Cane Football Wears Out M-C
It took until the second stanza. Undefeated, #3 in 9-Man Houston (3-0), wore out Mabel-Canton (2-1). Team double-H amassed 13 first half first downs, M-C four, but the Hurricanes only led 8-0 at intermission. That score was a 7-yard Brady Happel TD run, which capped a 16-play, 92-yard drive. A fumble in the red zone negated a big scoring opportunity late in the half. The … [Read more...]
#5 Houston Runs Over L-O
It took just one big win for Houston to go from without-a-vote-unranked, to #5 in the 9-man polls. The Hurricanes defended their ranking at home by running over LeRoy-Ostrander. Houston put up the first 54 points of the game including a 28-point third quarter. Without completing one pass, Cody Hungerholt’s group rumbled over the Cardinals 54-6. Team double-H had 410 rushing … [Read more...]
Volleyball (9/5 – 9/9)
L-A 2, FC 3 > 25-19, 21-25, 20-25, 25-23, 15-11 (FC: M. Scheevel 33 assists, 8 kills, 16 digs; K. Marzolf 16 kills; C. Rindels 13 kills, 17 digs; P. Donlinger 8 kills, 3 aces, 22 digs; K. Corson 16 digs. Falcons rallied from down 2-1. With it 23-23 in game four, Rindels smartly serve-received in the front row, quick passed to Scheevel, who sent it right back to Rindels for … [Read more...]
Volleyball (9/5 – 9/9)
#6 in Class A M-C 3, Houston 0 > 25-10, 25-13, 25-17 (MC: S. Slafter 9 kills, 8 digs; Lexi Thorson 10 digs; Hannah Snell 9 digs; Dakota Delaney 7 kills; Maddy Michels 6 kills, 19-20 serving, 5 aces; Payton Danielson 6 kills, 7 digs; Kenidi McCabe 29 assists. H: Amber Chapel 4 kills, 3 blocks; Becca Lee 7 digs; Ariel Scanlan 9 assists) La Crescent 1, Kingsland 3 > … [Read more...]
Houston Ends GM’s 51-Game Streak
Grand Meadow entered a week two contest with Houston having won 51 games in a row. The streak started Oct 11, 2013. The Lark’s last loss occurred on Oct. 4 and 5 of 2013. Due to a Friday postponement, Niko Anderson led Lanesboro past GM on Saturday 47-36. The Larks went on to win the 9-Man title. They followed it up with three straight perfect seasons, three more titles to … [Read more...]
Houston’s Thursday Night Lights
With a big Spring Grove versus Cleveland/Emmanuel Lutheran 9-man game scheduled for Friday, Houston got a head start on the season by hosting Alden-Conger/Glenville Emmons Thursday. Joey Fishel and Zach Schneider combined to score the game’s first five TDs and the Hurricanes converted four two-point attempts to build a 38-0 second quarter lead. They cruised past A-C/G-E … [Read more...]
Volleyball (8/28 – 8/31)
Houston 1, S.A. 3 > 25-21, 7-25, 20-25, 22-25 (H: Ariel Scanlan 12 assists, 16-17 serving, 2 aces; Becca Lee 13 digs) M-C 3, G-E 0 > 25-3, 25-4, 25-3 (MC: Lauren Wyffels 21-21 serving, 7 aces, 9 digs, 10 assists; P. Danielson 9 kills, 17-17 serving, 4 aces; M. Michels 8 kills; Sarina Stortz 7 kills; S. Slafter 4 kills, 5 aces; K. McCabe 20 assists) Houston 2, L/P 3 … [Read more...]
Volleyball Openers (8/24)
GM 0, #7 in A M-C 3 > 25-14, 25-14, 25-16 (MC: Savannah Slafter 11 kills, 14 digs; Kenidi McCabe 37 assists, 13 digs, 3 aces; Dakota Delaney 13 kills; Lexi Thorson 9 digs, 5 aces; Maddy Michels 9 kills; Payton Danielson 5 kills, 13 digs) #2 in A Hayfield 3, FC 0 > 26-28, 7-25, 18-25 (FC: Madison Scheevel 19 assists, 15 digs; Kaelyn Marzolf 8 kills; Cailey Rindels 5 … [Read more...]
2017 Football Preview
The high school football season begins with what is the new normal per the district format; changes. L-A moves from the Mid-Southeast East District (R-P, FC, Kingsland, etc.) to the Southeast-White (Chatfield, etc.). Cotter does the opposite. BP moves from MSE West to East. Each MSE Sub-District now has nine teams. Cannon Falls joins L-A as a new team in the … [Read more...]
2017 Volleyball Preview
The 2017 volleyball season begins with turnover being a main theme. Last year’s All-Conference teams featured 12 total picks from county teams. Nine were seniors. Fillmore Central, Rushford-Peterson, Lanesboro, and Mabel-Canton lost multiple multi-year stand-out (All-Conference plus) players. Kingsland and Chatfield each graduated experienced seniors groups. And thus … [Read more...]
Year in Review – Year of the Senior
The 2016-2017 sports season in Fillmore County was a special one. None in the Journal Sports era produced so many teams with so many good to great seniors, so much senior depth. It seemed just before Y-2-K, a lot of athletic parents were spawning gifted offspring. From state track champion D-1 signees/gridiron juggernauts, to all-time leading scorers, 2,000-assists, … [Read more...]