The last county boys team left standing a year ago were the Trojans of Rushford-Peterson. Tom Vix’s group fell in double OT to Goodhue in the 1A title game. R-P finished 13-3 (TRC), 20-9 (overall), as 1A Runner-Up. Team green lost its two All-TRC picks (Noah Carlson, Luke Rasmussen). It returns a nice group of guys that should keep them in the Section title mix. Jake … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball Preview
The girls basketball season starts with a bunch of voids to be filled. A ton a talent including seven All-Conference picks graduated last year. Five of seven FCJ covered schools lost (multiple) high-profile, experienced players, including two all-time leading scorers. The last county girls basketball team left standing last season were the Fillmore Central Falcons. In … [Read more...]
Football Teams All Fall
For the first time since 2011, no county football squad will make a Section title game. Four teams made the semis. But their good seasons didn’t become special. Section 1A 2-seed R-P (7-1) put up the first 42 points in handling 7-seed Kingsland (1-7) in the quarters 42-22. Jake Paulson (4-66, 2 TDs receiving), Landon Skalet (7-8, 88 yards, 2 TDs passing), Ethan Hermanson … [Read more...]
Volleyball (10/23 & 10/26) 1A and 1AA East Play-Offs
9-seed R-P (10-16) 0, 8-seed Kingsland (13-17) 3 > 25-23, 25-21, 25-19 (K: L. Buchholtz 26 kills, 3 aces; Kori Kruegel 11 kills, 12 digs; E. Buchholtz 33 assists; T. Zimmerman 18 digs, 13-13 serving; Jenna Schmidt 19-19 serving. RP: Nicole Blagsvedt 6 kills; Olivia Hoff 15 digs; Lauren Lawston 5 kills, 14 digs; Kensay Clobes 4 kills, 11 digs. Buchholtz had a 6-kill, 3-ace … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
LFC’s Kaylee Arndt took fourth at the TRC meet. Chatfield’s Tessa McMahon (7th) and LARP’s Emily Didier (10th) also finished top ten for the girls. Chatfield’s girls had six in the top 30. Luke O’Hare (9th) finished top ten for the boys. Sixth-ranked Houston football hammered L/P 52-20. Ryan Kuhn accounted for 249 yards of offense, 2 TDs, and had two interceptions, as M-C … [Read more...]
Volleyball (10/16-10/21)
Houston 3, L-O 1 > 24-26, 25-10, 25-20, 25-18 (H: Amber Chapel 7 kills, 7 aces; Ariel Scanlan 26 assists, 11 digs; Becca Lee 6 kills, 7 digs; Jenny Albrecht 4 kills, 4 blocks) Lanesboro 0, SA 3 > 8-25, 12-25, 16-25 (L: Peighton Prestemon 15 digs; Claire Pieper 12 digs; Payton Benson 4 aces) Lanesboro 0, FC 3 > 25-10, 25-20, 25-9 (FC: Cailey Rindels 11 kills; … [Read more...]
Short on Short, ‘Canes Rebound With Win
After a couple strokes of bad news (first loss to SG, loss of a trio of players), Houston (5-1) returned to the win column versus Lanesboro (2-4). Brady Happel scored on a 60-yard TD run on the game’s first play. Happel and Zach Schneider each topped 100-yards rushing in the first half. Houston built a 38-6 lead. They prevailed 46-12 in fog bowl #1. Schneider (19-168, 2 … [Read more...]
Ranked Homecoming Onions
Week six football had two top 10 battles. For their homecomings, R-P (#1 in Class A, 5-0) hosted Goodhue (#4 in Class A, 5-0) and Houston (#3 in 9-Man, 5-0) hosted Spring Grove (#1 in 9-Man, 5-0). The home teams had to eat onions in tough losses. Their football gear absorbed mud, following two rain-soaked sludge-fests. ‘Canes Foiled by Folz and Company It wasn’t one … [Read more...]
Volleyball (10/2 – 10/7)
Houston 0, Goodhue 3 > 10-25, 11-25, 14-25 L-A 3, Chatfield 1 > 12-25, 25-22, 16-25, 13-25 (C: Kielan LaPlante 11 kills, 3 ½ blocks; Belle Berg 8 kills, 18 digs; Grace Friederichs 24 assists; Abi Hinckley 11 digs, 14-15 serving, 2 aces; Paige Erickson/Mollie Henry 6 kills) Kingsland 0, PEM 3 > 18-25, 19-25, 23-25 (K: K. Kruegel 13 kills; L. Buchholtz 10 kills; E. … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Ryan Kuhn ran for 247 yards and accounted for four TDs, Brenden Kerns scored five times, as M-C football (2-2, 3-2) downed L/P 81-32. The Athletics are coached by former Chatfield graduate Adam Hurley. Logan Corson accounted for three TDs (all in the second quarter), as FC football (3-2, 3-2) beat Southland 38-7. Chatfield girls cross country took second at the St. Charles … [Read more...]