Hierarchically, if you are a volleyball program in Fillmore County, Mabel-Canton usually has you beat and FC usually is next. Both are amid long periods of excellence. Lanesboro has ebbed and flowed. Last season was a down year (2-12, 6-15). By beating Schaeffer Academy 3-0 (25-13, 25-18, 25-18) in this year’s regular finale, Julie Schreiber’s Burros finished 10-4 (SEC), … [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...]
Let’s Go Five Twice
County teams have played 34 matches that have gone either four or five sets, including 15 five-set matches this season. The week of Monday, October 7 had five five-set contests, R-P and Kingsland each doing two. Ten Sets in Two Days for Trojans Rushford-Peterson volleyball hadn’t really had a marquee moment, or set of moments on the year. The Trojans entered the week … [Read more...]
Runners Near Full-Throttle
The cross country campaign is quickly nearing the post-season. The last event before the TRC and 1A Meets had all four county programs trek to Plainview for the Jodi Rahman Invite. Matt Kingsbury’s LARP guys (58) notched their third team victory of the year, besting Pine Island (87), RACE (95), and St. Charles (98). Chatfield took 6th, LFC 10th, and Kingsland 11th (of … [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...]
Volleyball (10/1 – 10/5)
Lanesboro 3, Houston 0 > 25-21, 25-22, 25-20 (L: K. Ruen 12 kills, 8 digs; Jessie Schreiber 8 kills; S. Taylor 7 kills, 11 digs, 21-23 serving, 7 aces; E. Cambern 27 assists, 9 digs; Payton Benson 15 digs, 3 aces; Malia Tessum 9 digs; Sophia Simes 8 digs. H: Casey Porter 7 kills, 10 digs; Tessa Peterson 6 kills; Emma Geiwitz/Allison Papenfuss 5 kills; Becca Rostad 8 digs) … [Read more...]
Cross Country (10/1 & 10/3)
Chatfield Invite (RACE (97:45.8) nipped Chatfield (97.46.3) for the boys’ team title. Kingsland took sixth (of 7). Gopher freshman T. Lanning (18:57) took first (first career varsity win). Chatfield’s Alex Wright (5th, 19:22.2), Brady Woltz (7th, 19:37.2) and Evan Wright (10th, 19:46.9) also finished top ten (of 77), while Logan Thompson (15th, 20:03) was top 20. … [Read more...]
Burro VB Posts Marquee Win
It’s a small step. For a program that won 11 total matches the past two seasons combined, staying on the plus side of .500 is a sign things are going in the right direction. Lanesboro volleyball heads to October with more “W’s” than the last two seasons combined. The rising young squad posted two wins on the week. One was a big one. By taking down Spring Grove 3-0 (25-18, … [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...]