Lanesboro 6, #6 in 9-Man GM 56 (L: Carson Schwichtenberg 16-28, 159 yards, TD, INT passing; Connor Ruen 5-65, TD receiving; Andrew Luck 8-81 receiving, 10-28 rushing. GM: Zach Myhre 17-266, 5 TDs rushing. Burros are 0-2, 1-2) M-C 16, #3 in 9-Man SG 50 (MC: Brenden Kerns 12-54, TD rushing; Drew Wyffels 3-6, 86 yards, TD passing; Ethan Underbakke 2-63, TD receiving. SG: … [Read more...]
Cross Country (9/12 & 9/14)
D-E Invite (LFC girls (64) took second to Lake City (49) of seven teams. LARP was incomplete. Kaylee Arndt (3rd), Bailey Ruen (6th), Ashley Miner (10th), Maddie Smith (22nd), Kelly Ristau (24th), and Katie Prinsen (25th) finished top 25 for Burros (of 67 total). Emily Didier (23rd) paced LARP. Rochester Area Home School (38) beat PEM (42) for boys’ title. LARP’s boys … [Read more...]
Football
M-C 50, L-O 29 (MC: B. Kerns 18-210, 4 TDs rushing; Ryan Kuhn 14-119, TD rushing; Drew Wyffels 2-53, TD rushing, 70-yard INT return TD. Leading 20-13 in third quarter, MC scored 30 unanswered points) #8 FC 12, BP 18 (FC: Logan Corson 7-18, 84 yards, TD passing; Josh Peters 8-28, TD rushing, 2 INTs for 72 yards; Nate Haugerud 3-yard TD reception. Game was tied 12-12 with … [Read more...]
Burros Stay Ahead of Madelia
In the county’s most competitive contest, home Lanesboro stayed one step ahead of Madelia. The Burros never trailed, but had leads cut to four three times (10-6, 16-12, 22-18). The last came in the fourth quarter. Lanesboro then drove deep into Madelia territory, turning the ball over on downs. The Blackhawks were then forced to go-for-it on fourth down inside their own … [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...]
Claire Pieper is top regional scorer at National FCCLA Leadership Conference
Lanesboro student Claire Pieper will be a senior at Lanesboro this fall. She is a motivated individual that has a lot of ideas, ranging from trying to find the right college and career for herself, to starting a non-profit organization someday, according to Rochelle Gathje, FCCLA advisor. This is evident with her recent accomplishments in FCCLA (Family, Career and Community … [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...]