With Mid-Southeast squad Blooming Prairie and Southeast-White squad Caledonia playing in state title games, All-District football will be released incrementally, starting with the 9-Man All South-East team. Houston, on the wings of its 7-4 Section Runner-Up season, gets a trio of A-D players in Alec Francis (6’0” 280 Sr. OL/DL), Mikkel Schutte (6’5” 170, Sr. QB/S), and Alex … [Read more...]
2019-2020 Girls Basketball Preview
Journal covered girls basketball teams probably wanted a better 2018-2019. Only two of the seven (Kingsland, Houston) made Rochester and the section quarterfinals. Each lost. Only three of the seven finished above .500 (Kingsland, Houston, FC). Individuals did stand out, as two girls became their school’s all-time leading scorers and third went over 1,000 points. The … [Read more...]
Post-season Volleyball Awards
It was another good year of volleyball action in Fillmore County. Mabel-Canton won the SEC and 1A East again, pushing for state. Fillmore Central stayed one of the elite teams in the TRC. Lanesboro and Chatfield each improved a bunch. Nine total players from the Cougars, Burros, Kingsland, and Houston were named All-SEC. Seven players from the Falcons, Gophers, and … [Read more...]
Football Play-Offs (10/22 & 10/26)
(1A Qtr) W-K (7-seed, 1-7) 8, R-P (2-seed, 6-2) 39 (R-P: T. Meldahl 26-261, 2 TDs rushing; Malachi Bunke 9-15, 77 yards, 2 TDs, INT passing, 4-yard TD run; Justin Ruberg 4-41, 2 TDs receiving; Brady Gile 35-yard TD run) (1A Qtr) FC (5-seed, 3-5) 7, Randolph (4-seed, 6-2) 26 (FC: Zach Haugerud 19-39, 181 yards, TD passing; Cory Brown 27-yard TD reception; Grant Kennedy 5-52 … [Read more...]
Volleyball Play-Offs (10/21 & 10/24)
(1A Play-In) R-P (9-seed, 11-15) 3, Lanesboro (8-seed, 16-13) 2 > 25-18, 25-22, 23-25, 13-25, 15-13 (R-P: K. Davis 14 kills, 19-21 serving, 6 aces; Kaylee Ruberg 6 kills, 5 blks, 3 aces; A. Eide 24 digs; Elly Malone 17 digs; Isabelle Kahoun 18 assists, 11 digs. L: S. Taylor 23 kills, 18 digs, 4 aces; Kaci Ruen 14 kills, 15 digs; E. Cambern 47 assists, 10 digs; M. Tessum 28 … [Read more...]
Burros Complete Big Turn Around
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...]