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Football Playoffs (10/25 & 10/29)

November 7, 2022 by Paul Trende Leave a Comment

Section 1 9-Man 5-seed Lyle/Pacelli (4-4) 22, 5-seed Grand Meadow (5-3) 36 (GM: C. Ludemann 22-126, 2 TDs rushing, 6 of 8, 62 yards passing, 79-yard kickoff-return TD; Jace Kraft 13-91, 2 TDs rushing, 3-28 receiving. The first half had four scores, only two offensively. L/P had a fumble return TD and GM Ludemann’s kick-off return TD. Larks led 22-8 at halftime. L/P scored in … [Read more...]

Hot Shots

October 24, 2022 by Paul Trende Leave a Comment

Camden Hungerholt accounted for over 400 yards total offense seven total TDs as L-O football ended a five-game losing streak by beating Houston 61-6. Ethan Stendel accounted for four total TDs (three passing) as #5 Caledonia football rebounded from their first loss by beating St. Charles 46-14. The Warriors (5-1, 6-1) trail Chatfield (5-0, 7-0) in the Southeast-White. Corbin … [Read more...]

Volleyball: Teams Grab or Eye Titles

October 24, 2022 by Paul Trende Leave a Comment

The week in volleyball saw SEC squads M-C and GM wrap up division titles. In the TRC, Caledonia clinched at least a share of the league by winning two conference games. Also, Spring Grove won another tourn-ament. #5 Cougars Outlast  #8 Lions to Claim 25th Straight League Title Eighth-ranked Spring Grove (11-1, 20-3) played two great sets of volleyball. They almost put … [Read more...]

Volleyball: Rivals Battle for Positioning

October 17, 2022 by Fillmore County Journal Leave a Comment

Volleyball the week of Monday, October 3 had rivals battling for league positioning. The big-ticket match was in the TRC, where league undefeated teams, former often AA play-off foes, Caledonia and Chatfield, did battle.  Size Propels Warriors Past Gophers in TRC Showdown It was the biggest TRC match to date (and precursor to a huge football game). Caledonia (6-0, … [Read more...]

LeRoy-Ostrander School Board

October 10, 2022 by Fillmore County Journal Leave a Comment

Paul Apenhorst Candidate for LeRoy-Ostrander School Board 1. Tell us about yourself. I’m a native of southeastern Minnesota, growing up in Adams and graduated from Southland in 2012. I attend Dakota Wesleyan University in Mitchell, S. Dak., and obtained my bachelor’s in Business Administration. I ran track & field for GMLOS and for DWU. After college, I moved back home … [Read more...]

Five new (or new-ish) faces join the L-O School District

October 3, 2022 by Fillmore County Journal Leave a Comment

By Axel Gumbel Five new staff members have joined or re-joined the LeRoy Ostrander School District this school year. Some of them also are familiar faces because of other roles they’re currently holding. Here is a round-up of the new faces you’ll see at L-O. Georjeanne Carlin It’s also a homecoming of sorts for Georjeanne Carlin. She is the new student services advisor … [Read more...]

Hot Shots

September 26, 2022 by Paul Trende Leave a Comment

Rushford-Peterson volleyball won the Wabasha-Kellogg Tourney. Nikki Schultz’s girls beat St. Anthony’s, Goodhue, and Medford in pool play, then LeRoy-Ostrander and W-K in the four-team first place bracket. R-P also beat Cotter 3-0 in TRC action while losing to La Crescent/Hokah in five sets. The Trojans improved to 2-3, 9-4. R-P football (1-1, 2-1) got a fourth quarter Grady … [Read more...]

Track and Field Preview Lanesboro/Fillmore Central/ Mabel-Canton

April 4, 2022 by Paul Trende Leave a Comment

Head Coaches: Lori Anderson (girls), Alex Aiken (boys)  Where We Left off in 2021: Burro teams each took second to GMLOKS at the three-team SEC Meet. Both the girls and boys teams were Section 1A True runner-up. Each qualified for state by “wild card.” The boys took second and the girls third at state True Team. LFCMC sent five individuals and a relay to the individual state … [Read more...]

Boys Basketball – 1A Playoffs (3/1 & 3/3)

March 14, 2022 by Paul Trende Leave a Comment

(1A Play-In) 17-seed Mabel-Canton (8-18) 54, 16-seed Wabasha-Kellogg (7-19) 66 (M-C: Alex Arneson 17 pts, 7 rebs; Jaymeson Tollefsrud 14 pts (4-6 threes, 5-7 FGs), 7 rebs; Jordan Larson 11 pts (4-4 FTs), 4 asts. W-K: Adam Dunagan 19 pts; Parker Springer 15 pts. Falcons held M-C leading scorer Cayden Tollefsrud to five points (2-12 FGs). W-K led 38-21 at halftime. Cougars finish … [Read more...]

Boys Basketball (2/21 – 2/26)

March 7, 2022 by Paul Trende Leave a Comment

Three Rivers Conference Chatfield 72, St. Charles 34 (C: C. Johnson 21 pts (10-16 FGs), 7 rebs, 10 asts, 6 stls; Drew Schindler 12 pts, 5 rebs, 5 asts; Isaac Stevens 12 pts, 7 rebs; Drew O’Connor 10 pts (5-9 FGs), 5 stls; Sam Backer 8 pts.  Gophers shot 32 of 62 (52%))   Cotter 41, Fillmore Central 61 (FC: J. Kiehne 16 pts (6-8 FTs), 6 rebs, 7 stls; W. Parker 12 pts, 8 … [Read more...]

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