The 2019 high school football season begins with changes. Districts have been re-aligned. The Mid-Southeast has three sub-districts; Red, White, and Blue. Journal covered squads FC and R-P are in the Blue with Cotter, Hayfield, L-A, and W-K. The Falcons have “cross-over” games with Red and White schools. R-P plays just White schools. Those games are weeks one thru … [Read more...]
Volleyball Season Openers (8/22)
Hayfield 2, FC 3 > 25-23, 19-25, 22-25, 25-18, 15-11 (FC: K. Sikkink 17 kills, 16 assists, 15 digs, 20-22 serving, 3 aces; L. Mensink 10 kills, 28 assists, 11 digs; K.J. Corson 30 digs; Hadley Yoder 10 kills; Maddie Krage 9 kills, 3 blks; Ashlyn Simon 11 digs, 16-16 serving) Schaeffer Academy 1, Kingsland 3 > 25-20, 25-17, 13-25, 25-12 (K: Ellie Buchholtz 12 kills, 8 … [Read more...]
Mabel-Canton sets fundraiser list for year
The Mabel-Canton School Board met in regular session on August 20. Members present were Mark Wiedemann, Jason Marquardt, Business Manager Aimee Lake, Traci Livingood, Chris Miller, Principal Michelle Weidemann, high school Secretary Lynette Donald, and Superintendent Gary Kuphal. Diane Wilder, Board Chair Cristal Adkins and Chris Loppnow were absent. Fundraisers were a … [Read more...]
2019 Volleyball Preview
The 2019 high school volleyball season begins without too many changes. Teams are still in the same conferences. Six of seven FCJ covered teams have the same coach. Section alignments have changed. Notably, Chatfield and Cotter move from 1AA to 1A, Lewiston-Altura moves from 1A to 1AA, and Kenyon-Wanamingo moves from 2AA to 1A. Twenty-seven teams comprise Section 1A, … [Read more...]
Softball & Baseball Awards
Chatfield junior pitcher Lexi Chase headlines the post-season softball award winners list. For a second time she is named Class AA All-State. It’s her fourth time to make that list overall (HM as an 8th grader, 2nd team as a frosh). Chatfield’s TRC-West champions, Section Final Four appearance, 19-6 season was largely on Chase’s right arm. She went 14-5 on the mound. … [Read more...]
Mabel-Canton to negotiate on entry project
The Mabel-Canton School Board met in regular session on June 18. Members present were Mark Weidemann, Jason Marquardt, Chris Miller, Principal Michelle Weidemann, Board Chair Cristal Adkins, high school secretary Lynette Donald, Diane Wilder, Traci Livingood, Superintendent Gary Kuphal, and Business Manager Aimee Lake. No student representative was in attendance. The … [Read more...]
Cougar Softball 1A Runner-Up
There is the good news. Mabel-Canton softball doesn’t have to worry about an “if only” scenario as it pertains to state. The Cougars are Section 1A softball Runner-Ups emphatically. They beat everyone they faced in the post-season, save for Section 1A champs #2 in Class A Waterville-Elysian-Morristown. Twice the Buccaneers downed the Cougars definitively. Then there is the … [Read more...]
Cougars Grab Second East Title in Three Years
In the early 2010s, Mabel-Canton softball had some very lean years. Head Coach Kati Bergey captained the ship through all of it. Said ship is now sailing through fruitful waters. In the midst of their third straight winning season, for a second time in three years, M-C has captured the 1A East softball title. The Cougars (2-seed, 11-6) went through Southland, Goodhue, and … [Read more...]
Hambone Gets M-C Softball 2-Seed
It wasn’t a fast start to the season. Coming off two fine seasons, M-C softball started this year 5-5. The Cougars have lost just once (to now #1 Carlton 5-4). M-C won four games the last week of the regular season. A Monday ‘W’ over Houston saw the ‘Canes lead 12-7 heading to M-C’s bottom six. The Cougars scored thrice with two out (four hits from top five batters). With … [Read more...]
Baseball (5/13 – 5/17)
PEM 8, R-P 2 (RP: Nolan Mueller 6 2/3 IP, 8 H, 8 R, 5 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, Loss (first loss, 5-1); Tommy Ekern 1-3, RBI, R) Southland 3, Chatfield 5 (C: Z. Roline 3-3, 2B, 3 RBI; Max Aug 2-2, 3 R, 5 2/3 IP, 3 H, 3 ER, 3 BB, 5 K, Win); C 10, S 9 (C: Roline 1-4, 2B, 5 RBI, R; Henry Gathje 2-3, RBI, R; Austin Storm 2-4, RBI, save; Seth Allen 1-2, 3 R; Hunter Johnston 1 IP, Win) … [Read more...]