By the time this article comes out, the fall sports regular season will be finishing up. The play-offs will just about be underway. Here is the state of volleyball for the county heading to the post-season. Four of seven FCJ covered teams are above five hundred. Leading the way is #5 in Class A Mabel-Canton. The Cougars won their only SEC match of the week, beating … [Read more...]
Football (10/12)
Randolph 61, M-C 24 (MC: Gavin Johnson 22-101, 2 TDs rushing; Drew Wyffels 5-yard TD run. R: Andrew Wenstrom 21-30, 402 yards, 7 TDs passing, 2 rushing TDs; Isaac Stoesz 6-187, 4 TDs receiving; Joey Erickson 9-101, 2 TDs receiving. Wenstrom had four passing TDs of 50-yards plus. Cougars are 2-4, 3-4) Goodhue 51, Kingsland 6 (Knights are 1-5, 1-6) … [Read more...]
Volleyball (10/8 – 10/13)
Lanesboro 3, G-E 0 > 25-18, 25-18, 25-13 (L: Lexie Johnson 10 kills; Sydney Taylor 7 kills, 6 digs; Payton Benson 10 digs; Malia Tessum 9 digs, 3 aces; Ella Cambern 17 assists; Mady Haugen 5 kills, 11-11 serving, 3 aces) St. Charles 3, R-P 0 > 22-25, 9-25, 19-25 (RP: Kjersta Hinz 6 kills; Lauren Lawston 5 kills, 8 digs; Peyton Hoiness 10 assists, 13 digs; Julissa Trejo … [Read more...]
#5 Cougars Out-Snarl Lions, Claw East Title
With two SEC matches left, M-C volleyball holds a two-game lead in the East. They are guaranteed a share of the division. The Cougars got by their last best test at Spring Grove, a battle of 20-2 teams. Lonnie Morken’s crew snuck out game one (25-23), dropped game two (13-25), the rare convincing set win over M-C. The visitors then rallied to take games three (25-18) and … [Read more...]
Football
Lanesboro 41, L/P 0 (L: Carson Schwichtenberg 6-30, 2 TDs rushing, 9-15, 87 yards, TD passing; J.T. Rein 13-93, TD rushing; Nate Betz 7-57, TD rushing; Connor Ruen 8-29, TD rushing, 16-yard TD reception. Burros: 2-3, 3-3) #7 USC 22, FC 13 (FC: Josh Peters 12-20, 143 yards, 2 INTs passing, 29-88, 2 TDs rushing; Carson Kiehne 4-57 receiving. USC led 14-0. FC closed to 14-13 … [Read more...]
M-C VB “Silver” Champions at Showcase
The Class A Showcase brings together some of the best small school volleyball teams in the state for a two-day tourney. Lonnie Morken’s M-C Cougars are a perennial entrant. This year marked their seventh straight inclusion in the event. Despite heading to Burnsville with likely their shortest team of the seven years, M-C trekked home standing a little taller. On Friday … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
It was a week of either really good volleyball serving, or suspect serve receive. R-P got 14 aces in beating Houston 3-1. Jaelyn Connaughty had 9 kills, 13 assists, 10 digs, and 9 aces. R-P then beat PEM 3-1 with 16 aces. FC had 14 and 15 aces in wins over Southland and La Crescent. Lexi Thorson had 10 of M-C’s 16 aces in a win over Lanesboro. The Cougars then had 18 aces … [Read more...]
Football (9/14)
#1 in 9-Man SG 52, M-C 12 (MC: Drew Wyffels 15-110, TD rushing, 4-9, 54 yards, INT passing; Gavin Johnson 11-74, TD rushing. SG: Alex Folz 11-133, 4 TDs rushing, 8-10, 150 yard, TD passing. Cougars are 1-1, 2-1) Lanesboro 0, #10 in 9-Man GM 45 (L: Held to under 200 yards offense. GM: Evan Oehlke 3-6, 125 yards, TD passing, 11-53, 2 TDs rushing. Score was 0-0 after one, … [Read more...]
Volleyball (9/10 – 9/15)
R-P 3, Houston 1 > 25-19, 22-25, 25-23, 25-21 (RP: J. Connaughty 9 kills, 13 assists, 10 digs, 28-29 serving, 9 aces; Alyvia Eide 25 digs; Lauren Lawston 7 kills, 15 digs; Peyton Hoiness 19 assists, 11 digs; Kaitlyn Bieberdorf 8 kills. H: Ariel Scanlan 8 kills, 7 assists, 9 digs; Emma Geiwitz/Jenny Albrecht 6 kills; Alyssa Rostad 10 digs; Gretchen Hill 8 digs) PEM 1, R-P … [Read more...]
121-Match League Streak Alive, Cougars Sweep Lions
It was surreal. In the finals of Mabel-Canton’s Labor Day tourney, the host Cougars were beaten. Spring Grove toppled M-C 2-0 (25-20, 25-19), ending the Cougars’ 112-match win streak versus SEC foes anywhere. It was the third straight set the Lions had taken from Lonnie Morken’s bunch. The teams split the pool play match-up, M-C winning (25-16, 21-25). It left the … [Read more...]