Chatfield 60, Southland 47 (C: R. Johnson 16 pts, 6 rebs; J. Fahrenholtz 17 pts (8-13 FGs), 10 rebs, 7 asts) Cotter 23, R-P 69 (RP: L. Skalet 12 pts, 10 assists, 9 stls; L. O’Hare 12 pts (6-8 FGs); Ben Wieser/Vinnie Mason 8 pts each (8-10 combined FGs). Twelve Trojans scored) #6 in AA Caledonia 94, FC 40 (FC: C. Brown career-high 22 pts (6-12 threes)) M-C 45, GM 81 … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
M-C senior safety Drew Wyffels has been named 9-Man football All-State 1st team and third team All-State any class. Wyffels added a career-best 28-point game (five threes) on the hardwood, leading M-C past South Winn. Teammate Blake Henry is 9-Man football All-State HM. Journal covered basketball teams have yet to take big steps forward. A number are hovering around .500. … [Read more...]
All-District Football Awards
With area teams Spring Grove and Caledonia winning state titles, 2018 All-District football lists come out well after most teams are done playing. In the Southeast-White, Section 1AA Runner-Up Chatfield gets six All-District players (five seniors, one junior); two-way stand-outs who helped the Gophers to a strong 8-3 season. Heading the cast is Gage Tuohy (5’11” 195 RB/S). … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (11/29 – 11/31)
Lanesboro 46, Schaeffer Acad. 49 in OT (L: C. Schwichtenberg 26 pts (4-9 threes), 7 rebs; Andrew Luck 13 pts, 6 rebs. Burros started game 14-0, led 24-7 at half. Lions went 13-0 to start second half to close to down 24-20. Game was 40-40 heading to OT. Lanesboro didn’t trail until OT, 47-46 after a Lion steal and lay-up. Burros: 0-1) Hayfield 70, M-C 60 (M-C: D. Loppnow … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (11/26 – 11/31)
M-C 49, L-O 46 (M-C: Kenidi McCabe 11 pts, 10 rebs; P. Danielson 10 pts, 10 rebs, 4 assists, 3 stls; Lexi Thorson 10 pts (4-6 FTs), 4 stls; Lauren Wyffels 8 pts; Jordyn Newgard 6 pts, 6 rebs, 4 stls) LC 37, FC 43 (FC: Paige Donlinger 10 pts; 8 rebs, 5 stls; Emma Breitsprecher 8 pts, 12 rebs, 4 stls; Courtney Nelson 9 pts; Kandace Sikkink 9 pts. Falcons won despite going 19 of … [Read more...]
Rushford-Peterson considers superintendent hiring process
Last month, the R-P School Board briefly discussed the process and timeline for the hiring of a new superintendent. Chuck Ehler, who has served as superintendent since July 2007, will not seek a new contract to renew his contract for the 2019-2020 school year. At the Monday, October 15 meeting, Ehler brought forth consideration of added services from the Minnesota School Board … [Read more...]
Hermanson’s Effort Propels R-P
Sandwiched between two really big District/Section games (Goodhue/BP), R-P football played Hayfield in week seven. Ethan Hermanson scored TDs three different ways to lead the Trojans to their sixth win. The junior running back returned the opening kick-off 75 yards to pay-dirt. He had R-P’s second score as well, an 8-yard TD run. Then, in the second quarter, he authored an … [Read more...]
The State of Volleyball
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...]
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...]
Close Proximity Volleyball
The first week of October featured multiple volleyball games between FCJ covered teams. R-P beat Chatfield 3-1 (19-25, 25-17, 25-16, 31-29). The Gophers were down 22-16 in game four only to tie at 24. It took R-P eight match points to post victory. Jaelyn Connaughty (10 kills, 16 assists, 9 digs), Alyvia Eide (30 digs), Peyton Hoiness (21 assists, 14-14 serving, 4 aces), … [Read more...]