For the second time in as many weeks, R-P football said goodbye to a future 9-man team in decisive fashion. The Trojans took out Kingsland week one and made Southland the victim in week two. R-P sandwiched big plays from Triton Meldahl (47 yard TD run) and Ethan Hermanson (52 yard punt return TD) around an Ethan Sense TD run (9 yards) to lead 20-0 at the half. Sense added … [Read more...]
Football
Randolph 34, Lanesboro 14 (L: J.T. Rein 22-72, TD rushing; Carson Schwichtenberg 11-27, 125 yards, INT passing; 13-54, TD rushing; Andrew Luck 7-95 receiving; R: Andrew Wenstrom 21-229, 3 TDs rushing, 12-22, 153 yards, 2 TDs passing. Burros trailed 28-14 entering fourth. Lanesboro is 0-1, 1-1) #8 in A BP 41, FC 6 (FC: Zach Haugerud 38-yard TD pass to Carson Kiehne. BP: … [Read more...]
Volleyball (9/3 – 9/8)
R-P 3, Chatfield 1 > 25-21, 18-25, 25-15, 27-25 (RP: Lauren Lawston 8 kills, 12 digs; Alyvia Eide 17 digs; Jaelyn Connaughty 6 kills, 9 assists, 6 digs, 3 aces; Peyton Hoiness 12 assists, 8 digs, 5 aces; Kaleah Davis 5 kills, 8 aces. C: Kielan LaPlante 9 kills; Paige Erickson/Alanna Goetzinger 6 kills; Teagan Allen 14 assists; Abby Nosbisch 18-19 serving, 6 aces) FC 3, … [Read more...]
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Football Preview
The football season starts with no big changes. It’ll be the Kingsland’s last year of 11-man football. Rushford-Peterson went 6-1, 8-2 last season. It was the Trojans’ sixth straight winning campaign. They lost to BP 21-20 in the 1A semis (won the regular season meeting 39-35). Coach Davin Thompson notably lost a pair of standouts in All-District guys Jake Paulson and … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Landon Skalet threw for 5 TDs, sophomore Kobe Lind caught three, as R-P football opened by beating Kingsland 54-12. James Hongerholt ran for three TDs, as Houston beat AC/GE 38-6. Sophomore Carson Kiehne ran for three TDs, Tyler Raaen had two sacks, a 58-yard interception return, and a blocked punt, as FC beat Hayfield 31-0. Chatfield scored 21 points in the fourth quarter, … [Read more...]
Football Week 1 (9/30 & 9/31)
Houston 38, AC/G-E 6 (H: J. Hongerholt 10-152, 3 TDs rushing, 3-6, 32 yards passing; J. Millen 11-139, TD rushing, 3-32 receiving; J. Fishel 14-58, TD rushing. Up 22-6, Hurricanes put it away with 16-0 fourth) Kingsland 12, R-P 54 (RP: L. Skalet 17-22, 224 yards, 5 TDs passing; K. Lind 9-119, 3 TDs receiving, 58-yard interception return; E. Sense 11-70, 2 TDs rushing, … [Read more...]
Volleyball (9/27 – 10/1)
Kingsland 3, L/P 1 > 25-16, 20-25, 29-27, 25-22 (L: L. Buchholtz 19 kills, 20 digs; Ellie Buchholtz 11 kills, 10 assists, 6 aces; Alyssa Link 19 assists, 8 digs; Nora Jahn 16-17 serving, 3 aces; Taylor Zimmerman 14-14 serving, 10 digs) SA 0, M-C 3 > 25-7, 25-15, 25-13 (MC: Lauren Wyffels 14 assists, 10 digs, 13-13 serving, 5 aces; Avery Davis 9 kills; Maddy Michels 8 … [Read more...]
Rushford-Peterson approves sale of Peterson site
It’s been a year since the R-P School District vacated its former facilities to take up residence in the new, single school facility in Rushford. In doing so, the future of the former elementary and high school facilities, in Rushford, and the former middle school, in Peterson, became looming unknowns, despite both the district and communities having their share of potential … [Read more...]
R-P continues trapshooting debate; looks at Operating Referendum in November
The Monday, July 16 Rushford-Peterson School Board meeting had a packed agenda, including a number of items of old business and a lengthy schedule of new items. One particular item, which carried over from last month’s meeting, was discussion regarding the status of trapshooting team. Trapshooting coach Colby Lind was on hand to address the board regarding a number of … [Read more...]