The streak continues. Maybe it’ll end someday. Someday. Mabel-Canton volleyball (10-0, 26-2) went through its two nearest foes in the standings to shore up a 22nd straight shared or out-right SEC title. And while each Cougar has plenty of volleyball skill (as always), junior setter Kenidi McCabe led the way. Virtuoso is a decent word to describe the 5’4” junior. In the … [Read more...]
Falcons Tied for Second in TRC Race
It is another year of volleyball in the Three Rivers Conference. The teams that are seemingly always at or near the top, are there again. One of those is Fillmore Central. The Falcons probably won’t catch Caledonia. A couple wins the week of Monday, October 1 helped Travis Malley’s crew stay in second place though. It took extra effort versus W-K to get a win. The teal … [Read more...]
Volleyball (10/1 – 10/5)
Lanesboro 3, Houston 0 > 25-21, 25-22, 25-20 (L: K. Ruen 12 kills, 8 digs; Jessie Schreiber 8 kills; S. Taylor 7 kills, 11 digs, 21-23 serving, 7 aces; E. Cambern 27 assists, 9 digs; Payton Benson 15 digs, 3 aces; Malia Tessum 9 digs; Sophia Simes 8 digs. H: Casey Porter 7 kills, 10 digs; Tessa Peterson 6 kills; Emma Geiwitz/Allison Papenfuss 5 kills; Becca Rostad 8 digs) … [Read more...]
Morken Gets 700th, Cougars Win Decorah Invite
Mabel-Canton volleyball coach Lonnie Morken entered the year with 679 career wins. Given the Cougars almost never stray below 25 wins in a season, 700 was just a matter of time. He entered the week of Monday September 23 just three short. M-C (18-2) won two SEC matches. Kingsland fell 3-0 (25-13, 25-17, 25-15). Kenidi McCabe authored a triple-double (10 kills, 12-12 … [Read more...]
Volleyball Matches Get Competitive
It was a week of long volleyball matches. Journal covered teams played three five-set affairs and four four-set affairs. Monday saw Kingsland and Houston resume their match from a week earlier. Houston led 1-0 before postponement per floor condensation. The Hurricanes led the match 2-1 before the Knights took the final two sets for the comeback 3-2 win (21-25, 25-21, 21-25, … [Read more...]
Burro VB Posts Marquee Win
It’s a small step. For a program that won 11 total matches the past two seasons combined, staying on the plus side of .500 is a sign things are going in the right direction. Lanesboro volleyball heads to October with more “W’s” than the last two seasons combined. The rising young squad posted two wins on the week. One was a big one. By taking down Spring Grove 3-0 (25-18, … [Read more...]
Volleyball
Randolph 0, Kingsland 3 > 25-16, 25-17, 25-19 (K: E. Buchholtz 21 kills, 3 blks; A. Link 27 assists; S. Beck 6 kills; A. Webster 14 digs; Anika Reiland 10 kills. Knights are 5-5, 5-11) … [Read more...]
Cougars Start 17-0, Take on Class A Showcase
Every other county team, and most other teams’ period, had long since lost. Mabel-Canton volleyball made it through about the first month of the season without a defeat, starting the year 17-0. The week of September 16 featured a couple more ho-hum SEC wins, then a serious bump in competition, the Class A Showcase. The Cougars easily dropped Lyle/Pacelli and Houston in … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Kandace Sikkink had 16 kills and 16 assists as FC volleyball (3-1, 8-7) beat PEM. Lanesboro beat Kingsland to improve to 5-3, 10-11. Julie Schrieber’s group in renaissancing (went 2-12, 6-25 in 2018). Alyvia Eide had 36 digs, though R-P lost in four sets to Cotter. Teammate Kaleah Davis totaled 21 kills and 11 aces in the loss to Cotter, a win over La Crescent. Peyton Berg … [Read more...]
Volleyball
R-P 3, La Crescent 0 > 25-21, 25-22, 25-17 (R-P: K. Davis 9 kills, 6 aces; Kaylee Ruberg 8 kills; Alora Wilkemeyer 7 kills; Isabelle Kahoun 25 assists; Lakyn Rasmussen 4 kills, 14 digs; A. Eide 12 digs; Elly Malone 4 kills, 8 digs) Chatfield 1, L-A 3 > 15-25, 25-22, 7-25, 12-25 (C: Paige Erickson 10 kills, 3 blks; P. Berg 17 digs; Teagan Allen 15 assists; Zayda Priebe … [Read more...]
Volleyball (9/10 – 9/14)
Chatfield 3, La Crescent 0 > 25-19, 25-16, 25-15 (C: Devann Clemens 9 assists, 14-14 serving, 6 digs; Paige Erickson 3 kills, 5 blks, 3 aces; Abi Hinckley 8 digs, 3 aces; Peyton Berg 7 digs, 3 aces; Kielan LaPlante 7 kills; Zayda Priebe 5 kills) FC 3, Southland 0 > 25-7, 25-14, 25-9 (FC: Hadley Yoder 14 kills; Krista Jorgenson 9 kills; K. Sikkink 8 kills, 23 assists, … [Read more...]
Volleyball (8/31 – 9/7)
Kingsland 0, #6 M-C 3 > 25-6, 25-10, 25-9 (MC: K. McCabe 10 kills, 11 digs, 23 assists, 4 aces; Payton Danielson 8 kills, 11 digs, 4 aces; Sarina Stortz 7 kills; Jordyn Newgard 5 kills, 6 digs; Emily Carolan 5 kills; L. Wyffels 9 digs, 12 assists, 23-23 serving, 7 aces. K: Audrey Webster 8 digs; Ellie Buchholtz 10 assists. Knights: 2-2, 2-8) SG 3, Lanesboro 0 > … [Read more...]
Cougar Volleyball Redeems Its Way to 10-0
It’s not a shock they are 10-0. But a season ago, they weren’t. A 9-0 week helped #6 in Class A Mabel-Canton volleyball to a decade’s worth of unabated wins to start the season. The Cougars had no problem in two SEC league wins over Schaeffer Academy (25-8, 25-15, 25-13) and Grand Meadow (25-8, 25-7, 25-8). Kenidi McCabe (25 assists, 11 digs, 3 aces), Sarina Stortz (11 … [Read more...]
Volleyball (8/27 – 8/30)
FC 1, #1 in AA Stewartville 3 > 11-25, 9-25, 25-23, 10-25 (FC: Kandace Sikkink 9 kills, 11 assists; Maddie Krage 9 kills; Lauren Mensink 6 kills, 12 assists, 9 digs; K.J. Corson 16 digs; Ashlyn Simon 12 digs. Falcons: 0-0, 1-1) Pine Island 0, Chatfield 3 > 25-23, 27-25, 25-18 (C: Peyton Berg 5 kills; Zayda Priebe 5 kills; Abby Nosbisch 10 digs; Teagan Allen 3 kills, … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
FC’s comeback from a 2-1 deficit, 3-2 victory over Hayfield, highlighted the opening night of volleyball. Kandace Sikkink (17 kills, 16 assists, 15 digs) and Lauren Mensink (10 kills, 28 assists, 11 digs) had triple-doubles. K.J. Corson had 30 digs. Kingsland, Houston, and Mabel-Canton also got wins. Lanesboro fell in a close one to GM 3-1. Sydney Taylor had 20 kills and … [Read more...]