(1A Play-In) R-P (9-seed, 11-15) 3, Lanesboro (8-seed, 16-13) 2 > 25-18, 25-22, 23-25, 13-25, 15-13 (R-P: K. Davis 14 kills, 19-21 serving, 6 aces; Kaylee Ruberg 6 kills, 5 blks, 3 aces; A. Eide 24 digs; Elly Malone 17 digs; Isabelle Kahoun 18 assists, 11 digs. L: S. Taylor 23 kills, 18 digs, 4 aces; Kaci Ruen 14 kills, 15 digs; E. Cambern 47 assists, 10 digs; M. Tessum 28 … [Read more...]
Cougars Finish SEC Perfect, Grab #1
It’s a very broken record. Mabel-Canton volleyball progressed through the SEC season perfect. Lonnie Morken’s Cougars are again over 30 wins and head to the post-season ranked #6 in state as Section 1A’s top seed. M-C took out Randolph 3-0 (25-8, 25-8, 25-15) in their SEC finale. Kenidi McCabe (6 kills, 27 assists, 18 digs), Payton Danielson (6 kills, 13 digs, 16-17 … [Read more...]
Volleyball (10/14 – 10/19)
L-O 0, Kingsland 3 > 25-18, 25-18, 25-14 (K: Ellie Buchholtz 13 kills, 12 digs; Shelby Beck 7 kills; Alyssa Link 21 assists; Caitlin Miner 5 kills, 3 blks; Audrey Webster 12 digs) Houston 0, GM 3 > 9-25, 14-25, 9-25 (H: Emma Geiwitz 5 kills; Lilly Carr 5 assists, 8 digs) R-P 3, Southland 0 > 25-12, 25-18, 25-21 (RP: Kaleah Davis 12 kills; Alyvia Eide 15 … [Read more...]
Let’s Go Five Twice
County teams have played 34 matches that have gone either four or five sets, including 15 five-set matches this season. The week of Monday, October 7 had five five-set contests, R-P and Kingsland each doing two. Ten Sets in Two Days for Trojans Rushford-Peterson volleyball hadn’t really had a marquee moment, or set of moments on the year. The Trojans entered the week … [Read more...]
Volleyball (10/8 & 10/10)
Chatfield 0, FC 3 > 25-20, 25-14, 25-21 (FC: Lauren Mensink 12 kills, 12 assists, 7 digs; Kandace Sikkink 9 kills, 18 assists, 11 digs; Maddie Krage 8 kills; Krista Jorgenson 5 kills; Hope Sexton 18 digs, K.J. Corson 16 digs, 21-22 serving. C: Mollie Henry 6 kills; Abi Hinckley 21 digs; Devann Clemens 11-11 serving, 3 aces, 5 assists, 6 digs. Chatfield went 56-56 serving. … [Read more...]
Ace Setter Helps M-C to 22nd Title
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...]