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All-State Heintz-Kuderer among M-C trap honorees

Published by tlittle@bluffco... on Thu, 06/06/2019 - 9:50am

The Mabel-Canton trap team is coming off a third-place regular-season finish in their conference standings and getting ready for the Minnesota Clay Target League championship tournament. The Cougars recently handed out team awards to their top shooters, including All-State Colton Heintz-Kuderer, the Rookie of the Year Award to Saijal Slafter and the Most Improved Shooter Award to Tracer Tollefsrud and Dawson Kleiboer.

Top Five Shooters

1. Colton Heinz-Kuderer  

FC/L comes on strong to take third in softball

Published by tlittle@bluffco... on Thu, 05/30/2019 - 1:08pm

The Fillmore Central/Lanesboro softball team went into the 1A East sub-section tournament as the No. 4 seed and a record of 5-14. They came out of the tournament with a third-place finish and a 7-16 record.

After a first round win over Rushford-Peterson (12-0, five innings), the gals upset No. 1 seed Wabasha-Kellogg 5-4, but then lost to Mabel-Canton 9-2 in the sub-section championship game, and then lost a rematch game with Wabasha-Kellogg 3-2 in the “true-second” game.

Falcons take second, fourth in conference golf tournament

Published by tlittle@bluffco... on Thu, 05/30/2019 - 1:06pm

The Fillmore Central girls had won five Three Rivers Conference tournament championships in a row, starting back in 2014. That streak came to an end this past week, as Caledonia won the Three Rivers Conference tournament championship.

Track girls are sub-section champions; 16 girls, 14 boys advance to section

Published by tlittle@bluffco... on Thu, 05/30/2019 - 1:00pm

The Lanesboro/Fillmore Central/Mabel-Canton track and field girls won the sub-section team championship for the first time in 17 years (2002) while the LFCMC boys finished as the 2019 runner-up at the Sub-section 1 Meet (of Section 1A) at Chatfield on May 23.

LFCMC qualified 16 girls and 14 boys for this week's Section 1A Championships on May 28 and 30 at Paul Giel Field in Winona.

Nine LFCMC girls and three boys advance as sub-section champions.

Runner-up finish a program best for Burro shooters

Published by tlittle@bluffco... on Thu, 05/30/2019 - 12:58pm

The Lanesboro trap team had its best team score of the season (1,254) and maintained its position to finish the season as runner-up in Conference 1 of Class 2A. Third-place Isle picked up a few points but could not catch the Burros.

It closed a five-week conference campaign that saw Lanesboro finish second after starting in fifth place.

LMC girls grab another golf title; three boys, three girls All-SEC

Published by tlittle@bluffco... on Thu, 05/30/2019 - 12:57pm

The Lanesboro/Mabel-Canton girls wrapped a 14th consecutive conference regular season golf championship last week along with a second straight conference tournament title.

At Cedar River Golf Course in Adams, the boys also won the SEC Tournament (by 17 strokes) but lost their grip on the regular season lead on the same golf course on the same day, May 23.

One day later on their home course, - in the final regular season dual - the boys lost the regular season showdown and the conference championship by five strokes to Kingsland.

Cougar boys close with playoff loss at Spring Grove

Published by tlittle@bluffco... on Thu, 05/30/2019 - 12:49pm

The third time was not the charm, but things began well for No. 7 seed Mabel-Canton in a 14-3 Sub-section 1A East baseball quarterfinal loss at No. 2 Spring Grove on May 22.

Leadoff batter Drew Wyffels singled and would be one of three Cougars to score on bases-loaded walks. Lion relief pitcher Alex Folz would walk in one of those runs but ended the rally with a bases-loaded strikeout.

Spring Grove (13-6) would score all 14 runs in the first two innings and go on to win in five innings, the Lions' third run-rule win versus Mabel-Canton this season.

Mabel-Canton girls capture sub-section softball championship

Published by tlittle@bluffco... on Thu, 05/30/2019 - 12:35pm

For the second time in three years, Mabel-Canton (coached by Kati Bergey) has won the sub-section softball championship. Coming in as the No. 2 seed, the Cougars advanced with a home 14-4 quarterfinal win over No. 7 seed Southland on May 20. They picked up a home 7-4 semi-final win over No. 3 seed Goodhue on May 21. The girls added a 9-2 win over No. 4 seed Fillmore Central/Lanesboro in the championship finals on May 23 at Wabasha.

M-C trap team finishes third, looks ahead to state

Published by tlittle@bluffco... on Thu, 05/30/2019 - 12:31pm

The Mabel-Canton trap team finished in third place in the Class 2A, Conference 4 standings after the five-week regular season wrapped up last week. The Cougars held on to that third-place spot through the entire season, also having the third best team score each week.

The Week 5 score of 1,583 points brought the M-C season total to 7,903 points. They finished behind conference winner Paynesville (10,939) and second-place Minnewaska Area (8,653) but well ahead of four other teams including fourth-place Milaca (6,272).

Falcon gals get win in sub-section tournament

Published by tlittle@bluffco... on Fri, 05/24/2019 - 8:01am

The Fillmore Central/Lanesboro softball team lost the final three regular season games, but rebounded this past Monday with a 12-0 win over Rushford-Peterson in the first round of the 1A East sub-section tournament.

The regular season losses were to Lewiston-Altura, 4-1 and 14-2 (six innings), and Caledonia/Spring Grove, 3-2. The team finished the regular season at 5-14, 4-12 in Three Rivers Conference play. The gals were 2-4 in games against teams in the West division of the Three Rivers Conference.