Sports

All-State McCabe is SEC Player of the Year, among five conference honorees

Published by tlittle@bluffco... on Fri, 11/15/2019 - 4:06pm

The Southeast Conference volleyball coaches honored five Mabel-Canton volleyball players, including three-time All-SEC Kenidi McCabe - the SEC Player of the Year who is also a Class A All-State Selection for a second straight season.

Payton Danielson is All-SEC for the second time and was joined on the First Team by Sarina Stortz and Jordyn Newgard. Molly Lee received Honorable Mention.

Briefly - Lonnie Morken honored; Caledonia football returns to state

Published by Herald on Thu, 11/14/2019 - 10:54am

Lonnie Morken, current Mabel-Canton volleyball coach and Spring Grove High School graduate (Class of 1989), has just been voted Section 1A Volleyball Coach of the Yearfor a 13th time in his 25 seasons with the Cougars. 

Morken is also the reigning State 1A Volleyball Coach of the Yearand was inducted into the Minnesota Volleyball Coaches Hall of Fame in 2011. He is just the fifth volleyball coach in Minnesota history to record 700 career wins.

Young Fillmore Central football made strides in 2019

Published by tlittle@bluffco... on Thu, 11/07/2019 - 1:00pm

The Fillmore Central football team gained nearly twice as many passing yards as rushing yards during the 2019 season, in which it had a 3-6 record.

The Falcons were 3-5 during the regular season and 0-1 in the Section 1A playoffs.  The team was 2-2 against other Section 1A teams during the regular season.

Fillmore Central volleyball shows improvement throughout season

Published by tlittle@bluffco... on Thu, 11/07/2019 - 12:59pm

The Fillmore Central volleyball team gradually improved during the 2019 season, finishing with a 17-11 record, 9-2 in the Three Rivers Conference. 

Grand Meadow, Caledonia boys play at state this week

Published by tlittle@bluffco... on Thu, 11/07/2019 - 12:58pm

The football spotlight is now on this week's state tournament after the section football championships were decided last weekend.

Section One was the only one in 9-man football in which the top seed did not make it to the championship game. In six of the eight sections, it was the top two seeds in the title tilt. And it was No. 1 versus No. 3 in Section Two.

Lanesboro netters enjoy successful 16-win season

Published by tlittle@bluffco... on Thu, 11/07/2019 - 12:56pm

Satisfying, yes; surprising, no. Observers both inside and outside the Lanesboro volleyball program expected improved play this fall. Greatly desired was an improved win-loss record after the previous 6-25 season, which had followed a 5-26 campaign.

These 2019 Burros finished 16-14, the first winning record in three seasons (since going 12-9 in 2016). There were also 16 victories in 2015, but to find more than that – it is back 13 years to the 21-6 season of 2006.

M-C girls repeat as sub-section champion, section runner-up

Published by tlittle@bluffco... on Thu, 11/07/2019 - 12:52pm

The Mabel-Canton volleyball team saw its season end one match shy of the State Class A Volleyball Tournament. The Cougars beat Caledonia in the East Subsection 1A title game 3-1 (19-25, 25-23, 25-16, 26-24) on Halloween night at the Rochester Civic Center.

Randolph ends Falcons’ football season at 3-6

Published by tlittle@bluffco... on Fri, 11/01/2019 - 1:36pm

The Falcons had a good start and finish, but Randolph was too strong in middle as Fillmore Central’s football season ended in the section playoffs last week with a 26-7 loss.

“We got off to the start we wanted,” said coach Chris Mensink. “Kicking with the wind and forcing them to go against it. We picked the first pass of the game off and were unable to punch it in and get points inside the 10.” 

Lady Falcons end season with 17-11 record

Published by tlittle@bluffco... on Fri, 11/01/2019 - 1:33pm

The Fillmore Central volleyball team was the No. 4 seed in the 1A East sub-section and finished the 2019 season as one of the top four teams in the East sub-section tournament. 

The gals got a sub-section quarterfinal win over Spring Grove (3-0: 25-16, 25-14, 25-17), and then lost in the sub-section semifinals to Mabel-Canton (0-3: 17-25, 23-25, 19-25). The team finished the season with a 17-11 record.

Personal-record times for L/FC runners at section

Published by tlittle@bluffco... on Fri, 11/01/2019 - 1:30pm

Twelve of the 14 Lanesboro/Fillmore Central 5,000-meter athletes ran personal-record times at the Oct. 24 Section 1A Cross Country Championships at Northern Hills Golf Course in Rochester.

Sophomore Brielle Ruen led the L/FC girls, coming across the finish line with a 5K time of 21 minutes, 10.5 seconds in the top sixth of the field - 21st among 135 girls on the course.

L/FC sophomore Carson Ruen (18:16.2), in his first season of cross-country competition, finished 29th among 157 boys.