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Knights split season series with Houston in volleyball

Published by lniemeyer@bluff... on Fri, 10/12/2018 - 8:47am

The Kingsland volleyball team lost its only match of the week on Thursday night, Oct. 4, falling to Houston 3-0 (26-28, 22-25, 23-25).

Kingsland and Houston wound up splitting their two-game season series as both teams won 3-0 sets on the road. The Knights won in Houston (10-7, 7-3 SEC) on Sept. 11. Kingsland is 8-10 overall (6-5 SEC).

The statistics across the board for Kingsland last Thursday were pretty good in spite of the loss.

Kingsland offense comes alive, but miscues lead to loss

Published by lniemeyer@bluff... on Thu, 10/04/2018 - 10:43am

There’s a cliché in sports that says, “There’s a fine line between winning and losing.” That’s something the young Kingsland football team is learning as the season progresses.

The Knights dropped to 0-5 (0-4 sub-district) on the season after losing at home to Wabasha-Kellogg 46-26 on Friday night. Three Kingsland miscues led to 18 quick points for the Falcons (1-4, 1-4 sub-district) on a night when the Knights offense took a big step forward.

Knights bounce back for win in volleyball

Published by lniemeyer@bluff... on Thu, 10/04/2018 - 10:37am

The Kingsland volleyball team wound up with a split in two Southeast Conference matches last week, losing the first match to a conference powerhouse and then coming back to win its second match of the week two days later.

The Knights started with a 3-0 (8-25, 22-25, 12-25) loss at Mabel-Canton on Sept. 25, falling to 0-3 this season against the Cougars. Kingsland bounced back with a solid 3-0 (25-19, 25-20, 25-17) road win at Randolph in the only regular season match this fall against the Rockets. The Knights are now 8-9 (6-4 SEC East) on the season.

Kingsland runners closing in on final two weeks

Published by lniemeyer@bluff... on Thu, 10/04/2018 - 10:31am

The Kingsland cross-country teams had a busy week, starting off with a rescheduled meet at Pine Island on Monday, Sept. 24, before heading off to the St. Charles Invitational on Thursday for a meet that featured a larger number of teams.

There are two full weeks left to go in the fall cross-country season before heading off to the Three Rivers Conference meet on Oct. 16.  

Pine Island Invite

Knights winless at halfway point in football

Published by lniemeyer@bluff... on Thu, 09/27/2018 - 9:36am

The Kingsland football team is still looking for a consistent game from start-to-finish as the Knights dropped their fourth straight game to Fillmore Central 41-6 in Harmony on Friday night.

As has been the case this season, a couple key mistakes led to quick opponent points and the Knights were unable to mount any sort of comeback. With the loss, the Knights are 0-4 (0-3 district) at the halfway point of the football season.

Knights split on home court in volleyball

Published by lniemeyer@bluff... on Thu, 09/27/2018 - 9:21am

The Kingsland volleyball team wound up with a home court split in Southeast Conference action last week.

The Knights were home against Lanesboro on Tuesday, Sept. 18, and held serve with a 3-0 (25-12, 25-17, 25-22) win over the Burros. The Knights played an aggressive match against Spring Grove on Thursday night but dropped it 3-1 (15-25, 21-25, 26-24, 15-25). The Knight girls are 7-8 (4-3 SEC) on the season.

Beat Lanesboro 3-0

Knights perfect in volleyball for Homecoming week

Published by lniemeyer@bluff... on Fri, 09/21/2018 - 8:07am

The Kingsland volleyball team was perfect in Southeast Conference play last week, starting off with a road win at Houston 3-0 (25-12, 25-23, 25-21) on Sept. 11. The Knights also won a home match against conference foe Glenville-Emmons on Thursday night 3-0 (25-10, 25-11, 25-17).

The Knights showed more consistency in several aspects of the game as they upped their record closer to the .500 mark at 6-7 (4-2 SEC).

Beat Houston 3-0

Knights fall to Southland in Homecoming game

Published by lniemeyer@bluff... on Tue, 09/18/2018 - 3:49pm

The Kingsland football team fell behind early to the Southland Rebels in the Kingsland Homecoming game Friday night and couldn’t recover as the Knights dropped their third game of the season.

Statistical production rose in several categories for the Knights, including a season-high in takeaways (five). The Knights are 0-3 on the season (0-2 district) after the 47-13 loss.

Kingsland runners return to action at Byron

Published by lniemeyer@bluff... on Tue, 09/18/2018 - 3:20pm

The Kingsland Knights were back in action at a cross-country meet hosted by the Byron Bears on Tuesday, Sept. 11.

The Knights were running after an unexpected week off. Their previous meet at Hayfield was cancelled because too much water was on the course.

The Kingsland boys only took four runners to Byron, which meant they were one runner short of competing in the team competition, won by the hometown Byron squad. The Kingsland girls placed third in the meet out of three complete teams. Byron made it a sweep of the team titles by taking the girls’ championship as well.

Knights fall to ranked team in football home opener

Published by lniemeyer@bluff... on Wed, 09/12/2018 - 12:21pm

The Kingsland Knights dropped their second-straight football game to start the season, falling to St. Clair/Loyola in a non-district matchup on Friday night 50-7. The Knights are 0-2 on the season (0-1 in district play) after an unsuccessful home opener against a very good Spartan (2-0) team.

Despite the final score, Kingsland coach Brent Stinson said the team has shown flashes of good football. It’s a just a matter of putting a complete-game, four-quarter effort together.