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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.

Knights fall to conference volleyball powerhouse

Published by lniemeyer@bluff... on Tue, 09/11/2018 - 4:03pm

The Kingsland volleyball team lost its only game of the week, falling to Mabel-Canton 3-0 (15-25, 20-25, 14-25) on Tuesday, Sept. 4.

The Southeast Conference match went in favor of the Cougars who are winners of the past 20-straight conference titles. The Knights fall to 4-7 overall (2-2 SEC) but head coach Sam Hanley says the team is finding a consistent player-rotation and starting to show flashes of more consistent volleyball. 

Busy week for volleyball team

Published by lniemeyer@bluff... on Thu, 09/06/2018 - 11:29am

The Kingsland volleyball team had a busy week in which the Knights are still trying to find their early-season stride.

The Knights opened the week with a 3-1 win (25-16, 20-25, 29-27, 25-22) at Lyle/Pacelli. The team didn’t fare well in their home opener the next night, falling to Grand Meadow 3-0 (25-25, 23-25, 11-25). The team wrapped up a busy week at the Mabel-Canton Labor Day Tournament on Saturday, Sept. 1, playing five two-set matches, winning two, and claiming a victory over Lanesboro in the fifth-place game. The Knights are 4-6 overall (2-1 SEC).

Knights drop football opener to perennial power R-P

Published by lniemeyer@bluff... on Thu, 09/06/2018 - 11:22am

The Kingsland football team dropped its season opener to perennial Class A power Rushford-Peterson 54-12 on Friday, Aug. 31, in Rushford.

After a quiet start to the game, the Trojans offense got going in a hurry, scoring through the air and on the ground. The Knights are 0-1 on the season (0-1 Mid-South East District). Despite the end result, Knights’ coach Brent Stinson said they started off the game playing hard.

Knights beat storm in cross-country opener

Published by lniemeyer@bluff... on Thu, 09/06/2018 - 11:14am
The Kingsland Knights cross-country teams opened the fall season at the Wabasha-Kellogg Gallop on Monday, Aug. 27, at the Coffee Mill Golf Course and competed at Stewartville three days later. 
At Wabasha-Kellogg, the girls’ team only had four runners, so the Knights didn’t qualify for the team competition. The boys’ team finished in ninth place out of the nine complete boys’ teams. Red Wing swept both the girls’ and boys’ team titles, with Lake City taking second place in both competitions. 

Knights open volleyball season with win

Published by lniemeyer@bluff... on Tue, 08/28/2018 - 3:01pm

The Kingsland volleyball team started the season with a win at Schaeffer Academy in Rochester on Thursday night, Aug. 23.

The Knights won 3-1 (25-22, 20-25, 25-8, 25-23) on the Lions’ home floor, running their record to 1-0 (1-0 SEC) in their first season in the Southeast Conference. Head coach Sam Hanley said his team played well, especially in the back row.

“Coming into the season, I said our back row had to play much better than they did last season,” he said. “I was very happy with our serve-receive game and how our setters played against Schaeffer.”