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Mathiowetz’s milestone night leads Knights past Cougars

SLEEPY EYE — Early in the third set of a Tomahawk Division volleyball match between Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s and Cedar Mountain, St. Mary’s Morgan Mathiowetz got her 12th kill of the match to take a 2-1 lead for the Knights with the match score tied at 1. That kill made Mathiowetz the ...

Area roundup: Rabbits rout Storm

PREP VOLLEYBALL WABASSO 3, SLEEPY EYE 0 SLEEPY EYE — The Wabasso Rabbits rolled to a win in straight sets on Thursday, defeating the Sleepy Eye Storm 25-15, 29-27, 25-14 in a Tomahawk Division volleyball match. Kenley Guetter led the Rabbits with 15 kills, eight digs and four aces, while Cendyll Daub had eight kills and two solo blocks and Melany Kramer had eight kills. Britta Brand had 14 digs also for Wabasso, while Alexa Remiger had seven digs and six aces, Lanna Janeiro-Dolan had 22 set assists, Cassie Bliss had 13 set assists and Ava Samyn had a solo block and a block ...

GETTING TO KNOW Parker Kuehn

Interview by Ari Selvey Kuehn has quaterbacked the Tigers to a 4-0 record so far this season, including a 21-10 win over Dawson-Boyd last Friday. In that game, Kuehn completed 12 of 24 passes for 251 yards and two touchdowns. Q: What is a hobby you have outside of sports? A: I play piano ...

Red’s recap: Eagles defense stays solid

Friday night in their game with the New Ulm Eagles, Belle Plaine took the opening drive of the game and used a 74-yard, 10-play scoring drive to take a fast 6-0 lead over the Eagles. That ended up being their longest drive of the game until they went 13 plays late in the third quarter and early in the fourth quarter before turning the ball over on downs in a 14-12 New Ulm win. And it was the Eagles defense that stopped a game-tying 2-point conversion with just over a minute to play in the game. “We had some moments [early] when we let them get behind us in the back end,” New ...

Young Firebirds look for big plays on Homecoming

GIBBON — Anytime a football team sees a change in coaching, players and schemes, it’s natural for that team to have some growing pains. The Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop Firebirds have faced their share of challenges already this season in Travis Vorwerk’s first year at the helm as head ...

Tigers look to maintain perfect record against Warriors

SPRINGFIELD — With a 4-0 record, the Springfield Tigers have had as good a start as any football team in the state. Not only did the Tigers break a school record with 80 points against Canby in the season opener, but they also redeemed its section finals loss against Murray County Central ...