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Falcons fly back to win section title

By Samantha Davis sports@nujournal.com COTTONWOOD — The top-seeded Red Rock Central football team overcame a 15-point fourth quarter deficit behind senior Carter Therkilsen’s game-winning touchdown with 13 seconds left for a 26-21 comeback win over No. 2 Wabasso in the Section 2 ...

Leopold places 27th at state meet

FALCON HEIGHTS -- Several area athletes competed in the Class A State Cross-Country Meet on Saturday, led by Wabasso’s Elise Leopold, who placed 27th out of 160 runners with a time of 19:37.6. Also for the girls, Sibley East’s Paige Gardiner placed 28th with a time of 19:37.0, and ...

GETTING TO KNOW Jeremy Feistner

Interview by Travis Rosenau Feistner will make his first state cross-country appearance this Saturday during his senior year with the Chargers after qualifying at the Section 2A meet last week in Mankato with a PR time of 16:51.91. Q: What is a hobby of yours outside of running? A: ...

GETTING TO KNOW Elizabeth Ovitt

Interview by Ari Selvey Ovitt had 24 set assists in the Section 2A semifinals Tuesday, helping the Mustangs reach Thursday’s Section 2A title game with Cleveland. Q: What is a hobby you have outside of sports? A: I enjoy volunteering on the ambulance and spending time with ...

Feistner, Matzke to run, represent MVL at state XC

ST. PAUL — Two Minnesota Valley Lutheran cross-country runners — Jeremy Feistner and Natalie Matzke — have qualified for the State Cross-Country Meet on Nov. 1 at the University of Minnesota Les Bolstad Golf Course. Feistner placed 10th at the section meet with a time of 16:51.91, a ...

Firebirds dropped by Bulldogs in finals

NEW PRAGUE – Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop’s state tournament bid came up short as it fell to Lester Prairie 30-6 in the Section 2A Football Championship Friday at New Prague High School. “They match up really well with us,” GFW head coach Pat Hentges said. “Defensively, they are so ...