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The Warriors football squad faced off against the St. Charles Saints on Friday, Oct. 4 in St. Charles. The Warriors relied on their defense and four touchdowns from QB Ethan Stendel (No. 12) to beat the Saints by a score of 28-0. First quarter’s only scoring came off of a touchdown pass from Stendel to Tristan Meyer (No. 14) for a 20-yard score. With the extra point successful, the score stood at 7-0. The defense continued its mean streak — not allowing any points over...

(KWMN)-In a gritty, arguably ugly rivalry matchup that consisted of nine total turnovers, Rushford-Peterson pulled away late to knock off Cotter for an eighth straight season, winning 20-6 from Maxwell Field. The first half was waiting for one team to try to win the football game, as both Cotter and...

Journal-covered cross country teams LARPH, LFC, Chatfield, GMLOS and Kingsland all took part in the St. Charles cross country meet. The host Saints, Stewartville, Dover-Eyota, La Crescent/Hokah and PEM also competed. The boys side had nine full teams and the girls side 10. LARPH’s boys (27) won their second meet of four competed by easily topping nearest foes Stewartville (66) and St. Charles (95). Chatfield (148) took fifth, LFC (175) eighth, and GMLOS (190) ninth. The #4-ranked Card-Tro-Canes were led by the individual race champion, recording his first ever varsity win, Isaac Rasmussen (17:15.3). He topped nearest foes Ivan Daood (17:20.4) of St. Charles and Josh Langseth (17:28.4) of Stewie. But Rasmussen was one of five LARPH guys in the top 10 (with Wyatt Kreidermacher not competing). Brennan Kunst (17:36.2) and Aaron Ploetz (17:42.2) took fourth and fifth. Trey Hegland (17:48.1) and Grayson Speltz (18:17.5) took eighth and ninth. Additionally, non-scoring LARPH runners Hunter Rislov (18:46.1) and Will Jewison (18:51.6) took 16th and 18th places respectively. Only one other Journal-covered male runner also made the top 20, LFC’s Riley Grant (18:43.7) in 15th place. Chatfield’s top finishers were Aiden Johnsrud (19:07.4) and Ben Peeters (19:09.2) in 25th and 26th places. GMLOS’ Carter Glynn (19:20.9) and Teague Alden (19:24.3) took 27th and 28th, followed by LFC’s Andy Brown (19:27.4) in 29th place. Sixty-four guys competed at the 5,000-meter race around St. Charles golf course. Winning their third team title of the year were LFC’s #8-ranked girls (52), who tied with Stewartville (52) but won the meet on highest sixth-runner-finish criteria. Chatfield (126) took fourth behind LC/H (117). GMLOS (138) took fifth, LARPH (163) eighth, and Kingsland (226) tenth. The Burros were naturally led by state-ranked freshman Autumn Rakosnik (20:03), who blazed a trail in winning her third meet of the year. She topped nearest foes Hope Docan-Morgan (20.49.5) of La Crescent/Hokah and Lexi Kivimagi (21:14.9) of Chatfield by 45-plus seconds each. Kivimagi racked up her sixth top six finish. LFC’s five scoring runners all made the top 16. Lillyan Kiehne (22:14.3) took 8th to make the top 10. Charity Kingsley (22:47.9), Grace Kingsley (23:03.5), and Eliza Cullen (23.33.1) took 13th, 14th, and 16th places. Olivia Rindels (23:58) took 23rd. Said finish was the tiebreaker for LFC to top Stewartville. The Tigers’ sixth runner took 38th place. Stewartville had four in the top 11. GMLOS’ top runner was Naomi Warmka (22:20.4), as she took ninth. Her teammates Audrey Main (23:57.2) and Sadie Bustad (24:30.7) took 22nd and 28th places respectively. LARPH’s top runner was Caitlin Bauer (21:56.1) with her highest finish ever, sixth place. Vada Larson (24:03.9) and Glory Erickson (24:32.8) then took 25th and 29th places. Chatfield’s Charlotte Oeltjen (22:44.7) took 12th place. Kingsland’s top finisher, Kylie Meyer (24:08.2), took 26th place. Sixty-seven girls competed at the event.

MINOT, ND --The Minot State volleyball team could not out-play a potent Warriors offense Saturday at home falling to Winona State in straight sets (13-25, 11-25, 9-25). The loss dropped Minot State's record to 1-12 overall and 0-6 in NSIC play. Paulina Kowalska finished with five kills on the day to lead the Beavers attack. got 12 digs from Kelci Madrid to lead them defensively. Game Notes » Paulina Kowalska had a team-high five kills for Minot State. » Minot State got a team-high 12 digs from Kelci Madrid. » Minot State attackers were helped by a team-high seven assists...

CROOKSTON, Minn. - Winona State University scored two goals in the second half to pick up a 2-0 victory over the University of Minnesota Crookston soccer team Sunday, October 6 in Crookston, Minn. The Golden Eagles kept a clean sheet for the first 52 minutes. The Warriors scored twice in the final 38 minutes to pick up the victory.

BEMIDJI, Minn. – The Bemidji State University Women's Soccer team surged for three goals in the second half en route to a 3-0 victory over Winona State University Friday evening at Chet Anderson Stadium. Junior Katrina Barthelt scored the game-winning goal in the 46th minute followed by Lauren Hodny...

WINONA, Minn. -- MSU Moorhead football endured a harsh day on both sides of the ball as the Dragons fell in NSIC action to Winona State, 33-6. In the loss, Gage Florence made seven receptions, making him the all-time leader in receptions in MSUM history. Jack Strand tossed one touchdown, matching the MSUM career record.

WINONA, Minn. - On Saturday, October 5th, conference play would continue for the Cardinals with a home game against the visiting St. Olaf Oles. Despite giving it their all, the Cardinals would fall to the Oles 3-0 and continue their conference losing streak. Early into the first set, the Oles...

BEMIDJI, Minn. - The Winona State Univeristy Warriors fall to the Bemidji Beavers on the road 3-0. In the first half, the Warriors' defense was they key components in keeping the the game scoreless against BSU. The Beavers' defense also held WSU to to only three shots in the first half. Sarah Strating, Abigail Williams, and Jacey Sturek where the three Warriors to take shots in the first half. Alyson Jumper collected three saves in the first half to help Winona State stay scoreless through 45 minutes.

BISMARCK, N.D. - The Winona State University women's volleyball team faced off against the University of Mary on the road on Friday evening. The Warriors battled all five sets behind Kenna Kornely and Kylie Welch leading the way. Stat Leaders:. The Warriors were led in kills by Kenna Kornely (19)

WINONA, Minn. – Winona State football dominated the entirety of the game and defeated MSU Moorhead 33-6 on a beautiful October afternoon in Altra Federal Credit Union Stadium. The Warriors offense was clicking in the first half, scoring on four of five first-half drives. In his first career start,...

After having lost a blowout in their previous game against Chatfield, Byron was happy to have turned things around on Friday. They came out on top against the Sartell-St. Stephen Sabres by a score of 2-0. Byron never let Sartell-St. Stephen on the board, but things got pretty close in...

CROOKSTON, Minn. - The Winona State University Warriors end their first NSIC road trip with a win against Minnesota Crookston. The Warriors started the first half of the game strong collecting three shots in goal by Jacey Sturek, Faith Quinn, and Sarah Strating putting the Golden Eagles to the test defensively, but were unable to find the back of the net. Alyson Jumper and the rest of the Warrior defense was tested as well as Jumper was able to collect two saves in the first half to keep the game scoreless through 45 minutes.

MINOT, N.D. - The Winona State University women's volleyball team made the quick turnaround playing their second game in under 20 hours, earning the win in three sets against Minot State University. The Warriors were led by sophomores Quinn Robak and Jayda Berg offensively and on the defensive end Gianna Vollrath and Kylie Welch paced WSU.