Sports

The Randolph Rocket football team blew out the Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop Thunderbirds 47-6 Friday night at Klahr Field on Tackle Cancer Night. The Randolph community also continued to flex its fundraising muscle as they will tentatively reach their $70,000 goal for the Randy Shaver Cancer Research and Community Fund, according to Tackle Cancer Coordinator and Rocket teacher Katie Esser as of Monday afternoon.

The Randolph Rocket boys and girls cross country program is in the middle of its second season and head coach Elijah Leer could not be happier with how his Rocket runners are doing. “The kids just keep working harder and harder. The results that we’ve seen even after one year...

NORTHFIELD, Minn. — Northfield swim and dive captains Edy McLaughlin and Ella Krupicka are a true dynamic duo. They've been swimming together for the Gators since they were in 8th grade, and now, as seniors, they're breaking records together.At a meet in September, the two deferred from scoring points for the team, and instead participated in what's called an "Iron Lady," where a swimmer participates in every single event in one meet. Normally, the two compete in four events each per meet, but for the 'Iron Lady' they swam 11 events, which was a total of 1,550 yards."For me it was...

The Cannon Falls Bomber football team had no problem with Triton (4-2) Friday night, Oct. 4, as they defeated the Cobras 36-6 in Dodge Center. The Bombers scored 30 points combined in the second and third quarters, ran for over 300 yards and held the Cobras to under 100 yards passing and 100 yards rushing.

Park girls’ soccer turned up the energy and scored points back after halftime, making the score 1-2 with 15 minutes left. The Orioles conceded another goal from a penalty later in the match, making 3-1 the final score concluding the regular-season. Head coach Anne Beaton said the intensity was...

On Thursday, Oct. 3, the Northfield High School Raider/Gator Girls swim & dive team beat the Mankato West Scarlets with a 93-85 win on the varsity side and a 135-39 win in the junior varsity competition, which was held at the Northfield Middle School Aquatic Center. When the Gators walked out onto the pool deck that evening, they noticed that it had undergone a transformation — it was decked out with balloons, streamers, and a huge 2025 sign. Printed out pictures and handmade posters lined...

Eden Prairie High School girls’ volleyball rallies to beat Bloomington Jefferson in four sets, improving to 10-11 on the season.

Both the Cannon Falls girls and boys soccer teams will start the section playoffs this week with home matches. The Bomber girls earned the No. 3 seed in Section 2A after going 5-6-2 during the regular season – the most regular season wins in program history – and will host No. 6 Mankato Loyola on Thursday, Oct. 10, at 4:30 p.m. Cannon Falls shut out Mankato Loyola 4-0 at home during homecoming week on Sept. 24.

Armstrong football extended its perfect record to 6-0 on Oct. 4 with a 42-6 win at Hastings. The win was framed with another monumental performance for Kevon Johnson, who scored four touchdowns and ran for 219 yards from 18 attempts. The senior ended Friday the number one running back in Minnesota on rushing yards (1180) and rushing touchdowns (19). Hastings entered last week with 3-2 record, having lost its first...

The Simley Girls volleyball team held its annual Pink Out Night representing the fight against Breast Cancer hosting Mahtomedi on Wednesday, October 2nd. The Zephyrs, currently ranked 8th in the state but moving up quickly in the rankings, feature two Division 1 committed athletes: a dominating middle hitter who brought such speed to the court that the Spartans who blinked at the wrong time never saw the ball, and an outside hitter who crushed the ball to every angle imaginable. But the Simley volleyball team is filled with athletes who love nothing more than a challenge. In fact, a spectator told the coach he had never seen a team sprint that fast out of the locker room with each player trying to get into the gym as quickly as possible. The coach replied, “I told the players that Mahtomedi is filled with big, strong, nasty hitters who hit the ball harder than we have ever seen this season, so there is a good possibility that someone is going to get hurt tonight, and the last six into the gym are going to have to start.” All kidding aside, the Spartans may not have won the match, losing 20-25, 15-25, and 22-25, but they earned the respect of the Zephyrs and everyone who saw them play this night by blocking, digging, and hitting with abandon while giving Mahtomedi its toughest Metro East Conference match of the season. Let’s just put it this way, reports had it that the Zephyr parents couldn’t believe what they were seeing. Hats off to the Spartans for the courage, grit, determination, and team unity they continue to display all season.

[EDEN PRAIRIE, MN, October 7, 2024]— Team USA representatives in the upcoming World University Games were determined this past weekend at the Dakota Curling Club in Lakeville, MN. Four men’s teams and four women’s teams competed in the playdown event. After round-robin play was completed on Sunday, Team McDonald...

The Cannon Falls Bomber cross country teams hosted their second annual home meet at the Cannon Valley Fairgrounds last Tuesday, Oct. 1, on a beautiful fall day. The Bomber boys took fourth out of five teams at the meet, finishing ahead of Goodhue but behind Trinity School, Zumbrota-Mazeppa/Kenyon-Wanamingo and Randolph.

St. Louis Park wrapped up the home portion of the football schedule with a 24-21 win over Tartan on Friday. The Orioles (3-3) won consecutive games for the first time this season heading into a busy final stretch of the regular season with games at Cretin-Derham Hall and Chanhassen in six days, Oct. 10 and 16, respectively. After a 35-21 win at Jefferson on Sept. 27, Park returned home to...

Football The Chaska football team moved to 3-2 on the season with a 28-6 win over Northfield Sept. 27. Jacob Welter punched the ball in from 1 yard out early in the game and the Hawks led 7-0 until the fourth quarter, when Welter found paydirt twice more, this time on 3 and 46-yard runs. Aniebiet Udofot also picked up a rushing touchdown, scoring on a 35-yard run. ...

The United South Central/Alden-Conger cross country boys team took first place at the Waterville-Elysian-Morristown/Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton Grizzly Pie Invitational on Thursday, Sept. 26. USC/AC boys had 60 points to take the first place honors. In second place was Randolph with 65, Blooming Prairie was third at 69, Blue Earth Area fourth at...

It’s an incredible opportunity for the KCC Bearcats to attend the Class A Showcase tournament held at the Midwest Volleyball Warehouse in Burnsville. This year’s tournament was held on Friday, Sept. 20 and Saturday, Sept. 21. Sixteen of the top teams from around the state competed in some...

BURNSVILLE, Minn. - Concordia-St. Paul's Teagan Starkey was named Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Setter of the Week for the 17th time in her career and the second time this season, it was announced by the conference office on Monday. NSIC Setter of the Week. #5 Teagan Starkey (S, 5-8, Sr.,...

BURNSVILLE, Minn. - For the second time in three weeks, Concordia-St. Paul football earned an NSIC Player of the Week with Jeff Isotalo-McGuire being named the NSIC Special Teams Player of the Week following CSP's 19-13 double overtime road win at UMary. He joins Richard Wauer as CSP NSIC Player...

The Cannon Falls Bomber girls tennis team earned the No. 2 seed in the Section 1A and will receive a first-round bye. They will play a semifinal match on Friday, Oct. 11, in Rochester at the Rochester Athletic Center against either No. 3 Lake City or No. 6 St. Croix Preparatory Academy. Should they win, they would then play the section championship match immediately after.

University of Minnesota junior Isabella McCauley (Inver Grove Heights, Minn.) was crowned individual tournament champion at the Ron Moore Intercollegiate Sunday. The junior sensation posted a tournament score of 202 (-14), breaking the Gophers’ all-time 54-hole record. McCauley secured the third tournament title of her career after posting three-straight...