Monday, October 26th.
Volleyball. (Sections).
5AA 1st Round.
Dassel-Cokato 3, Maranatha 1. The Chargers won, but it wasn’t easy as they outscored the Mustangs, 99-91 in the win.
Rockford 3, North 0. The Rockets breezed past the Polars by a combined score of 75-24.
Tuesday, October 27th.
Football. (Sections.)
Section 6AAAAA Quarterfinals.
#4 Park Center 28, Buffalo 24. The Pirates scored on the last play of the game, to win a thriller on Tuesday night in a game full of big plays and penalties. The Bison struck first on a 4th down TD pass from Reiker Wignes to Grant Beckman, giving Buffalo a 7-0 lead. The Pirates scored the next two TDs on a long pass and long run to go ahead 14-7. Still in the first quarter the Bison tied it on an 8-yard TD run from Jr. Max Pegg. The Bison scored the only points of the second quarter on a FG and led, 17-14 at the half. It stayed that way until midway through the third quarter, when Sr. FB Dolen Brisk scored on a short TD run and the Bison led, 24-14. That’s when things go crazy! The Pirates scored on a TD pass to cut the Bison lead to 24-21, then got the ball back, 96 yards from its own end zone with four minutes left. After big plays and penalties, the Pirates had first and goal at the Bison three with 30 seconds left but committed three penalties and faced fourth and goal at the Bison 25 with just one second left. QB Desmond Slocum threw a perfect pass to WR Andre Nelson on a crossing route to the five-yard line, and Nelson did the rest, breaking one tackle and then waltzing into the end zone as the Pirates shocked the Bison on the last play of the game to end the Bison season.
2AAA Quarterfinals.
#3 Howard Lake WW 35, Rockford 0. The Lakers picked up their second straight shutout with a win over the Rockets on Tuesday night.
#2 Dassel-Cokato 56, #7 Jordan 16. The Chargers who had lost their last two games, got off to a slow start, but woke up in the second half and ran over the Hubmen, 56-16.
Section 4AA Quarterfinals.
#4 Norwood YA 21, #5 Maple Lake 6. It was a defensive battle, but the Raiders made a few more plays on offense and hung on for the win at home.
Girls Tennis. (State Tournament.)
Quarterfinal Round.
Delano defeated Becker to advance to the state semifinals.
Wednesday, October 28th.
Boys Soccer. (Class AAA State Tournament.)
Quarterfinals.
#1 Wayzata 2, #8 STMA 0. The Knights tied Wayzata earlier this season, and at halftime they looked like they might have a chance as it was tied 0-0 at Spring Lake Park HS. In the second half though the Trojans came out strong and got goals from Preston Williams (42:20) and George Soeffker (49.40) to snuff out any upset chance for the Knights as the Trojans advanced to the semifinals.
Girls Volleyball. (Sections.)
Section 6AAA.
#2 Delano 3, Mpls. Southwest 0. The Tigers made quick work of the Lakers, as they advanced to the section semifinals.
Thursday, October 29th.
Girls Tennis. (Class AA State Tournament.)
Class AA, Semifinals.
Delano lost to Mahtomedi 5-2 in the semifinals and then lost to Mpls. Southwest in the third-place match to finish in fourth place.
The Delano girls tennis team, above, took 4th at the Class AA state tennis meet this week.
Cross Country. (Sections).
The Delano boys won Section 6AA, while the girls finished second as both advanced to state on Thursday at Gale Woods in Hopkins.
The Delano Cross Country Team, above, took first at the Section 6AAA meet at Gale Woods in Hopkins on Thursday.
Monticello sent Kylie Lindberg and Lauren Ringel to state as Lindberg finished fourth and Ringel finished 8th. Lindberg’s time of 18:40.0 was second fastest in Monti history, while Ringel’s time of 19:03.0 was fifth all time for Monticello.
Kylee Lindberg, above, in black, advanced to state by finishing 4th at the Section meet Thursday.
The Annandale boys team led by Emory Wirth advanced to state in their section.
Girls Volleyball. (Sections.)
8AAAA. (Quarterfinals.)
#4 Buffalo 3, #5 Sartell 1. The Bison got big games from Jojo Karna and Quinn Penney as they advanced to the semifinals with a win over the Sabers.
#6 Elk River 3, #3 Monticello 1. The Elks upset the Magic on the road to advance to the section semifinals.
#2 Moorhead 3, #7 STMA 0. The Spuds swept the Knights at home. Amelia Crank led the Knights with nine assists.
Section 8AAA. (Quarterfinals.)
#3 Annandale 3, St. Cloud Tech 1. The Cards won the first two before Tech took the third and led 24-23 in the fourth set, but the Cards won the next three points and advanced to the semifinals with a home win on Thursday night. Grace Whelen led the Cards at the net, while Ava Schuler dominated in the back row for Annandale.
Section 5AA. (Second Round.)
#7 PACT 3, #10 Rockford 0. PACT won all three, 25-15, 25-11, and 25-20.
#6 Maple Lake 3, #11 DC 0. The Irish advanced with a 25-21, 25-19 and 25-19 win at home.
