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Cobras fall flat against Panthers

Facing the 1-4 Pine Island Panthers, the 3-2 Triton Cobras were hoping to return to their winning ways after losing to St. Charles the previous week. However, the Panthers had other plans as they used an aggressive defense and an explosive offensive to beat Triton 28-7 on Friday, Oct. 4...

KoMets tame the Tigers

The Kasson-Mantorville football team took advantage of playing the 1-4 Albert Lea Tigers by beating them 38-22 on Friday, Oct. 4. However, you wouldn’t have thought the game would end that way based on the way it started. Albert Lea scored the first touchdown of the game...

Falcons soar over the Vikings

After beating Winona Cotter 41-0 the previous week, the Hayfield Vikings were brought back down to earth by the Fillmore Central Falcons who beat them 37-7 on Friday, Oct. 4. Hayfield Head Coach Jeff Snider was proud of how his team played in the first quarter. “I was really happy with...

Bears run over the Packers

When two teams, in this case the Byron Bears and the Austin Packers, with the same record, 2-3, face each other it’s usually a close game. However, last week’s contest proved to be an outlier as Byron throttled Austin 42-13 on Friday, Oct. 4. Byron Head Coach Ben Halder said the coaches...

A friendly rivalry blossoms

While a game of volleyball between two schools may not seem like a big deal to most high schools, it is for the students at Zumbro Education District (ZED) Area Learning Center (ALC) as they took on the students of the Rochester ALC on Friday, Oct. 4. Blooming Prairie is a part of the ZED. Andrew...

Vikings Run at Zumbrota

The Hayfield cross country team headed to Zumbrota last week for their second to last regular meet of the season. Head Coach Kellie Baker said the cross country season is really winding down and it’s crazy how fast this season overall has gone. “Everyone continues to improve during practice and...

Bears Drop Close One to Winona, but Beat PI-ZM

Thursday saw the Byron Boys Soccer team suffer a narrow 2-1 loss at Winona against the Winhawks. Coming off an emotional and historic win against Lourdes on Tuesday night, Bahr said the team came out a little flat and Winona came out hard charging. “They seemed to interrupt every possession...

Triton quarterback Austin Melder tries to push aside St. Charles defender Dustin Zillmer during last Friday’s football game.

St. Charles Completes Large Comeback to Defeat Triton

After being upset by Triton in last year’s playoffs, the St. Charles Saints used that extra motivation to fuel their 12-point comeback and eventually beat the Cobras 22-19 on Friday, Sept. 27. Triton got the scoring started when running back Parker Boe ran it in from 10 yards out. A...

Kasson-Mantorville’s Alex Jennissen breaks up a pass intended for Byron’s Ben Stienessen.

KoMets Use Big Second Half to Beat Bears

The game started out as a defensive battle, but after that it was all Kasson-Mantorville as they scored three third quarter touchdowns to beat Byron 31-12 on Friday, Sept. 27. The KoMets got the scoring started when Aaron Winkle drilled a 28-yard field goal attempt in the middle of the...

Vikings Shutout Falcons

The Wabasha-Kellogg Falcons fought hard and kept the game close in the first half, but the Hayfield football team scored 12 points in the second half en route to a 19-0 victory on Friday, Sept. 20. Vikings’ Head Coach Jeff Snider “On our first touchdown drive, we executed our gameplan and cut down...