FOOTBALL
Olson commits to Mustangs 
Zumbrota-Mazeppa offensive lineman Jon Olson was one of 14 high school football players to sign a National Letter of Intent to play at Southwest Minnesota State on Wednesday.
February 03, 2010
Top sports stories 2009, No. 4: Local teams go streaking
A number of programs either continued or snapped a long streak in 2009.
By Ryan Nilsson , December 31, 2009
Top sports stories 2009, No. 6: Pepin enters into co-op
When the Pepin girls basketball team played Alma on Feb. 3, the Lakers finished the game with no available subs.
By Ryan Nilsson , December 31, 2009
Nilsson's Notebook: WIAA to develop five-division basketball plan
The WIAA released a press release stating its "Board of Control reviewed a number of topics relating to Association matters and supported advancing a five-division basketball proposal at its December meeting ..."
By Ryan Nilsson , December 04, 2009
Wins, not records, matter to Wayne
Plum City senior Tim Wayne is the Republican Eagle’s All-Area Football Player of the Year for the second consecutive season. Wayne rushed for 1,524 yards and 23 touchdowns in 2009.
By Ryan Nilsson , November 21, 2009
Nilsson's Notebook: Local athletes among HVL all-time football leaders
The Republican Eagle's All-Area football teams will be released tomorrow so I think it's appropriate to report how this year's area performances rank among the best ever in the Hiawatha Valley League Conference.
By Ryan Nilsson , November 20, 2009
Missota Conference award winners
A list of Red Wing athletes who were named all-conference or all-conference honorable mention for their participation in fall sports.
November 18, 2009
UPDATED Wildcats suffer heartbreaker
BLOOMING PRAIRIE, Minn. -- Never more so than in Friday's Section 1A finals was it true that a football team lost as a team.
By Ryan Nilsson , November 07, 2009
Z-M falls to Caledonia
The Section 1AA football powerhouse that is Caledonia got a scare in Friday night's section final game against Zumbrota-Mazeppa, but hung on to win 20-12.
By By Eric Lear , November 06, 2009
Austin reaches 100 wins thanks to Goodhue defense
GOODHUE — Don’t believe Wildcats coach Clair Austin when he says his 100th win — a 21-7 victory over Rushford-Peterson in the Section 1A semifinals — is just a number. His misty eyes after the game and his own son belie him.
By Ryan Nilsson , November 03, 2009
Adler retires after Plum City loss
CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. — Saturday’s WIAA Division 7, Level 2 football playoff contest between Plum City and Chippewa Falls McDonell was not just the final game for the Blue Devils this season, as they were shutout 22-0.
By Sean Scallon , November 03, 2009
Wildcats advance, Austin wins 100th game
Goodhue held the Trojans to 69 rushing yards and emerged with a 21-7 victory -- the 100th win of Clair Austin’s coaching career.
By Ryan Nilsson , November 01, 2009
Minnesota football: Z-M's defense stifles Eagles
Zumbrota-Mazeppa’s defense picked off five passes and held Dover-Eyota to 117 yards of total offense Saturday en route to a 27-0 home win in the Section 1AA semifinals.
By R-E Sports Staff , October 31, 2009
We asked, they answered: Clair Austin
When Goodhue takes the field at 7 tonight against Rushford-Peterson, the Wildcats will not only be attempting to advance to the finals of the Section 1A tournament but also be trying to earn Clair Austin the 100th win of his coaching career.
By R-E Sports Staff , October 31, 2009
Football: Wingers’ season comes to an end
The Wingers, seeded seventh, finished with 38 pass attempts and 206 passing yards, but it was not enough to offset the No. 2 Trojans’ running game. New Prague won 35-7 at home, handing Red Wing its 22nd consecutive loss.
By R-E Sports Staff , October 28, 2009
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OUR VOICES UPDATED: Madison.com: WIAA votes down football district plan
UPDATED at 7:45 p.m.: The WIAA e-mailed out a press release this afternoon about the board's vote. As I indicated in my first blog post about the district football proposal, Eau Claire (Wis.) Leader-Telegram sports editor (and friend) John Casper Jr. has followed this issue closely. On Twitter last
Posted by: Ryan Nilsson on Jan 27, 2010 at 2:58 PM | Nilsson's NotebookOUR VOICES WIAA Advisory Council unanimously opposes football district plan
Madison.com's Rob Hernandez reported Tuesday that the Advisory Council voted 17-0 not to support the football district plan. The WIAA Sports Advisory Council and the WIAA executive staff made similar suggestions. The WIAA Board of Control will have to go against the recommendation of three adviso
Posted by: Ryan Nilsson on Jan 27, 2010 at 12:13 AM | Nilsson's NotebookOUR VOICES WIAA to develop five-division basketball plan
I don't have time to parse the press release right now (the gymnastics season preview story, a boys basketball story and briefs still need to be written for tomorrow's paper), but this is important enough that I think it's worth just posting the press release in its entirety. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEAS
Posted by: Ryan Nilsson on Dec 4, 2009 at 2:40 PM | Nilsson's NotebookOUR VOICES Local athletes among HVL all-time football leaders
The Republican Eagle's All-Area football teams will be released tomorrow so I think it's appropriate to report how this year's area performances rank among the best ever in the Hiawatha Valley League Conference. These stats include just regular-season games. Thanks to Gary Prantner of Byron for comp
Posted by: Ryan Nilsson on Nov 20, 2009 at 12:01 AM | Nilsson's NotebookOUR VOICES 'One player is a teen mother.'
The lede to Pioneer Press prep writer Tim Leighton's story about the football team at Gen. John Vessey Jr. Leadership Academy hooked me. I don't know if he could have written a better first sentence. The rest of the story is very good too. It's a read I would recommend if you have the time.
Posted by: Ryan Nilsson on Oct 24, 2009 at 6:59 PM | Nilsson's NotebookOUR VOICES Changes to divisions, conferences and classes on horizon?
Eau Claire (Wis.) Leader-Telegram sports editor and friend John Casper Jr. wrote a comprehensive story about, as he put it, "two proposals that would drastically alter the landscape of the state's most popular prep sports." The proposed changes would "add a fifth division and use cri
Posted by: Ryan Nilsson on Oct 2, 2009 at 12:09 AM | Nilsson's NotebookOUR VOICES Strib on Shakopee football
The Star Tribune once again wrote about a Shakopee team right before it's scheduled to travel to Red Wing. First it was a tennis story. Now it's a football notebook item. This comes after the Shakopee football team won 35-29 in overtime Friday at Farmington. It was the program's first conference wi
Posted by: Ryan Nilsson on Sep 30, 2009 at 9:57 PM | Nilsson's NotebookOUR VOICES Eden Prairie's recipe for success
Just as the Republican Eagle examined the reasons for the Zumbrota-Mazeppa football team's resurgence in the season preview section and accompanying video, St. Paul Pioneer Press writer Tim Leighton attempted to pinpoint the keys to Eden Prairie's sustained success on the gridiron. Leighton wrote f
Posted by: Ryan Nilsson on Sep 8, 2009 at 3:00 PM | Nilsson's Notebook
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