Pine Island Panthers

A late comeback attempt wouldn't come to fruition for Pine Island on Monday as it lost, 3-1, to Medford. Pine Island lost the first two sets to an identical 25-17 score but came back to win the third set 25-20. The Panthers lost in the fourth set again however to a 25-17 score. Jordyn...

Andrew Wenstrom ran all over Lanesboro on Friday night, scoring three times on the ground to lead the Rockets to a 34-14 road win over the Burros. Wenstrom rushed 20 times for 238 yards, added 19 tackles and a sack as well as completing 13 of 24 passes for 130 yards and another two...

Kenyon-Wanamingo faced its first Hiawatha Valley League opponent on Thursday when Cannon Falls visited. The Knights won all three sets (26-24, 25-17, 25-14). Offensively for K-W, Ally Peterson had 19 kills, while Madi Luebke notched 19 assists and nine digs. Julianna Boyum led the...

Coming off a 3-0 victory on Tuesday, the Lake City volleyball team doubled down and once again swept its opponent, winning 3-0 over St. Charles on Thursday. The Tigers won its first set 25-21, before pulling away in the second and third sets, winning 25-12 in each. Delaney Issendorf...

The Pine Island boys' cross-country came through with a second-place finish Thursday at the Stewartville Invite. The Panthers finished with 108 team points — 42 behind first-place Jordan. Cannon Falls came in 12th with 351 team points. Pacing the Panthers was Tanner Horton with...

Pine Island got all it could handle when Waseca visited on Thursday for both teams' season opener. After winning the first set, 25-15, the Panthers dropped the second, 25-23. Pine Island won the next two sets to earn the win, 3-1, but each was down to the wire. In the pivotal third...

The Section 1A track and field championship wrapped up on Thursday in Elgin with a number of area athletes qualifying for the Class A state tournament. Lake City led the way with state qualifiers in six events. Ashley Veronen punched her ticket to state during prelims on Tuesday with...

It was a battle of the pitchers on Saturday as Randolph and Legacy Christian Academy combined for just three hits. Randolph was able to get the upper hand, however, claiming the victory, 2-1, in the second round of the Section 4A playoffs. Andrew Wenstrom drew a leadoff walk in the...

Goodhue couldn’t have gotten off to a better start on Thursday in a 20-0 rout of Christian Life Academy in the first round of the Section 4A playoffs. After Casey Ryan struck out the side to start the game, Goodhue’s offense came alive in a big way in the bottom of the first inning....

Pine Island had no trouble getting past Kenyon-Wanamingo in the regular season finale on Monday, winning, 9-1. The Panthers scored three runs in the top of the first inning and added six insurance runs in the fifth to put the game well out of reach.

Goodhue was given the No. 2 seed for the 1AA subsection playoffs and proved it deserved the high seeding with a 15-0 drubbing of No. 7 seed Rushford-Peterson on Monday. The Wildcats started the first inning with an out, a single, a RBI double and the second out before going on a six-hit,...