| SEC volleyball: to catch a Cougar |
SEC East Division champion Mabel-Canton fell twice to West champ LeRoy-Ostrander during the 2009 regular season. But the Cougars captured their 12th straight Southeast Conference crown by clipping the Cardinals in the SEC championship playoff match.
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
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| Rough road as Leichtnam, Larks seek repeat |
There should be a crowd in the middle of the pack, and there might be a battle for the top rung of the league ladder as Southeast Conference football teams open the 2010 season on the upcoming Labor Day weekend.
Defending section champion Grand Meadow will be the frontrunner, but will another team emerge from a five-team pack hoping to contend? Lanesboro and Mabel-Canton are strong choices.
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
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| Canton Pub pummels Chiggy's, takes title outright |
After sweltering the previous Tuesday, it was a chilly Aug. 17 season finale for the Canton Men's Softball League. There was little suspense as Canton Pub exploded with back-to-back 10-run innings while wrapping up the title with a 23-6 romp. This was a make-up night for a previous rainout.
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
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| 'So many questions,' says Coach Mensink |
"We have so many holes to fill," said head coach Chris Mensink. "There are so many questions, but we should have good speed, he continued, and we should have some good size."
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
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| Falcons win season opener
VB team shuts out Burros 3-0
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Fillmore Central traveled to Lanesboro last Friday night and swept the match in three games, 25-21, 25-17 and 25-12.
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
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| First year coach says...'Quickness and serving are strong points' |
While this is the first year for Denise Case as the head coach of the Fillmore Central volleyball team, it is not the first year in the volleyball program. Case got her start in volleyball coaching back in 1989 with Preston-Fountain and continued into 1999 with Fillmore Central as the B squad coach.
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
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| Defending SEC champion M-C ready to repeat volleyball success |
During a 31 to 4 season, the Mabel-Canton volleyball team won the conference for the 12th consecutive year and surpassed 30 victories for the second straight season. The Cougars took 80 of the 95 sets they played. Coach Lonnie Morken was quoted at the end of the season as saying, "I know most observers thought we would be a couple of notches down based on our graduation losses." He added, "I am very proud of the girls and the effort they gave."
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
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| M-C football hoping for better than a three-way tie |
When the 2009 season came to an end, the Mabel-Canton Cougars found themselves in a three-way tie for third place. But that was not the heartbreaker of the season. What was hard to accept was how the four defeats were lost. All five wins were decisive; the four losses were excruciating as they all went down to the wire with margins of 1, 4, 2 and 7 points.
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
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| Last-inning rallies derail upsets |
All three games were decided in the final inning as the two top teams both rallied late to avoid upsets. When the dust cleared on a steamy Aug. 10 night, Canton Pub had clinched at least a tie for the championship, one game ahead of Canton bank with one game to play.
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
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| Local fast pitch tourney takes on international flavor; big crowds |
Preston's Sixth Annual Men's Fast Pitch Tournament is in the books.
On July 24 and 25, 11 men's fast pitch teams vied for top honors at the Preston softball fields. Reigning supreme and gaining its third Preston tournament championship was Jonny's of Elba.
Thursday, August 12, 2010
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