The Minnesota West Bluejay football team remained unbeaten Saturday as they outlasted Rochester on the road 27-15.
The number-two-in-the-nation Bluejays got a safety in the first quarter and had an 8-0 edge at the half. A third-quarter TD made it 15-0, but the Yellow Jackets – now 3-3 – scored a pair of touchdowns of their own and closed to within 18-15 in the fourth quarter. Minnesota West, though, got another safety and then iced the game with a TD with less than two minutes to go.
The 5-0 Bluejays host Minnesota North College-Vermillion at noon this Saturday.
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The fifth-ranked Lady Jays volleyball team split a pair of matches away from home over the weekend, defeating Dakota County 3-1 and losing to No. 2. Century College 2-1.
Game scores against Dakota County were 25-17, 25-17, 20-25, 25-18. Ella Hesse had a team-best 14 kills and added 14 digs and a pair of ace serves. Kadyn Paulson had 26 digs and Sadie Krahling contributed seven kills, 17 digs and three ace serves. Lexi Schreurs was 26-for-26 serving with 19 digs and 26 set assists.
Game scores against Century were 16-25, 25-20, 25-22, 25-21. The Lady Jays were hurt in the match by 12 serve-receive errors and six service errors. Krahling had 17 kills, Claire Bohlen had nine and Abby Loosbrock eight. Schreurs had 20 digs and 28 set assists. Hesse topped Minnesota West, now 18-4, in blocks with four.
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The Worthington Trojans boys soccer team went toe-to-toe with eighth-ranked Mankato East on Saturday afternoon at Trojan Field, and the teams battled to a scoreless draw.
The Trojans came up just short on a good scoring opportunity with about 20 seconds remaining and failed to capitalize on a handful of other chances in the hard-fought match between sectional rivals. WHS is now 9-3-3 on the season; Mankato East is 8-3-2.
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In a girls soccer match Saturday that preceded the boys’ match, visiting Jordan defeated Worthington 6-1. Pay Poe had the lone goal for the Trojans.
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The Trojans’ girls volleyball team went 2-3 Saturday while competing in a tournament at Rochester Century.
Worthington lost 2-0 to Spring Grove, Mankato West and River Falls, Wis. It also picked up 2-0 victories over Tartan and Rochester John Marshall. Worthington is 10-10 on the season.
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In high school football Friday, the Trojans were pounded by Marshall 56-0 at SMSU.
A pair of rushing touchdowns by Mason Eickhoff and Gavin Schaeffer had the 4-1 Tigers up 28-0 by midway through the second quarter. Marshall accumulated 330 total rushing yards on the night against the Trojans, who got just 56 yards of total offense.
Ryan Dorcey had Worthington’s play from scrimmage — a 25-yard run — and also led the team with 11 total tackles. The Trojans are now 1-4.
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In girls tennis Thursday, the Trojans were defeated by Jordan 6-1 and Blue Earth 7-0.
The only victory for WHS against Jordan came at No. 1 doubles, where Hannah McNab and Emma Hietbrink won 6-1, 6-2. The closest Worthington came to another triumph was at No. 4 singles, where Lily Brown was edged 6-2, 2-6, 10-7.
Each of the losses against Blue Earth came in straight sets.
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In area high school football Friday, it was:
Nicolett 62, Westbrook-Walnut Grove 12
Heron Lake-Okabena/Fulda 55, Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart 0
Edgerton 34, Red Rock Central 6
Hills-Beaver Creek 42, Cedar Mountain 8
Windom Area 28, Russell-Tyler-Ruthton 27
Wabasso 12, Martin County West 6 (OT)
Murray County Central 43, St. James Area 0
Adrian-Ellsworth 33, Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 14
Pipestone Area 34, Minnesota Valley Lutheran 28
Jackson County Central 46, Redwood Valley 7
Luverne 48, Blue Earth Area 14
Fairmont 47, New Ulm 6
Unity Christian 52, Sheldon 20
Cherokee 16, Central Lyon/George-Little Rock 13 (OT)
West Lyon 14, Western Christian 0
Spirit Lake 42, Okoboji 7
West Bend Mallard 51, Harris-Lake Park 12
Kingsley-Pierson 40, Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn 12
MMCRU 24, Sibley-Ocheyedan 19
In area high school football Saturday:
Spring Grove 21, Mountain Lake Area 12
In area high school volleyball Friday, it was:
Windom 3, Heron Lake-Okabena/Fulda 0
Red Rock Central 3, Springfield 1
In area high school volleyball Saturday:
Heron Lake-Okabena/Fulda 2, Math and Science Academy 0
St. Clair 2, Mountain Lake Area-Comfrey 1
Murray County Central 2, Bertha-Hewitt 0
Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s 2, Mountain Lake Area-Comfrey 0
Murray County Central 2, Hancock 1
Murray County Central 2, Parkers Prairie 0
Hillcrest Lutheran Academy 2, Murray County Central 0
Visitation 2, Heron Lake-Okabena/Fulda 1
St. Paul Highland Park 2, Heron Lake-Okabena/Fulda 0
Blue Earth 2, Mountain Lake Area-Comfrey 0
Mountain Lake Area-Comfrey 2, West Lutheran 0
Kenyon-Wanamingo 2, Fairmont 0
Glencoe-Silver Lake 2, Fairmont 0
Okoboji 2, Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn 0
Newell-Fonda 2, Okoboji 1
Central Lyon 2, Spencer 0
Central Lyon 2, Mason City 0
LeMars 2, Central Lyon 0
Humboldt 2, Central Lyon 0
West Lyon 2, Spencer 0
West Lyon 2, Humboldt 1
West Lyon 2, Mason City 0
West Lyon 2, Central Lyon 0
West Lyon 2, LeMars 0
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