Visting Luverne led 13-6 at halftime and then outscored Worthington 12-0 in the last two quarters to post a 25-6 victory over the Trojans in the teams’ season-opening football game Thursday night.
Jayden Johnson’s first TD of the night, followed by a point-after kick, made it 7-0 Luverne in the first quarter. Worthington responded by embarking a TD drive of its own that was capped by a five-yard scoring run by Jacari Swinea. Swinea had 97 rushing yards in the first half alone.
Johnson reached paydirt again, this time from two yards out, with 27 seconds remaining in the first half. That followed an interception he made on defense that thwarted a Trojan drive.
Luverne got its other touchdowns on a 20-yard scramble from QB Carter Sehr with six minutes remaining in the third quarter and a five-yard run on a reverse by Darius Dolo with just 34 seconds gone by in the fourth quarter.
**
The Worthington Trojans volleyball team lost for the first time this season, as they were defeated at St. Peter 3-0. Game scores were 25-21, 25-17, 25-19.
Jayden Spartz led WHS with 14 kills and nine digs in the match. Natya Khamphanh had a team-best 10 digs, passed for 21 set assists and added an ace serve. Saige Scheepstra had a pair of ace serves and five kills, while Kamryn Olson also served for two aces. The Trojans are now 2-1.
**
The 3-0 WHS boys soccer team played at 3-0 Tri-City United on Thursday night, and the squads battled to a 1-1 tie in a match delayed twice due to lightning. Welbaka Morke tallied the lone goal for the Trojans.
**
In girls soccer, the Trojans were defeated 3-0 at Garretson, S.D. WHS is now 0-4.
**
In high school girls tennis on Tuesday, it was River Valley Co-Op over Worthington 6-1. The Trojans picked up a triumph at No. 3 singles, as Emma Hietbrink and Kah Blu Moo earned a 6-3 6-1 win. Two of the WHS match losses were in three sets – Eleanor Teerink was edged 6-1, 4-6, 6-3 at No. 3 singles and Angie Dailey and Cassie Schulz were outlasted 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 at No. 2 doubles.
**
In high school football Thursday night, it was:
Hills-Beaver Creek 52, Laneboro 0
Edgerton 28, New UIm Cathedral 14
Westbrook-Walnut Grove 42, Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart 14
Renville County West 40, Red Rock Central 6
Heron Lake-Okabena/Fulda 7, Granada-Huntley-East Chain-Truman 6
Murray County Central 31, Lac qui Parke Valley 13
Dawson-Boyd 48, Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 14
Springfield 34, Adrian-Ellsworth 6
Marshall 26, Jordan 8
In high school volleyball Thursday night, it was:
Southwest Minnesota Christian 3, Windom 2
Comments