The Kenyon-Wanamingo boys basketball team is two-for-two so far this season as the Knights topped Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton on the road Thursday by a score of 58-49. KW will play next on Dec. 10 in its first conference game of the season at Goodhue, which is also 2-0 to start the season.
The Kenyon-Wanamingo girls’ basketball team hosted the Waterville-Elysian-Morristown Buccaneers in Kenyon Monday and while the Knights looked strong throughout the first half, they were unable to keep pace with the Buccaneers in the second half and ultimately fell by a score of 64-45.
A battle between two teams looking for their first win of the season turned out to not be much of a battle at all, with Kenyon-Wanamingo Girls Basketball easily besting Faribault Bethlehem Academy, 51-30.
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Ally Peterson has played in tense section finals and a pair of state tournaments, but that didn't make Monday morning's scene at Kenyon-Wanamingo High School any less daunting.
MINNEAPOLIS — The Minneapolis City Council this week is expected to pass a ban on so-called “conversion therapy” for minors. The controversial practice aims to change a person’s sexual orientation from gay to straight. It has drawn the ire of many in the LGBT community and others, who say it…
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For nearly as long as she can remember, Ally Peterson formed her dream and never let it out of sight.
Looking to build off a 12th-place finish as a seventh-grader and an eighth-place mark as an eighth-grader, Zumbrota-Mazeppa/Kenyon-Wanamingo freshman Natasha Sortland faltered in the later stages of Saturday’s Class A cross country state championships.
ROCHESTER — From the valley of overwhelming frustration to the apex of unfiltered jubilation, the Medford and Kenyon-Wanamingo volleyball teams experienced the full spectrum of emotions Thursday night.
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The Kenyon-Wanamingo volleyball team is so close to a state tournament berth that they can taste it, but they still have to finish what they started.
After winning the Hiawatha Valley League Conference Championship, Zumbrota Mazeppa/Kenyon-Wanamingo’s Natasha Sortland put the icing on the cake, winning the Section 1A Girls’ Cross Country Championship Thursday at the Northern Hills Golf Course in Rochester.
They fought to the end, but No. 6 seed Kenyon-Wanamingo fell to No. 3 seed Chatfield in the quarterfinal round of the Section 1AA playoffs Tuesday.
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While the youthful Zumbrota Mazeppa/Kenyon-Wanamingo cross country teams aren’t projected to finish at the top of the MSHSL Section 1A Championships on Thursday, finishing strong is always a realistic and attainable goal.
There comes a point in the year when the sense of urgency amongst a team increases, and that’s typically around the playoffs. For the Class A No. 6 Kenyon-Wanamingo (18-9) volleyball team, the sense of urgency has been there all season, probably because it’s most of the girls’ last shot.
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The Knights’ struggles against Goodhue continued Wednesday, Oct. 16, as the Wildcats surged past Kenyon-Wanamingo for a 32-7 victory.
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3-and-out with the Goodhue Wildcats
On a cold, windy night with sleet falling from the sky, one could predict Friday’s matchup between Kenyon-Wanamingo and Medford would be low-scoring. And those people would have predicted correctly.
3-and-out with the Medford Tigers
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The Kenyon-Wanamingo volleyball team has played well this season.
For Kenyon-Wanamingo, it was always going to be a tough task to upset Class A No. 2 Blooming Prairie. On Friday, the Blossoms made sure that held true.
The Kenyon-Wanamingo football team (2-3 overall, 0-2 conference) has lost three games in a row after winning its first two. Unfortunately, things aren’t going to get any easier Friday.
The fifth class ever to be honored, this year’s Kenyon-Wanamingo High School Sports Hall of Fame inductees included KHS alums Ray Strandemo, Danny Quam, Lawrence Picha, Jeff Schoenfelder, Bruce Vermilyea, as well as Wanamingo alumni Roger Hostager, Kyle Wallaker.
Kenyon-Wanamingo had plans to snap a two-game losing streak and send fans home happy on homecoming Friday. Unfortunately, Bethlehem Academy (2-3 overall, 1-1 conference) had other ideas, racking up 319 yards and three touchdowns on the ground and en route to their first Mid Southeast White d…
It’s not how you start, it’s how you finish, and Class A No. 8 Kenyon-Wanamingo finished with a bang in Thursday’s homecoming volleyball win over Byron.
Kenyon-Wanamingo found moments of greatness Tuesday night. Stewartville found extended runs of greatness.
3-and-out with the K-W Knights and BA Cardinals
Competing at the varsity level for the first year is no easy task. The Triton/Kenyon-Wanamingo/Hayfield boys soccer team (0-5-1) had scored in every match before a tough Byron team blanked the T/K-W/H Cobras 6-0 Sept. 17 in Byron.
The Milaca Mega Meet touts itself as the world's largest 1-day cross country meet. Thousands of runners were split up between four divisions based on school enrollment.
The Class A Showcase got underway Friday at Midwest Volleyball Warehouse in Burnsville.
For the second straight week, Kenyon-Wanamingo spotted its opponent a two-score lead in the first half. For the second straight week, K-W didn’t stop playing.
The Zumbrota-Mazeppa/Kenyon-Wanamingo cross country team was at Pine Island’s invitational Thursday.
Cannon Falls was eager to flip the script on Kenyon-Wanamingo.
There was no sand to be found at Van Orsow Auditorium, but conditions were befitting of beach volleyball in Tuesday's Section 1A regular season matchup.
Minnesota-Scores.net released its QRF mathematical rankings for the first time this fall on Sept. 16. QRF rankings are often a factor, if not an outright determinant, for section playoff seeding depending on sport and section.
The Triton/Kenyon-Wanamingo/Hayfield boys varsity soccer team only got one game in last week as Thursday’s scheduled game at Schaeffer Academy was canceled due to rain and storms.
3-and-out with the Randolph Rockets
