high school football

On a beautiful night at the Snake Pit in Dodge Center the Triton Cobras faced off against the Zumbrota-Mazeppa Cougars. And it is usually not a pretty picture when Cobras and Cats get together. And it was the final regular season home game for coach Don Henderson who is retiring after 28 years at Triton.

It was a chilly rain soaked night in Red Wing on Friday. it was still raining a bit during warm ups and there were puddles on the sidelines. But it's high school football in Minnesota. And as long as there was not any lightning, the game goes on.

Stormy weather more common during the summer months than the first week of October is expected to develop across southeast Minnesota late Friday afternoon and evening.

When Mark Dorencamp and I covered the Hayfield game with Bethlehem Academy last Friday night, we knew there was a possibility that the Vikings would have some problems with the rest of their season. They only had 22 come out for the team this year and they only had 17 people to put on the field last Friday.

Friday night the Bethlehem Academy Cardinal football team traveled to Hayfield to face the win less Vikings.. Hayfield is having a difficult year with only 22 players out for the team and they only dressed 17 on Friday night.

In addition to playing an important district and section football game Friday night, Triton's football players will walk with cancer survivors after the game and might learn a little about the sports history of the time before Triton High School existed.

It was the Battle for the Paddle at Bruce Smith field in Faribault on Friday night as the 1-1 Cardinals of B.A. faced the 0-2 Medford Tigers.

Friday night the Bethlehem Academy Cardinals(1-1) go up against the Medord Tigers (0-2) in the Battle for the Paddle Trophy at Bruce Smith Field. Coverage starts about 6:45pm on KDHL, The Mighty 920 and kdhlradio.com.

The Medford Tiger fans were wanting to see a rematch of the teams that battled for the playoff spot last fall. They got a good game.

The Kasson-Mantorville Komets who missed getting into the State Tournament last year by a loss to the Winona Winhawks and finished the year at 8-3, started their 2017 campaign on a high note with a win over the Cannon Falls Bombers on Friday night 40-24.