The Redwood County Board of Commissioners met Tuesday, Sept. 20 and recognized Jennifer Kaase, Sheriff’s Department, for five years of service to Redwood County.
The 15th annual Heart of the Prairie Run/Walk was held Sept. 17, the morning of Belview’s Old SOD Day.
Jumping out to a 16-0 first quarter lead the Cedar Mountain Cougars would go on to defeat rival SESM 16-6 Saturday afternoon in nine-man action. The Cougars (31) - who had suffered their first loss a week early against Lyle-Pacelli - got a 3-yard touchdown run from Christian Belcher and a 17-yard touchdown strike from Cooper Freitag to Tim Christensen to grab a quick 16-0 lead.
It was a battle but the Wabasso Rabbits would outlast Tomahawk Conference rival Sleepy Eye 3-2 in a recent fiveset marathon. The Rabbits (12-7) would split the first four sets with the Indians, taking sets one (25-17) and three (25-23) and dropping sets two (25-22) and four (2515).
The Cedar Mountain girls volleyball team continued their strong regular season play with straight set wins over Springfield and RRC. The Cougars (9-3) topped the Tigers 2515, 25-9, 25-17 and took down the Falcons 25-13, 25-16, 25-19.
Three first half turnovers proved to be costly as the Redwood Valley Cardinals fell 32-13 to host Maple River Friday night in a non-conference battle. Maple River (2-1) was able to convert three Cardinal turnovers in the first half into 20 points and the Cards never really threatened the rest of the way as they fell to 0-3 on the season.
It was a great afternoon for the Redwood Valley cross country teams as they rolled to a pair of titles at the NL/Spicer Invitational Thursday afternoon at the Little Crow Golf Course. The Cardinal girls held off Minnewaska Area (74-89) in the 15team event as they had three top five finishers out of 91 runners.
With wins in all three doubles matches the Redwood Valley girls tennis team rolled to a 6-1 win over MACCRAY Friday afternoon in a non-conference make-up meet held in Clara City. Jenniges and Ella Stoneberg rolled to a 6-1, 6-2 win at first doubles, the duo of Anneliese Hammer and Julia Lang won easily 6-0, 6-1 at second doubles and the third doubles unit of Julian Brown and Ava Shaw-Kerkhoff won 6-2, 6-4.
The Cedar Mountain girls volleyball team held off rival Wabasso 3-1 in a recent Tomahawk Conference match-up. The Cougars rolled to a win in set one 25-6 and took a commanding 2-0 lead with a 25-20 win in set number two.
It was a five-set marathon that would ultimately go to host Worthington as they topped visiting Redwood Valley 3-2 in a recent Big South Conference showdown. The Cardinals (4-6) dropped the first set 25-21 but would come back to take the next two by scores of 25-18, 25-19.