Trojan boys soccer team wrap up regular season with victory

The Worthington Trojans' boys soccer team closed out their regular season Saturday afternoon with a 2-0 home victory over Jordan.

After the first half was played to a 0-0 draw, Kain Thepmontry got the Trojans on the scoreboard with a goal at about nine and a half minutes into the second half. Later, with approximately six minutes remaining, Eddy Chavez scored the second WHS goal, and the home team held on from there to snap a brief two-match losing streak and improve to 13-3-1 on the season.

Worthington will next host a Section 2AA quarterfinal match at 7 p.m. Tuesday. The top-seeded Trojans will take on Jordan once again; it has the No. 8 seed.

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In girls soccer, WHS was defeated in its regular-season finale, losing 7-0 at Trojan Field to Jordan.

The winless Trojans now head to the Section 2AA quarterfinals and will play a road match Tuesday at New Ulm.

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In high school volleyball, Worthington had a solid Friday and a not-so-great Saturday competing at the Jimmy John's tournament in Marshall.

The Trojans went 2-0 in Friday competition, defeating both Dawson-Boyd and Litchfield by 2-0 scores. On Saturday, though, WHS went 0-3, as it lost to Westbrook-Walnut Grove 2-1, Lakeview 2-1 and Windom 2-0.

The Trojans, now 14-12 overall this season, host St. Peter on Tuesday.

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In college volleyball, the Lady Jays capped a 3-0 weekend Saturday afternoon by sweeping Northwest Iowa Community College by game scores of 25-18, 25-18, 25-18.

Minnesota West, now 23-7 overall, started game one by jumping to a 6-0 advantage with Aubrey Weedman serving. The Thunder got back to within 12-10, but the Lady Jays at that point again scored multiple points in a row with Weedman serving.

Northwest Iowa Community College and Minnesota West played each closely for a good portion of game two before the Lady Jays opened some breathing room. In game three, the Thunder led 12-8 at one point, but Minnesota West roared back.

The Lady Jays-Thunder match was part of a triangular Saturday at the Center for Health and Wellness. Earlier in the day, Minnesota West outlasted Minnesota State-Fergus Falls 18-25, 25-23, 25-20, 18-25, 15-13. On Friday night, the Lady Jays topped St. Cloud Tech 25-17, 25-17, 25-20.

Next up is a home match Wednesday against Anoka-Ramsey.

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Hunter Kauffman ran for 207 yards and four touchdowns Friday night as S-0 won its second game of the season, 49-17 over Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn in Sibley.

Sibley-Ocheyedan improved to 2-5 on the fall with its Friday night homecoming triumph. The Generals next travel to Sioux Central this coming Friday with a postseason bid on the line.

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Bryce Nielsen scored four touchdowns Friday night — three rushing and one receiving — and Heron Lake-Okabena/Fulda dominated Westbrook-Walnut Grove in a 46-0 victory in Fulda.

Nielsen scored on a run of 18 yards in the first quarter, a run of five yards and five-yard catch in the second quarter, and a 13-yard run in the third quarter. Truman Olesem also dashed for a 74-yard TD for the Coyotes, who are now 5-1 overall, and Mason Kirchner and Albert Vega also had rushing scores.

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The Worthington Trojans football team traveled to state-ranked Waseca on Friday night and were defeated 49-7.

The Trojans, now 2-4 on the season, got their lone touchdown in the fourth quarter when Kian Ling got in the end zone from a yard out. Ling paced the Trojans offensively with 87 rushing yards on 19 carries.

Defensively, Alexander Tovar and Brayden Raymo led the way with nine total tackles apiece while Kason Spartz and Wilson Mahlberg had seven each. Raymo had 1½  tackles for loss, Spartz and Mahlberg one tackle for loss each and Tovar a half-tackle for loss.

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Adrian-Ellsworth and Granada-Huntley-East Chain-Truman engaged in a shootout Friday and the Dragons came out on top, 52-30, as Jackson Jenniges ran for 228 yards and four touchdowns. A-E is now 4-2 on the fall and has a four-game win streak.

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In other Friday night football action Friday, it was:

Jackson County Central 53, LeSueur-Henderson 17

Hills-Beaver Creek 28, Edgerton 14

Murray County Central 23, Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 22

Luverne 56, Minnesota Valley Lutheran 25

Sibley East 18, Windom Area 16

Martin County West 30, St. James Area 0

Red Rock Central 27, Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart 24

New Ulm Cathedral 71, Mountain Lake Area 7

Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial 41, Pipestone Area 0 

Fairmont 27, Belle Plaine 7

Orono 20, Marshall 7

Central Lyon-George Little Rock 55, Sheldon 3

Unity Christian 35, Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 29

Western Christian 39, Cherokee 28

O-A/BC-IG 33, Okoboji 7

Spirit Lake 21, Southeast Valley 16

West Lyon 56, MVAO-COU 12

In area high school volleyball Friday night:

Adrian-Ellsworth 2, Springfield 0

Adrian-Ellsworth 2, Lac Qui Parle Valley 0

Jackson County Central 2, Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton 0

Jackson County Central 2, Minnetonka 1

Windom 2, Hills-Beaver Creek 0

Windom 2, Murray County Central 0

Murray County Central 2, Hills-Beaver Creek 1

Westbrook-Walnut Grove 2, Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop 0

Westbrook-Walnut Grove 2, Renville County West 0

Wabasso 2, Luverne 0

Central Minnesota Christian 2, Luverne 0

Foley 2, Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 1

Stewartville 2, Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 0

Marshall 2, Eden Prairie 0

Marshall 2, Lakeville North 0

In area high school volleyball Saturday:

Jackson County Central 2, Academy of Holy Angels 1

West Fargo Sheyenne (ND) 2, Jackson County Central 0

Jackson County Central 2, Cretin-Derham-Hall 0

Adrian-Ellsworth 2, Lakeview 1

Central Minnesota Christian 2, Adrian-Ellsworth 1

Adrian-Ellsworth 2, Westbrook-Walnut Grove 0

Westbrook-Walnut Grove 2, Redwood Valley 1

Luverne 2, Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop 0

MACCRAY 2, Luverne 0

Luverne 2, Hills-Beaver Creek 1

Hills-Beaver Creek 2, Yellow Medicine East 0 

Hills-Beaver Creek 2, Dawson-Boyd 0

Central Minnesota Christian 2, Windom 1

Russell-Tyler-Ruthton 2, Windom 0

Murray County Central 2, Wabasso 1

Cedar Mountain 2, Murray County Central 0

Montevideo 2, Murray County Central 0

Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 2, Rochester John Marshall 0

Winona 2, Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 1

Eagan 2, Marshall 0

East Ridge 2, Marshall 1