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Lady Cougars fall to Mustangs in their first home game of the season

Published by fxstandardnews on Tue, 12/13/2022 - 8:00am

By Denise Bonsack, Publisher

The Cedar Mountain Lady Cougars hosted the Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart Mustangs in their first home game of the season on December 6. 

The Lady Cougars worked hard, but the Mustangs were too much for them this early in the season. BLHS pulled out in front early in the game and never looked back.

Cougars open season with a victory over Crusaders

Published by fxstandardnews on Tue, 12/13/2022 - 8:00am

By Denise Bonsack, Publisher

The Cedar Mountain Cougar boys opened their new season with a trip to Mayer to take on the Crusaders of Mayer Lutheran.

The Cougars controlled the tip but couldn’t turn it into points.

Mayer put the first points on the board, but the Cougars’ shots in the first several minutes of play just wouldn’t fall.

GFW Bowling Teams compete at State Tournament

Published by fxstandardnews on Tue, 12/06/2022 - 8:00am

By Denise Bonsack, Publisher

The GFW bowling teams finished their season on Saturday, December 3 with the Varsity State Tournament held at Drkula’s 32 Bowl in Inver Grove Heights. The T-Birds were one of 24 varsity teams to advance to the tournament.

Cougars sweep Mavericks, advance to semifinals

Published by fxstandardnews on Tue, 11/08/2022 - 8:00am

By Denise Bonsack, Publisher

The number two seed Cedar Mountain Cougar volleyball team headed to St. Peter on Tuesday, November 1 for the Section 2A Quarterfinal game against the number three seeded Martin County West Mavericks. 

The Cougars had faced and lost to the Mavericks before, earlier in the season in a two-set match during a tournament. This time, they were looking for a very different outcome. 

Lady Cougars end season with loss to Clippers

Published by fxstandardnews on Tue, 11/08/2022 - 8:00am

The Cedar Mountain Lady Cougars ended their season with a loss to Cleveland in the Section 2A Semifinal game on Thursday, November 5. Pictured is the team with their second-place trophy (front row from left) Teresa Larsen, Keanna Hultquist, Nadia Meyers, Mykenna Vollmer, Paige Rose, (back row) Student Manager Kendra Erickson, Kylie Koerner, Aubrey Steffl, Lauren Baringer, Kenley Schiller, Hailey Hollar, Samantha Gruendemann, Colette Mathiowetz, Cloey Wildt, Brynn Hoffbeck, Lauryn Menk and Bailey Woodford.  (Submitted photo)

GFW Cross Country girls compete at State Meet

Published by fxstandardnews on Tue, 11/08/2022 - 8:00am

By Denise Bonsack, Publisher

The GFW girls’ Cross Country team headed to St. Olaf College on Saturday, November 5 to compete at the State Cross Country Meet. 

Earlier this season, the girls earned the top spot in the Conference and the Section for the first time in school history so they were excited for the big event.

The competition included 16 teams and 158 individual runners. 

GFW Bowlers compete at New Ulm, Gibbon

Published by fxstandardnews on Tue, 11/08/2022 - 8:00am

By Denise Bonsack, Publisher

The GFW bowling teams headed back to Concordia Lanes in New Ulm on Saturday, October 15.

The Varsity team took on Hutchinson and New Ulm during that day’s competition. 

In the first match of the day, the varsity team was successful in beating Hutch with a total pin count of 831 compared to their 694.

Cougars dominate Raiders to advance to Section semifinals

Published by fxstandardnews on Tue, 11/01/2022 - 8:00am

By Denise Bonsack, Publisher

The Cedar Mountain Cougars hosted the Nicollet Raiders in the Section 2A 9-man quarterfinal game on Tuesday, October 25. 

The Cougars had earned the third seed, while the Raiders were sixth seed.

The game did not start out well for the Cougars. Their first drive ended abruptly with a fumble, turning the ball over to the Raiders at their own 38.

Cougars’ season ends with loss to Owls in Section semifinal game

Published by fxstandardnews on Tue, 11/01/2022 - 8:00am

By Denise Bonsack, Publisher

The Cedar Mountain Cougars’ football season came to an end on Saturday, October 29, following a disappointing 14-32 loss to the Hancock Owls in the Section 2A semifinal game.

These two teams met at the same point in the season last year, and at that point, the Cougars came away with the victory, but that was not to be this year.

Lady T-Birds end season with playoff loss to Warriors

Published by fxstandardnews on Tue, 11/01/2022 - 8:00am

By Denise Bonsack, Publisher

For the second time in as many weeks, the GFW girls’ varsity volleyball team went head-to-head with the BOLD Warriors on Thursday, October 27 in Olivia. 

The first time was their final game of their regular season.  The second was their final game of the post-season, and unfortunately, the result was the same – the Warriors came away with the win again.

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