Adrian-Ellsworth
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 07, 2026It was a big night of volleyball action on the court Thursday, Oct. 1, as Hills-Beaver Creek hosted Adrian-Ellsworth in head-to-head conference play. Both teams came into the game with relatively equal records and talent on their rosters, and the Dragons walked away with a 3-0 win after three close sets. A-E opened the first set building a seven-point lead before the Patriots got their rhythm…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 07, 2026The Adrian-Ellsworth Dragons dominated the Mountain Lake Area Wolverines Friday, Oct. 2, capturing a decisive 68-0 win on the road. The Dragons pushed back the Wolverines to negative 76 yards of total offense in the game. MLA punted three times, were intercepted twice and lost five fumbles to the Dragons. Junior Caleb Wolf and senior Charger Erlandson both had interceptions in the first…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 07, 2026The Adrian-Ellsworth cross country team participated in two invitationals this past week setting several personal and season best times at both events. The Dragons ran at the Lennox Invitational Friday, Oct. 2, and the Murray County Central/Fulda Warrior Invite Monday, Oct. 5. A-E will run in Pipestone Thursday, Oct. 8, and will host the Dragon Invitational Tuesday, Oct. 13. Lennox…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 07, 2026The Adrian-Ellsworth volleyball team took down the Red Rock Central Falcons 3-0 Tuesday, Sept. 29, in the Ellsworth High School gym. The Dragons won the first set and second sets 25-13 each and won the third set 25-8 for the win. Junior Jordan Kruger had 10 kills and went 14 of 4 at the service line with two ace serves. Senior Kamry Lehnhoff finished with eight kills and one solo block and…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 30, 2026The Adrian-Ellsworth Dragons held off Edgerton Public 22-20 in an exciting homecoming night football game Friday, Sept. 25, at home. In light rain and wet conditions, the Dragons held their footing to bring home a two-point win in front of their home crowd. A-E, now 2-2 for the season, will travel to Mountain Lake Area to take on the Wolverines Friday, Oct. 2. “A homecoming game is always a…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 30, 2026Luverne and Adrian-Ellsworth cross-country teams traveled to Jackson Thursday, Sept. 24, for the JCC Tri for Health Meet. On a windy and wet afternoon, the Cardinals and Dragons runners bundled up to compete in the varsity boys’ and girls’ 5,000-meter races. “We felt we gave excellent effort on a less-than ideal day. The course was soggy and slippery, and several runners slipped and fell…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 30, 2026The Adrian-Ellsworth volleyball team strung together six set wins in the past week to beat two teams in Red Rock Conference play. A-E beat Southwest Minnesota Christian 3-0 at home Tuesday, Sept. 22, and took down Heron Lake-Okabena-Fulda on the road Thursday, Sept. 24. “In both games with Southwest Minnesota Christian and HOLF we started both of them kind of slow, but as the night went on, we…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 23, 2026In a busy week of volleyball action, the Dragons went 3-3 on the court. Adrian-Ellsworth fell 3-0 to Russell-Tyler-Ruthton on the road Thursday, Sept. 17. A-E won two matches and fell in two matches at the Jackson Invitational Saturday, Sept. 19. The Dragons beat the Canby Lancers 3-0 Monday, Sept. 21, at home. Adrian-Ellsworth was scheduled to host Southwest Minnesota Christian Tuesday, Sept…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 23, 2026The Adrian-Ellsworth Dragons football team stopped the Westbrook-Walnut Grove Chargers 48-6 Friday, Sept. 18, on the road. Dragons senior quarterback Charger Erlandson had a big night, rushing 166 total yards with four touchdowns against the Chargers. He also completed six of nine passes for 92 yards. Junior Jackson Jenniges had 85 total rushing yards and found the end zone three times.…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 23, 2026The Adrian-Ellsworth cross country team traveled to Worthington for the Turkey Trot Thursday, Sept. 17, and to the Windom Eagle Invite Monday, Sept. 21. A-E will travel to Jackson for the Tri for Health Meet Thursday, Sept. 24. Worthington Turkey Trot The Dragons girls’ varsity team finished in third place in the team competition, and the boys’ varsity team finished in sixth place in the…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 16, 2026The Adrian-Ellsworth volleyball team traveled to Pipestone Monday, Sept. 14, beating the Arrows 3-0 on their home court. The Dragons won the first set 25-22 and the second set 25-18 before closing out the match with third set win 25-23. “I thought we played pretty well against Pipestone,” Adrian-Ellsworth head coach Bob Kunkel said. “We’ve been working on our offense a lot, trying to speed…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 16, 2026The Adrian-Ellsworth Dragons lost a close 19-8 contest on the road against the Heron Lake/Okabena-Fulda Coyotes Friday, Sept. 11. “It was a physical game,” Adrian-Ellsworth head coach Randy Schettler said. “We need to do a better job of taking care of the football.” “We played a little better in the third quarter but needed to capitalize on their mistakes.” HLOF fumbled the ball three times…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 16, 2026Luverne hosted the Bruce Gluf Invitational cross country meet early Saturday, Sept. 12. Luverne and Adrian-Ellsworth runners posted strong performances throughout the divisions. Twelve high school teams participated in five total varsity and junior varsity races. In the girls’ varsity 5,000-meter race Luverne finished second in the team competition with 52 points behind Redwood Valley in…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 09, 2026Samantha McGaffee photo/0910 HBC/AEfootball2 Patriots sophomore Davin Afkas, No. 95, stands firm against an Adrian-Ellsworth push into the backfield Sept. 3 in Adrian. The Hills-Beaver Creek Patriots football team traveled to Adrian Thursday, Sept. 3, to take on the Adrian-Ellsworth Dragons in nine-player football action. The Patriots won the game 38-6 to collect their first win of the…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 09, 2026The Adrian-Ellsworth cross country team traveled to Mountain Lake Friday, Sept. 5, when the Dragon girls’ 5,000-meter team finished in seventh place with a team score of 164. The Dragons will travel to Luverne Saturday, Sept. 12, and will go on the road Thursday, Sept. 17, for the Turkey Trot in Worthington. Girls’ varsity 5,000-meter Senior Keying Klingenberg placed 26th out of 80 runners…
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