Sports

Cougars bound past T-Birds in three sets

Published by fxstandardnews on Tue, 10/04/2022 - 8:00am

By Denise Bonsack, Publisher

The Cedar Mountain Lady Cougars hosted the GFW Lady T-Birds in a Tomahawk Conference matchup on Tuesday, September 27 in Morgan. 

The Cougars came into this match with only one conference loss to date, and they intended to keep it that way. 

The T-Birds were looking to improve their 2-3 conference record.

T-Birds fly past Panthers

Published by fxstandardnews on Tue, 10/04/2022 - 8:00am

By Denise Bonsack, Publisher

The GFW varsity football team took their record to 4-1 on Friday night with their latest victory over the Panthers of New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva.

GFW Cross Country Team has a busy week

Published by fxstandardnews on Tue, 10/04/2022 - 8:00am

By Denise Bonsack, Publisher

The GFW Cross Country teams have been busy, with three meets in the past week.  The first was at Glencoe-Silver Lake on Thursday, September 22.

The girls’ varsity team took fifth place overall in that meet, thanks to a third- place finish by Mady Steele with a time of 21:08 and a fourth-place finish by Ashley Vos with a time of 21:15.

GFW bowlers compete in Hutchinson

Published by fxstandardnews on Tue, 10/04/2022 - 8:00am

By Denise Bonsack, Publisher

The GFW bowling teams traveled to Hutchinson for their third meet of the season on Saturday, September 24.

The GFW Varsity team faced the Hutchinson Varsity team in their first match of the day. The entire team bowled well, which allowed them to earn the win with a total of 800 pins for the match, compared to Hutchinson’s score of 751.

T-Bird girls fall to Rabbits

Published by fxstandardnews on Tue, 09/27/2022 - 8:00am

By Denise Bonsack, Publisher

On Tuesday, September 20, the GFW volleyball teams traveled to Wabasso for a Tomahawk Conference battle against the Rabbits.

The T-Birds struggled to get things going and the Rabbits took the first set easily.

The second and third sets were better for GFW, but not good enough. Wabasso swept the T-Birds in three sets, with scores of 6-25, 21-25 and 20-25.

Cougar girls dominate Chargers

Published by fxstandardnews on Tue, 09/27/2022 - 8:00am

By Denise Bonsack, Publisher

In their third match of a busy week, the Cedar Mountain Lady Cougars headed to New Ulm to take on the Chargers of Minnesota Valley Lutheran. 

Coming off a nice win over Springfield, the Cougars were hoping to cap the week off with another victory, and that’s just what they did.

Lady T-Birds defeated by Bulldogs

Published by fxstandardnews on Tue, 09/27/2022 - 8:00am

By Denise Bonsack, Publisher

The GFW volleyball teams hosted the Bulldogs of Lester Prairie Holy Trinity on Monday, September 19 in Winthrop in the first of three Homecoming Week matches. 

The T-Birds came out swinging. They played hard and managed to take the first set, with a score of 25-21.

Lady Cougars fall to Indians

Published by fxstandardnews on Tue, 09/27/2022 - 8:00am

By Denise Bonsack, Publisher

The Cedar Mountain varsity volleyball team hosted the Indians of Sleepy Eye Public on Monday, September 19 in the first of three Homecoming-week matches. 

The girls played hard, but unfortunately the Indians brought their A-game, and the Cougars struggled a bit. The difference was enough to see the match go Sleepy Eye’s way in four sets with scores of 23-25, 16-25, 25-11 and 18-25.

Lady T-Birds victorious over Tigers

Published by fxstandardnews on Tue, 09/27/2022 - 8:00am

By Denise Bonsack, Publisher

In their third match in four days, the GFW volleyball teams hosted the Tigers of Springfield in Winthrop on Thursday, September 22. 

Having struggled earlier in the week, the T-Birds were hoping to turn things around. The Tigers weren’t going to make it easy.

T-Birds fly past Tigers in Homecoming victory

Published by fxstandardnews on Tue, 09/27/2022 - 8:00am

By Denise Bonsack, Publisher

The GFW Thunderbirds hosted the Medford Tigers in their 2022 Homecoming game on Friday, September 23 in Winthrop.

The first quarter of the game was quiet for both teams. 

Early in the second quarter, the Tigers worked their way up the field, but the drive was cut short when GFW’s Justin Messner intercepted a pass and put the T-Bird offense back on the field.

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