Central MN Sports Roundup: Section Soccer Finals and Football’s Final Week (Monday, Oct. 19)

Six central Minnesota soccer teams play for section titles this week, and high school football wraps up its regular season before the section playoffs. Here is the Monday roundup for Oct. 19, 2026: this week’s section soccer finals, last Wednesday’s football scores, the regular-season finale and the week ahead for the Huskies and Johnnies.

Section soccer finals this week

Section champions advance to the MSHSL state tournament.

• Section 8AA boys: No. 1 Sartell-St. Stephen vs. No. 2 ROCORI — Tuesday, Oct. 20, at Sartell. Sartell beat St. Cloud Apollo 10–0 and Fergus Falls 5–0 to reach the final. ROCORI beat Willmar 2–0 and St. Cloud Tech 1–0.
• Section 8AA girls: No. 1 Sartell-St. Stephen vs. No. 7 Sauk Rapids-Rice — Tuesday, Oct. 20, at Sartell. The Sabres beat Willmar 9–0 and the St. Cloud Crush 5–0. The Storm won 2–1 at No. 2 Little Falls and 2–0 at No. 3 Detroit Lakes.
• Section 8A boys: St. Cloud Cathedral vs. Hillcrest Lutheran Academy — Wednesday, Oct. 21, at 5:15 p.m. at Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Stadium. Cathedral beat Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 4–1 and St. John’s Prep 1–0 in overtime.
• Section 8A girls: St. Cloud Cathedral vs. East Grand Forks — Wednesday, Oct. 21, at 7:30 p.m. at Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Stadium. Cathedral beat Melrose 12–0 and Albany 7–0.

High school football scores (Wednesday, Oct. 14)

• Sartell 37, Bemidji 20 — Sartell is 4–3.
• Sauk Rapids-Rice 24, Cambridge-Isanti 21 — Payten Remer ran for 142 yards and three touchdowns on 22 carries, and Evan Hardy also ran for 142 yards. The Storm are 2–5.
• Albany 34, New London-Spicer 28 — Albany is 6–1.
• Becker 35, ROCORI 32 — Becker is 4–3; ROCORI is 2–5.
• Foley 47, Jordan 14 — Foley is 5–2.
• Holdingford 35, St. Cloud Apollo 14 — Holdingford is 5–2; Apollo is 0–7.
• Paynesville 38, Royalton 16 — Paynesville is 5–2; Royalton is 4–3.
• Osakis 26, St. Cloud Cathedral 0
• Princeton 42, St. Cloud Tech 21

Football regular-season finale

• Tuesday, Oct. 20: Holdingford at Sauk Centre, 7 p.m.
• Wednesday, Oct. 21: Waconia at Sauk Rapids-Rice, 7 p.m.; Albany at Foley, 7 p.m.; Sartell at Robbinsdale Cooper; St. Cloud Tech at Fergus Falls; Little Falls at St. Cloud Apollo. Check with the schools for kickoff times on the last three games.

College: last weekend and this week

• Saint John’s soccer: The Johnnies won 1–0 at Concordia on Saturday in Moorhead and are 13–1–2 and 5–1–1 in the MIAC.
• St. Cloud State women’s hockey: The Huskies play their first home games of the season at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center, hosting Bemidji State on Friday, Oct. 23, at 6 p.m.
• Saint John’s football: The unbeaten Johnnies play at Carleton on Saturday, Oct. 24, at 1 p.m. in Northfield.
• St. Cloud State men’s hockey: Off this weekend, the Huskies host Arizona State on Friday, Oct. 30, at 7 p.m. and Saturday, Oct. 31.

For Sunday’s Wild, Huskies and Gophers results, see our Oct. 18 sports recap. Last week’s roundup is here.

Sources: MSHSL brackets: Section 8AA boys, Section 8AA girls, Section 8A boys, Section 8A girls; 1390 Granite City Sports (soccer); WJON; St. Cloud LIVE (football roundup) and Becker-ROCORI; 1390 Granite City Sports (football); St. Cloud LIVE 2026 schedule; Saint John’s Athletics; MIAC; KVSC. Checked Oct. 19, 2026.

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