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Area high school athletes excel at national clay target tournament

July 25, 2022 by Lee Epps Leave a Comment

By Lee Epps Colton Tollefsrud of Mabel-Canton was in the top 4% of trap shooters at the USA High School Clay Target National Championships at Mason, Michigan on July 8-10. He hit 195 out of 200 flying clay targets to place 71st among 1,716 competitors. Spring Grove’s Taylor Reinhardt placed ninth among all 262 girls and 109th among all shooters (boys and girls). She and SG … [Read more...]

Girls softball program coming back to Spring Grove School

July 25, 2022 by Lee Epps Leave a Comment

By Charlene Corson Selbee The Spring Grove School Board heard the girls and approved their request for a girls softball team.  “It is very exciting. I also really like the way the process went about. Our students talked about and advocated.” Superintendent Rachel Udstuen continued, “What I really like about it, is our girls thought about it in exactly the right way and … [Read more...]

Mabel-Canton shooters among the state’s top five; Spring Grove, Kingsland teams also excel

July 18, 2022 by Lee Epps Leave a Comment

By Lee Epps The Mabel-Canton trap team finished fifth in the state and Spring Grove 29th as the 2022 high school clay target season ended on June 25 at Prior Lake. Later in the day, there was a separate competition for the 100 All-State shooters to compete for individual honors, where Spring Grove seniors Camron Kraus and Carson Gerard both hit 98 of 100 flying clay … [Read more...]

Strinmoen voted SG baseball MVP, among four Lions honored

July 14, 2022 by Lee Epps Leave a Comment

Jaxon Strinmoen was voted the Todd Oakes Most Valuable Player by his 2022 Spring Grove baseball teammates, one of four awards he received at the July 12 awards presentation. For the second season, the coaches honored him with the Willie Mays Gold Glove award for defense, and he earned a statistics award as the Ted Williams Batting Champion. His teammates also voted him the Lou … [Read more...]

Spring All-Conference

July 11, 2022 by Fillmore County Journal Leave a Comment

One softball and two golf teams made state this season while a baseball team posted a 20-win campaign. And thus, there are a plethora of area “ball” players and golfers making All-Conference teams.  All Three Rivers  Conference Softball The All-TRC softball team is denoted by players off the state champion Chatfield team. The Gophers tie St. Charles with having a … [Read more...]

Two Teams, Three Individuals Take on State Golf

June 27, 2022 by Paul Trende Leave a Comment

The 2022 state Class A golf meet at Pebble Creek Golf Course in Becker featured two “Journal 11” teams, Fillmore Central’s girls and Rushford-Peterson’s boys.  It featured individuals Clay Schwichtenberg and Chloe Schnebly of Lanes-boro, Jake Fishbaugher of Fillmore Central.  Said 15 athletes took on a weather-diverse event at the 18-hole par 72 course.  Day One on Tuesday was … [Read more...]

McHugh again, Grinde are Lion Athletes of the Year

June 23, 2022 by Lee Epps Leave a Comment

Juniors Addyson McHugh and Tysen Grinde were the 2021-22 Female and Male Athletes of the Year, respectively, as selected by the Spring Grove High School coaches. McHugh, a two-sport athlete, was the first repeat honoree in 12 years after being the first-ever sophomore girl recipient last year (2021). Grinde was a three-sport athlete on the football gridiron, basketball court … [Read more...]

Pieper is state runner-up high jumper

June 16, 2022 by Lee Epps Leave a Comment

Caledonia/Spring Grove track & field standout Chris Pieper closed his high school career as the state runner-up in high jump at the 2022 MSHSL Class A State Championships at St. Michael on June 9-11. It was his second trip to the state meet where he earned All-State credentials in 2021 with a sixth-place finish. Clearing 6 feet, 4 inches last week, he improved two inches … [Read more...]

Strinmoen, Griffin, Solum named All-SEC Baseball

June 16, 2022 by Lee Epps Leave a Comment

Three Spring Grove baseball players were named by conference coaches to the 2022 All-Southeast Conference Team – junior Caleb Griffin plus sophomores Jaxon Strinmoen and Elijah Solum. Receiving Honorable Mention was freshman Ezra Griffin. Strinmoen was one of the primary three-man pitching rotation while otherwise starting for the second season at first base, where he … [Read more...]

Golf (May 31 & June 1)

June 13, 2022 by Paul Trende Leave a Comment

(B and G) 1AA Meet (Pine Island/Zumbrota-Mazeppa (628) bested Stewartville (635), Lourdes (645) and La Crescent/Hokah (645) for the boys team title. “Journal 11” teams Chatfield and Caledonia were incomplete. Lourdes’ Colton Rich (145) was medalist over PIZM’s Anders Larson (146) and LCH’s Ryan Nutter (146). Chatfield 7th grader Carson Harstad (166) tied for 15th overall. No … [Read more...]

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