Elijah Solum hit all 12 shots from the field and all of his five free throws while amassing a career-high 33 points, one fewer than the Houston team during Spring Grove’s 82-34 road win. It was the 10th game of the season for the Lions but only the second for Solum, who was recently cleared to play after months on the injured list. The Lions shot a season-high 42% beyond the … [Read more...]
Lion Girls Rally in Second Half Again, Turn Back Turkey Valley
For the second straight game, Kinley Soiney had a double-double and the Spring Grove girls won a game in which they trailed at halftime. The Lions returned from Jackson Junction, Iowa, at 15-2 after a 48-40 win over Turkey Valley (6-10). After 12 lead changes, Spring Grove overcame a 27-2 halftime deficit by scoring the first 12 points of the second half for a 34-27 lead. … [Read more...]
Second-Half Surge Spurs Spring Grove Girls Past Kingsland
The Spring Grove girls finally found their shooting touch in the second half, during which they nearly doubled (39 points) their first-half scoring (20 points) to complete a conference sweep of Kingsland, 59-43, at Spring Valley. Kinley Soiney achieved a 27-point, 11-rebound double-double and Kylie Hammel added 15 points for the Lions (10-0 SEC, 14-2). Katelyn Hauser scored 22 … [Read more...]
Lion Girls Harness Burros Again
The Spring Grove girls wrapped a three-game, three-win week with a 62-46 home win while completing a season sweep of Lanesboro. The Burros (8-8, 5-3 SEC) trailed by three at halftime (28-25) and only 44-42 until turnovers helped the Lions roar away with an 18-to-2 run. The Grove girls improved to 13-2 overall, including a league-leading 9-0 SEC record. Kinley Soiney led … [Read more...]
Spring Grove Girls Survive Grand Meadow Rally, 51-47
Siri Konkel scored two late field goals and assisted on a game-clinching 3-point basket by Brinley Middendorf as the Spring Grove girls turned away defending SEC West Division champion Grand Meadow, 51-47. The Superlarks trailed by 14 points before rallying back within one point with Lexy Foster’s fourth 3-ball with 75 seconds remaining. Middendorf had not attempted a 3-pointer … [Read more...]
Lions Girls Alone in the Lead After Win Versus Hurricanes
This showdown featured the only two teams still undefeated in Southeast Conference play. Spring Grove seized sole possession of the league lead with a 65-44 win over visiting Houston. It was close – until it was not. The Hurricanes (8-6, 5-1 SEC) led 25-20 at halftime and trailed by only three points about halfway through the second half. Then Houston added only one basket and … [Read more...]
Peering at the Past Two Boys, Plenty of Pigeons and Three Indians
Thomas Rice Stewart came west as an 11-year-old boy with his parents and siblings from Massachusetts to the wilderness of Minnesota in 1853, five years before statehood. The family was one of only a half-dozen to spend the winter of 1853-54 in the new settlement that would become Caledonia. A half-century later, he wrote about those early years. Shortly after their arrival … [Read more...]
Peering at the Past: Hoot ‘n’ Holler, the Big Black Horse amid railroad recollections
“Tell that animal up there to go slow and not run over us!” yelled John Sand up to the conductor in the train that was bearing down on them. The “big black horse” (steam locomotive) endangered their little motor car all the way from Rushford to Houston. “We had that big headlight beaming down on us, and we were going as fast as we could.” Sand, who resided in Houston, long … [Read more...]
Peering at the Past: Real Bread, but Only a Substitute for Coffee
Part two of a series A piece of straw was placed inside the oven to test the temperature. If it burnt to ashes immediately, the oven was too hot and would need to cool for a while. But if the straw became “nice and brown,” the oven was ready for the bread to go in. It was during the 1870s when young Augusta Burow Arnett (1865-1947) saw her grandfather test the temperature of … [Read more...]
Spring Grove Girls Roll to Road Win over Southland, 63-48
Kinley Soiney scored 25 points and secured 9 rebounds as the Spring Grove girls won on the road at Southland, 63-48. It was just one of several noteworthy performances. Siri Konkel directed the attack with 14 points, 6 boards and 5 assists while Emerson Ingvalson posted 12 points, 7 rebounds and a team-best 6 steals. Carlie Halverson grabbed 8 rebounds to go with 5 assists … [Read more...]