The 2023 Caledonia/Spring Grove track and field boys are the sub-section team champions for the first time since 2010. Senior Tysen Grinde tied the Cal/SG high jump record while clearing 6-feet, 6-inches. Eleven Warrior boys and five girls qualified for the Section 1A Meet. The Cal/SG girls placed seventh among seven teams on May 24 at St. Charles. The boys took first-place … [Read more...]
Clutch hits keep Lion hopes alive after nightmarish loss
Spring Grove remained alive in the Section 1A Baseball Tournament with late, back-to-back clutch hits to defeat Mabel-Canton, 7-5, in an elimination game, shortly after the Lions had dropped into the losers’ bracket with a nightmarish 21-8 loss to top-seed and No. 3 state-ranked Lyle/Pacelli. Spring Grove was the visiting team (batting first) in both games, which were two of … [Read more...]
Walk-off section win over W-K sends Spring Grove into second round
Spring Grove, trailing by two runs, was one strike away from elimination before back-to-back hits from Ben Udstuen and Braedon Solie sent the large hometown crowd into an explosive celebration. The No. 8 seeded Lions thus stunned visiting No. 9 seed Wabasha-Kellogg, 7-6, in the opening, single-elimination round of the 2023 Section 1A Baseball Tournament on May 24. The Falcon … [Read more...]
Spring Grove softball season ends against No. 1 sub-section seed
No. 1 sub-section seed Southland eliminated No. 8 seed Spring Grove, 16-1 in a run-rule-shortened four-inning playoff softball game on May 22 at Rose Creek. After the first nine Lion batters had been retired with strikeouts, Maggie Lile opened the fourth inning by being hit by a pitch and came around to score when the next batter Jada Strinmoen spoiled a no-hitter with a … [Read more...]
Peering at the Past Unless something was done, things were getting worse
Part three of a series “The dry years, nobody thinks nothing of it then,” said Wilfred Pohlman, who along with his father William and neighbor John Goetzinger, had attempted for some time to form an organization to prevent flooding in Crooked Creek Valley in southeastern Houston County. But 1946 was not one of those dry years. “Words cannot describe the havoc that resulted … [Read more...]
Warriors’ Beardmore, Grinde win multiple track and field events
Josh Beardmore won three events; Tysen Grinde took two and placed second in another event one inch behind Beardmore. The Caledonia/Spring Grove boys finished second behind host Chatfield at a May 18 quadrangular track meet that also include Kasson-Mantorville and St. Charles. The Warrior girls finished fourth. While Beardmore and Grinde placed one-two in long jump, Jordan … [Read more...]
Spring Grove boys close regular season with 12-2 road win
The regular season ended with Spring Grove’s second 10-run-rule win against Alden-Conger/Glenville-Emmons. This 12-2 decision on May 22 at Alden was somewhat similar to the 14-4 home win for the Lions. In both games, AC/GE scored all of its runs in the first inning and later, Spring Grove used a big inning to take control. However, unlike the April game, the Lions led all the … [Read more...]
Spring Grove boys blanked by state-ranked Rebels
Both teams had two base hits, but state-ranked No. 9 Southland took advantage of numerous charitable donations while claiming a share of the 2023 conference championship with a 5-0 road win on May 18 at third-place Spring Grove (8-7, 7-4 SEC). It was a fourth straight setback for the Lions, the last two against state-ranked competition. The Rebels improved to 12-2 (11-1 SEC) to … [Read more...]
Lion boys’ big inning subdues state-ranked Fillmore Central/Lanesboro
The Spring Grove boys used a big five-run inning to upend state-ranked No. 4 Fillmore Central/Lanesboro, 6-4, on May 19, Senior Day and the final regular-season home game at Blayne Onsgard Memorial Field. The win assures the Lions finishing at .500 or better for the season. Through the first five innings, the non-conference encounter was a pitchers’ duel between Lion Ty … [Read more...]
Spring Grove bats finally prevail in sub-section softball
The Spring Grove girls banged out a season-high 11 base hits while eliminating Schaeffer Academy, 14-9, in the Sub-section 1A East play-in game on May 19 at Spring Grove. But the Schaeffer girls (those other Lions) also had 11 hits and jumped out to an early 5-0 lead. Spring Grove had never trailed in either of the two double header games the teams had played three days … [Read more...]