By Lee Epps Ice business, part 2 In the 1950s, they were sometimes referred to as “ice boxes” when they were actually electric refrigerators. The true “ice box” was from earlier decades of the 1900s. Town and farm families had ice boxes to keep perishable foods fresh and for making hand-cranked homemade ice cream. The ice in southeast Minnesota was harvested in winter from … [Read more...]
Rebels reign on rainy night in Spring Grove, 46-14
It did not rain on Spring Grove’s homecoming parade, but afternoon sunny skies were replaced by rain and the Southland Rebels, both of which dampened the Oct. 1 evening football festivities at Blayne Onsgard Memorial Field. In a 46-14 loss, the Lions (2-2, 2-2 sub-district) dazzled the umbrella-grabbing spectators with three long aerial connections, including their only two … [Read more...]
Lion ladies complete net sweep of Schaeffer Lions
The Spring Grove girls employed the entire Lion lineup while rolling past the visiting Schaeffer Academy Lions during the Sept. 30 Homecoming volleyball victory. The 25-9, 25-14, 25-6 scores were similar to those in Spring Grove’s early-season rout at Rochester. Schaeffer struggled with Spring Grove servers, who combined for 19 aces. Addyson McHugh served 18 for 19 with 8 … [Read more...]
Lion varsity netters go 1-3, B-girls win D-C Tournament
The Spring Grove girls made a long early-morning, Sept. 25 trip north to Dassel-Cokato High School for four volleyball tournament matches, all against larger Class AA competition. The Class A Lions (9-6) dropped their first three encounters before closing the long day with a win. The Spring Grove B-team won the championship in their bracket, taking three of four matches. The … [Read more...]
Soccer boys drop two before win over Lake City
The Caledonia/Spring Grove/Houston boys dropped two conference decisions before closing with a non-league win during a busy week of shutout soccer. On Sept. 28, the Warriors lost at home to Dover-Eyota 1-0 two days before a 3-0 road loss at St. Charles/Lewiston-Altura. Two days elapsed again before the boys blanked visiting Lake City, 1-0. The Warriors ended the week at 5-7-2 … [Read more...]
Soccer girls salvage tie after two shutout setbacks
The Caledonia/Spring Grove/Houston girls scored only one goal last week, but it was enough to secure a 1-1 non-conference tie after a two-hour Saturday morning drive to Cannon Falls. This followed a pair of league losses – a 10-0 setback on Sept. 28 at Dover-Eyota and two days later, a 2-0 home loss against St. Charles/Lewiston-Altura. The Eagles and the Saints completed season … [Read more...]
Peering at the Past Horses and plows on winter ice kept butter cool in summer
It took a few weeks of hard work in the winter in order to keep perishable foods fresh and dairy products from spoiling through the summer. Before electricity reached rural southeast Minnesota and electric refrigerators became common in the mid- to late- 1930s, there were “ice boxes” in homes and grocery stores while meat markets and farms had “ice houses.” The ice itself was … [Read more...]
Spring Grove girls split with division leaders, M-C and GM
It was the most challenging opposition of the volleyball season for the Spring Grove girls (8-3, 5-1 SEC) who went on the road twice to face state-ranked No. 4 and SEC East leader Mabel-Canton on Sept. 20 and two nights later to take on SEC West Division leader Grand Meadow. The Lions did fall to the Cougars, 3-0, but achieved their most prestigious win to date with the 3-0 … [Read more...]
Lion netters take three, drop two at Waukon Tourney
After breezing through their first four matches of the season, the Spring Grove girls experienced an upgrade in quality of competition at the Sept. 18 Waukon Tournament where the Lions (7-2) won three matches and dropped a pair. However, pool play did begin with 2-0 runaways over Central Elkader and Postville before Spring Grove experienced a 2-0 loss to Waukon. The Lions … [Read more...]
Special teams send Superlarks past Spring Grove, 20-17
Kick return touchdowns were the difference on the scoreboard. Both offenses scored once; the teams had back-to-back kickoff return touchdowns. The game winner for Grand Meadow was Dustin Copley’s 71-yard punt return to the end zone on the final play of the third quarter - the only touchdown of the second half of the 20-17 thriller at Blayne Onsgard Memorial Field on Sept. … [Read more...]