2021 Volleyball Preview After a year that was annulled, restarted, only to be ended prematurely (all because of COVID), the hope for the 2021 volleyball campaign is a return to normalcy. This season will be the first Caledonia is covered under the Journal Sports umbrella. Statewide, there is one huge change. Volleyball in Minnesota is now four classes (after being three for … [Read more...]
1A Individual Track and Field Highlighted by GMLOKS Girls’ Exploits
When a team makes the 1A State True Team meet in track and field, it means they have depth and talent of athletes. With five “Journal 11” teams having made the state true team meet (GMLOKS, LFCMC, and Chatfield girls, GMLOKS and LFCMC boys), it only figures each squad would be represented well at the Section 1A individual track and field meet. All told, from those four squads, … [Read more...]
Lanesboro Boys Golf Wins 1A, Heads to State
The last time Lanesboro boys golf went to state it was 2011. John Smith was the coach. Lucas Johnson and Cory Strom were a couple key players. The Burros took third. Ten years later, Lanesboro’s boys golf is heading back to the state meet. Krissy Overland’s group didn’t taste defeat this year, sweeping through the SEC. They’ll head to Becker still without a loss. The … [Read more...]
GMLOKS Girls Win True Team State Title
In a meet well represented by Section 1 teams, but not held at one solitary locale like usual, one ‘Journal 11’ conglomerate lived the dream of becoming state champion. Four others competed, three doing very well. The 2021 Class A State True Team Track and Field meet was tabulated virtually, races being run at multiple locales. Boys and girls teams from GMLOKS and LFCMC ran … [Read more...]
GMLOKS Girls Head Five State True Team Qualifiers
The 2021 Section 1A True Team Meet was different than normal. Because of COVID restrictions, three sites (Chatfield, Dover-Eyota, Triton) hosted three meets with all the scores getting tabulated “virtually.” GMLOKS and LFCMC were among those in Chatfield. RPH was at D-E. All races were ran in rainy conditions. Five total squads under the “Journal 11” umbrella … [Read more...]
Warriors Swing to Winning Ways Again, Lead TRC East
One non-conference loss is the difference between Caledonia baseball being on a super-large win streak and a simply a nice win streak. Brad Augedahl’s Warriors entered the week of May 17 coming off a doubleheader sweep of Cotter. They added three more wins to streak to five. Like their seven-game win streak earlier in the year (where Caledonia scored 10 runs in six … [Read more...]
Golf Teams Descend Upon a Bluff
It is an oxymoron. A majority of the “Journal 11” golf teams all descended upon an ascension. Wabasha-Kellogg hosted a mid-season tourney that featured eight girls’ ,nine boy’s teams including Chatfield, Fillmore Central, Lanesboro, Houston, Caledonia, and LARP. The event was held up on the hill, at Wabasha’s Coffee Mill Golf Course, overlooking the Mississippi River (hence … [Read more...]
Warrior Baseball Wins Seventh Straight
Fresh off Caledonia boys state basketball runner-up finish, many of the same guys have helped the Warriors to a great start to the baseball season. Team Cal ran off three more wins the Week of May 26. On Tuesday, St. Charles came to town. Brad Augedahl’s group won 16-3 in five innings. It was their fourth straight 10-plus-run win (by a combined 58-6 score). The Warriors … [Read more...]
Warrior Baseball Posts Three Lopsided Wins
It was a week of shortened games for Brad Augedahl’s Caledonia Warriors. Team Cal went on the road twice and posted 10-plus-run wins three times versus Class A TRC foes. At #10 in Class A Wabasha-Kellogg, the #10 in AA Warriors rode Thane Meiners on the mound. The junior didn’t give up an earned run and struck out 12 batters in picking up the win (6 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, … [Read more...]
High School Play-Offs Rip-Roar Into Action
It is not normally quite so hectic. Usually, wrestling, boys basketball, and girls basketball playoffs are spread out a bit across three weeks. But with ‘COVID rules” in full effect, all three activities rip-roared through a week of play-offs that spanned every day from Monday through Saturday. Two girls b-ball teams, one boys b-ball teams, and five wrestlers headlined a … [Read more...]