The Caledonia boys have a had good season. However, injuries to starters Reid Klug and Lewis Doyle left the Warriors not at full strength for a good chunk of the year. But Brad King’s group (11-1, 19-4), ranked #18 in AA to start the week, is healthy and ended the season with two wins. The first was a big one versus TRC-East leading #17 in AA La Crescent (13-0, 19-6). In the … [Read more...]
Boys Wrestling: 13 Qualify for State Headed by Nine Gophers
At the 1A individual meet, section team champion Chatfield continued its excellent season by qualifying nine guys for state. LARP and FCLMC each got one entrant. In Class AA, Caledonia/Houston qualified two. The Gophers pulled the super-rare feats of getting all 13 of their wrestlers to the semifinals and eleven to the finals. All 13 finished top three. Claiming section … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball: Knights Come Back From Down 16 to Top Houston
Kingsland (9-seed, 15-8) trailed Houston (8-seed, 16-10) by 13 at intermission and by sixteen early in the second half but rallied for a comeback victory in a 1A Round of 16 play-off contest. The Hurricanes had a 14-5 first half spurt to help build a 36-23 halftime lead. They led 41-25 early in the second stanza. But the ‘Canes offense got stagnant, with just one field goal … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball: Knights Cap 21-win Regular Season
Kingsland boys’ basketball put a cap to an excellent season by posting a trio of wins. Versus Lanesboro (6-12, 7-17), the game featured 16 lead changes. The Knights led 38-34 at intermission. Down 57-52 in the second half, Kingsland had a 14-2 run to lead 66-59. The Burros closed to down 68-65 (0:22). Sam Snitker then hit two free throws to ice it. Kingsland prevailed 71-65. … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
In a Round of 16 1AA girls’ game, 3-seed Caledonia beat 14-seed La Crescent/Hokah 65-30 behind Aubrie Klug’s 26 points. The Warriors (19-8) next play 6-seed Lake City (14-13). In Round of 16 1A games, 3-seed R-P topped 14-seed Schaeffer 62-19 for the Trojans 20th win (20-7), as Nadia Happel scored 22 points. Six-seed GM beat 11-seed Lanesboro 45-30, as Lauren Queensland scored … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball: Gophers Come Back From Down 10 Late to Win in OT
Chatfield (10-seed, 14-12) trailed Zumbrota-Mazeppa (7-seed, 10-16) in a 1AA Round of 16 game by 10 with 1:45 to go. Kyle Tollefson’s Gophers then scored the final 10 points, getting big threes by Lexi Kivimagi and Taylor Ask, the latter tying the game 65-65 (0:28). Z-M missed two one-and-one’s late to aid the comeback. They also missed a game-winning last shot. The game went … [Read more...]
Basketball: Conference Title, Sweeps, and Ranked Wins Denote Warriors Week
Caledonia’s basketball teams had a week headlined by a conference title, ranked wins, and a pair of boys/girl doubleheader sweeps. The second series between R-P and Caledonia’s ranked teams was highlighted by a pair of Warrior juniors posting big first halves. Caledonia (11-2, 16-7), #14 in AA, used their size to handle the newly ranked #20 in A Trojans (8-4, 18-6). Caledonia … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball
Three Rivers Conference Girls Basketball (2/13 - 2/16) La Crescent/Hokah 35, Fillmore Central 60 (FC: Alyssa Britton 15 pts; Jersey Ristau 14 pts (6-9 FTs), 5 stls; Kammry Broadwater 12 pts (6-6 FTs), 6 rebs, 6 stls; Kyla Hellickson 6 pts, 6 rebs, 5 stls. Falcons are 11-2 over their last 13 games) Chatfield 55, Wabasha-Kellogg 32 (C: Lexi Kivimagi 14 pts (4-8 threes); E. … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball
Three Rivers Conference Boys Basketball (2/13 - 2/16) Wabasha-Kellogg 53, Chatfield 57 (C: Ross Stoehr 19 pts (3-3 threes, 8-10 FGs), 4 asts; Carson Harstad 13 pts (4-8 threes); Masyn Kreter 9 pts (4-5 FGs); Callen Backer 9 pts, 7 rebs; Brayden Fretland 5 pts, 9 asts. Chatfield overcame a 28-23 halftime deficit to end a six-game losing streak. They began the second half by … [Read more...]
Gymnastics (2/17)
Section 1A Meet (Caledonia/Spring Grove/Houston (128.975) placed sixth among eight teams. The highest individual scores and places came with Harper Myrah placing fifth (8.725) and Paizley Lange sixth (8.675) on the balance beam. Based on their top five scores from the entire season, Vivian Kittleson earned All-Section acclaim on both the floor and beam. Also All-Section on the … [Read more...]