Caledonia’s girls topped TRC foes Rushford-Peterson 76-53 and La Crescent/Hokah 81-47 on the week while losing to #2 in AAA Stewartville 66-57. The win over the Trojans clinched the Warriors (13-0, 18-6) the outright TRC-East title over Cotter/HL (11-3, 14-9), R-P (6-5, 14-8), FC (6-6, 13-9), and LC/H (2-11, 8-16). Warrior senior guard Aubrie Klug scored 25, 31, and 29 points. … [Read more...]
Basketball (2/16)
Boys Basketball: Trojans Storm Past Warriors to Sole Possession of First Place The first time they played, Caledonia did what could possibly be termed an upset in taking down Rushford-Peterson, 71-64. It is hard to call it a true upset. Both are proud and capable basketball programs. But the Trojans returned nearly everyone off a 1A runner-up team. The Warriors returned one … [Read more...]
Wrestling (2/16)
Girls Wrestling: Five From Chatfield and GMLOS Each Make State For the first time, girls wrestling had eight individual section tournaments to determine a 16-girl state field. Up until this point, two sections have been combined for a super sectional, an eight-girl state field. GMLOS and Chatfield have been two programs leading the charge in girls wrestling. Each got five … [Read more...]
Gymnastics (2/7)
Byron 137.8, Kasson-Mantorville/Triton/Stewartville 135.725, Pine Island /Zumbrota-Mazeppa 134.65, Caledonia/Spring Grove/Houston 132.025 (The Warriors finished fourth at their conference meet. Vivian Kittleson earned all-conference acclaim with the team’s highest finish, third place in floor exercise (8.65). Harper Myrah received the highest score of 8.675 for eighth place … [Read more...]
Rushford-Peterson $24 Million Referendum Fails
In 2014, R-P School District voters approved the construction of a new school, which opened for the school year in 2017 at a cost of $33.5 million. Their previous school facility was considered to be one of the oldest in the State of Minnesota. On Tuesday, February 10, 2026, residents of the Rushford-Peterson School District took to the polls to cast their vote on a $24 … [Read more...]
Lanesboro Semester Tests – Pro and Con
The semester test policy was a focus at the regular Lanesboro School Board February 11 as three speakers at the public input period spoke about them and the board had set aside time to discuss the policy. Stena Lieb, an art teacher at Lanesboro and a parent of several students spoke first. Lieb declared, “I dislike the semester tests – as a matter of fact, I abhor them!” … [Read more...]
Houston Kids Are Number One in Bus Drivers’ Hearts
The main reason the Houston bus drivers enjoy their jobs are the kids and families of Houston Schools. Roy Loken called his preschool bus route his therapy; Loken commented, “Preschoolers tell you everything!” as John Beckman agreed with a chuckle. Roy Loken shared the story of a three-year-old girl who informed him she’d been a farmer a long time ago. When he asked how long … [Read more...]
Houston’s Momsen Uses Sabbatical Wisely
Teacher Marty Momsen visited the February 5 Houston School Board meeting to share how he used his sabbatical last year. After teaching for 25 years, Momsen became a student again at age 50 to take the journey to become EMT certified and able to teach an EMT class. Momsen has been an EMT for four years and works at Winona Ambulance as well. His first hour EMT class at Houston … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Jensyn Storhoff scored 31 and 21 points, but Lanesboro’s girls lost to Southland 58-45 and PEM 50-47. She surpassed 2,000 career points versus the Bulldogs. Storhoff is just one of six girls from the Journal-covered schools to do so, joining GM’s Jessica Benson (2,188), Jordyn Glynn (2,072), and Sloan Benson (2,051), L-O’s Haley Hungerholt (2,507) and R-P’s Brianna Koop … [Read more...]
Gymnastics (1/27 & 1/30)
Kasson-Mantorville/Triton/Stewartville 131.9, Caledonia/Spring Grove/Houston 133.975 (In all-around, Harper Myrah was second, Vivian Kittleson third, Ayla Lange fourth. On the balance beam, it was the Warriors’ best team score of the season with Myrah placing first at 9.05 and Lange second at 8.9, the Warriors’ two best scores of the night. Myrah placed second on bars while … [Read more...]