Mabel-Canton in Class 4A, Rushford-Peterson in Class 3A and LeRoy-Ostrander in Class 2A, each won a state team championship at the Minnesota State High School Clay Target League’s annual state trap extravaganza at Alexandria. They were the first state clay target titles for a Journal-area team since Spring Grove captured three straight in 2017, 2018 and 2019. Going forward, … [Read more...]
Caledonia School Board has Five Open Seats to Fill in Fall Election
Caledonia Public School Board members met on Monday, June 15 at Caledonia Elementary School for a meeting that lasted fewer than 20 minutes. Board Chair Mike Peterson called the meeting to order, led the Pledge of Allegiance and conducted roll call. Superintendent Craig Ihrke was on vacation and student member Phoebe Lampert is off for the summer. All others were … [Read more...]
State Softball: #3 Warriors Go 2-1, Finish as Consolation Champs
It is funny how softball can be. One innocuous play or couple of plays in a row in a short span can dictate the rest of the game. In Caledonia softball’s case, a couple early plays early in their state quarterfinal game dictated the rest of their tourney. It caused a quarterfinal loss. Without, maybe the Warriors would have played for something grander. But junior-led … [Read more...]
Golf (5/26 – 5/28)
(B and G) Section 1AA Meet (Caledonia’s girls were one of five teams to make Day 2. They (693) took fifth behind champion Lake City (659), Red Wing (671), Rochester-Lourdes (679), and PIZM (685). PIZM’s Neva Anderson (40/37/42/36 > 155) was meet medalist over RW’ s Hallie Johnson (38/39/40/39 > 156) by one stroke. Lourdes’ Paige Moeschler (38/40/37/43 > 158) took … [Read more...]
Baseball Playoffs (5/25 & 5/26)
(1A Loser-Out) 11-seed Mabel-Canton (13-11) 8, 1-seed New Richland/Hartland/Ellendale/Geneva (13-6) 13 (M-C: Nolan Garness 2-5, 3 RBI, 2 R; Milton Hutchinson 3-4, RBI, R; Kale Eiken 2-4, 2 RBI; Brevyn Tollefsrud 2-4, RBI; Kale Tollefsrud 1-4, 2 R; Darian Hershberger 5 IP, 11 H, 12 R, 7 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, Loss; Isaac Underbakke 2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 K. The score was 5-5 … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Mabel-Canton baseball’s season ended with a 13-8 loss to top-seed NRHEG. At 13-11, M-C posted its highest win total since 2005’s team went 15-9. Caledonia baseball topped PEM 9-6 in a 1AA loser-out game, as Max Schmitz was 4-for-4 and Jacob Klug scored four times. Schmitz then homered but Caledonia’s season ended 7-1 to Rochester-Lourdes. At the Section 1AA golf meet, … [Read more...]
Track and Field: Boldt and Goergen Dominance Highlight 1A Meet
At the 2026 Section 1A track and field meet, a total of 44 kids from RPH, Chatfield, LFCMC, GMLOKS, and Caledonia/Spring Grove qualified for state. RPH’s girls were team champ, and nine Tro-Canes made state. Chatfield (12), LFCMC (11), and GMLOKS (10) got double-digits kids to state. Two sprinters … [Read more...]
Softball: #3 Warriors Twice Rally Past Ramblers for First Ever State Trip
They twice gave up big innings, and twice dug out. Versus a team headed by the state’s winningest softball coach ever, Pat Bowlin (over 800), Caledonia had to rally twice against Cotter/HL. And Chad Augedahls’s Warriors did so both times, the second in a nine-inning game. Caledonia earned its first ever state berth in softball. On Memorial Day Monday, the #3 in Class AA … [Read more...]
Track and Field (5/20)
Sub-Section 1 Meet (St. Charles boys (283) topped Cotter/HL (267.75), RPH (213.5), LFCMC (161.25), D-E (142.75), LC/H (134), L-A (82.75), Cal/SG (61), and Schaeffer (15). RPH 1A meet qualifiers: Chace Drazkowski (1st Shot Put > 55’10 ½” - meet record; 1st Discus > 145’8”), the 4x800 (1st 8:38.97 > Landon Dahl, Hunter Rislov, Aaron Ploetz, Isaac Rasmussen), Lucas … [Read more...]
1A and 1AA Baseball Playoffs (5/20 & 5/23)
(1AA Round of 16) 13-seed Chatfield (9-11) 0, 4-seed Caledonia (13-8) 7 (Cal: Jack Schmitz 3-3, 2B, R; Jacob Klug 2-3, 2B, 2 RBI, 2 R; Tyson Ginther 1-3, 2 RBI; Will Allen 5 1/3 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 4 BB, 8 K, Win, 2-3, RBI, R; Landon O’Heron 1 2/3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K; Chase Hauser 1-2, 2 R. Chat: Ryan Eickhoff 2-4; Sean Kirchner 6 IP, 10 H, 7 R, 6 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, Loss. Chatfield … [Read more...]