Burros and Larks Play Series at Target Center Lanesboro and Grand Meadow basketball teams each got to play on the big floor in Minneapolis, as the teams participated in a special doubleheader at the Target Center. Shooting was a struggle for all teams in the big arena. Leading 15-14 at halftime, GM’s girls strung three straight makes together early in the second half to lead … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Camden Hungerholt scored 35 points, but L-O fell to BP 61-48 at GM’s holiday tourney. Carson Harstad went for 25 (pts) and 10 (rebs) as Chatfield beat Prairie du Chien 79-39, then 25 more points in a 58-47 loss to Z-M, both at the WSU Tourney. The Gophers (1-2, 4-6) have eclipsed last year’s win total. Kendall Knutson scored 21 points as Chatfield’s girls beat Winona-Senior at … [Read more...]
Wrestling (1/6)
Girls Wrestling: Christenson’s Title Highlights Area Girls at Bi-State A year ago, at the first ever girls Bi-State wrestling tournament, GMLOS had five placers and Chatfield two. Bulldog Diann Smith’s third place finish was the best finish. This year’s large event had the two squads back in action in La Crosse. Each had five girls’ place. GMLOS’ Brandy Christenson broke new … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (1/6)
Larks Run Streak to Six With Overtime Win They are currently on the longest win streak of the 21 basketball teams covered by the Fillmore County Journal. But to get there, there was a comeback win, and then nearly a collapse in a tense overtime game, both contests at Hayfield’s holiday tourney. Grand Meadow’s girls took on Kenyon-Wanamingo and the host Vikings at said event. … [Read more...]
Hot Shots (12/30)
LARP wrestling notched wins over Triton (36-33), Waseca (48-28), and Rochester-Century (45-21) at the Cobras triangular, then beat Lake City (55-12). The Screamin’ Eagles (2-0, 11-0) stayed perfect on the year. Zach Plank (189), Owen Lange (127), Carter Cady (152), Christian Zibrowski (121), and Quintin Betthauser (145) each went 4-0 in said duals. Class AA #2-ranked Caledonia … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (12/30)
Grand Meadow Ends 31-Game Losing Streak Last season, a young Grand Meadow boys team went 0-27. Adding in a couple losses to end the 2022-2023 campaign, and a couple more to start this season, the Superlarks losing streak sat at 31. But GM ended said streak at home versus Lyle/Pacelli. The Larks came back from double digit deficits in each half, and they also trailed in … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (12/30)
Southeast Conference Girls Basketball (12/17 - 12/20) Houston 46, Southland 43 (H: A. Boldt 20 pts (8-9 FTs); Avery Kingsley 12 pts; Emily Botcher 10 pts. Houston won despite going 1 of 12 from deep. They did hit 13 of 17 free throws (76%)) Grand Meadow 53, Lyle/Pacelli 44 (GM: G. Foster 18 pts (3-10 threes), 15 rebs, 6 asts; Rylee Schaufler 10 pts (4-5 FGs); Aspen Kolling … [Read more...]
Wrestling (12/30)
Wrestling: #1 Chatfield Tops #4 LCWM, Wins FCLMC’s Tourney The Chatfield wrestling machine kept rolling with a dominating top five dual matchup victory and a team win at FCLMC’s annual holiday tourney. The #1 Gophers’ second dual of the year was with #4 Lake Crystal-Wellcome-Memorial. The Knights were a state entrant a season ago, taking fifth, but a matchup with the … [Read more...]
Gymnastics (12/20)
Cal/SG/Hou 127.0500, Byron 138.1750 (The Warriors improved their team score considerably in this second meet of the season. Byron swept the top five all-around scores with the Warriors’ Harper Myrah sixth at 31.9250 and Madelyn Foellmi seventh with 31.4250. The Warriors’ highest finish was Myrah scoring fourth on beam at 8.1750. Myrah had the two highest scores with an 8.250 on … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (12/23)
Hurricanes Notch Notable Early Win Over Schaeffer Academy Schaeffer Academy entered the contest riding high after beating usual SEC-East top dog Spring Grove. The Rochester Lions entered undefeated (4-0, 4-0) with other SEC wins over Kingsland, Lanesboro and Mabel-Canton. Houston entered having played just one game, with about a week since it occurred. But that did not stop … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (12/23)
#6 Warriors Improved to 6-0 with Three Wins Caledonia’s girls played three games on the week, posting three wins. They scored 206 total points while holding their foes to just 64. At La Crescent/Hokah, it was not pretty for the hosts. The Lancers (0-6) scored just five points and made only one field goal, as Scott Sorenson’s 6th-ranked Class AA group prevailed 73-5. Aubrie … [Read more...]
Caledonia School Board Bids Farewell To Board Member Daniel Small
Caledonia Area Public School board members met Monday, December 16 at Caledonia Elementary School in room #162. Board member Mike Peterson called the meeting to order at 6 p.m., led with the Pledge of Allegiance, then conducted roll call. Board members present included Derek Adamson, Tim Gunn, Leigh King, Melissa Marschall, Daniel Small, Spencer Yohe and Peterson himself. … [Read more...]
Football: Southeast-White All-District Honors
Chatfield (6-0, 11-1) won the Southeast-White for the third time in four years while Cannon Falls (4-2, 8-3), Triton (4-2, 8-3), and Caledonia (4-2, 7-3) each tied for second. All four teams made section title games with the Gophers and Cobras making state. Dover-Eyota (2-4, 4-6), La Crescent/Hokah (1-5, 2-7), and St. Charles (0-6, 1-8) rounded out the White standings. … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (12/16)
Three Ranked Teams in Play in Caledonia/R-P Series Caledonia and Rushford-Peterson played their first basketball series of the year. The guys battle pitted #3 Class AA Warriors versus the Class A #9 Trojans. Using their length, Brad King’s group was too much for a young R-P group. The Warriors led 44-32 at intermission and then limited R-P to 5 of 17 shooting in the second … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (12/16)
Larks Fight Past Neighbors, Knights and Rebels Grand Meadow girls basketball had a two-game week, playing familiar faces (from track and field) in squads from Southland and Kingsland. At home versus the Rebels, GM trailed just three times, but the last was at 41-39 with under 3:00 to play courtesy of a Juliette Matheis three-pointer (her one deep make of the game). But down … [Read more...]