#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...]
Wrestling (12/16)
Gopher Guys Win Lakeville North Tourney Ranked #1 in Class A to start the season, Chatfield wrestling is probably destined to win a weekend individual tourney or two this year. In their first tourney of the season, at Lakeville-North, the Gophers (242) won their first team title, topping nearest foes St. Croix-Central (177.5) and Northfield (175.5). Said event was all bigger … [Read more...]
Gymnastics (12/7)
Byron Invite (Caledonia/Spring Grove/Houston finished fourth among five teams at the Byron Invite behind Byron, Kasson-Mantorville/Triton and Pine Island/Zumbrota-Mazeppa but ahead of Stewartville/Chatfield. Vivian Kittleson placed fifth, Harper Myrah seventh, Ayla Lange 17th and Tyla Halverson 19th among 56 all-around competitors. Kittleson and Myrah earned the Warriors’ best … [Read more...]
Caledonia/Spring Grove/Houston Gymnastics Preview (12/9)
Caledonia/Spring Grove/Houston finished 2-4 in duals and 11-23, considering multi-team meets. They placed fourth among six teams at the conference meet and sixth among eight squads at sections. The Warriors return only four letter winners, but two were all-conference standouts – two-time honoree Harper Myrah (So.) and Vivian Kittleson (So.). Myrah was also All-Section on beam … [Read more...]
Wrestling Preview (12/9)
Wrestling starts with several major rule changes. Firstly, takedowns will be worth three, not two points. Secondly, only one point of contact needs to be on the ground to be recorded as inbounds. Thirdly, there will be two, three, four and five near-fall points awarded (the latter for injured/bleeding defensive wrestlers after four near-falls). Another change relates to the … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball Preview (12/9)
Last year’s boys basketball season saw Caledonia (13-1, 23-5), Kingsland (16-4, 23-6), and Fillmore Central (4-10, 16-14) make the section semifinals. The Warriors were co-TRC-East division champs. FC upset SEC-East champ Spring Grove (18-2, 25-4) in the play-offs. Rushford-Peterson (8-6, 21-8) was a 20-win team, Houston (10-10, 15-12) was above five-hundred, Mabel-Canton … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (12/9)
Lions Top Larks in Early SEC Matchup A year ago, Spring Grove’s girls lost just once in winning the SEC title, to Grand Meadow 59-56. In an early notable SEC match-up, Taylor Elton’s Lions redeemed said defeat versus the Larks. The Lions shot 50% from the field, led 30-24 at half, began the second half with a 9-0 run, and led by double-digits thereafter in posting a 64-49 … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (12/2)
Warriors Top Lourdes in Early 1AA Showdown A year ago, Rochester-Lourdes beat Caledonia 61-59 in a 1AA semifinal on the way to the Eagles winning the Section 1AA title. To open this season, the teams squared off and the Warriors extracted revenge, riding their defense, and senior Josie Foster, to a season-opening marquee win. Scott Sorenson’s group controlled things from the … [Read more...]
Girls Soccer: Post-season Awards
Caledonia/Spring Grove/Houston senior Josie Foster (11 goals, 2 assists) was named to the TRC All-Conference Soccer Team for a third straight season. Opponents never knew where she would challenge them, either anchoring the defense as goalkeeper or up the field as a scoring forward. Receiving Honorable Mention for a third season was junior midfielder Siri Konkel (6 goals, 10 … [Read more...]
Volleyball (11/25)
Post-season Awards It was another big year for area volleyball teams. In the Three Rivers Conference, two teams made state. Chatfield (10-0, 29-6) won their second straight league title, the Section 1AA title, and finished fourth in St. Paul in their first ever appearance. Fillmore Central (8-2, 18-17) tied for second place in the league but won the Section 1A title and also … [Read more...]
Adeline Jean Agrimson
Adeline Jean Agrimson, age 88, of Peterson, Minn., passed away surrounded by her family on Wednesday, November 20, 2024. She was born February 10, 1936, the daughter of Adolph and Judith (Woxland) Bremmer in Rushford, Minn. Adeline grew up on her family’s farm near Arendahl, Minn., where her future husband Arne lived just across the valley. Adeline graduated from … [Read more...]