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...]
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...]