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...]
New Educators in Caledonia
Caledonia Community Schools welcomes Angela Tamke, Grace Mikula, David Lind and Paul Nickelotti to its nationally recognized educational team. After interviewing these four remarkable individuals, it was clear that their personalities and teaching philosophy aligns with the schools’ mission statement: “Inspire in every student a love of learning by igniting curiosity, nurturing … [Read more...]
Volleyball (11/11)
6-seed Fillmore Central Tops #2 Mabel-Canton For 1A Title The 1A volleyball tournament was denoted by a six and a seven-seed winning in the quarterfinals. The team to come out of the section does so with a 17-15 record. Playing their best volleyball of the year, 6-seed Fillmore Central earned its second ever state berth by beating top-seed Mabel-Canton in the … [Read more...]
Volleyball (11/4)
Larks Top Burros to Make Rochester Playing a competitive 1A Round of 16 volleyball playoff contest were 9-seed Lanesboro (17-13) and 8-seed Grand Meadow (15-13). Control mostly went from one team without too much fluctuation. Matt Rosaaen’s Larks led start to finish for a game one 25-11 win, as the Burros found their footing with a new setter. In set two, they did so, … [Read more...]
Football (11/4)
Knights Blank M-C, Down #6 SG on Field Goal to Make Section Final It has been a pretty remarkable two years for Kingsland football, coming off many years that were not. For a second straight campaign, Matt Kolling’s group will play to go to state. They made it that far in about as memorable a way as possible. Kingsland (3-seed, 6-2) started with a quarterfinal matchup with … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Spring Grove volleyball swept Lyle/Pacelli to finish off its regular season. Fillmore Central volleyball got 10 kills and 17 digs from Kyla Hellickson in topping Rushford-Peterson 3-0. The Falcons (8-2, 13-15) finish tied for second in the TRC with Cotter (8-2, 21-4) behind Chatfield (10-0, 24-4). Benita Nolt recorded her 1,000th career kill and L-O swept Schaeffer. Paisley … [Read more...]