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...]
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Jonah Bunke ran for 252 yards and 4 TDs as 5-seed Rushford-Peterson football avenged a week eight 14-12 loss to Wabasha-Kellogg by shellacking the 4-seed Falcons 42-6 in the 1A quarters. R-P then fell at #4 in Class A and top-seed Goodhue 32-14. The Trojans finish the year 4-6. Two-seed Spring Grove topped Grand Meadow 52-6, as Bryce Berns threw five touchdowns passes. SG then … [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...]
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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...]
Volleyball (10/28)
#2 Cougars Sweep SEC, Top GM in Showcase Match Mabel-Canton ended its regular season by finishing their SEC schedule perfectly, notching their 30th win, then winning another SEC East-West Showcase match. Lonnie Morken’s #2-ranked crew won its final league game by sweep of Southland (25-5, 25-14, 25-21). The Rebels biggest pop was setter Maren Wehrenberg getting to 1,000 … [Read more...]