#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...]
Cross Country (10/28)
LARPH Boys Top Cotter at TRC Meet The Section 1A boy’s cross-country rivalry between Lewiston-Altura/Rushford-Peterson/Houston’s boys and Cotter/Hope Lutheran was again on full display at the Three Rivers Conference Meet. Last year’s state Section 1A representatives dueled to the end with a narrow gap separating the two. The Ramblers motus-operandi held true. Their top three … [Read more...]
Soccer Playoffs (10/7 & 10/9)
(B) 1A Play-In > 9-seed Caledonia/Spring Grove/Houston 0, 8-seed PEM 1 (With the 9-seed, the Warrior boys fell in the section tournament opener at 8-seed P-E-M. During the regular season, the boys had lost once and tied once against the Bulldogs. P-E-M improved to 4-10-4 while C/SG/H closed the season at 1-13-1) (G) 1A Quarterfinal > 8-seed Caledonia/Spring … [Read more...]
Hot Shots (10/21)
Cotter/Hope Lutheran (43) nipped a less-than-full-strength LARPH boys cross country team (46) at the PEM Meet. Trey Hegland (4th), Brennan Kunst (7th), and Aaron Ploetz (8th) finished top 10 for LARPH. LFC’s Autumn Rakosnik took a narrow second to Cotter/HL’s Sonja Semling while Chatfield’s Lexi Kivimagi took third, LARPH’s Caitlin Bauer sixth, and LFC’s Lillyan Kiehne 8th. … [Read more...]
Football (10/21)
Hungerholt Runs Wild over M-C as #5 LO/L/P Stays Perfect Mabel-Canton (3-3) controlled time of possession. The Cougars ran 67 offensive plays and amassed 313 yards of offense. Fifth-ranked LeRoy-Ostrander/Lyle/Pacelli (6-0) ran just 23 offensive plays. But Cardinal senior quarterback Camden Hungerholt ran wild and 23 plays netted 539 yards (23 yards per play) as visiting … [Read more...]
The Sound of Enthusiasm Fills the Music Room at St. Mary’s
Meet the energetic new music teacher at St. Mary’s School in Caledonia, Molly Graff. She comes from a family of teachers. In fact, she is the fourth generation of teachers in her family and the second-generation music teacher. Her mother recently retired from teaching music. “It holds a special place in my heart that my great-great-grandma was a teacher, and then both of my … [Read more...]
Volleyball (10/21)
#3 Chatfield Runs TRC Table, Repeats as Champion There is not much doubt. Chatfield volleyball is the best team in the Three Rivers Conference this year. Kristi Rindels’ Gophers won their final two league matches to go unblemished through the schedule. At home, they beat St. Charles 3-0 (25-9, 25-7, 25-21). Jaelyn LaPlante (10 kills, 5 digs, 16-16 serving, 5 aces) and Trindy … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Ranked football teams rolled. Carson Rowland accounted for four total TDs (three rushing, one passing) as #3 in AA Chatfield whipped La Crescent/Hokah 52-8. Ethan Stendel accounted for four TDs (two rushing, two passing) as #5 Caledonia posted its fourth shut-out, blanking St. Charles 28-0. Chatfield (5-0, 6-0) leads the Southeast-White over Caledonia (4-1, 5-1) and #9 Cannon … [Read more...]
Football (10/14)
TD-Pass Hat Trick Propels #10 FC to First Place Fillmore Central football has owned the Mid-Southeast-Blue division the last two years. It seems it will be a hat trick for the Falcons. It took a hat trick, of touchdown passes, to put the Falcons in driver’s seat. In a big week six showdown, Chris Mensink’s Falcons (4-1, 4-1) took on Lewiston-Altura (4-1, 4-1) on the road in … [Read more...]
Volleyball (10/17)
Lions Take Set From #4 M-C, Cougars Win in Four For all intents and purposes, the SEC-East title was on the line as #4 in Class Mabel-Canton (9-0, 25-2) hosted Spring Grove (9-1, 15-5). The Lions have been about the only SEC team to test M-C over the years. That said, the Cougars whipped through SG 3-0 (25-22, 25-15, 25-18) on September 5. But like last year, the Lions got … [Read more...]
Soccer (10/3)
(G) Caledonia/Spring Grove/Houston 1, Dover-Eyota 7 (Macy Krause scored for the Warriors on a corner kick from Siri Konkel) (B) Dover-Eyota 1, Cal/SG/Hou 0 (It was the second loss to the Eagles this season by the same score) B) Cal/SG/Hou 1, Stewartville 6 (The regular season ended with this non-conference game in which Jacob Hernandez scored for the Warriors. With the … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Maddox Rodriguez ran for 165 yards and 4 TDs and Lee Klunder 100 yards and one TD as Houston football (2-3, 2-3) beat AC/G-E 42-28. The duo are stepbrothers. Jonah Bunke ran for 172 yards and a TD as R-P (2-3, 2-3) beat Hayfield 54-6. Torryn Schneider had 16 digs and 5 aces on 25-25 serving as R-P volleyball beat La Crescent/Hokah 3-1. Spring Grove volleyball notched SEC wins … [Read more...]
Soccer (9/24 & 9/27)
(B) Caledonia/Spring Grove/Houston 0, St. Charles/Lewiston-Altura/Lanesboro 6 (G) SC/L-A/L 4, Cal/SG/Hou 2 (For the Warriors, Macy Krause scored with an assist crossing pass from Siri Konkel. Josie Foster scored with an assist from Addie Fruechte) (B) La Crescent/Hokah 0, Cal/SG/Hou 5 (Warriors are 0-8-1 in league play, 1-10-1 overall) (G) Cal/SG/Hou 0, La Crescent/Hokah 6 … [Read more...]
Volleyball (10/7)
#4 Caledonia Runs Win Streak to Eight Coming off a 6-4 start to the year, Caledonia volleyball has been on a tear and it continued with a two-win week. The Warriors (4-2, 12-4) and Fillmore Central (4-1, 8-9) usually play tight matches. But this year marked the first since 2019 the match was not a 3-1 affair. Coming off the Class AA Showcase title, Dan Reinhart’s gals were … [Read more...]
Football (10/7)
#7 Lions Hold Off Mountain Lake in Battle of Unbeatens Nine-man seventh-ranked Spring Grove scored all the first-half points, and visiting Mountain Lake Area scored all the points in the second half. But the East Sub-District Lions (4-0, 5-0) held on to win the battle of football unbeatens, 21-12, over the visiting West Sub-District Wolverines (4-0, 4-1). After punting … [Read more...]