Football: Warriors Dominate to 1AA Finals Caledonia opened the season with a 21-14 upset loss to Rushford-Peterson. They opened the season 1-2, losing to Triton 13-3 in week three too. Those days are eons ago. The Warriors are hot. They have not lost since week three including blasting foes in the 1AA quarters and semis. Versus St. Charles (6-seed, 2-6) in the quarters, … [Read more...]
Volleyball (10/27)
Volleyball: Warriors Finish TRC Unblemished, Top Byron, Get #1 Seed Already guaranteed a share of the Three Rivers Conference title, #5 in Class AA Caledonia volleyball took down Wabasha-Kellogg to clinch a perfect run through league play, and they ended the regular season by topping Byron. At Wabasha, Cal easily handled the Falcons 3-0 (25-10, 25-8, 25-10). Avery Augedahl … [Read more...]
Cross Country (10/27)
Cross Country: LFC Girls Win First TRC Crown Since 2016 For the first time since 2016, LFC girls cross country claimed the TRC Meet team title. Ellen Cullen’s group (78) outdid nearest foes PEM (94), Chatfield (104), and Dover-Eyota (120) while GMLOS (161) took sixth, LARPH (204) ninth, and Kingsland 11th (of 11 teams). Naturally leading the Burros was sophomore Autumn … [Read more...]
Chatfield Welcomes Three New Elementary Teachers
Jessica Kral is a 2020 graduate of New Ulm Public High School and graduated from Winona State University in December 2024 with an Academic and Behavioral Strategist (ABS) Special Education degree. In Chatfield, she is teaching special education in grades 4-6. This is Jessica’s first full-time teaching assignment but she worked in other local districts, including Chatfield, as a … [Read more...]
Football (10/27)
Football: #3 Falcons Complete Perfect Regular Season Quinci Kaase had a career game and #3 in Class A Fillmore Central (7-0) was on a different level in toppling Class AA St. Clair/Mankato-Loyola (3-4) in a season finale. Kaase took six carries for 167 yards and 2 TDs while also catching a pair of passes for 60 yards and two more TDs. He scored on runs of 32 and 62 yards, … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Chatfield football (6-1), ranked #8 in AA, fell hard at #6 in AAA Pine Island (7-0), 30-0. The Gophers (6-2, 6-2) share the Southeast-Central Yellow with Triton (6-2, 6-2). Chatfield is Section 1AA’s 1-seed. They get a first round bye and will play either 4-seed Rochester-Lourdes (5-3) or 5-seed Dover-Eyota (4-4). Kingsland volleyball got 33 digs from Paisley … [Read more...]
Football (10/20)
Football: Warriors Hand #2 Gophers First Loss 14-0 Many a football team have taken the long trip to Caledonia and came home disappointed. In a key week six Southeast Central White matchup, #2 in AA Chatfield (5-0, 6-0) suffered said fate at the hands of the Warriors (3-2, 4-2). In a rematch of last year’s 1AA title game (a 24-14 Gopher win), Carl Fruechte’s group got revenge … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Caledonia volleyball, ranked #4 in AA, topped D-E in four sets (26-24, 21-25, 25-15, 25-12) to clinch a share of the TRC title. Avery Augedahl had 36 assists, Aubrie Klug 30 digs. Fillmore Central, ranked #4 in A, beat W-K 3-0. R-P went 3-0 in best-of-five-matches on the week, beating Houston 3-1 and Goodhue 3-0, PEM 3-0 in TRC play. Addison Drinkall had 53 total digs. … [Read more...]
Cross Country: #3 LARPH Gets Best of #2 Cotter at PEM Run, LFC Girls Win
They competed against each other once this year. LARPH won at the shorter La Crescent/Hokah Crazy Buffalo run, 35-32. They will probably battle for first at the TRC and the 1A titles. The scores will probably be close. They could even contend with each other for a state title. The paths of ranked boys cross-country teams #3 LARPH and #2 Cotter/Hope Lutheran have crossed often … [Read more...]
Volleyball (10/20)
Volleyball: Larks Sweep G-E to Claim West Title, Beat Southland in Five Grand Meadow volleyball’s week included claiming the SEC-West outright, getting to 20 wins, beating a rival in five sets, and running its win streak to 13. Hosting Glenville-Emmons, Cathy Paul’s group performed the sweep (25-17, 25-16, 25-15). Doing so was GM’s 20th win of the year and it gave them the … [Read more...]