Wrestling: Gophers Claim Another Tourney Title For the fifth time this year, Chatfield’s Class A top-ranked Gopher male wrestlers won a team tourney title. At the Lake City Invite, Matt Mauseth and crew’s group (276.5) topped nearest foes, AAA teams Northfield (184) and Rochester-Mayo (167). LARP also competed (103.5), taking sixth (of 10). Seven Gophers won titles. … [Read more...]
Gymnastics (1/25)
Winona Senior Invite (The Warriors placed third (131.4) among five teams behind both Austin and Winona, ahead of both PI/ZM and Stewartville/Chatfield. Sophomore Vivian Kittleson tied for fourth place among 32 gymnasts in all-around with her career-best score of 34.3500. That was much due to her winning the individual competition on balance beam with a career-best score of … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Caledonia’s boys got 22 points from Reid Klug and 21 from Garrett Konz in beating L-A 97-72. The #3 in AA Warriors then beat Mount Horeb 70-59 at the Midwest Players Classic. Klug scored 27 points. Brad King’s Warriors (8-0, 13-2) lead the TRC-East over R-P (6-2, 12-2). Greg Kennedy went for 30 (pts) and 11 (rebs) as FC beat PEM 80-71. Morgan Rohweder scored 27 as Houston beat … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (1/27)
Full-Strength Knights Post 3-0 Week A finally-at-full-strength Kingsland boys squad notched a 3-0 week. A non-SEC game versus Fillmore Central was a battle. The Falcons were down multiple rotation players and it showed early. The Knights jumped out 23-7. FC first fought back to down four twice. Kingsland replied, building a 37-25 lead. FC then battled back again, spurting … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (1/27)
Grove Girls Extend Winning Streak to Six The Spring Grove girls improved to 11-3 while extending their winning streak to six. Four of those wins involved overcoming second-half deficits, including two of the three games the week of Monday, January 13. The Lions dominated their only conference game at Lyle/Pacelli (77-34). It was sandwiched between non-conference wins at … [Read more...]
Wrestling (1/27)
Wrestling: All Five Area Squads Mix It Up The week in wrestling saw the five ‘Journal-covered’ squads mix it up. Caledonia/Houston hosted Chatfield and W-K for a triangular. LARP hosted GMLOS and W-K. Dover-Eyota hosted the Gophers and FCLMC. The Cal/Hou tri in Houston had three very lopsided matches. Top-ranked Chatfield dominated, beating the Falcons 75-0 and the … [Read more...]
Gymnastics (1/14 & 1/18)
Cal/SG/Hou 132.4250, PI/ZM 133.4000 (The Warriors received the highest varsity and junior varsity team scores under the current coaching staff. Cal/SG/Hou had three of the top four all-around gymnasts with Vivian Kittleson second, Harper Myrah third and Ayla Lange fourth. Myrah placed first on vault and placed second on the floor with the team’s second-best score (8.7000). … [Read more...]
New Board Chairman for Houston School
After seating new board members Steve Walters and Lisa Schultz, the Houston School Board quickly took care of the organizational part of their January 9, 2025, meeting. In a twist from most years, there were actually two nominations for board chair, Josh Norlien and Mimi Carlson. After a vote, Norlien was chosen as chairman and Carlson was then voted in as vice chair. Mark … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Cayden Lea scored 28 points as R-P’s #7 in Class A boys beat PEM 78-47. Cole Thompson scored 22 as R-P beat Kingsland 74-52 for their ninth win in a row. Max Erdman had 21 in defeat. The R-P win streak ended with a 78-71 loss to West leading St. Charles (5-1, 11-3). The Trojans (5-2, 10-2) trail #2 in AA Caledonia (7-0, 11-2) in the TRC East. Ben Udstuen went for 22 (pts) and … [Read more...]
Gymnastics (1/7 & 1/9)
Cal/SG/Hou 129.6500, K-M/Triton 128.000 (The Warriors’ team win resulted from an especially good night on the balance beam. Cal/SG/Hou claimed five of the top six all-around scores with Vivian Kittleson second, Ayla Lange third, Harper Myrah fourth, Tyla Halverson fifth and Madelyn Foellmi sixth. Kittleson placed first on the uneven parallel bars and had the team’s best score … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (01/20)
East Leading ‘Canes, Cards Winners of Busy SEC Week Teams from the SEC-East played multiple game versus each other, plus versus LeRoy-Ostrander. Houston at Spring Grove went to overtime. Jake Merchlewitz’s ‘Canes built a 37-23 second half lead before SG roared back. Devon Williams scored seven straight points and Bryce Berns scored six via the drive late, the last … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (01/20)
SG Tops King, GM, and R-P, Leads SEC The Spring Grove girls took sole possession of first place in the SEC with a 79-53 runaway win over Kingsland followed by a bizarre comeback 59-49 road victory at Grand Meadow. A day later, the Lions took a tight 56-53 non-conference home victory over section rival Rushford-Peterson. The Lions led the Knights all game, including a 38-26 … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Rushford-Peterson’s 7th-ranked boys hammered W-K 93-42 to win their seventh straight game. The Trojans (4-1, 8-1) trail Class AA #2 Caledonia (5-0, 9-1) in the TRC-East. FC’s boys shot an eye-popping 58 threes in losing to Hayfield 77-59. Grace Schroeder scored 23 points as Chatfield’s girls beat La Crescent/Hokah 55-37. Fillmore Central’s girls posted wins over … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (1/13)
Burros and Larks Play Series at Target Center Lanesboro and Grand Meadow basketball teams each got to play on the big floor in Minneapolis, as the teams participated in a special doubleheader at the Target Center. Shooting was a struggle for all teams in the big arena. Leading 15-14 at halftime, GM’s girls strung three straight makes together early in the second half to lead … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Camden Hungerholt scored 35 points, but L-O fell to BP 61-48 at GM’s holiday tourney. Carson Harstad went for 25 (pts) and 10 (rebs) as Chatfield beat Prairie du Chien 79-39, then 25 more points in a 58-47 loss to Z-M, both at the WSU Tourney. The Gophers (1-2, 4-6) have eclipsed last year’s win total. Kendall Knutson scored 21 points as Chatfield’s girls beat Winona-Senior at … [Read more...]