The Spring Grove girls are alone atop the SEC after three home wins within four days. The first showdown featured the only teams still undefeated in SEC play. Spring Grove defeated Houston 65-44. It was close – until it was not. The Hurricanes (5-1, 8-6) led 25-20 at halftime and trailed by only three about halfway through the second half. Then Houston added only one basket and … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball
Three Rivers Conference Boys Basketball (1/15 - 1/19) #4 in AA Caledonia 89, Dover-Eyota 70 (C: Reid Klug 18 pts; G. Konz 17 pts; Lewis Doyle 16 pts; Will Hahn 12 pts; Ethan Stendel 8 pts; Noah Treptow 8 pts; Ben Stemper 8 pts. The Warriors are 8-0 when scoring 80-plus points) Cotter 61, Chatfield 47 (Ch: C. Harstad 11 pts (3-3 threes), 4 stls; Brayden Fretland 8 pts, 5 … [Read more...]
Non-Conference Boys Basketball (1/16 – 1/20)
Chatfield 65, Houston 70 (H: M. Rohweder 31 pts (10-19 FGs, 6-7 threes, 5-6 FTs), 9 rebs, 3 asts, 3 stls; C. Geiwitz 9 pts, 7 asts; Zach Olson 9 pts, 8 asts; A. Wedl 8 pts, 12 rebs. C: C. Harstad 24 pts (5-11 threes), 4 asts, 5 stls; Ryan Rindels 12 pts; Cole Novotny 10 pts, 9 rebs; Masyn Kreter 9 pts. Chatfield closed the gap after the Hurricanes built a 45-25 halftime lead … [Read more...]
Wrestling (1/16 -1/20)
West Salem/Bangor 30, Caledonia/Houston 32 (Cal/Hou won five of six weights from 133 thru 172 to break a 12-12 and build a 32-15 lead. Aden Kulas (189) then fell by 5-4 decision, which assured a Cal/Hou win (led 32-18 with two weights left). Aaren Kulas (114) and Owen Denstad (145) won by fall, Aiden Burns (107) by injury default, Braxton Lange (133 > 16-3) and Isaac Blocker … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Caledonia’s sixth-ranked boys beat PEM 85-42, as four Warriors made double figures. Brad King’s group (5-0, 10-2) picked up its 10th win. They sit a half game back of La Crescent/Hokah (6-0, 10-4) in the TRC-East. Spring Grove beat GM 82-8. Notably, standout Lions senior Elijah Solum returned to the court (9 points) after a torn ACL last spring. The Lions (6-1, 8-1) lead the … [Read more...]
Southeast Conference Girls Basketball (1/4 & 1/5)
Lyle/Pacelli 18, Spring Grove 64 (SG: K. Soiney 20 pts, 4 rebs, 5 stls; Siri Konkel 14 pts, 3 rebs, 4 asts, 3 stls; Kylie Hammel 11 pts, 5 rebs, 3 asts; Emerson Ingvalson 8 pts, 5 rebs, 7 asts, 4 stls. The Lions scored the first 14 points of the game, and the sophomore Soiney scored her 1,000th career point. SG > 5-0, 9-2) Grand Meadow 64, Schaeffer Academy 43 (GM: L. Foster … [Read more...]
Houston School – Organized and Audited
The Houston School Board began their regular January 4 meeting with their organizational meeting to start off the new year. Little changed - Rushford State Bank was named the official depository; the district legal counsel also remained the same. Wire transfer authorization was given to Superintendent Mary Morem and Director of Finance Gwen Rostad. Once again Mimi Carlson was … [Read more...]
Gymnastics (1/4)
West Salem/Aquinas/Bangor 140.575, Caledonia/Houston/Spring Grove 128.350 (Sabrina Lisota earned a 9.100 score on the balance beam, the highest beam score under the current coaching staff. That was good for second place, the highest finish for the Warriors. In all-around, Harper Myrah (31.950) placed fourth and Vivian Kittleson fifth among 10 athletes. Cal/SG/Hou > 2-10) *The … [Read more...]
Wrestling (1/5 -1/6)
The Clash XXI (Caledonia/Houston competed in this 32-team two-day dual-meet tourney, going 1-5, taking 31st place. Owen Denstad and Isaac Blocker were two of 46 wrestlers to go 6-0. Braxton Lange picked up his 100th career win at the event) > Bracket D Quarters > D-III #3 Bettendorf 56, Caledonia/Houston 16 (Denstad (145) and Aiden Burns (107) had pins for the Warriors, … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball: Hurricanes Down Larks in Key SEC Game
In a key early SEC girls game, Houston and defending West champion Grand Meadow did battle. Most notable in the first half was the Larks starting the game 0-16 from deep and digging a hole as deep as 19-8. But GM then hit four of five threes, and by halftime, they led 27-26. The second half was then tight. GM’s biggest lead was six (34-28), Houston’s biggest also six (51-45). … [Read more...]