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Wrestling (1/19)

January 19, 2026 by Paul Trende Leave a Comment

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Wrestling: Warriors Top LARP, Sweep WK Triangular Wrestling in the TRC authored up another surprise. The first shock was LARP beating #2 Chatfield 39-36 to start the year. At W-K triangular, Caledonia/Houston (3-13) topped LARP (2-0, 8-1) by 36-36 score on criteria. The dual came down to the last weight between ranked wrestlers. Cal/Hou started with pins by Kiptyn Meiners … [Read more...]

Hot Shots (1/19)

January 19, 2026 by Paul Trende Leave a Comment

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Caledonia’s girls basketball beat PEM 81-54 and St. Charles 72-39. Aubrie Klug scored 39 versus the Bulldogs and 29 versus the Saints. The Warriors (7-0, 10-3) lead the TRC-East over Cotter/HL (4-2, 7-7). Nadia Happel scored 28 points as R-P topped W-K 88-25. Hailee Warren scored 23 as Kingsland topped St. Charles 56-48. Avery Kingsley scored 22 as Houston topped A-C/G-E 69-48. … [Read more...]

Basketball (1/19)

January 19, 2026 by Paul Trende

Lanesboro’s Quadyn Kettner takes the charge from LeRoy-Ostrander’s Reid Hungerholt in the Burros 83-33 SEC win. Team Burro, the SEC-East leader (4-1, 8-2), has won five in a row. Photo by Paul Trende

Basketball: Around the Horn Hoops It was a week of basketball games between area teams. LeRoy-Ostrander and Lanesboro had a boys/girls series, as did Fillmore Central and Chatfield, Spring Grove (SG/M-C) and Grand Meadow, Houston and L-O. The Falcons also hosted Kingsland in boys b-ball, as did L-O with GM, Mabel-Canton with Houston, Houston with Lanesboro, and SG with M-C. … [Read more...]

Lanesboro Arts Hosts High School Exhibition

January 19, 2026 by Wanda Hanson Leave a Comment

Georgia Foltz, from Preston, stands by her monotype “Oracle.” Photo by Wanda Hanson

On a dark, snowy evening in January, Lanesboro Arts presented a sparkly contrast to the night. The well-lit gallery was humming with people of all ages strolling around to check out a wide variety of art created by high school students from area schools.  January 10 was the opening reception for the annual high school art exhibition. Art work from over 40 high school … [Read more...]

Lanesboro Public Input on Semester Tests

January 19, 2026 by Wanda Hanson Leave a Comment

Once again, the Lanesboro School Board heard concerns from the citizens about semester tests at the school at their regular board meeting January 14. Ollie Lepper addressed the board to share her opinion about the school’s semester test policy.  Lepper commented that she felt the policy goes against the idea of staying home when you are sick. She gave the personal example of … [Read more...]

Hot Shots (1/12)

January 12, 2026 by Paul Trende Leave a Comment

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Caledonia’s boys took on tough competition, losing to West Salem 93-79, beating #3 in AA Pequot Lakes 59-55 in overtime at the Target Center, then losing to #2 in AA Belle Plaine 78-76 as a part of the Southern Minnesota Hoop Festival (at Mayo High School). Sophomore Grant King scored 29, 27, and 28 points in the three games with 12 combined three pointers. The Warriors (3-0, … [Read more...]

Wrestling (1/12)

January 12, 2026 by Paul Trende Leave a Comment

Chatfield’s Hunter Polikowsky has Hastings’ Rocco Iallonardo in deep trouble in a Bi-State consolation quarterfinal. Polikowsky won the match by 21-2 tech fall, went 6-2 for the tourney, and took fourth place overall of 60 at the 144-pound weight class. Photo by Paul Trende

Wrestling: Teams Excel at Bi-State Chatfield’s boys and girls, LARP’s boys and girls, and Caledonia/Houston’s boys wrestling teams all trekked to La Crosse for the 43rd annual Bi-State tourney featuring a hoard of top teams and top wrestlers from Minnesota and Wisconsin. All three schools got multiple placers at an event with around 40-50 wrestlers per weight … [Read more...]

Hot Shots (1/5)

January 5, 2026 by Paul Trende Leave a Comment

Chatfield senior Trindy Barkeim has signed a letter of intent to play college beach volleyball at Wingate University in North Carolina. Barkeim is pictured with her dad Justin Barkeim, mom Becky Majerus, and her Chatfield Gopher volleyball coach Kristi Rindels (right). Photo submitted

  Spring Grove/Mabel-Canton’s Siri Konkel had a point-assist double-double (15 pts, 10 asts) as the Lions beat St. Charles 69-32. SG/M-C (5-1, 8-2) leads the SEC over Southland (4-1, 6-1) and Lanesboro (4-1, 6-3). Caledonia’s girls, ranked #6 in Class AA, fell in two big games, losing a state quarterfinal re-match with Minnehaha Academy 55-54 and to Wisconsin’s … [Read more...]

Basketball (1/5)

January 5, 2026 by Paul Trende Leave a Comment

Rushford-Peterson senior Landon Dahl goes baseline for a reverse layup versus #9 in Class A Southland in the Trojans’ 80-71 win. Dahl scored 9 of his 11 points in the second half to help R-P hand the Rebels (5-1) their first loss. Photo by Paul Trende

Basketball: Trojan Teams Battle Southland in Key Cross Section Games Rushford-Peterson’s boys and girls basketball teams played a doubleheader at Southland. Though not pressing to Section seeding as much anymore (since the Trojans moved to Class AA), the game pitted four good teams against each other. The boys battle was a rematch of a 1A semifinal last year, won by R-P … [Read more...]

Hot Shots (12/29)

December 30, 2025 by Paul Trende Leave a Comment

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Caledonia’s basketball teams each went 2-0 on the week.  The boys got 20 points from Coby Hammell in topping W-K 94-55, then Grant King scored 26 points as the Warriors topped Waverly-Shell Rock 70-49 at the Decorah Border battle.  The Warriors (3-0, 5-1) and Winona-Cotter (2-0, 6-1) top the early TRC-East standings.   The girls beat Houston 65-37 and W-K … [Read more...]

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