Boys Basketball: #3 Warriors Win Three Non-Con Affairs, Up Streak to Eight Caledonia boys basketball posted a trio of non-conference wins on the week to continue their excellent season. At La Crosse Central, Brad King’s group annulled a 25-24 halftime deficit by out-scoring the Riverhawks 37-17 in the second half for a 61-42 win. Reid Klug (24 pts) and Garrett Konz (22 … [Read more...]
Wrestling (2/10)
Wrestling: #1 Gophers Sweep GMLOS/PEM, Sweep to TRC Title For a second straight year, Chatfield wrestling is the dominant TRC champions. The Gophers wrapped up their regular season dual-schedule by hosting GMLOS and PEM. Chatfield surrendered just three matches the entire night. Matt Mauseth’s group took out GMLOS 72-6. Jameson Priebe (107), Logan Pearson (114), Javier Berg … [Read more...]
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Spring Grove’s girls beat Lanesboro 72-49, L-O 61-18, and New Hampton 66-47 to run their win streak to nine. Siri Konkel had 16 (pts) and 11 (asts) versus the Burros. Taylor Elton’s Lions (7-1, 14-3) lead the SEC over Grand Meadow (7-2, 14-2). Jensyn Storhoff had 22 points in the Burros’ loss to the Lions. Jorja Meyer scored 23 as Houston topped AC/G-E 68-51. The … [Read more...]
Boys & Girls Basketball (2/3)
Massive Week for Caledonia Hoopsters It was a momentous week for Caledonia boys and girls basketball. There were big wins and three personal milestones were accomplished. On Monday, the #6 in Class AA Warrior girls took on #2 in Class A Mayer Lutheran (13-1). The Crusaders came in having won 11 in a row, Caledonia seven in a row. Scott Sorenson’s group made a first … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (2/3)
Larks Win Three Non-Con Games, Streak to Six Grand Meadow girls basketball had a busy week of non-conference action. At Blooming Prairie, GM led 32-24 at the half. BP then closed to down two. With it 34-32, GM went on a 14-0 run to lead 48-32. GM had 26 offensive rebounds for 20 second-chance points; BP eight for six. The Larks prevailed 55-45. Lauren Queensland (24 … [Read more...]
Wrestling (2/3)
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...]
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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...]
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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...]
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...]
New Chair for Lanesboro School Board
Steve Snyder took on the position of Lanesboro School Board chairman at their January 8 organizational meeting. New school board member Lucas Bergo as well as returning members Sarah Peterson and Mark Holmen were seated to begin the meeting. The following positions were filled with no discussion and unanimous votes: Steve Snyder, chairman; Mark Holmen, vice-chair; Sarah … [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...]