Girls Basketball: #10 Warriors Run Win Streak to Five Caledonia’s girls continued their dominance of TRC competition with wins over Dover-Eyota at home and Lewiston-Altura on the road. The 9-4 Eagles usually put up a fight, but the teams’ league contest saw the Warriors dominate the second half 43-12. Said effort turned a 31-23 halftime lead into a 74-35 win. The Eagles were … [Read more...]
Wrestling (1/26)
Wrestling: LARP Posts Seven-Win Week Including Topping #3 K-W LARP wrestling continued their strong season with seven dual wins in eight tries including sweeping a triangular and a quadrangular at home. In Lewiston on a Tuesday, LARP took care of #3 in A Kenyon-Wanamingo 43-21 and Winona High 69-6. The win over the Knights was the Screamin’ Eagles’ second victory over a … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (1/26)
Boys Basketball: Class AA Uncertainty It was week that showed that the Class AA race in boys basketball is very uncertain (save #2 Goodhue). Gophers Top East Co-leader Cotter, Albert Lea to Win Sixth Straight Chatfield’s boys continued to roll. On Monday, they notched a win over TRC-East leader Cotter/Hope Lutheran (4-0, 11-2), a team that had been ranked #6 in the … [Read more...]
Hot Shots (1/26)
In notable SEC boys games, East-leading Lanesboro beat West second-place Grand Meadow 57-47 behind Nick Taylor’s double-double (19 pts, 14 rebs). Spring Grove then got a double-double (22 pts, 12 rebs) from Devon Williams including two free throws with 12.7 seconds left to prop a 65-61 Lion lead on the Burros in a 65-63 win. Taylor went for 28 (pts) and 13 (rebs) in defeat. He … [Read more...]
Wrestling (1/19)
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)
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)
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...]
Hot Shots (1/12)
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...]
Boys Basketball (1/12)
Boys Basketball: Three Wins Runs Trojans Win Streak to Five Rushford-Peterson’s boys downed Baldwin-Woodville and TRC foe Fillmore Central at their home holiday tourney, and got a good Class AA win over Lake City at the Southern Minnesota Hoops Festival, to improve their win streak to five. The Trojans topped B-W 86-53 amidst the 3-Coop Shoot-for-Three tourney. Six Trojans … [Read more...]
Wrestling (1/12)
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...]