By Carlena Gallagher The Mabel-Canton FFA chapter has been busy helping around the community and is now preparing for the activities we are doing during FFA week. Every year officers choose fun dress up days for kids to do every day and this year they are; Tuesday: battle of the brands (Carhartt vs. Wrangler), Wednesday: Country music singer day, Thursday: Fleet Farm dads … [Read more...]
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Grand Meadow’s girls beat Houston 65-30 and L/P 57-19 to run their win streak to 11. Gracie Foster had a triple-double (12 pts, 14 rebs, 10 asts) versus the ‘Canes, 22 points versus the Athletics. Spring Grove beat Decorah 62-51 for the Lions’ 12th straight win. Via a SG loss to Lanesboro, GM (10-2, 19-2) leads SG (9-2, 17-4) in the SEC. R-P’s girls hit 17 threes in beating … [Read more...]
Basketball (2/17)
Basketball: Warrior Teams Each Top R-P, Secure TRC-East Titles, 20 Wins With a little school synergy, Caledonia’s basketball teams each secured out-right TRC-East basketball titles versus Rushford-Peterson. The boys game saw the visiting Trojans (8-3, 15-3) lead the #3 in AA Warriors (10-0, 19-2) late in the first half, 24-20. But Cal senior guard Mason King then hit three … [Read more...]
Wrestling (2/17)
Girls Wrestling: Ferrie, Eickhoff and Steinkamp Earn State Trips at 1/2 Meet Area girls teams GMLOS, Chatfield, FCLMC and LARP were among those taking to the mats at Rochester-Century High School for the Section 1/2 individual wrestling meet. Nine Bulldogs, eight Gophers, three Wolves, and two Screamin’ Eagles competed to try to make state. In a tough meet featuring two of … [Read more...]
Basketball (2/10)
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...]
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...]
Mabel-Canton School Board Elects Officers
On January 21, 2025, during the regularly scheduled board meeting, Mabel-Canton Superintendent Gary Kuphal led the newly elected and re-elected board members in the Oath of Office, followed by the election of officers. The district’s new officers are: Chairman Chris Miller, Vice Chair Dustin Tollefsrud, Clerk Jason Marquardt, and Treasurer Diane Wilder. The meeting was … [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...]