Football: Cougars Blank Lions 16-0 For First State Berth Since 1981 The year was 1981. Ronald Reagan was president. Dallas was a popular television show. “Raiders of the Lost Ark” introduced the world to Indiana Jones. The Oakland Raiders won the Super Bowl. Changing the channel on a television required turning a knob on the device. Current Mabel-Canton volleyball … [Read more...]
Volleyball (11/10)
Volleyball: #4 Chatfield Tops #5 Caledonia for 1AA Title The top two seeds in Section 1AA held true until the finals. The top two teams, #5 in AA Caledonia (1-seed) and #4 Chatfield (2-seed) squared off to go to state. Both won 3-1 in the quarters, 3-0 in the semis. Warriors Fend Off D-E, Avenge 2024 Loss to Cotter In a rematch of one of the two TRC matches in … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
In volleyball play off play-in games, 16-seed Hayfield topped 17-seed Kingsland 3-1. Knight Paisley Robinson had 20 digs in defeat. The Knights finish at 4-19. Fifteen-seed Houston beat 18-seed Schaeffer Academy, 3-0. Section 1A top seed #4 in A Fillmore Central then topped the Vikings 3-0 while 8-seed Spring Grove beat 9-seed Southland 3-0 in Round of 16 games. Claire … [Read more...]
Section 1A and 1AA Volleyball Playoffs (Play-ins, Round of 16)
(1A Play-in) 17-seed Kingsland (4-18) 1, 16-seed Hayfield (3-18) 3 > 25-22, 10-25, 12-25, 23-25 (K: P. Robinson 20 digs; Kalyn Stier 6 kills, 4 digs; Chloe Drury-DeBoer 9 digs; Emma Howard 7 assists, 8 digs; Jill Moore 6 digs.) (1A Play-in) 18-seed Schaeffer Academy (5-20) 0, 15-seed Houston (9-15) 3 > 25-8, 26-24, 25-21 (H: Olivia Yohe 3 kills, 25 assists, 6 digs; … [Read more...]
Football (11/3)
Football: Warriors Dominate to 1AA Finals Caledonia opened the season with a 21-14 upset loss to Rushford-Peterson. They opened the season 1-2, losing to Triton 13-3 in week three too. Those days are eons ago. The Warriors are hot. They have not lost since week three including blasting foes in the 1AA quarters and semis. Versus St. Charles (6-seed, 2-6) in the quarters, … [Read more...]
Volleyball (10/27)
Volleyball: Warriors Finish TRC Unblemished, Top Byron, Get #1 Seed Already guaranteed a share of the Three Rivers Conference title, #5 in Class AA Caledonia volleyball took down Wabasha-Kellogg to clinch a perfect run through league play, and they ended the regular season by topping Byron. At Wabasha, Cal easily handled the Falcons 3-0 (25-10, 25-8, 25-10). Avery Augedahl … [Read more...]
Mabel-Canton Receives Clean Audit Report
Riley Knutson with Smith Schafer presented the Mabel-Canton school’s financial summary for the school year ending June 30, 2025, at the October 21 school board meeting. Board members present included Jason Marquardt, Dustin Tollefsrud, Traci Livingood, Amber Tripp, and Mark Weidemann. Diane Wilder was absent. Knutson announced that the school received an unmodified “Clean” … [Read more...]
Football (10/27)
Football: #3 Falcons Complete Perfect Regular Season Quinci Kaase had a career game and #3 in Class A Fillmore Central (7-0) was on a different level in toppling Class AA St. Clair/Mankato-Loyola (3-4) in a season finale. Kaase took six carries for 167 yards and 2 TDs while also catching a pair of passes for 60 yards and two more TDs. He scored on runs of 32 and 62 yards, … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Chatfield football (6-1), ranked #8 in AA, fell hard at #6 in AAA Pine Island (7-0), 30-0. The Gophers (6-2, 6-2) share the Southeast-Central Yellow with Triton (6-2, 6-2). Chatfield is Section 1AA’s 1-seed. They get a first round bye and will play either 4-seed Rochester-Lourdes (5-3) or 5-seed Dover-Eyota (4-4). Kingsland volleyball got 33 digs from Paisley … [Read more...]
Football (10/20)
Football: Warriors Hand #2 Gophers First Loss 14-0 Many a football team have taken the long trip to Caledonia and came home disappointed. In a key week six Southeast Central White matchup, #2 in AA Chatfield (5-0, 6-0) suffered said fate at the hands of the Warriors (3-2, 4-2). In a rematch of last year’s 1AA title game (a 24-14 Gopher win), Carl Fruechte’s group got revenge … [Read more...]