By Charlene Corson Selbee On Wednesday, January 17, representatives from the Mabel and Canton city councils attended a joint board meeting with the Mabel-Canton School Board. Superintendent Gary Kuphal explained that the joint board meeting started four to six years ago. The approved meeting agenda was intentionally designed informally to allow the boards to freely … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball
Caledonia 57, PEM 41 (C: J. Foster 21 pts (5-12 threes), 7 rebs, 4 asts; Aubrie Klug 14 pts, 5 rebs, 4 asts, 3 stls; Nicole Banse 14 pts, 15 rebs, 4 asts, 4 stls, 3 blks, Regan King 8 pts, 5 rebs. The Warriors built a 34-22 halftime lead. Banse scored 12 of their first 16 points and had a double-double (12 pts, 10 rebs) in the first half. Cal hit nine threes to PEMs four in … [Read more...]
Caledonia Public Schools Share What Students Are up To
By Kaitlin Longhauser Caledonia Area Public School Board members met Tuesday, January 16 at Caledonia Elementary School in room #162. Board member Mike Peterson called the meeting to order at 6 p.m., led with the Pledge of Allegiance, then conducted roll call. Board members present included Derek Adamson, Tim Gunn, Leigh King, Melissa Marschall, Daniel Small, Spencer Yohe … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Southland’s boys beat Spring Grove 58-49 to end the Lions’ 41-game SEC winning streak. SG did sandwich wins over L/P 59-38 and Class AA #16 J-W-P 64-58 around that loss. The #18 Lions (5-1, 7-1) lead the SEC-East over Houston (3-4, 5-5) and M-C (3-4, 4-7). FC’s boys (1-5, 5-6) had a wild week. Despite leading 51-37 in the second half, they fell 80-76 in two overtimes to … [Read more...]
Three Rivers Conference Girls Basketball (1/4 & 1/5)
PEM 51, Rushford-Peterson 46 (R-P: E. Ekern 22 pts (10-12 FTs), 11 rebs; Cassandra Boyum 9 pts (4-5 FGs), 6 rebs. The Trojans led 26-22 at intermission but were out-scored 29-20 in the second half. TOs: R-P 24, PEM 18. R-P > 3-3, 8-5) #8 in AA Dover-Eyota 71 Fillmore Central 37 (FC: Kammry Broadwater 17 pts, 9 rebs, 4 asts, 3 blks; Alyssa Britton 12 pts (6-11 FGs). Seniors … [Read more...]
Southeast Conference Boys Basketball (1/4 – 1/6)
#18 in A Spring Grove 59, Lyle/Pacelli 38 (SG: Jaxon Strinmoen 19 pts, 9 rebs, 5 asts, 5 stls; Ben Udstuen 14 pts, 7 rebs; Jacob Olerud 12 pts, 4 asts; Zach Brumm 9 rebs. The Lions scored the first 13 points while winning their 41st straight SEC game) LeRoy-Ostrander 67, Glenville-Emmons 54 (L-O: C. Hungerholt 34 pts (6-14 threes), 7 rebs, 5 stls; R. Hungerholt 16 pts; Carter … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball: Larks Shut Down Knights in SEC Rivalry Game
In a battle between the top two teams in the SEC-West over the past few years, Grand Meadow’s defense held Kingsland majorly in check in picking up a key SEC win in a league without divisions this year. Kingsland mustered some offense in the first half, though the Larks led 26-17 at intermission. But the Knights were held to nine second half points as GM picked up their best … [Read more...]
Wrestling: 10-0 LARP Sweeps Quad with GMLOS, Cal/Hou, and Westfield
Lewiston-Altura/Rushford-Peterson wrestling continued its foray into the recent world of undefeatedness via a quadrangular sweep at GMLOS which also included Caledonia/Houston and Westfield. Tim Tekautz and Darrin Hegland’s group has just one ranked wrestler (#9 at 107 Christian Zibrowski), but they are physically stacked enough up and down the line-up that no team has beat … [Read more...]
Southeast Conference Girls Basketball (1/4 & 1/5)
Lyle/Pacelli 18, Spring Grove 64 (SG: K. Soiney 20 pts, 4 rebs, 5 stls; Siri Konkel 14 pts, 3 rebs, 4 asts, 3 stls; Kylie Hammel 11 pts, 5 rebs, 3 asts; Emerson Ingvalson 8 pts, 5 rebs, 7 asts, 4 stls. The Lions scored the first 14 points of the game, and the sophomore Soiney scored her 1,000th career point. SG > 5-0, 9-2) Grand Meadow 64, Schaeffer Academy 43 (GM: L. Foster … [Read more...]
Wrestling: Chatfield Takes an Impressive Second at “The Clash”
On back-to-back weekends, La Crosse hosts big wrestling tourneys. One week after the individual Wisconsin/Minnesota Bi-State tourney, squads flocked for “The Clash XXI” team-based duals. Thirty-two teams from Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Arizona, Missouri, California, and Connecticut competed across two days. To show the strength on said tourney, Minnesota Class A … [Read more...]