The Houston School Board began their regular January 4 meeting with their organizational meeting to start off the new year. Little changed - Rushford State Bank was named the official depository; the district legal counsel also remained the same. Wire transfer authorization was given to Superintendent Mary Morem and Director of Finance Gwen Rostad. Once again Mimi Carlson was … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball: Knights Stay Perfect, SEC’s Only Perfect Team
John Fenske’s Kingsland boys kept up their fantastic start by posting two SEC wins despite not having All-SEC guard Jayden Brink (ankle). Kingsland only led winless GM 26-20 at halftime, but turned it on in the second 18-minutes for the 58-30 win. The Larks had just 10 second half points. Max Erdman (14 pts, 10 rebs, 4 stls) and Sam Snitker (10 pts, 5 rebs) got to … [Read more...]
Non-Conference Boys Basketball (1/2 – 1/6)
Goodhue 80, Fillmore Central 76 in 2 OT (FC: J. Kiehne 23 pts (7-11 FGs, 9-11 FTs), 5 asts; L. Hellickson 21 pts (4-9 threes), 11 rebs, 3 blks; G. Kennedy 11 pts, 18 rebs; Josh Haugerud 8 pts. G: Luke Roschen 32 pts (7-15 threes), 17 rebs, 7 asts. FC led 51-37 in the second half before suffering a 6:47 scoring draught where the Wildcats ran 16-0 to lead 53-51. Kennedy had two … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball: Trojans Get to 10 Wins, Bunke Tops 1,000
Rushford-Peterson’s boys had an eventful week. They won two games. Versus PEM, Chris Drinkall’s bunch authored a comeback to earn their 10th victory. Their senior shooter surpassed 1,000 career points. R-P first easily handled LeRoy-Ostrander 88-45. Dawson Bunke (20 pts, 5-8 threes, 5-5 FTs) and Will LaFleur (19 pts, 7-9 FGs, 5-7 threes) combined for 10 threes and 39 points. … [Read more...]
Gymnastics (1/4)
West Salem/Aquinas/Bangor 140.575, Caledonia/Houston/Spring Grove 128.350 (Sabrina Lisota earned a 9.100 score on the balance beam, the highest beam score under the current coaching staff. That was good for second place, the highest finish for the Warriors. In all-around, Harper Myrah (31.950) placed fourth and Vivian Kittleson fifth among 10 athletes. Cal/SG/Hou > 2-10) *The … [Read more...]
Caledonia School Board Holds Organizational Meeting
Caledonia Area Public School Board members met Monday, January 8 at Caledonia Elementary School in room #162 for an organizational meeting. 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...]
Chatfield Board Updated on SEL Preschool Grant
At January 10, 2024, school board meeting, board members Jill Harstad, David Sovinski, Mark Johnsrud, Katie Priebe, Josh Thompson and Tom Keefe were present as well as Superintendent Ed Harris, principals, Shane McBroom and Eric Nelson; LuAnn Kleven, Community Education director; Dan Schindler, Activities director; and Trista O’Connor, business manager. Student Senate member … [Read more...]
Three Rivers Conference Boys Basketball (1/5)
#5 in AA Caledonia 75, Wabasha-Kellogg 55 (C: L. Doyle 20 pts; Reid Klug 18 pts; Garrett Konz 12 pts; Will Hahn 8 pts. Caledonia led 29-24 at halftime, out-scored W-K 46-31 in second half. Juniors Mason Klug and Ethan Stendel did not play) Fillmore Central 72, Dover-Eyota 62 (FC: G. Kennedy 24 pts (11-16 FGs), 10 rebs, 3 asts, 3 stls, 4 blks; L. Hellickson 20 pts (4-8 … [Read more...]
Wrestling (1/5 -1/6)
The Clash XXI (Caledonia/Houston competed in this 32-team two-day dual-meet tourney, going 1-5, taking 31st place. Owen Denstad and Isaac Blocker were two of 46 wrestlers to go 6-0. Braxton Lange picked up his 100th career win at the event) > Bracket D Quarters > D-III #3 Bettendorf 56, Caledonia/Houston 16 (Denstad (145) and Aiden Burns (107) had pins for the Warriors, … [Read more...]
State-Ranked No. 2 Hayfield Girls Survive Upset Scare from Spring Grove
There were 11 lead changes in a state-ranked girls basketball matchup before No. 2 Hayfield held off visiting No. 18 Spring Grove, 60-52. The Dec. 28 bout was the closest anyone has come thus far against the undefeated Vikings (11-0), who have won the last two section championships. Spring Grove (8-2) led 45-44 before Hayfield sealed the victory with a late 11-point run. … [Read more...]