Spring Grove servers enjoyed a torrent of aces during 3-0 road volleyball routs at Houston and Schaeffer Academy as the Lions completed a pair of SEC season sweeps. With the inability to consistently receive serve, neither opponent mounted much threat at the net. With a 19th straight win versus Houston and a 12th consecutive victory against Schaeffer, Spring Grove improved to … [Read more...]
Lion Girls Take Two, Drop Three at Showcase
Spring Grove, with two wins and three losses, placed 10th among 16 team at the Class A Volleyball Showcase, which featured the top teams in the state on Sept. 22 and 23 at Burnsville. The Lions returned home with an 11-4 season record. K-W 2, SG 1 The Lions opened a 2-1 loss to Kenyon-Wanamingo (27-25, 18-25, 12-25). The Knights were not among the state top 10 at the … [Read more...]
Football: Cougars Upend State-Ranked Lions
Mabel-Canton ended 14 years and 18 games of frustration with a 2023 Homecoming football upset of state-ranked rival Spring Grove, 20-12. After an 0-3 start, it was the second straight win for the Cougars (2-3, 2-3), while the Lions (4-1, 5-1) suffered their first setback since last year’s state championship game. M-C leads the all-time series, 37 to 28. Spring Grove had … [Read more...]
Caledonia Area Public School District Welcomes Six New Teachers
Six new teachers joined the Caledonia Area Public School District family for the 2023-2024 school year. Daniel Winkler is Caledonia Middle/High School’s new science teacher. Winkler will work with grades 8-12. This semester Winkler finds himself educating the freshman class in both earth and environmental science, eighth grade physical science, and an elective course – … [Read more...]
New Faces at Spring Grove School
New faces at Spring Grove Public School this year are Lexi Thorson, school social worker, yearbook advisor and junior high volleyball coach; Vicki Nelson, long-term substitute teacher and internal substitute teacher; Rachel Storlie, elementary music teacher; and Thomas Dunkle, junior high and high school social studies teacher and Washington, D.C. trip advisor. Thorson … [Read more...]
Football: #9 Cardinals Win Another in Fourth, Await #10 Kingsland
To some degree, #9 in 9-Man LeRoy-Ostrander football (3-0, 4-0) has been the cardiac Cardinals. Their last four games have all been essentially decided in the fourth quarter. At better-than-winless Lanesboro (0-3, 0-4), the Cardinals led 14-6 at halftime and 22-6 in the third quarter only for the Burros to get back-to-back scores, the last a Mason Howard 28-yard TD run, to … [Read more...]
Football: #2 Warriors Survive D-E Trap, Await #3 Chatfield
It was the definition of a trap game. Class AA #2-ranked Caledonia (3-0, 4-0) entered its week five matchup with Dover-Eyota (0-2, 2-2) coming off a huge win over #5 Cannon Falls in week four. The Warriors week six matchup is #3 Chatfield in one of the state’s best AA rivalries. A lesser foe after a big win before a huge game (also during said lesser foes homecoming). Plus, the … [Read more...]
Volleyball: Gophers Hand “Losses” to “L” Teams
Chatfield volleyball’s week featured games against teams in the TRC starting with “L.” The Gophers promptly handed both losses. In a non-conference affair, the Gophers swept Lewiston-Altura on the road (25-15, 25-20, 25-20). Harper Goldsmith (5 kills, 17 assists, 7 digs, 5 total blks), Jaelyn LaPlante (12 kills, 5 digs), and Cora Bicknese (22 digs) led the way, helped by Trindy … [Read more...]
Football: #3 Gophers Dominate to 5-0 Ahead of Caledonia Game
Chatfield did not let off the gas pedal on a dominant season thus far in trouncing their fifth opponent in five tries. The #3 in Class AA Gophers out-scored Zumbrota-Mazeppa 21-0 in the first quarter and did not allow Z-M to score until it was 40-0. Jeff Johnson’s crew posted another convincing win, 40-7. Kail Schott again did yeoman’s work, banging his way to his fifth … [Read more...]
Football
South-East Football (9/29) Grand Meadow 14, Southland 33 (GM: Corbin Ludemann 15-91, 2 TDs rushing; Dalton Pischke 8-50 rushing. Southland (3-2, 4-2) led 28-6 at the half and 33-14 after three. Larks had just four passing yards. GM did break a two-game scoreless streak after suffering back-to-back shut-outs to state-ranked teams #7 Edgerton (38-0) and #10 Kingsland (57-0). … [Read more...]