By Ben Bisbach The Spring Grove School Board held its first meeting of the new year on Monday, January 9. The first item of business was the swearing in of new member Angie Solie in special session. Superintendent Rachel Udstuen administered the oath of office. Returning board member Aaron Solum opened up nominations for board chair and was promptly nominated for the position … [Read more...]
Chatfield School Board chooses officers for the 2023 school year
At the January 11 Chatfield School Board meeting, board members Josh Thompson, Jill Harstad, David Sowinski, Mark Johnsrud, Katie Priebe and Tom Keefe were present, as well as Superintendent Ed Harris, Principals Shane McBroom and Eric Nelson, and Trista O’Connor, business manager. Community Education Director LuAnn Kleven and Lorri Lowery, administrative assistant were … [Read more...]
Kingsland School Board selects officers, delays choosing board chair
The Kingsland School Board’s work session on Wednesday, January 4 also served as the board’s organizational meeting. Three new board members were sworn into their offices: Steve Tammel, Carmen Anderson and Gary Broadwater. Board member Cindy Seabright administered the oath of office by saying, “as a board, we must be accountable to the community, we must assure a continues … [Read more...]
Basketball: Trojans Host 3-Coops Tourney
Rushford-Peterson hosted a six school boys/girls holiday basketball shindig which also featured Spring Grove. The Trojans, Lions, Dawson-Boyd, Higher Ground Academy, Annandale, and West Lutheran competed. Joe Hatch’s Trojan girls got back to .500 with a couple wins. R-P downed West Lutheran handily, 67-30. R-P got four girls in double figures, Kaylee Ruberg (16 pts, 5 rebs), … [Read more...]
Wrestling: Area Grapplers Shine at Bi-State Invite
The Bi-State holiday wrestling tournament in La Crosse is a large-scale invite that brings in a lot of good teams and a lot of good wrestlers. Just placing, making the top 12, is a major accomplishment. Each weight features 50 of 60 kids. The 2022 Bi-State invite notably saw Caledonia/Houston win its team weight class. Chatfield also brought home a team trophy, taking third … [Read more...]
Kingsland School Board hears concerns over inflation, conflict of interest concerns with new board member
The Kingsland School Board heard concerns over inflation and state funding at it’s annual Truth in Taxation meeting on Monday, December 19, and legal concerns over a conflict of interest regarding incoming board member Steve Tammel’s leadership position with the Kingsland Athletic Booster Club. Truth in Taxation School Business Manager Julie Schreiber gave the presentation. … [Read more...]
All South-East District Football
Spring Grove (8-0, 13-1) was the area 9-Man headliner, as the Lions made it all the way to the state championship game. But Lanesboro (6-1, 9-2), Mabel-Canton (5-2, 7-3), Grand Meadow (4-3, 6-4), and Kingsland (4-3, 4-5) were the next four teams in the sub-district. All five teams get at least four A-D selections. The Lions have a South-East high five kids getting the nod, … [Read more...]
2022-2023 Wrestling Preview
Last season was again a strong year on the wrestling mats. Chatfield was one win away from the 1A title, and finished as section runner-up (15-2). They sent four guys to state. Caledonia had a good team season (17-8) and sent five guys to state. Both squads will again be potent. LARP (15-12), GMLOS (11-13), and FCLMC (11-11) were right around .500 as teams. The Bulldogs … [Read more...]
Spring Grove girls cannot keep up with Grand Meadow
Both the Spring Grove girls and Grand Meadow started slowly with turnovers and cold shooting. Both then began to take better care of the ball, but only Grand Meadow (3-0, 3-0 SEC) began to knock down shots and get to the free throw line. The Superlarks led by 12 points at halftime and would go on to win, 51-34, on Dec. 13 at Spring Grove (2-3, 1-3 SEC). Coming off last … [Read more...]
Volleyball: #5 Mabel-Canton Ends 20-Year Drought, Makes State
Evidently, it was meant to be this way. Mabel-Canton Head Coach Lonnie Morken has led a lot of really good volleyball teams. He’s a coaching legend. But the Cougars haven’t been to state since 2001. Ten times since they lost in a 1A final. Eight were to Faribault B.A. (which has the advantage of being a private school in a city of 24,000) and twice to Medford. As Morken once … [Read more...]