Volleyball: Larks Sweep G-E to Claim West Title, Beat Southland in Five Grand Meadow volleyball’s week included claiming the SEC-West outright, getting to 20 wins, beating a rival in five sets, and running its win streak to 13. Hosting Glenville-Emmons, Cathy Paul’s group performed the sweep (25-17, 25-16, 25-15). Doing so was GM’s 20th win of the year and it gave them the … [Read more...]
Soccer Section 1A Playoffs (10/6 & 10/8)
(B) 11-seed Caledonia/Spring Grove/Houston 0, 6-seed Lake City 4 (The Tigers scored two goals in each half. C/SG/H dropped a 4-1 non-conference decision against the Tigers earlier in the season. The Warriors closed at 0-10, 1-13) (G) 7-seed Caledonia/Spring Grove/Houston 1, 2-seed La Crescent/Hokah 5 (A Siri Konkel goal evened the score at 1-1, but the Lancers went back … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Kaaleem Reiland ran for 214 yards and three TDs while throwing a fourth score as Kingsland beat Wabasha-Kellogg 42-26. The Knights (5-1, 5-1) are in second place behind #4 in A Mabel-Canton (6-0, 6-0) in the South-East. Lee Klunder ran for 240 yards and 4 TDs as Houston beat Grand Meadow 50-6. The Hurricanes (4-2, 4-2), Spring Grove (4-2, 4-2), and Alden-Conger/G-E (4-2, … [Read more...]
Football (10/13)
Football: #4 M-C Maintains South-East Lead with 26-20 Win Over #10 SG Neighborly rivals Mabel-Canton and Spring Grove have played each other yearly on the gridiron forever. Few, if any, of those previous games were as big as a week six showdown. In a huge contest to the South-East race, the #4 in 9-Man Cougars (5-0, 5-0) did what they do not often do versus #10 Spring … [Read more...]
Volleyball (10/13)
Volleyball: #4 Gophers End Trojans TRC Streak, Take Third at Burnsville In a matchup of top four TRC teams, #4 in AA Chatfield (5-2, 13-6) gave Rushford-Peterson (5-1, 10-2) its second league loss while ending their five-match league win streak. It was a Gopher sweep, 25-14, 25-20, 25-19. Kristi Rindels’ group was easily the first to 20 in each set, 20-12, 20-16, and … [Read more...]
Cross Country (10/13)
Cross Country: Variables Stay Constant at LARPH’s Lewiston Run At the top of things, cross country variables stayed constant as LARPH hosted its second meet of the year, this time at Lewiston’s Heartland Golf Course. Matt Kingsbury’s guys and LFC gal runner Autumn Rakosnik continued to be head and shoulders above the field. With another low team score, LARPH’s guys (21) … [Read more...]
Soccer (9/30 – 10/4)
(B) Caledonia/Spring Grove/Houston 5, Dover-Eyota 6 (The Warriors lost a close 6-5 game after a previous 6-0 shutout loss to the same Eagles.) (G) D-E 6, Cal/SG/Hou 1 (Macy Kraus had the Warriors’ goal assisted by Kya Deck. It was a score like a previous 5-2 loss to the Eagles.) (G) Cal/SG/Hou 1, Pine Island/Zumbrota-Mazeppa 2 (Macy Kraus had the Warriors’ goal assisted … [Read more...]
Chatfield Board Approves Teacher Contracts
At the October 8 meeting school board meeting, board members Josh Thompson, Tom Keefe, Jill Harstad and Mark Johnsrud were present. David Sovinski joined remotely and Katie Priebe was not present. Also present were Superintendent Ed Harris, high school principal, Eric Nelson; elementary principal, Shane McBroom; Community Education Director LuAnn Kleven and student senate … [Read more...]
Houston’s Two New Teachers
Houston Schools welcomed two new teachers to their staff this year: Angela Engebretson, speech and language pathologist, and Duane Ledin, music teacher and choir director. Angela Engebretson is the new speech and language pathologist for Houston Schools and will be working with students ranging in age from 5 to 21. Engebretson received her Bachelor’s in … [Read more...]
Lanesboro to Host Small Schools Conference
At the Lanesboro School Board meeting on October 8, the board heard details of the Small School Conference to be held at Lanesboro on October 15. Superintendent Matt Schultz shared that Jenny Severson will be the keynote speaker. Severson will focus on research based strategies and improving student engagement. There will be nine different breakout sessions during the day … [Read more...]