Three Rivers Conference Golf (4/7 - 4/11) (B) Caledonia 198, Rushford-Peterson 183 (C: J.T. Hammell 41*, Carson Klug 49. R-P: Jace Dvorak 44, Gus Hoiland/Will LaFleur 46s, Jaxson Meldahl 47, Kellen Drinkall/Sam LaFleur 48s); (G) Caledonia 208, R-P Inc. (C: Maggie Herman 49*, Jazzlyn Hauser 51, Emersyn Klug 53, Ellison Harms/Hayden Harms 55s. R-P had one golfer. At the … [Read more...]
Track and Field (4/21)
RPH Girls Win Home Meet Rushford-Peterson/Houston hosted a nine-team track and field meet. Led by a junior standout, the Tro-Cane girls grabbed the team title (142.5) over Cotter/Hope Lutheran (133), LFCMC (107), and Chatfield (87) with La Crosse-Logan, Lourdes, Caledonia/Spring Grove, L/P, and Randolph also participating. Houston’s Aubry Boldt continued her fantastic start … [Read more...]
Baseball (4/21)
Home Run Results in Lion-Trojan, Baseball-Softball Split With Spring Grove trailing by two runs, with two outs and two runners aboard, Tysen Moen powered a Rushford-Peterson pitch over the left field fence, producing the Lions’ first lead of the game in the bottom of the sixth inning. Winning pitcher Kolton Nerstad, in brief relief (four batters, two strikeouts), retired the … [Read more...]
Softball (4/21)
Chatfield Runs Through Early Season Gauntlet It is their best group of wins in succession since three victories at the 2022 state tourney. Chatfield softball’s schedule to start the year was not for the faint of heart. Two of their first four foes were 1AA semifinalists last year. The other two came into the season ranked top 20 in Class AAA. Coming off a 7-2 win over St. … [Read more...]
Caledonia School Board Discusses Financial Status of District
Caledonia Area Public School board members met Monday, April 14 at Caledonia Elementary School in room #162 to discuss the financial status of the district. All board members were present. After welcoming attendees, Superintendent Craig Ihrke explained the purpose of the meeting was to understand the district’s financial situation and to plan for the future. Ihrke … [Read more...]
Mabel-Canton School $8.9 Million Referendum Passes
Mabel-Canton Superintendent Gary Kuphal proudly announced at the April 15 school board meeting that the school’s bond referendum passed by a resounding 2-to-1 margin. Board members present at the meeting included Dustin Tollefsrud, Diane Wilder, Mark Weidemann, Amber Tripp, and Jason Marquardt (via phone) and Livingood (via phone). Chairman Miller called the meeting to … [Read more...]
Track and Field
Rushford-Peterson/Houston Meet (LFCMC’s girls (137.25) topped RPH (109.5) with St. Charles, Onalaska-Luther, La Crescent/Hokah, RACE, Caledonia/Spring Grove, and Lewiston-Altura also competing. SC’s boys (229) took first over RPH (157.5) with LFCMC taking sixth and C/SG seventh. LFCMC firsts: Autumn Rakosnik (3,200*** > 11:46.95), Brody Niemeyer (Shot Put > 48’10”), the … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Morgan Rohweder pitched a complete-game two-hit shut-out as Houston baseball beat #6 in Class A Lyle/Pacelli 1-0. Isaac Underbakke struck out 11 and got the complete game win as M-C beat SG 5-2. Landon O’Heron pitched a two-hitter as Caledonia baseball beat FC/L 9-1. Garrett Konz struck out 10 but La Crescent/Hokah had a first-inning three-run double to help beat the Warriors … [Read more...]
Golf (4/14)
Golf Preview Capsules Fillmore Central Falcons Head Coach: Aaron Mensink (girls), Brad Holten (boys) Where We Left Off in 2024: The Falcon girls won the TRC-East (9-0, 10-0) and the TRC Meet. Myleigh Scheevel (second), Aubrey Larson (fourth), Annika Mensink (fifth), Lily Miller (eighth), Ella Dahly (13th), and Maddie Topness (16th-tie) finished top 20 at the … [Read more...]
Basketball (4/14)
All-TRC Boys Basketball Caledonia’s boys (14-0, 29-4) ripped to the TRC-East and Section 1AA titles, topping 1A runner-up Rushford-Peterson (10-4, 24-5), La Crescent/Hokah (8-6, 13-15), Fillmore Central (6-7, 12-16), and Cotter/Hope Lutheran (6-8, 12-16) in the division. St. Charles (11-4, 20-7) and Lewiston-Altura (11-4, 19-9) shared the TRC-West over Chatfield (5-10, … [Read more...]