M-C’s Tylar Wenthold pitched her team to wins over Spring Grove 7-2 and FC/L 15-0, throwing a four inning perfect game in the latter. Lion Claire Sherburne hit a home run and had 14 strikeouts (15 walks) in the loss to the Cougars. Shelby Tesch hit a grand slam home run, struck out 10, and got the win, as R-P beat SG 8-2. Sherburne struck out 19 in defeat. Chatfield softball … [Read more...]
Softball (4/20)
Softball: #3 Hurricanes Roll 53-1 to Improve to 7-0 Houston softball is ranked #3 in Class A, as high as it has been in decades (if ever). The Hurricanes continued their big start to the season with four more wins by a collective 53-1 tally. Versus Lyle/Pacelli, Josh Swenson’s group won 14-1 in five innings. Frosh Claire Frauenkron was perfect at the plate (3-3, two 2B, 2 … [Read more...]
Golf (4/20)
Golf Preview Team Capsules Rushford-Peterson Trojans Head Coach: Luke Rye Where We Left Off Last Year: R-P’s boys went 7-2-1 in the TRC/overall. They took second at the TRC meet but won Section 1A. They tied for fourth at state. Sam LaFleur (third), Jaxson Meldahl (fourth), Jace Dvorak (sixth), and Will LaFleur (8th) each finished top 10 at the 1A meet. The girls went … [Read more...]
Jake Timm, SE MASSP High School Principal of the Year
“It’s not a ‘me’ award – it’s a school that earned an award!” were the first words out of Rushford-Peterson’s MSHS Principal Jake Timm’s mouth when he was asked about his award. Timm humbly explained that the great school and students make him look good! Timm found out about the award March 26; the notification was sent to MASSP (Minnesota Association of Secondary School … [Read more...]
Houston Begins Search for Superintendent
The Houston School Board began a search for a new superintendent at their regular board meeting April 9. With Superintendent Mary Morem resigning from her position, the board needs to move quickly to find a replacement. Chair Josh Norlien informed the board they had three options: they could hire internally, perform their own limited search or do a full search using the MSBA … [Read more...]
Track & Field (4/13)
Track and Field: GMLOKS Girls Win at PEM, Goergen Sets Record In their first outdoor meet of the year in Elgin, GMLOKS girls team and male athlete Tate Goergen stood out. The gals (192) topped PEM (140), D-E (75), Zumbrota-Mazeppa (72), RACE (48), and Lyle/Pacelli (24) for the team title. Breeley Galle led the way with a pair of individual first places (100-hurdles > … [Read more...]
Baseball & Softball (4/13)
Like softball, the baseball season starts with section changes. Rushford-Peterson and Fillmore Central/Lanesboro move up to the 16-team Section 1AA with Chatfield, Cale-donia, Cotter/Hope Lutheran, D-E, Goodhue, GMLOK, La Crescent/Hokah, Lake City, Pine Island, PEM, Red Wing, Rochester-Lourdes, St. Charles, and Z-M. Section 1A is 17 teams, Alden-Conger/Glenville-Emmons, … [Read more...]
Golf (3/30)
(B) Kingsland 190, Houston 202 (K: KD Reiland 41*, Collin Stuart 47, Cody Howard 48, Jackson Aarsvold 50. H: Nolan Nelson 42, Treyton Kubitz 44); (G) Kingsland 220, Houston Inc. (K: Emily Sargent 48*, Reese Guy 55. At par-35 Valley High GC) (B) Lanesboro 177, Glenville-Emmons Inc. (L: J. Brogle 36*, Corbin Reinhardt 43, Riley Gerard/Ashton Hanson 47’s, Blake Klaehn 48); (G) … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
In a matchup of last year’s co-SEC softball champs, Houston smacked Southland 17-1 in four innings. Kayla Klunder drove in six runs and Claire Frauenkron improved to 3-0 on the mound. Josh Swenson’s Hurricanes are 1-0 in the SEC, 3-0 overall. Avery Augedahl struck out 11 of 12 batters she faced and pitched a four-inning perfect game as Caledonia softball topped FC/L 28-0 by … [Read more...]
No Streaming for Lanesboro Board Meetings
After receiving requests for their meetings to be streamed, the Lanesboro School Board ultimately decided to not stream their monthly meetings at their April 8 meeting. At the board’s request, Superintendent Matt Schultz had contacted 10 schools in the area to ask whether they streamed their meetings. Schultz reported that five schools have never and do not intend to stream … [Read more...]