St. Mary’s Early Red Bird Invite (RPH competed alongside Melrose-Mindoro, Winona High, Lake City, Austin, Albert Lea, La Crosse-Logan, Cotter/Hope Lutheran, and Lyle/Pacelli at this indoor meet at St. Mary’s in Winona. Tro-Cane Aubry Boldt won the Long Jump (17’9 ½”) and the Triple Jump (36’3 ½”) competitions while taking second in the 55-meter hurdles. She set the program … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
At the St. Mary’s Early Bird track and field invite, RP/H’s Aubry Boldt set the program Long Jump record (17’9 ½”), breaking her own tie with Ashley Agrimson (17’8”), while also tying Danielle Lesser-Luhman’s program-best Triple Jump mark (36’3 ½”). At the MSU Indoor Showcase, LFCMC’s Brody Niemeyer set the LFCMC program Shot Put record with a throw of 52’1”. The former … [Read more...]
Baseball (4/7)
Baseball Preview Capsules Caledonia Warriors Head Coach: Shawn Bauer Where We Left Off in 2024: The Warriors went undefeated (15-0) to win the TRC-East title. They won their first-round playoff game, then dropped two straight scoring four total runs. Caledonia finished at 19-3. Seniors: Garrett Konz (P/1B), Reid Klug (P/3B), Ben Stemper (CF), Spencer … [Read more...]
Softball (4/7)
Softball Preview Capsules Caledonia Warriors Head Coach: Chad Augedahl Where We Left Off in 2024: The Warriors won the TRC-East (14-1). Caledonia then went 6-2 in the playoffs, making the 1AA title game. They beat Randolph once, but then fell in game two 6-0. The Warriors finished as section runner-up at 24-4, their most wins in program … [Read more...]
Spring Grove Launches Community Help Desk with Student Leadership
Thanks to a collaboration between Spring Grove High School and Spring Grove Communications, funding was secured to launch a community help desk for technical support. This forward-thinking initiative, officially named Spring Grove Digital Assist, will provide technology assistance to residents and students. Gina Morken, Spring Grove assistant superintendent, explained that … [Read more...]
Extended School Year Program Planned for Fillmore Central
At the March 25 Fillmore Central School Board meeting, Superintendent Heath Olstad reported that the elementary school is in the middle of conducting the annual MCA testing. The 19 high school juniors who chose to take the ACT took it earlier that day. Parent teacher conferences were held on March 6 and the end of the 3rd quarter is on March 27. Congratulations were extended to … [Read more...]
Fillmore Central Basketball Awards
Track and Field Preview Capsules
Grand Meadow/LeRoy-Ostrander/Kingsland/Southland Head Coaches: Rebecca Young (boys), Aaron Thauwald (girls). 2024 Season: GMLOKS’ girls won their fifth straight 1A True Team title and were state runner-up by 1.5 points. The GMLOKS boys took third at the 1A Meet and made state by “Wild Card,” their fourth straight state appearance. They took seventh. Individually, Sam … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball: Caledonia Takes Fourth at State
On one level, Caledonia boys basketball will be disappointed. They took on the 2025 state Class AA tournament going 1-2. They lost their last two games and thus took fourth place. There is no shame in fourth, but the Warriors were only a few plays away from making the state title game. As it were, their two loss es were resilient comeback that fell short. On a different level, … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (3/24)
#3 Warriors Fulfill Destiny, Romp to 1AA Title There is no argument as to who the best boys team is in Section 1AA this year. State third-ranked and 1-seed Caledonia (27-2), by virtue of its commanding win over Lake City in the 1AA title game, added the Tigers to the list of vanquished section foes. And all have been vanquished emphatically. Amidst Caledonia’ 14-0 record … [Read more...]