Caledonia/Spring Grove/Houston 128.975, Kasson-Mantorville/Triton/Stewartville 127.425 (The Warriors’ first win of the season came against K-M/T/S. Harper Myrah had the team’s best score and finish with a first-place 8.9 in floor exercise. She was second in all-around (33.725) and placed among the top three at all four individual stations. Myrah was second on vault with 8.825, … [Read more...]
Hot Shots (1/19)
Caledonia’s girls basketball beat PEM 81-54 and St. Charles 72-39. Aubrie Klug scored 39 versus the Bulldogs and 29 versus the Saints. The Warriors (7-0, 10-3) lead the TRC-East over Cotter/HL (4-2, 7-7). Nadia Happel scored 28 points as R-P topped W-K 88-25. Hailee Warren scored 23 as Kingsland topped St. Charles 56-48. Avery Kingsley scored 22 as Houston topped A-C/G-E 69-48. … [Read more...]
Basketball (1/19)
Basketball: Around the Horn Hoops It was a week of basketball games between area teams. LeRoy-Ostrander and Lanesboro had a boys/girls series, as did Fillmore Central and Chatfield, Spring Grove (SG/M-C) and Grand Meadow, Houston and L-O. The Falcons also hosted Kingsland in boys b-ball, as did L-O with GM, Mabel-Canton with Houston, Houston with Lanesboro, and SG with M-C. … [Read more...]
Lanesboro Arts Hosts High School Exhibition
On a dark, snowy evening in January, Lanesboro Arts presented a sparkly contrast to the night. The well-lit gallery was humming with people of all ages strolling around to check out a wide variety of art created by high school students from area schools. January 10 was the opening reception for the annual high school art exhibition. Art work from over 40 high school … [Read more...]
Students Honored as Hurricane Heroes
At the January 8 Houston School Board meeting, four high school students were recognized as Hurricane Heroes. Seniors Grayden Beckman and Avery Evenson are the AAA nominees; in order to qualify for the honor, the students needed to have a 3.0 or higher grade point average and be involved in both athletics and fine arts. AAA which stands for Academics, Arts and Athletics is an … [Read more...]
Lanesboro Public Input on Semester Tests
Once again, the Lanesboro School Board heard concerns from the citizens about semester tests at the school at their regular board meeting January 14. Ollie Lepper addressed the board to share her opinion about the school’s semester test policy. Lepper commented that she felt the policy goes against the idea of staying home when you are sick. She gave the personal example of … [Read more...]
Chatfield School Board Discusses Veterans’ Memorial Proposal
At the January 14, 2026 school board meeting, board members David Sovinski, Katie Priebe, Tom Keefe, Jill Harstad and Mark Johnsrud were present. Board member Josh Thompson was not present. Also present were Superintendent Ed Harris, elementary principal Shane McBroom and high school principal Eric Nelson. Student senate representatives Owen Schwanke and Mason Sulu-Mehus and … [Read more...]
Hot Shots (1/12)
Caledonia’s boys took on tough competition, losing to West Salem 93-79, beating #3 in AA Pequot Lakes 59-55 in overtime at the Target Center, then losing to #2 in AA Belle Plaine 78-76 as a part of the Southern Minnesota Hoop Festival (at Mayo High School). Sophomore Grant King scored 29, 27, and 28 points in the three games with 12 combined three pointers. The Warriors (3-0, … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (1/12)
Boys Basketball: Three Wins Runs Trojans Win Streak to Five Rushford-Peterson’s boys downed Baldwin-Woodville and TRC foe Fillmore Central at their home holiday tourney, and got a good Class AA win over Lake City at the Southern Minnesota Hoops Festival, to improve their win streak to five. The Trojans topped B-W 86-53 amidst the 3-Coop Shoot-for-Three tourney. Six Trojans … [Read more...]
Girl’s Basketball (1/12)
Girls Basketball: Falcons Top Trojans in Frenzied Overtime Game In an excellent girls basketball contest, FC took on R-P at the Trojans’ 3-Coops Holiday hoops tourney. It took overtime and featured 172 total points. FC came out inspired and built a 31-17 lead. R-P narrowed the score to 39-36 only for the Falcons to score the final six points of the half for a 45-36 lead at … [Read more...]