At their regular meeting February 12, the Lanesboro School Board approved the hiring of Garrett Stadsvold as its full-time business manager beginning February 16. Stadsvold will work four days a week on site and remotely the remaining day. This approval came immediately after the board cancelled a contract for such services with School Management Services (SMS) which originally … [Read more...]
Chatfield School Board Approved Revised FY 2025 Budget
At the February 12, 2025, meeting school board meeting, board members David Sovinski, Josh Thompson, Tom Keefe, Jill Harstad and Mark Johnsrud were present. Katie Priebe was not present. Also present were Superintendent Ed Harris, high school principal, Eric Nelson, elementary principal, Shane McBroom and student senate representatives Ella Lane and Kyla … [Read more...]
Houston School Board Considers Changes
As the Houston School Board considered the proposed calendar for next school year at their regular meeting February 6, the often mundane item led to good discussion. Superintendent Mary Morem suggested moving advisory to the end of the school day and altering the beginning of the day to 8:15 a.m. and the end to 3 p.m.. Students often need to leave early at the end of the day … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
FCLMC’s Kane Larson (172-pounds) and Cole Sass (189-pounds) won titles at the Pine Island Tourney. Larson set the Wolves’ all-time win record at 157. Houston’s Morgan Rohweder had two big scoring games, as he tossed in 42 points in a 95-61 win over Lyle/Pacelli and 31 in a 56-49 loss to Kingsland. Max Erdman went for 20 (pts) and 15 (rebs) in defeat. Carter Geiwitz scored 23 in … [Read more...]
Basketball (2/10)
Boys Basketball: #3 Warriors Win Three Non-Con Affairs, Up Streak to Eight Caledonia boys basketball posted a trio of non-conference wins on the week to continue their excellent season. At La Crosse Central, Brad King’s group annulled a 25-24 halftime deficit by out-scoring the Riverhawks 37-17 in the second half for a 61-42 win. Reid Klug (24 pts) and Garrett Konz (22 … [Read more...]
Wrestling (2/10)
Wrestling: #1 Gophers Sweep GMLOS/PEM, Sweep to TRC Title For a second straight year, Chatfield wrestling is the dominant TRC champions. The Gophers wrapped up their regular season dual-schedule by hosting GMLOS and PEM. Chatfield surrendered just three matches the entire night. Matt Mauseth’s group took out GMLOS 72-6. Jameson Priebe (107), Logan Pearson (114), Javier Berg … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Spring Grove’s girls beat Lanesboro 72-49, L-O 61-18, and New Hampton 66-47 to run their win streak to nine. Siri Konkel had 16 (pts) and 11 (asts) versus the Burros. Taylor Elton’s Lions (7-1, 14-3) lead the SEC over Grand Meadow (7-2, 14-2). Jensyn Storhoff had 22 points in the Burros’ loss to the Lions. Jorja Meyer scored 23 as Houston topped AC/G-E 68-51. The … [Read more...]
Boys & Girls Basketball (2/3)
Massive Week for Caledonia Hoopsters It was a momentous week for Caledonia boys and girls basketball. There were big wins and three personal milestones were accomplished. On Monday, the #6 in Class AA Warrior girls took on #2 in Class A Mayer Lutheran (13-1). The Crusaders came in having won 11 in a row, Caledonia seven in a row. Scott Sorenson’s group made a first … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (2/3)
Larks Win Three Non-Con Games, Streak to Six Grand Meadow girls basketball had a busy week of non-conference action. At Blooming Prairie, GM led 32-24 at the half. BP then closed to down two. With it 34-32, GM went on a 14-0 run to lead 48-32. GM had 26 offensive rebounds for 20 second-chance points; BP eight for six. The Larks prevailed 55-45. Lauren Queensland (24 … [Read more...]
Wrestling (2/3)
Wrestling: Gophers Claim Another Tourney Title For the fifth time this year, Chatfield’s Class A top-ranked Gopher male wrestlers won a team tourney title. At the Lake City Invite, Matt Mauseth and crew’s group (276.5) topped nearest foes, AAA teams Northfield (184) and Rochester-Mayo (167). LARP also competed (103.5), taking sixth (of 10). Seven Gophers won titles. … [Read more...]