Spring Grove volleyball swept Lyle/Pacelli to finish off its regular season. Fillmore Central volleyball got 10 kills and 17 digs from Kyla Hellickson in topping Rushford-Peterson 3-0. The Falcons (8-2, 13-15) finish tied for second in the TRC with Cotter (8-2, 21-4) behind Chatfield (10-0, 24-4). Benita Nolt recorded her 1,000th career kill and L-O swept Schaeffer. Paisley … [Read more...]
Volleyball (10/28)
#2 Cougars Sweep SEC, Top GM in Showcase Match Mabel-Canton ended its regular season by finishing their SEC schedule perfectly, notching their 30th win, then winning another SEC East-West Showcase match. Lonnie Morken’s #2-ranked crew won its final league game by sweep of Southland (25-5, 25-14, 25-21). The Rebels biggest pop was setter Maren Wehrenberg getting to 1,000 … [Read more...]
Football (10/28)
#2 Chatfield Runs Through #8 Cannon Falls to White Title On paper, it was a match-up of two ranked Class AA schools, each fighting for a stake in the Southeast-White title. On the field, it was #2 Chatfield (5-0, 7-0) controlling Cannon Falls’ running game and running wild on offense in a match-up that was a one-sided. If there was one point where it all started to go … [Read more...]
Cross Country (10/28)
LARPH Boys Top Cotter at TRC Meet The Section 1A boy’s cross-country rivalry between Lewiston-Altura/Rushford-Peterson/Houston’s boys and Cotter/Hope Lutheran was again on full display at the Three Rivers Conference Meet. Last year’s state Section 1A representatives dueled to the end with a narrow gap separating the two. The Ramblers motus-operandi held true. Their top three … [Read more...]
R-P Paraprofessionals Address School Board
The Rushford-Peterson School Board October 21 meeting was visited by many of the paraprofessionals employed by the district. Contract negotiations have been ongoing since February; the paras came to the meeting to publicly comment on the sticking points. Before the public comment period was opened, board chair Chris Grindland reminded the meeting that the time was not … [Read more...]
Cross Country (10/8)
PEM Jodi Rahman Meet (Cotter/Hope Lutheran’s boys (43) nipped LARPH (46) for first. Chatfield (195) took seventh and LFC (209) ninth of 10 total complete teams. The Ramblers had the top three; Ryan Littlefield (16:14.2), Erik Semling (16:14.7), and Kellen Groth (16:27.2). LARPH put five in the top 15; Trey Hegland (4th > 16:32.5), Brennan Kunst (7th > 16:54.9), Aaron … [Read more...]
Soccer Playoffs (10/7 & 10/9)
(B) 1A Play-In > 9-seed Caledonia/Spring Grove/Houston 0, 8-seed PEM 1 (With the 9-seed, the Warrior boys fell in the section tournament opener at 8-seed P-E-M. During the regular season, the boys had lost once and tied once against the Bulldogs. P-E-M improved to 4-10-4 while C/SG/H closed the season at 1-13-1) (G) 1A Quarterfinal > 8-seed Caledonia/Spring … [Read more...]
Hot Shots (10/21)
Cotter/Hope Lutheran (43) nipped a less-than-full-strength LARPH boys cross country team (46) at the PEM Meet. Trey Hegland (4th), Brennan Kunst (7th), and Aaron Ploetz (8th) finished top 10 for LARPH. LFC’s Autumn Rakosnik took a narrow second to Cotter/HL’s Sonja Semling while Chatfield’s Lexi Kivimagi took third, LARPH’s Caitlin Bauer sixth, and LFC’s Lillyan Kiehne 8th. … [Read more...]
Football (10/21)
Hungerholt Runs Wild over M-C as #5 LO/L/P Stays Perfect Mabel-Canton (3-3) controlled time of possession. The Cougars ran 67 offensive plays and amassed 313 yards of offense. Fifth-ranked LeRoy-Ostrander/Lyle/Pacelli (6-0) ran just 23 offensive plays. But Cardinal senior quarterback Camden Hungerholt ran wild and 23 plays netted 539 yards (23 yards per play) as visiting … [Read more...]
The Sound of Enthusiasm Fills the Music Room at St. Mary’s
Meet the energetic new music teacher at St. Mary’s School in Caledonia, Molly Graff. She comes from a family of teachers. In fact, she is the fourth generation of teachers in her family and the second-generation music teacher. Her mother recently retired from teaching music. “It holds a special place in my heart that my great-great-grandma was a teacher, and then both of my … [Read more...]