Kingsland business manager Julie Schreiber kicked off the Kingsland School Board December 16 meeting with their annual Truth and Taxation presentation. “Our funding will trail inflation by about $1,364 per pupil in 2025,” Schreiber said. “It (funding) has been increasing but it has not been keeping up with inflation. In 2026 there is going to be an automatic inflationary … [Read more...]
Football: State Honors Highlighted by L-O’s Hungerholt Earning Mr. Football
LeRoy-Ostrander/Lyle/Pacelli senior quarterback/defensive back Camden Hungerholt has been named Mr. Football for 2024 by the Minnesota Football Coaches Association. He is the first 9-Man player to receive the award in the 21 years of its existence. Hungerholt was honored on December 15 at the Mr. Football banquet in St. Louis Park. He was one of 10 finalists from all classes. … [Read more...]
Hot Shots (12/30)
LARP wrestling notched wins over Triton (36-33), Waseca (48-28), and Rochester-Century (45-21) at the Cobras triangular, then beat Lake City (55-12). The Screamin’ Eagles (2-0, 11-0) stayed perfect on the year. Zach Plank (189), Owen Lange (127), Carter Cady (152), Christian Zibrowski (121), and Quintin Betthauser (145) each went 4-0 in said duals. Class AA #2-ranked Caledonia … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (12/30)
Grand Meadow Ends 31-Game Losing Streak Last season, a young Grand Meadow boys team went 0-27. Adding in a couple losses to end the 2022-2023 campaign, and a couple more to start this season, the Superlarks losing streak sat at 31. But GM ended said streak at home versus Lyle/Pacelli. The Larks came back from double digit deficits in each half, and they also trailed in … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (12/30)
Southeast Conference Girls Basketball (12/17 - 12/20) Houston 46, Southland 43 (H: A. Boldt 20 pts (8-9 FTs); Avery Kingsley 12 pts; Emily Botcher 10 pts. Houston won despite going 1 of 12 from deep. They did hit 13 of 17 free throws (76%)) Grand Meadow 53, Lyle/Pacelli 44 (GM: G. Foster 18 pts (3-10 threes), 15 rebs, 6 asts; Rylee Schaufler 10 pts (4-5 FGs); Aspen Kolling … [Read more...]
Wrestling (12/30)
Wrestling: #1 Chatfield Tops #4 LCWM, Wins FCLMC’s Tourney The Chatfield wrestling machine kept rolling with a dominating top five dual matchup victory and a team win at FCLMC’s annual holiday tourney. The #1 Gophers’ second dual of the year was with #4 Lake Crystal-Wellcome-Memorial. The Knights were a state entrant a season ago, taking fifth, but a matchup with the … [Read more...]
Gymnastics (12/20)
Cal/SG/Hou 127.0500, Byron 138.1750 (The Warriors improved their team score considerably in this second meet of the season. Byron swept the top five all-around scores with the Warriors’ Harper Myrah sixth at 31.9250 and Madelyn Foellmi seventh with 31.4250. The Warriors’ highest finish was Myrah scoring fourth on beam at 8.1750. Myrah had the two highest scores with an 8.250 on … [Read more...]
Chatfield Students Sign Letters of Intent
Boys Basketball (12/23)
Hurricanes Notch Notable Early Win Over Schaeffer Academy Schaeffer Academy entered the contest riding high after beating usual SEC-East top dog Spring Grove. The Rochester Lions entered undefeated (4-0, 4-0) with other SEC wins over Kingsland, Lanesboro and Mabel-Canton. Houston entered having played just one game, with about a week since it occurred. But that did not stop … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
FCLMC’s Kane Larson notched four tech falls and a pin to win the 175-pound weight class at the 15-team La Crosse-Logan wrestling tourney. Ranked #5 at 172 in Class A, Larson improved to 11-1. Max Erdman scored a season-high 31 points as Kingsland beat Medford 75-38. Lanesboro’s Levi Rogers scored 22 points as Lanesboro won its first game, 64-48 over Lyle/Pacelli. Reid … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (12/23)
#6 Warriors Improved to 6-0 with Three Wins Caledonia’s girls played three games on the week, posting three wins. They scored 206 total points while holding their foes to just 64. At La Crescent/Hokah, it was not pretty for the hosts. The Lancers (0-6) scored just five points and made only one field goal, as Scott Sorenson’s 6th-ranked Class AA group prevailed 73-5. Aubrie … [Read more...]
Wrestling (12/23)
Chatfield Tops KoMets in Battle of Top Ranked Teams Kasson-Mantorville’s commentator called it the “Super Bowl of Section 1 wrestling.” For the second straight year, highly-ranked wrestling programs, Chatfield, #1 in Class A, and Kasson-Mantorville, #1 in Class AA, did battle in an early season dual. The Gophers entered as the defending Class A state champs while the KoMets … [Read more...]
Caledonia School Board Bids Farewell To Board Member Daniel Small
Caledonia Area Public School board members met Monday, December 16 at Caledonia Elementary School in room #162. Board member Mike Peterson called the meeting to order at 6 p.m., led with the Pledge of Allegiance, then conducted roll call. Board members present included Derek Adamson, Tim Gunn, Leigh King, Melissa Marschall, Daniel Small, Spencer Yohe and Peterson himself. … [Read more...]
R-P Sets 2024 Payable 2025 Levy
After the state mandated Truth in Taxation meeting held at the regular December 16 school board meeting, the R-P School Board certified a levy of $2,632,416; this is an 11.63% increase from the previous year. Toni Oian, Rushford-Peterson’s business manager, presented an informational spreadsheet regarding the district’s finances during the TNT meeting. Oian pointed out that … [Read more...]
Mabel-Canton School Board Chair Cristal Adkins Concludes Two Decades of Service
On December 17, 2024, Mabel-Canton School Board Chair Cristal Adkins presided over her final meeting after 20 years of service, including the last 10 years as board chair and was board chair twice before for two years. Reflecting on her tenure, Adkins said that she worked with 20 different board members and collaborated with five superintendents during her time on the board. … [Read more...]