R-P Superintendent Dr. Ben Bernard was able to announce to the school board at their regular meeting June 17 that, with the hiring of middle school special education teacher Nathan Whitacre, the school was fully staffed for the 2024-2025 school year. Both the revised 2023-2024 and the proposed 2024-2025 budgets were approved after the examination of the budgets with the help … [Read more...]
Kingsland School Board Looking for New Board Member Applications for Upcoming Term
By Annika Doberenz At their latest meeting on June 17, the Kingsland School Board discussed topics ranging from faculty retirements to applications for the soon-to-be open seats on the board. Not only will Angel Apenhorse be resigning from her full-time position as custodian, but Theresa Zwart will be resigning in September from her position as the school’s bookkeeper, a job … [Read more...]
State Track & Field
Area track and field conglomerates Caledonia/Spring Grove, Grand Meadow/LeRoy-Ostrander/Kings-land/Southland, Lanes-boro/Fillmore Central/Mabel-Canton, and Rushford-Peterson/Houston plus standalone Chatfield took on the state Class A meet. Three of those schools had a least one state champion while the lowest top finish for all five was third. Another standout group of area … [Read more...]
Cardinals, Knights, Hurricanes Capture Conference Trap Titles
Eleven Journal area trap teams have completed the spring regular season with three capturing conference championships - Kingsland, Houston and LeRoy-Ostrander. Finishing as conference runners-up were Mabel-Canton and Rushford-Peterson. There was only one conference championship squad a year ago. All 11 clay target teams are currently seeking advancement in postseason action. … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Chatfield’s Carson Harstad took 10th place at the 1AA golf meet, finishing one stroke from tying for the final state spot. Caledonia gal Jazzlyn Hauser took 13th at the meet. Caledonia baseball, after going 19-1 in the regular season with 19-straight wins, went 0-2 in the playoffs, losing 4-2 each time. They finish at 19-3. Spring Grove baseball entered the week in the 1A … [Read more...]
Baseball
Trojans Down JWP, Make 1A Final Four After posting two wins in their first three playoff games to make a Memorial Day elimination game, Rushford-Peterson (10-seed, 9-14) took on Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton (9-seed, 11-11). The Bulldogs playoff highlight was knocking off top-seeded Southland 7-4 in the quarters. They entered their game with the Trojans having just lost to … [Read more...]
Track and Field: 38 Area Athletes Qualify for State
The Section 1A individual track and field meet was denoted by a couple things. Area teams Caledonia/Spring Grove, GMLOKS, RP/H, LFCMC and Chatfield were all busy, each qualifying at least four kids for state. Making state by standard was a common theme though each squad had a section champ. Warriors Mostly Speed Their Way to State, to Team Runner-up C/SG’s teams … [Read more...]
Softball: Warriors Finish as 1AA Runner-Up
It is probably Caledonia’s best season ever in softball. The Warriors won the TRC-East title and then won six playoff games. Two were won in nine innings. Cal knocked off the #1 ream in the state, handing Randolph its first loss. But alas, the Warriors needed to beat the Rockets twice and a second win did not happen. The #8 in Class AA Warriors (2-seed, 21-3) began their … [Read more...]
Boys Golf: Falcons and Lanesboro’s Brogle Grab Titles
Fillmore Central boys golf, despite graduating maybe the school’s top golfer ever (Jake Fishbaugher), marched on unabated by repeating as 1A champions. The Falcons (335) built a 20-stroke edge after Day 1, leading nearest foes BP (355) and R-P (355). FC was then again, the top shooting team Day 2. Brad Holten’s Falcons (674) reigned over BP (717) and Lanesboro (717) each by 43 … [Read more...]
Girls Golf: Scheevel and Falcons Grab 1A Titles, Burro Sisters Among Qualifiers
Just how long is the streak? Falcon golfers Myleigh Scheevel and Lily Miller might know. But even their memories are probably a little blurry at this point. Back in 2014, the duo was in elementary school watching their sisters Madison Scheevel (7th grader) and Grace Miller (8th grader) play at their first state golf meet. The sister combinations will graduate six and seven … [Read more...]