#5 Cardinals Use Fourth Quarter to Down Kingsland, Make State Looking to defend their Section 1 9-Man crown, Kingsland (3-seed, 8-2) never trailed versus #5 in 9-Man LeRoy-Ostrander/Lyle/Pacelli (1-seed, 10-0) until the fourth quarter. It took a long fourth down touchdown pass to finally put the Cardinals ahead, as L-O/L/P won its second Section 1 9-Man title in four years. … [Read more...]
Volleyball (11/11)
6-seed Fillmore Central Tops #2 Mabel-Canton For 1A Title The 1A volleyball tournament was denoted by a six and a seven-seed winning in the quarterfinals. The team to come out of the section does so with a 17-15 record. Playing their best volleyball of the year, 6-seed Fillmore Central earned its second ever state berth by beating top-seed Mabel-Canton in the … [Read more...]
Chatfield Welcomes Six New Teachers
Michael Christie is teaching seventh grade American History and eighth grade Geography at the middle school in Chatfield. He is a graduate of St. Charles High school and Winona State University with a bachelors in Social Studies Education, grades 5-12. He also has a Masters from Mankato State University in Teaching and Learning with history specialization. He went into the … [Read more...]
Meet the New Fillmore Central Teachers
Belle Berg, the new Third grade teacher at Fillmore Central, graduated from Chatfield High School and earned a degree in Elementary Education with a Reading Endorsement from Luther College. She was inspired to become a teacher by her late grandmother, Linda Schulz, who was Berg’s elementary school secretary. “She touched so many lives, and I can only hope to make a difference … [Read more...]
Volleyball (11/4)
Larks Top Burros to Make Rochester Playing a competitive 1A Round of 16 volleyball playoff contest were 9-seed Lanesboro (17-13) and 8-seed Grand Meadow (15-13). Control mostly went from one team without too much fluctuation. Matt Rosaaen’s Larks led start to finish for a game one 25-11 win, as the Burros found their footing with a new setter. In set two, they did so, … [Read more...]
Cross Country: History Repeats Itself at 1A Meet, LARPH Boys Grab Section Title
The Section 1A cross country meet presented a lot of deja-vu from recent memory. LARPH’s boys, LFC’s Autumn Rakosnik, and Chatfield’s Lexi Kivimagi all ran their way back to state, repeating last year. And deja-vu particularly centered around Matt Kingsbury’s Card-Tro-Canes. Like last year, LARPH topped nearest foe Cotter/Hope Lutheran. Like last year, it was close. LARPH … [Read more...]
Football (11/4)
Knights Blank M-C, Down #6 SG on Field Goal to Make Section Final It has been a pretty remarkable two years for Kingsland football, coming off many years that were not. For a second straight campaign, Matt Kolling’s group will play to go to state. They made it that far in about as memorable a way as possible. Kingsland (3-seed, 6-2) started with a quarterfinal matchup with … [Read more...]
After Board Approval, Kingsland Seniors Succeed in Shortening Their Academic School Year
At their October 21 meeting, the Kingsland School Board reviewed a proposal from the 2025 senior class, which asked the school to consider allowing the seniors’ last academic day be May 16. “Effectively we would be forgiving three academic days for them,” Superintendent Scott Klavetter stated. According to the proposal, the class believes this would save students from … [Read more...]
Spring Grove School Board Approves Construction Bids
The Spring Grove School Board unanimously approved by roll call base construction bids totaling $2.4 million at its October 21 regularly scheduled meeting. Chad Pike, Senior Project Manager at Kraus-Anderson Construction Company, reviewed the bids in detail before the board voted. He noted that the bids went out as planned this fall, with bids due at the beginning of … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
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...]
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...]