Caledonia’s boys took on tough competition, losing to West Salem 93-79, beating #3 in AA Pequot Lakes 59-55 in overtime at the Target Center, then losing to #2 in AA Belle Plaine 78-76 as a part of the Southern Minnesota Hoop Festival (at Mayo High School). Sophomore Grant King scored 29, 27, and 28 points in the three games with 12 combined three pointers. The Warriors (3-0, … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (1/12)
Boys Basketball: Three Wins Runs Trojans Win Streak to Five Rushford-Peterson’s boys downed Baldwin-Woodville and TRC foe Fillmore Central at their home holiday tourney, and got a good Class AA win over Lake City at the Southern Minnesota Hoops Festival, to improve their win streak to five. The Trojans topped B-W 86-53 amidst the 3-Coop Shoot-for-Three tourney. Six Trojans … [Read more...]
Girl’s Basketball (1/12)
Girls Basketball: Falcons Top Trojans in Frenzied Overtime Game In an excellent girls basketball contest, FC took on R-P at the Trojans’ 3-Coops Holiday hoops tourney. It took overtime and featured 172 total points. FC came out inspired and built a 31-17 lead. R-P narrowed the score to 39-36 only for the Falcons to score the final six points of the half for a 45-36 lead at … [Read more...]
Wrestling (1/12)
Wrestling: Teams Excel at Bi-State Chatfield’s boys and girls, LARP’s boys and girls, and Caledonia/Houston’s boys wrestling teams all trekked to La Crosse for the 43rd annual Bi-State tourney featuring a hoard of top teams and top wrestlers from Minnesota and Wisconsin. All three schools got multiple placers at an event with around 40-50 wrestlers per weight … [Read more...]
Hot Shots (1/5)
Spring Grove/Mabel-Canton’s Siri Konkel had a point-assist double-double (15 pts, 10 asts) as the Lions beat St. Charles 69-32. SG/M-C (5-1, 8-2) leads the SEC over Southland (4-1, 6-1) and Lanesboro (4-1, 6-3). Caledonia’s girls, ranked #6 in Class AA, fell in two big games, losing a state quarterfinal re-match with Minnehaha Academy 55-54 and to Wisconsin’s … [Read more...]
Wrestling (1/5)
Girls Wrestling: Gophers Sweep Pine Island Quad As girls wrestling continues to grow, there will be increasingly more specific girls dual meets. Chatfield trekked to Pine Island for a girls quadrangular with the Panthers, Rochester-Mayo, and St. Charles. The Gophers, who have good girls wrestling participation numbers, won all three duals. They built a 45-18 lead on Mayo and … [Read more...]
Basketball (1/5)
Basketball: Trojan Teams Battle Southland in Key Cross Section Games Rushford-Peterson’s boys and girls basketball teams played a doubleheader at Southland. Though not pressing to Section seeding as much anymore (since the Trojans moved to Class AA), the game pitted four good teams against each other. The boys battle was a rematch of a 1A semifinal last year, won by R-P … [Read more...]
Houston Board Hears Updates on Schools’ Goals
At their October 2 meeting, the Houston School Board heard from all the administrations of the Houston Schools about the goals that have been set for this year. Houston Preschool set a goal to focus on Mat Man. Using scaffolded instruction, the teachers will work with students to draw Mat Man, a line drawing of a person. This helps with school readiness for the … [Read more...]
Hot Shots (12/29)
Caledonia’s basketball teams each went 2-0 on the week. The boys got 20 points from Coby Hammell in topping W-K 94-55, then Grant King scored 26 points as the Warriors topped Waverly-Shell Rock 70-49 at the Decorah Border battle. The Warriors (3-0, 5-1) and Winona-Cotter (2-0, 6-1) top the early TRC-East standings. The girls beat Houston 65-37 and W-K … [Read more...]
Basketball (12/29)
Basketball: R-P Boys Host SG, Goodhue and Chatfield The last full week before Christmas saw Rushford-Peterson boys in the spotlight, as they hosted rivals Spring Grove and Goodhue in notable non-conference matchups, then neighbor Chatfield in TRC action. On Monday, the Trojans (1-1 TRC, 2-1 overall) and Lions (2-0 SEC, 2-2 overall) carried on their decades long … [Read more...]