Lions Top Larks in Early SEC Matchup A year ago, Spring Grove’s girls lost just once in winning the SEC title, to Grand Meadow 59-56. In an early notable SEC match-up, Taylor Elton’s Lions redeemed said defeat versus the Larks. The Lions shot 50% from the field, led 30-24 at half, began the second half with a 9-0 run, and led by double-digits thereafter in posting a 64-49 … [Read more...]
Chatfield School Board Votes Against Proposed Solar Project
At the December 4, 2024, school board meeting, board members David Sovinski, Katie Priebe, Josh Thompson, Tom Keefe and Mark Johnsrud were present. Also present were Superintendent Ed Harris, high school principal, Eric Nelson; Student Activities director, Dan Schindler; and Student Senate representatives Kylie Sinn and Jorja Fishbaugher. Board member Jill Harstad was … [Read more...]
M-C Hosts Joint Board Meeting with Mabel and Canton City Councils
Members of the Mabel and Canton city councils attended a joint board meeting hosted by the Mabel-Canton Public School Board on Wednesday, December 4, 2024, at the school in Mabel. The meeting has been held annually for approximately the last six years. Attendees at this year’s meeting agreed that it is a useful communication tool, is very informative, and should … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (12/2)
Warriors Top Lourdes in Early 1AA Showdown A year ago, Rochester-Lourdes beat Caledonia 61-59 in a 1AA semifinal on the way to the Eagles winning the Section 1AA title. To open this season, the teams squared off and the Warriors extracted revenge, riding their defense, and senior Josie Foster, to a season-opening marquee win. Scott Sorenson’s group controlled things from the … [Read more...]
Hot Shots (12/2)
Gracie Foster hit seven threes and scored 29 points to power Grand Meadow past Houston 59-38 in girls basketball. Aubry Boldt had 23 points as Houston beat Lewiston-Altura 54-35. Jensyn Storhoff scored 20 in Lanesboro’s 55-49 win over AC/G-E. SG got four in double figures in beating St. Charles 77-32. … [Read more...]
Football (12/2)
All-South-East District LeRoy-Ostrander/Lyle/Pacelli (7-0, 12-1) and Spring Grove (7-0, 9-1) shared the South-East sub-district title with the Cardinals advancing to the state semifinals. Kingsland (5-2, 8-3) took third and made the Section finals while A-C/G-E (3-4, 5-5), Southland (3-4, 5-5), Houston (3-4, 4-5), M-C (3-5, 3-6), GM (1-6, 1-8), and Lanesboro (0-7, 0-9) … [Read more...]
Money Talks as Kingsland Board Hears Audit Report
Jason Boynton of Smith Schafer presented the audit report for the district at the Kingsland School Board meeting on November 18. “Overall we have a clean opinion on the audit and there is nothing of concern to bring to the board’s attention,” Boynton said. “At the end of the fiscal year we averaged 542 students, which is down four. If you look back to 2016 there were 601 … [Read more...]
Girls Soccer: Post-season Awards
Caledonia/Spring Grove/Houston senior Josie Foster (11 goals, 2 assists) was named to the TRC All-Conference Soccer Team for a third straight season. Opponents never knew where she would challenge them, either anchoring the defense as goalkeeper or up the field as a scoring forward. Receiving Honorable Mention for a third season was junior midfielder Siri Konkel (6 goals, 10 … [Read more...]
Football (11/25)
#3 Fertile-Beltrami Finds Wright Answer Versus #5 L-O/L/P For three-plus quarters, it was literally back-and-forth. In a state semifinal contest at U.S. Bank Stadium, #5 LeRoy-Ostran-der/Lyle/Pacelli (South 1-seed, Section 1 Champ, 12-0) and #3 Fertile-Beltrami (North 2-seed, Section 6 Champ, 11-0) matched each other score for score. But then in the final 2-plus minutes of … [Read more...]
Volleyball (11/25)
Post-season Awards It was another big year for area volleyball teams. In the Three Rivers Conference, two teams made state. Chatfield (10-0, 29-6) won their second straight league title, the Section 1AA title, and finished fourth in St. Paul in their first ever appearance. Fillmore Central (8-2, 18-17) tied for second place in the league but won the Section 1A title and also … [Read more...]