Girls Basketball: Lanesboro, Houston, and R-P Take Aim at SG/M-C It was a week of notable games surrounding Spring Grove/Mabel-Canton’s girls. The Lions played at Lanesboro in a key SEC battle, then renewed rivalries with Houston and Rushford-Peterson, all solid teams. Lions Avenge Earlier Loss to Burros In a showdown between two of the three SEC leaders, SG/M-C … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (2/2)
Boys Basketball: Caledonia Ties for First With Wins over Chatfield/Cotter Caledonia boys basketball probably had its best week with two wins over high-quality TRC foes. At West second-place Chatfield (5-2, 9-6), TRC-East second-place Caledonia (5-2, 8-6) trailed 28-23 at the half and 40-32 midway thru the second. But the Warriors closed out the game hitting 13 of their final … [Read more...]
Hot Shots (2/2)
Carson Harstad scored 30 points, Ross Stoehr 28, and Brandt McBroom 21, as Chatfield downed D-E 92-86. The Gophers (6-3, 10-7) trail L-A (6-2, 11-3) in the TRC-West. Spring Grove’s boys, winners of five of six, got five in double figures in downing Kingsland 78-60 and Houston 74-51. Kaaleem Reiland for the Knights and Atreyu Florin for the Hurricanes each scored 23 in defeat. … [Read more...]
Gymnastics (1/22)
Pine Island/Zumbrota-Mazeppa 131.5, Caledonia/Spring Grove/Houston 127.075 (Harper Myrah was first in all-around on Senior Night. Ayla Lange earned the Warriors’ two best individual scores of 8.65 while placing third on vault and 8.6 for third in floor exercise. Vivian Kittleson finished second on the parallel bars. Warriors > 3-11) … [Read more...]
Wrestling (2/2)
Girls Wrestling: Chatfield Takes Second at Second State Dual Meet In the second incarnation of the Minnesota Wrestling Coaches Association girls dual championship, Chatfield had themselves a big event. Last year, they took 13th of 16. After a trio of hard-fought duals, the 8th-ranked Gophers wrestled for the state team title this year. In the Round of 16, Chatfield faced #9 … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (2/2)
Girls Basketball: #10 Warriors Clinch Share of East, Klug Become All-Time Scorer Caledonia girls basketball is on a roll. Scott Sorenson’s #10 in AA Warriors had a dominating three-win week that featured their best player setting the girls’ all-time scoring mark. In an afternoon Martin Luther King Day game, the Warriors ended the seven-game win streak of #6 in Class A Mayer … [Read more...]
Hard Hat High School Possibilities
At their January 22 meeting, the Houston School Board listened to a presentation by St. Charles Superintendent Rob Routh, Houston Superintendent Mary Morem and Houston’s Director of Educational Success and Innovation Michael Mangan as they explained the concept of creating a partnership high school along I90 near St. Charles. This collaborative career and technical education … [Read more...]
Fillmore Central Names Theater After Teacher/Director Robert O’Reilly
At the January 27 Fillmore Central School Board meeting, the board committee assignments were set for the 2026 year. All board members will continue to serve on the same committees as last year. The official appointments and designations for 2026 were also set with all staying the same as 2025. The Math Wizards did well at their first competition of the season on January 5. … [Read more...]
Kingsland Board Hears Update On New Curriculum
On Wednesday, January 21, the Kingsland School Board began their first meeting of the year with a presentation from teachers Angela Forland, fifth and sixth grade, and Tara Holmen, first grade, who spoke to the group about the new reading curriculum Minnesota’s Reading to Ensure Academic Development (READ) Act was signed into law in 2023. The goal of the act is to have all … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (1/26)
Girls Basketball: #10 Warriors Run Win Streak to Five Caledonia’s girls continued their dominance of TRC competition with wins over Dover-Eyota at home and Lewiston-Altura on the road. The 9-4 Eagles usually put up a fight, but the teams’ league contest saw the Warriors dominate the second half 43-12. Said effort turned a 31-23 halftime lead into a 74-35 win. The Eagles were … [Read more...]