Chatfield Gophers
Head Coach: Jeff DeBuhr 2023 Season: The Gopher girls were Section 1A True Team runner-up and took third at state. The boys finished fifth at True Team sections. The girls were TRC Meet runner-up while the boys took fifth. Nine total Gophers went to state individually including the boys and girls 4x100 and 4x200 teams. The boys 4x200 (Sam Backer, Thad Evans, Isaac Erding, … [Read more...]
Chatfield Gophers
Head Coach: Brent Berge (new) Where We Left Off in 2023: Chatfield went 10-4 in the TRC and 13-6 overall last year. They got bounced by Caledonia 4-0 in the 1AA East quarterfinals. Seniors: Kieran Schmaltz (RF), Braelee Horsman (3B), Alexis Hinckley (C). Juniors: Brittin Ruskell (2B), Kendall Knutson (LF), Katryn Johnson (P/SS), Anna Bernau (OF). Key Returning … [Read more...]
Lanesboro/Fillmore Central/Mabel-Canton
Head Coaches: Alex Aiken (boys), Lori Anderson (girls) 2023 Season: Both the LFCMC girls and boys qualified by Wild Card for the state True Team meet. The girls took sixth and the boys seventh. Each team has gone to state the last five years. Seven athletes qualified for state individually. The 4x800 (Isaac Snyder, Luke Ruen, Jayce Kiehne, Sam Springer) took third. Kiehne … [Read more...]
Chatfield Board Agrees to Submit Facility Project Review
At the March 20 school board meeting, board members Jill Harstad, David Sovinski, Josh Thompson and Mark Johnsrud were present as well as Superintendent Ed Harris, Elementary Principal Shane McBroom, and Trista O’Connor, business manager. Student senate members Ella Lane and Anna Bernau were also present. Board members Katie Priebe and Tom Keefe were not … [Read more...]
Spring Grove School Referendum Project Update
ISG Business Unit Leader Kevin Bills and Kraus-Anderson Construction Company Senior Project Manager Chad Pike appeared before the Spring Grove School Board on Monday evening, March 18, to update the board on the design and budget of the school’s current referendum project. Pike explained that ISG is in charge of the design and Kraus-Anderson oversees budgeting and … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball
All Three Rivers Conference Final Three Rivers Conference standings saw Cotter (12-2, 24-6) and Caledonia (12-2, 20-9) share the TRC-East ahead of Rushford-Peterson (8-5, 21-8), Fillmore Central (7-6, 17-11), and La Crescent/Hokah (3-13, 6-21). Dover-Eyota (13-3, 22-7) won the West over PEM (11-4, 18-10), Chatfield (8-7, 15-13), Lewiston-Altura (5-11, 7-2), Wabasha-Kellogg … [Read more...]
Spring Grove Prepares for Summer
Spring Grove City Council members met Tuesday, March 19 at 168 West Main Street. Mayor Saundra Solum called the meeting to order at 6 p.m., then led with the Pledge of Allegiance. Council members present included Karen Folstad, Heather Edgington, Trent Turner and Mike Hagen. Also, in attendance were City Clerk/Administrator Jana Elton and CEDA’s (Community and Economic … [Read more...]
Caledonia Public Schools Looks Ahead to 4th Quarter
Caledonia Area Public School board members met Monday, March 18 at Caledonia Elementary School in room #162. Board member Mike Peterson called the meeting to order at 6 p.m., led with the Pledge of Allegiance, then conducted roll call. Board members present included Derek Adamson, Tim Gunn, Leigh King, Melissa Marschall, Daniel Small and Spencer Yohe. Also, in attendance were … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball
Boys Basketball: All Three Rivers Conference Caledonia (13-1, 23-5) shared the TRC-East with La Crescent/Hokah (13-1, 20-8) while the rest of that division, Rushford-Peterson (8-6, 21-8), Winona-Cotter (8-7, 17-11), and Fillmore Central (4-10, 16-14) also sported good teams. In the TRC-West, Lewiston-Altura (10-5, 18-10) won the division crown followed by St. Charles (7-8, … [Read more...]