Volleyball: Strong Programs Post Multiple Wins, Stay Unbeaten Mabel-Canton, Chatfield, Fillmore Central, and Caledonia could all be termed strong volleyball programs. Each team notched multiple wins, as the 2024 volleyball season had its first full week. #1 Cougars Down West Powers, Improve to 10-0 Mabel-Canton, ranked #1 in Class A, had three SEC matches, and came … [Read more...]
Cross Country (8/29)
Stewartville Bill Glomski Meet (Each race was just 3,200-meters per a warm and humid day. Cotter/Hope Lutheran’s boys (54) topped RAACHE (89) and St. Charles (132). Chatfield (226) took ninth, L/FC (320) 12th, and GMLOS (330) 13th of 17 complete teams. Cotter/HL freshman Erik Semling (10:17.2) was individual champ over Simley’s Niklas Abrahamson (10:34.6). The Ramblers had … [Read more...]
Soccer (8/27 & 8/29)
(G) Pine Island/Z-M 5, Caledonia/Spring Grove/Houston 0 (B) Cotter 7, Cal/SG/Houston 0 (Warriors > 0-1, 1-2) (G) Cal/SG/Houston 0, Cotter 6 (Warriors > 0-1, 1-2) … [Read more...]
Fall Sports Underway at Fillmore Central
At the August 27 Fillmore Central school board meeting, Superintendent Heath Olstad reported that a good number of students are participating in the fall sports season which is already underway. Nineteen students are signed up for cross country, 11 for cheerleading, 61 for football, and 38 for volleyball. The football field has been freshly painted and is ready for the first … [Read more...]
Football
2024 Prep Football Preview The 2024 season is year two of the new district alignment. Hence, nothing changes from last year as it pertains to districts and sections. Three Journal-covered squads enter the year coming off state runs. Kingsland broke a 20-year drought and progressed all the way to the 9-Man state finals before controversially and agonizingly falling. Fillmore … [Read more...]
Volleyball
SEC Volleyball - Season Openers (8/22 & 8/23) Lanesboro 3, LeRoy-Ostrander 2 > 25-19, 19-25, 22-25, 20-25, 17-15 (L: Jensyn Storhoff 24 assists, 4 aces; Ellie Howard 20 digs; Ava Rein 20 digs; Jentrey Schreiber 10 kills; Sari Rein 9 kills, 3 blks; Taylor Hanson 6 blks. L-O: Benita Nolt 15 kills, 12 digs, 2 blks, 2 aces; Brooke Jasper 5 kills 10 digs; Meah Stevens 20 … [Read more...]
Soccer
Caledonia/Spring Grove/Houston Soccer Preview The Caledonia/Spring Grove/Houston soccer girls return nine starters from last year’s team that went 4-11-2 (1-8-1 TRC). And that does not include All-Conference, leading scorer Loisah Gay (14 goals), who will miss her junior season with injury. All-Conference goalkeeper/forward Josie Foster is back along with two All-TRC … [Read more...]
Rushford-Peterson Fully Staffed
The Rushford-Peterson School Board heard at its August 19 meeting that the school was fully staffed with licensed teachers for the 2024-2025 school year. As part of the consent agenda, the following employees were hired as well: Nikki Bunke, cheerleading coach; Nathan Whitacre, assistant football coach; Lacey Drinkall, JH volleyball coach; Jacquelyn Guyette, head dance coach; … [Read more...]
Spring Grove School Board Approves Contracts for Executive Team
At the August 19 Spring Grove Public School Board meeting, the board unanimously approved a 3% annual increase for Principal Luke Kjelland’s salary over the next two years and reduced Assistant Superintendent Morken’s contract from 1.0 FTE to 0.4 FTE. Morken’s title in the spring will be Interim Superintendent. The board unanimously approved Udstuen’s contract with an increase … [Read more...]
2024 Area Prep Volleyball Preview
The 2023 high school volleyball season saw Mabel-Canton (14-0, 36-3) win its second straight Section 1A title and make state for a second straight year. Caledonia (9-1, 28-7) won the Section 1AA title and also made state. Each took fourth on the big stage. Fillmore Central (8-2, 23-8) was 1A runner-up, Chatfield (10-0, 26-3) made the 1AA final four, and Spring Grove (12-2, … [Read more...]