The yearly Truth in Taxation hearing was held at the beginning of the regular Rushford-Peterson board meeting December 18. Using the MREA template, Business Manager Toni Oian presented the proposed taxes that will be collected in 2023-2024 and used to finance the school for the 2024-2025 school year. The state continues to lag behind inflation in its funding. Funding will … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball
TRC Girls Basketball (12/5) Caledonia 62, Fillmore Central 49 (C: A. Klug 32 pts (7-13 threes); Josie Foster 8 pts, 15 rebs. FC: K. Broadwater 20 pts, 14 rebs, 4 stls; Kyla Hellickson 11 pts, 10 rebs. Cal hit 11 threes to FC’s two) Chatfield 46, PEM 63 (C: E. Goldsmith 13 pts, 11 rebs; Katryn Johnson 10 pts. Chatfield shot 13 of 52 (24.5%), winning from deep (eight threes … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball
TRC Boys Basketball (12/5) Fillmore Central 56, #8 in AA Caledonia 92 (C: L. Doyle 19 pts (3-8 threes), 7 rebs, 11 asts, 8 stls; E. Stendel 14 pts, 12 rebs; Mason King 12 pts; Reid Klug 12 pts, 8 rebs; Garrett Konz 10 pts. FC: L. Hellickson 22 pts (4-8 threes). Jayce Kiehne DNP) PEM 65, Chatfield 53 (C: Carson Harstad 17 pts; Cole Novotny 10 pts. Chatfield led 25-23 at … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Chatfield wrestling (2-0, 2-0) hammered Cal/Hou 58-6 and PEM 64-9 in a notable early season triangular. At the Hutchinson Tourney, Gophers Chloe Berg (124) and Grace Finley (142) each authored five pins in winning titles. FCLMC’s Kane Larson (11-0) won 157-pounds at the Logan Tourney. GMLOS’ Cael Smith won 126-pounds at the South Winn Tourney. Cal/Hou’s Owen Denstad went … [Read more...]
Old R-P School on the Market Again
Entrepreneurs have not missed their chance – the old Rushford-Peterson School is once again available to purchase for $225,000. When the new R-P School was built in 2017, the old building consisting of the original 1906 building as well as additions completed in 1936, 1958 and 1968 was offered for sale in 2019. At that time three entities ultimately submitted bids for the old … [Read more...]
2023 Wrestling Preview
The wrestling season starts with changes. Section realignment took place. Chatfield and LFCMC remain in 1A with Dover-Eyota, Goodhue, GMLOS, Kenyon-Wanamingo, St. Charles, Triton, Wabasha-Kellogg and 1AA drop-down LARP. Caledonia/Houston moves into 1AA with Austin, Byron, Cannon Falls, Kasson-Mantorville, La Crescent/Hokah, Lake City, Pine Island, PEM., Stewartville, Waseca and … [Read more...]
2023 Girls Basketball Preview
The girls basketball season starts with some changes. This year is the first year of the shot clock. Mabel-Canton does not have enough for a squad, nor does Glenville-Emmons, so the SEC has just nine teams. It will be one big league (no divisions). M-C is sharing with Spring Grove. Section re-alignment took place. Notably, defending 1AA champion Goodhue is back in Section … [Read more...]
R-P School Board Approves Strategic Plan
The newly completed R-P strategic plan for 2023-2028 was presented for approval at the November 20 school board meeting. Superintendent Dr. Ben Bernard enthused, “It’s a really nice document!” Bernard said his role was as a facilitator; the plan was created by the strategic committee and surveys of the public. In total, the strategic committee met for five sessions as they … [Read more...]
All-TRC Cross Country
All-Conference in cross country is determined by the TRC Meet, which occurred on October 17. All the All-TRC kids were noted in the October 30 Fillmore County Journal Sports, but a few things could have elaborated on. Making All-TRC on the boys side were LARPH’s Ryan Prinsen, Brennan Kunst, Aaron Ploetz, Isaac Rasmussen, Tyler Betthauser, Treyton Heyland and Hunter Rislov, … [Read more...]
Cross Country: LARPH Boys, Rakosnik, and Kivimagi Take on State
The area’s top cross-country runners took on their last event of the year, the state meet at Les Bolstad Golf Course in Falcon Heights. LARPH’s boys team, LFC’s Autumn Rakosnik, and Chatfield’s Lexi Kivimagi all had solid showings. Rakosnik competed in her first state meet. She took a very impressive 28th place (19:59.4), the third best 8th grader in the field. It was her third … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Spring Grove (4-seed, 22-6) volleyball led game five of a 1A quarterfinal versus Alden-Conger (5-seed, 23-5) by a 9-5 tally, but fell 16-14 to lose the match 3-2 (15-25, 25-16, 16-25, 25-20, 14-16). Joelle Halverson had 23 kills and Sydney Holland 25 digs in the defeat, as the Lions’ season ends at 22-7. Rushford-Peterson (7-seed, 15-12) also lost a 1A quarterfinal match in … [Read more...]
Volleyball Playoffs – Section 1A (10/31)
(Quarterfinal) 5-seed Alden-Conger (23-5) 3, 4-seed Spring Grove (22-6) 2 > 15-25, 25-16, 16-25, 25-20, 14-16 (SG: S. Holland 25 digs, 19-19 serving; J. Halverson 23 kills; Jordis Neeley 16 kills, 19 digs, 3 aces; Hailey Normann 10 kills; Kendal VanMinsel 5 kills, 48 assists, 2 aces; Izabel Kaufmann 16 digs. The teams essentially took turns in controlling the first four … [Read more...]
Cross Country: LARPH Boys Grab Section Title
The dynasty continues. For the fifth straight year, the Lewiston-Altura/Rushford-Peterson/Houston boys cross-country team is heading to state. For the third straight event to end this season, LARPH flipped-flopped with Winona-Cotter for first and second. The teams flip-flopped 1A Meet finishes after also going first and second last year. The Ramblers first two runners … [Read more...]
Volleyball Playoffs
Section 1A Volleyball Playoffs (10/23 & 10/26) (Play-In) 17-seed Houston (5-21) 3, 16-seed Kingsland (8-17) 2 > 13-25, 20-25, 25-23, 25-19, 15-8 (H: Emily Botcher 14 kills, 7 digs, 11 assists, 4 aces; E. Carrier 18 digs; Jorja Meyer 6 kills; Avery Kingsley 3 kills, 11 digs, 5 aces; Cadence Koehler 14 digs, 5 aces; Olivia Yohe 11 assists, 12 digs, 3 aces. K: K. … [Read more...]
Cross Country: Chatfield’s Kivimagi Grabs Girls Title, Rakosnik Runner-up
It was a dramatic end to a race, from an individual perspective. It was also a scary end. Down the home stretch of the girls 1A cross country meet, it came down to the favorite, Cotter’s Sonja Semling, LFC youngster Autumn Rakosnik and Chatfield’s Lexi Kivimagi. Semling, the two-time defending champion, was in first place heading to the last 300-meters or so. But she would … [Read more...]