Warriors Post Second Straight 4-1 Week For a second straight week, Caledonia baseball won four of five games. Their 12-3 record over the final 15 games has them a top four post-season seed. Shawn Bauer’s group first avenged a loss to Lewiston-Altura. The Warriors scored four in the bottom of the first and then never looked back in a 9-1 win. Reid Klug gave up just one … [Read more...]
Track and Field (5/26)
GMLOKS is State True Team Runner-Up, LFCMC Takes 8th For a third straight year, GMLOKS girls track and field is the state True Team runner-up. For the second straight year, they do so by a very narrow margin, and this year against the team they topped at sections. Aaron Thauwald’s group (538) took second to 1A rival Cotter/Hope Lutheran (543.5) with Luverne (485.5) taking … [Read more...]
Softball (5/26)
Hurricanes Ascend to Shared SEC Title Playing games of descending toughness, Houston softball posted a 3-0 week with two big victories. They ascended to a share of the SEC title. The biggest win was a Tuesday showdown with league leader Southland. Houston took advantage of 12 walks and they hammered out 10 hits. Josh Swenson’s ‘Canes built a 10-1 lead midway through the … [Read more...]
R-P to Vote on Building Referendum in November
Superintendent Dr. Ben Bernard presented the results and recommendations of the Steering Committee for a possible building project at the May 19 regular Rushford-Peterson school board meeting. Three meetings were held on April 30, May 5, and May 14 with an average attendance of 20 people. Members of the committee had been solicited from the entire community. According to … [Read more...]
Hot Shots (5/19)
R-P boys golf handed La Crescent/Hokah its first loss of the season, 165 to 167. Trojan Jaxson Meldahl then shot a 39 to medal in a win over W-K. Brody Srsen and Brock Sikkink each had 39s as FC beat Crestwood. Aiden Arnold shot a one-under 35 and Srsen a 37, as the Falcons topped Cotter with a season-low 156. LC/H (7-1, 7-1) leads the TRC-East over R-P (7-2-1, 7-2-1) and FC … [Read more...]
Baseball (5/19)
Gophers Run Win Streak to Seven, Fall to Panthers Chatfield baseball started the year 1-8. In an excellent turnaround, Brian Baum’s Gophers have rallied with a big win streak. Chatfield topped FC/L 3-2. The Gophers led 3-1 after five. FC/L scored one in the sixth and had runners on second and third but Westin Nolte came in and got two strikeouts. He set down the final five … [Read more...]
Softball (5/19)
Houston Ups Win Streak to Five Houston mercy-ruled three foes on the week to up their win streak to five. Alden-Conger/G-E fell 27-2 in four innings. Kylie Stinson (4-5 two 2B, 3B, 8 RBI, 4 R), Claire Frauenkron (4-5, 3B, HR #2, 5 RBI, 3 R, 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K), Julia Swenson (4-5, two 2B, 4 RBI, 4 R), and Rylee Boldt (4-4, 2B, 3 RBI, 5 R) all had huge games. Olivia … [Read more...]
Golf (5/19)
Burros Teams Each Stay Perfect, Wrap Up SEC Titles Lanesboro’s golf teams swept meets with Southland and GMLO. Each improved to 8-0 on the year and wrapped up SEC regular season titles by doing so. Hosting the Rebels, the boys won 180-192 at Lanesboro’s par-35 golf course. Jack Brogle (38) medaled while Holdyn Willford (46), Grant Horihan (47), and Dayton Haugen (49) also … [Read more...]
Track & Field (5/19)
Track and Field: GMLOKS Girls Win Sixth Straight 1A True Team Title, LFCMC Makes State, Too For a sixth straight year, GMLOKS girls track and field captured the Section 1A True Team crown. It was a tight race to the top, as Aaron Thauwald’s group (1160.5) bested Cotter/Hope Lutheran (1156.5) by a mere four points. LFCMC (1087), St. Charles (1045.5), and Lake City (912.5) … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Coming back from down 6-0, R-P baseball got a Creighton Hoiness walk-off RBI single to top D-E 9-8. Chase Johnston drove in four runs and Ben Carrier threw out the tying run at home to end the game, as Chatfield topped L-A 9-8 in eight innings. The Gophers (5-5, 5-8) also took two from W-K to win their fourth in a row. Caledonia (5-3, 6-4) beat Lourdes 8-7 in nine innings on a … [Read more...]