The Section 1A individual track and field meet was denoted by a couple things. Area teams Caledonia/Spring Grove, GMLOKS, RP/H, LFCMC and Chatfield were all busy, each qualifying at least four kids for state. Making state by standard was a common theme though each squad had a section champ. Warriors Mostly Speed Their Way to State, to Team Runner-up C/SG’s teams … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Sub-section track and field meets were held. At the Sub-1 event, C/SG’s sprinters were on full display. Both boys’ sprint relays took first. Josh Beardmore (100, L-Jump, 4x100, 4x200) qualified in four events, notching firsts in all but the Long Jump. Gabe Curley (100, 200, 4x100), Eli Staggemeyer (4x100, 4x200, 100), Owen Staggemeyer (4x100, 4x200, 200), and Fischer Wait … [Read more...]
Baseball
Fourth-Inning Eruptions Propel Lions to Pair of Playoff Wins Spring Grove (6-seed, 13-7) advanced through the Section 1A baseball bracket with two very similar wins over Wabasha-Kellogg (11-seed, 6-14), 10-4, and Mabel-Canton (14-seed, 7-14), 8-1. Both games followed strangely similar scripts. Versus the Falcons in the Round of 16, the Lions wiped out a 2-0 deficit with a … [Read more...]
Softball
Warriors Push to Austin and 1AA Final Four Caledonia softball kept its strong season alive courtesy of three post-season wins in four tries. The Warriors (2-seed, 18-2) first took down Lake City (15-seed, 2-17) in the 1AA Round of 16. Caledonia had six extra base hits and a six-run third was their big inning in a five frame 11-1 win. It was their sixth straight victory by … [Read more...]
Track and Field (5/22)
Sub-1 Meet (St. Charles’ guys (151) topped RPH (128), and C/SG (113) with LFCMC (89) taking fifth. Cotter’s girls (171) topped the Saints (101.5) with LFCMC (81.5) taking fourth and RPH (67.5) sixth. Eight teams competed. LFCMC girls 1A meet qualifiers: the 4x800 (1st > 10:03.72 > Autumn Rakosnik, Sahara Morken, Kammry Broadwater, Lillyan Kiehne), Rakosnik (2nd 3,200), … [Read more...]
Baseball
Warriors Run TRC Table Caledonia baseball had the TRC-East title wrapped up entering the final week of the regular season. They capped an undefeated league season and kept up an epic pitching and defensive display in their final two games. Hosting Cotter, Ben Stemper authored a first inning RBI triple. It was all the runs 6’4” junior pitcher Garrett Konz needed, as he threw a … [Read more...]
Track and Field (5/16)
Winona Meet (RPH’s boys (148.5) took second to Cotter (191.5). PEM’s girls (152.5) topped LC/H (129) with RPH (102) taking fourth. RACE and Lewiston-Altura also competed. RPH boys’ firsts: Quintin Betthauser (110-hurdles > 15.53) and Gregg Gile (Triple Jump > 41’3 ½”). Gile added two second places (200, Long Jump). Casey Herek (110-H), Chace Drazkowski (Discus), and Ryan … [Read more...]
Golf
Have Big Week Fillmore Central’s golf teams ended the season strongly. FC’s girls first dominated W-K’s Tourney. Aaron Mensink’s group (344) topped Caledonia (384) to claim the team title. PEM (424), W-K (428), Lanesboro (433), and La Crescent/Hokah (451) also had full teams. L-A and R-P were incomplete. FC junior Lily Miller tossed out a leaderboard topping 12-over-par 84 … [Read more...]
LA-RP Dance Team Competes Nationally
Lewiston Altura-Rushford Peterson Dance Team members Lily Forrester and Paige Gordon competed with their Winona Just for Kix Senior Kix team at the Just for Kix, National Together We Dance Competition, held April 24-28 in Rochester, Minn., at the Mayo Civic Center. Lily, Paige and the Senior Kix dance team competed in the Senior Showcase on Friday, qualifying for finals and … [Read more...]
Softball
Warriors Blast Cotter Enroute to TRC-East Title The top two softball teams in the TRC-East, Caledonia (11-1, 15-2) and Cotter (12-1, 14-3), squared off the last week of the regular season, the winner grabbing the inside track to a division crown. There were some tense moments early. Caledonia scored a run in their first. The Ramblers left three runners in scoring position in … [Read more...]