Girls Wrestling: Five From Chatfield and GMLOS Each Make State For the first time, girls wrestling had eight individual section tournaments to determine a 16-girl state field. Up until this point, two sections have been combined for a super sectional, an eight-girl state field. GMLOS and Chatfield have been two programs leading the charge in girls wrestling. Each got five … [Read more...]
Rushford-Peterson $24 Million Referendum Fails
In 2014, R-P School District voters approved the construction of a new school, which opened for the school year in 2017 at a cost of $33.5 million. Their previous school facility was considered to be one of the oldest in the State of Minnesota. On Tuesday, February 10, 2026, residents of the Rushford-Peterson School District took to the polls to cast their vote on a $24 … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Jensyn Storhoff scored 31 and 21 points, but Lanesboro’s girls lost to Southland 58-45 and PEM 50-47. She surpassed 2,000 career points versus the Bulldogs. Storhoff is just one of six girls from the Journal-covered schools to do so, joining GM’s Jessica Benson (2,188), Jordyn Glynn (2,072), and Sloan Benson (2,051), L-O’s Haley Hungerholt (2,507) and R-P’s Brianna Koop … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (2/9)
Boys Basketball: Burros Take Down Cards and Cougars Lanesboro basketball continued its big season, maybe its best week. Matt Asleson’s group took down TRC-West leading Lewiston Altura and SEC-East second place Mabel-Canton, holding both under 35% shooting. The Burros’ win over L-A was maybe their best of the year. The score was tied eight times around halftime. The teams … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (2/9)
Girls Basketball: Lanesboro, Houston, and R-P Take Aim at SG/M-C It was a week of notable games surrounding Spring Grove/Mabel-Canton’s girls. The Lions played at Lanesboro in a key SEC battle, then renewed rivalries with Houston and Rushford-Peterson, all solid teams. Lions Avenge Earlier Loss to Burros In a showdown between two of the three SEC leaders, SG/M-C … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (2/2)
Boys Basketball: Caledonia Ties for First With Wins over Chatfield/Cotter Caledonia boys basketball probably had its best week with two wins over high-quality TRC foes. At West second-place Chatfield (5-2, 9-6), TRC-East second-place Caledonia (5-2, 8-6) trailed 28-23 at the half and 40-32 midway thru the second. But the Warriors closed out the game hitting 13 of their final … [Read more...]
Hot Shots (2/2)
Carson Harstad scored 30 points, Ross Stoehr 28, and Brandt McBroom 21, as Chatfield downed D-E 92-86. The Gophers (6-3, 10-7) trail L-A (6-2, 11-3) in the TRC-West. Spring Grove’s boys, winners of five of six, got five in double figures in downing Kingsland 78-60 and Houston 74-51. Kaaleem Reiland for the Knights and Atreyu Florin for the Hurricanes each scored 23 in defeat. … [Read more...]
Wrestling (2/2)
Girls Wrestling: Chatfield Takes Second at Second State Dual Meet In the second incarnation of the Minnesota Wrestling Coaches Association girls dual championship, Chatfield had themselves a big event. Last year, they took 13th of 16. After a trio of hard-fought duals, the 8th-ranked Gophers wrestled for the state team title this year. In the Round of 16, Chatfield faced #9 … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (2/2)
Girls Basketball: #10 Warriors Clinch Share of East, Klug Become All-Time Scorer Caledonia girls basketball is on a roll. Scott Sorenson’s #10 in AA Warriors had a dominating three-win week that featured their best player setting the girls’ all-time scoring mark. In an afternoon Martin Luther King Day game, the Warriors ended the seven-game win streak of #6 in Class A Mayer … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (1/26)
Girls Basketball: #10 Warriors Run Win Streak to Five Caledonia’s girls continued their dominance of TRC competition with wins over Dover-Eyota at home and Lewiston-Altura on the road. The 9-4 Eagles usually put up a fight, but the teams’ league contest saw the Warriors dominate the second half 43-12. Said effort turned a 31-23 halftime lead into a 74-35 win. The Eagles were … [Read more...]