The Spring Grove boys opened the 2023-2024 basketball season with a runaway 68-36 road win over Schaeffer Academy on Dec. 12. Those other Lions residing in Rochester, hit a pair of early 3-point field goals and two free throws to lead 8-4 before being engulfed and undone by an avalanche of turnovers. Spring Grove outscored Schaeffer by 17 points in the first half (32-15) and by … [Read more...]
Basketball: Lion Teams Combine for 4-0 Week
Basketball teams from Spring Grove had a good week. The girls posted two wins to get off to a great start to the season while the boys opened with a couple of “W”s. The Lion girls first snuck past Schaeffer Academy. It was close all game with no team leading by more than six. Siri Konkel hit five of six free throws in the final 19 seconds to help propel SG to the 42-38 win. … [Read more...]
Spring Grove Schools Approves Property Tax Levy
The Spring Grove Public Schools held its annual Truth in Taxation public hearing before the regular school board meeting on Monday, December 18. The board unanimously approved an increase in the property tax levy of $1,042.979.00 or 156.7%. Superintendent Rachel Udstuen thanked everyone for attending and explained that there would be time for questions at the end of the … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Kingsland’s Beau Wiersma (RB), Parker Johnson (DE), and Ayden Howard (WR), and LeRoy-Ostrander’s Camden Hungerholt (QB), were honored as Nine-Man All-State in football. Wiersma and Johnson already earned Associated Press 2nd team All-State (all classes). Nine-man All-State HM selections included L-O’s Malyk Schaefer (OL/DL), M-C’s Cayden Tollefsrud (RB/LB), and SG’s Jaxon … [Read more...]
Gymnastics (12/15 & 12/26)
Kasson-Mantorville 131.1750, Caledonia/Spring Grove/Houston 127.400 (Harper Myrah ranked third, Vivian Kittleson fourth and Madelyn Foellmi fifth among 13 athletes in all-around. Kittleson had the highest individual score with an 8.7750 in floor exercise. She placed second in that event while Paizley Lange was second on vault (8.6500). Myrah ranked third on vault and placed … [Read more...]
Grove girls Pulverize Pirates in Border Battle
Thirteen of the 14 Lions were credited with rebounds as the Spring Grove girls pounded Postville (Iowa), 63-18 in the annual Minnesota-Iowa Border Battles in Decorah. It was a mismatch from the get-go, and the Pirates (1-5) did not score in the second quarter on the way to a 48-7 halftime avalanche. They added only two points in period three and overall, had more turnovers (34) … [Read more...]
Lion Girls Lead All Night, Defeat Knights, 52-44
The Spring Grove girls led throughout a 52-44 home win against Kingsland, an early-season result that could significantly affect the conference race later in the campaign. The Lions scored the first six points, led by seven at halftime (26-19) and would leads by as many as 13 in the second half before winning by eight. Spring Grove outscored the visitors by four points from the … [Read more...]
Strinmoen Voted Team MVP, Among Four All-District Lions
Jaxon Strinmoen was voted Most Valuable Player by his Spring Grove football teammates. He received Honorable Mention on the coaches’ 9-Man All-State Team and merited the prestigious Academic All-State award for his cumulative grade point average during his high school football career. He is one of four Lions named to the All-District Team: Strinmoen (6’4” 180 Sr. WR/LB), Jacob … [Read more...]
Gymnastics (12/7)
Caledonia/Spring Grove /Houston 124.3250, Byron 139.1750 (In all-around, Vivian Kittleson placed fourth, Madelyn Foellmi fifth and Harper Myrah sixth. The highest individual scores were Kittleson’s fifth-place 8.450 on vault and Foellmi’s sixth-place 8.3250 in floor exercise. Kittleson also had the highest finish, placing third on the balance beam (8.2500)) … [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...]