Caledonia volleyball had two matches on the week. The second was the marquee one. The Warriors, ranked #10 in AA, hosted Decorah, ranked #4 in Class 4A in Iowa. The Vikings (8-0) came in having won the Charles City tournament days earlier. A classic volleyball battle ensured. It went five sets. Four were decided by the minimum numbers of points, two, while the other was … [Read more...]
Cougar VB Wins Floodwood Tourney, Starts 9-0
Mabel-Canton volleyball started it first full week of the season by staying busy on the court, and staying busy in the win department. Following up a season-opening revenge win over Grand Meadow, the Cougars easily handled “Journal 11” SEC squads Kingsland and Lanesboro. Versus the Knights, M-C cruised to a 3-0 sweep (25-11, 25-8, 25-2). The Cougars were 72 of 73 serving … [Read more...]
Spring Grove girls roll past Lyle/Pacelli
SG 3, Lyle/Pacelli 0 25-10, 25-6, 25-8 The visitors put up little resistance while a large Spring Grove crowd witnessed the 2022 home-opening pounding of Lyle/Pacelli on Aug. 30. Eight different Lion servers contributed to 20 service aces, their most instant winners in two seasons. Kenadee Gerard had match-highs with 11 kills and 5 ace serves. Lydia Solum scored … [Read more...]
Spring Grove gridders emphasize physicality up front
Football hopes are high again at Spring Grove in 2022, based on a trio of All-District skill players plus extraordinary depth in the line. The Lions are exceptionally experienced, returning seven of nine starters on both sides of the ball and almost all of the specialists in the kicking game. However, this experience comes off last year’s 3-5 season, the first losing record in … [Read more...]
Lions sink Southland in volleyball opener
SG 3, Southland 0 25-16, 25-12, 25-11 Spring Grove assumed control during the latter part of the first set and then dominated the remainder of the 2022 season-opening volleyball match at Southland on Aug. 25. The second set began with the Lions scoring with 11 kills on their first 12 attacks. The Grove girls then scored the first seven points of set three. Overall, … [Read more...]
Spring Grove girls take state ranking into 2022 season
After a 20-win season a year ago (20-10, 12-2 SEC), the Spring Grove volleyball team enters the 2022 campaign at No. 7 in the state coaches association Class A preseason poll, believed to be the program’s first state ranking. The Lions return five of their top nine performers and four of the six servers from a team that won two playoff matches to reach the Section 1A … [Read more...]
2022 Volleyball and Cross Country Preview
Volleyball Preview The 2021 season was a successful one for a host of “Journal 11” volleyball teams. Mabel-Canton (30-5), Caledonia (22-9), and Spring Grove (20-10) each made their respective section Final Four. The Cougars (SEC East) and Warriors (TRC) were league champs. Fillmore Central (16-13), Chatfield (19-9), and Rushford-Peterson (18-12) made it to Rochester and … [Read more...]
Area high school athletes excel at national clay target tournament
By Lee Epps Colton Tollefsrud of Mabel-Canton was in the top 4% of trap shooters at the USA High School Clay Target National Championships at Mason, Michigan on July 8-10. He hit 195 out of 200 flying clay targets to place 71st among 1,716 competitors. Spring Grove’s Taylor Reinhardt placed ninth among all 262 girls and 109th among all shooters (boys and girls). She and SG … [Read more...]
Girls softball program coming back to Spring Grove School
By Charlene Corson Selbee The Spring Grove School Board heard the girls and approved their request for a girls softball team. “It is very exciting. I also really like the way the process went about. Our students talked about and advocated.” Superintendent Rachel Udstuen continued, “What I really like about it, is our girls thought about it in exactly the right way and … [Read more...]
Mabel-Canton shooters among the state’s top five; Spring Grove, Kingsland teams also excel
By Lee Epps The Mabel-Canton trap team finished fifth in the state and Spring Grove 29th as the 2022 high school clay target season ended on June 25 at Prior Lake. Later in the day, there was a separate competition for the 100 All-State shooters to compete for individual honors, where Spring Grove seniors Camron Kraus and Carson Gerard both hit 98 of 100 flying clay … [Read more...]