Alan Lochner of Spring Grove was named a 2022 Assistant Coach of the Year by the Minnesota Basketball Coaches Association. The veteran mentor was one of only 10 statewide to receive the honor and the only one coaching in a smaller Class A school. During his 26 seasons as an assistant at Spring Grove, the Lions have won 16 Southeast Conference Championships, four … [Read more...]
Track and Field (3/24 & 2/26)
Luther College (Indoor) Invite (Event wasn’t team scored. It featured LFCMC, L-A, Caledonia/Spring Grove, and Chatfield. LFCMC 1st places: Brielle Ruen (55), Morgan Pickett (1,600), Lynsey Ruen (55-hurdles), the girls 4x400 (Pickett, Jersey Ristau, Macayla Brogle, Ruen), Addie Miner (Pole Vault), M-Brogle (Long Jump), Carson Ruen (1,600), Will Harvey (55-hurdles), the boys … [Read more...]
Track and Field Preview Lanesboro/Fillmore Central/ Mabel-Canton
Head Coaches: Lori Anderson (girls), Alex Aiken (boys) Where We Left off in 2021: Burro teams each took second to GMLOKS at the three-team SEC Meet. Both the girls and boys teams were Section 1A True runner-up. Each qualified for state by “wild card.” The boys took second and the girls third at state True Team. LFCMC sent five individuals and a relay to the individual state … [Read more...]
Warriors Claim Third Place at State
Caledonia boys basketball finished another excellent season. The Warriors won their final game of 2021-2022. And though it wasn’t for the state title, they added their mark to Caledonia tradition. Fast Start Sends Caledonia Over Perham in Quarterfinals Last year, Caledonia made it to the state finals. This year, the Warriors (2-seed, 27-1, Section 1AA champion) entered … [Read more...]
All-Three Rivers Wrestling
The Three Rivers All-Conference wrestling is highlighted by multiple selections from good Journal 11 squads Chatfield, Caledonia/Houston, and LARP. The conference champion Gophers have a league-high nine All-TRC picks. Chatfield gets three seniors (Grady Schott, Ethan Ruskell, and Caden Nolte), one junior (Ryan House), two sophomores (Gage Bartels, Kail Schott), and three … [Read more...]
All-Southeast Girls Basketball
Grand Meadow (23-7), Kingsland (19-9), and Lanesboro (19-9) were the top teams in the SEC. The All-SEC girls basketball team is thus headed by players from the Larks, Knights, and Burros. Section runner-up Grand Meadow gets two 1st Team All-SEC picks and two 2nd Team All-SEC selections. Sisters Kendyl Queensland (5’9” Jr. G) and Lauren Queensland (5’9” Fr. F) make the 1st Team. … [Read more...]
All-Three Rivers Conference Girls Basketball
Players from above-five-hundred Chatfield (19-9) and Caledonia (17-11) squads head the All-TRC cast. The Warriors get three All-TRC picks, Ava Privet (5’10” Jr. G), Alexis Schroeder (5’4” Jr. G), and Paige Klug (5’10” junior G/F). All three repeat as making All-TRC. All three averaged double-digit points per game. Privet paced Caledonia with around 12.0 PPG. With her deep … [Read more...]
#1 Caledonia Downs #4 PEM in Three OTs to Claim 1AA Title!
Well, where do you start? The game pitted #1-ranked top-seeded Caledonia (27-1) versus #4-ranked second-seeded Plainview-Elgin-Millville (28-1). The teams each entered with a lone loss and on a combined 23-game winning streak. It was for the section 1AA title. It had a number of twists and turns and went to triple overtime. It was almost over in regulation, as the eventual … [Read more...]
24-win Lion boys were elite defenders, ball-handlers
Before the turn of the century, Wade Grinde – the young Spring Grove head boys basketball coach - said the most important statistic was defensive shooting percentage or in other words, how difficult did the Lion defense make it for the opponent to take good shots - and score. In Grinde’s 27 years at the helm, his Lions of 2022 posted the second-best season for both field goal … [Read more...]
