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...]
Athlete of the Week: Eli King & Jackson Koepke
Lions Reach Semifinals, Fall to Vikings
Spring Grove’s boys made the section semifinals, but saw their season end there. Solum Surges Lions Past Kenyon-Wanamingo in Quarters For the second time in two playoff games, Spring Grove (4-seed, 23-4) played a team nicknamed Knights. For a second time, Lions were greater than Knights. Versus Kenyon-Wanamingo (5-seed, 21-6) in a 1A quarterfinal, SG had to navigate one … [Read more...]
Trojans Make 1A Semifinals, Fall Agonizingly in Overtime to Goodhue
Rushford-Peterson’s boys made their second straight 1A semifinal. They then fell agonizingly in overtime. Trojans “Poisons” Too Much for Rebels Eighth-ranked Rushford-Peterson (2-seed, 21-4) used a pick-your-poison offensive attack to down Southland (7-seed, 17-6) in a 1A quarterfinal. The Rebels fell to R-P 61-52 in the regular season, a game where the Trojans hit 11 … [Read more...]
Turnovers Doom GM Girls in Section Finals
For half of the game, Grand Meadow’s girls (3-seed, 23-6) played #3 Hayfield (1-seed, 30-0) about even. It was the other half that didn’t go so well at all. The favored Vikings got off to a good start and ended emphatically to take out GM in the 1A girls basketball section title game. Hayfield 5’11” forward Aine Stasko was the story early in the game. With GM concentrating its … [Read more...]