Chatfield football (3-0, 3-1), which entered the week unranked in the Class AA polls (but received votes), played a wild offensive game at #1 in AAA Cannon Falls (4-0). The Gophers pulled the rare feat of not just knocking off a team from a higher class, but knocking off the #1 team in a higher class. The Southeast-White leader beat the Southeast-Blue (bigger schools) … [Read more...]
Rebels reign on rainy night in Spring Grove, 46-14
It did not rain on Spring Grove’s homecoming parade, but afternoon sunny skies were replaced by rain and the Southland Rebels, both of which dampened the Oct. 1 evening football festivities at Blayne Onsgard Memorial Field. In a 46-14 loss, the Lions (2-2, 2-2 sub-district) dazzled the umbrella-grabbing spectators with three long aerial connections, including their only two … [Read more...]
Lion ladies complete net sweep of Schaeffer Lions
The Spring Grove girls employed the entire Lion lineup while rolling past the visiting Schaeffer Academy Lions during the Sept. 30 Homecoming volleyball victory. The 25-9, 25-14, 25-6 scores were similar to those in Spring Grove’s early-season rout at Rochester. Schaeffer struggled with Spring Grove servers, who combined for 19 aces. Addyson McHugh served 18 for 19 with 8 … [Read more...]
Lion varsity netters go 1-3, B-girls win D-C Tournament
The Spring Grove girls made a long early-morning, Sept. 25 trip north to Dassel-Cokato High School for four volleyball tournament matches, all against larger Class AA competition. The Class A Lions (9-6) dropped their first three encounters before closing the long day with a win. The Spring Grove B-team won the championship in their bracket, taking three of four matches. The … [Read more...]
Soccer boys drop two before win over Lake City
The Caledonia/Spring Grove/Houston boys dropped two conference decisions before closing with a non-league win during a busy week of shutout soccer. On Sept. 28, the Warriors lost at home to Dover-Eyota 1-0 two days before a 3-0 road loss at St. Charles/Lewiston-Altura. Two days elapsed again before the boys blanked visiting Lake City, 1-0. The Warriors ended the week at 5-7-2 … [Read more...]
Soccer girls salvage tie after two shutout setbacks
The Caledonia/Spring Grove/Houston girls scored only one goal last week, but it was enough to secure a 1-1 non-conference tie after a two-hour Saturday morning drive to Cannon Falls. This followed a pair of league losses – a 10-0 setback on Sept. 28 at Dover-Eyota and two days later, a 2-0 home loss against St. Charles/Lewiston-Altura. The Eagles and the Saints completed season … [Read more...]
Cardinals Shellack #1 Mountain Lake 36-6
Nine-man rankings in the state may be a little bit off the first few weeks but should align much better after games like the week four battle in LeRoy. LeRoy-Ostrander (2-1) struck Mountain Lake Area (3-0) from the ranks of the unbeaten, from its top spot in the state in 9-Man. And Trevor Carrier’s group did so emphatically. The Cards built a 21-0 halftime lead and cruised … [Read more...]
Spring Grove girls split with division leaders, M-C and GM
It was the most challenging opposition of the volleyball season for the Spring Grove girls (8-3, 5-1 SEC) who went on the road twice to face state-ranked No. 4 and SEC East leader Mabel-Canton on Sept. 20 and two nights later to take on SEC West Division leader Grand Meadow. The Lions did fall to the Cougars, 3-0, but achieved their most prestigious win to date with the 3-0 … [Read more...]
Lion netters take three, drop two at Waukon Tourney
After breezing through their first four matches of the season, the Spring Grove girls experienced an upgrade in quality of competition at the Sept. 18 Waukon Tournament where the Lions (7-2) won three matches and dropped a pair. However, pool play did begin with 2-0 runaways over Central Elkader and Postville before Spring Grove experienced a 2-0 loss to Waukon. The Lions … [Read more...]
Special teams send Superlarks past Spring Grove, 20-17
Kick return touchdowns were the difference on the scoreboard. Both offenses scored once; the teams had back-to-back kickoff return touchdowns. The game winner for Grand Meadow was Dustin Copley’s 71-yard punt return to the end zone on the final play of the third quarter - the only touchdown of the second half of the 20-17 thriller at Blayne Onsgard Memorial Field on Sept. … [Read more...]