Spring Grove volleyball is coming off an 8-4 pandemic-shortened season, a third-place tie in the SEC East Division (5-4) and a summer tournament championship that included two wins over state-ranked teams. It is an experienced squad with the tallest Lion lineup that coach Kelsey Morken can recall in her 16 seasons as either a Lion player or area coach. Seven of 10 letter … [Read more...]
Caledonia Junior Legion takes third place trophy at state
The Caledonia 16 & under baseball boys finished third among eight teams at the 2021 Junior Legion Division II State Tournament at Montevideo on Aug.ust 6-8. “We played three close, high-intensity games,” said Warrior coach Chad Augedahl. “We played some really good baseball.” Behind two-hit pitching by Thane Meiners, Caledonia blanked Proctor, 6-0, in Friday’s … [Read more...]
Griffin voted MVP as Spring Grove honors four baseball teammates
Isaac Griffin was voted the highest honor by his Spring Grove baseball teammates, one of his four team awards as four Lions were honored for their contributions during the 2021 spring season. Besides receiving the Todd Oakes Most Valuable Player award, the senior was also voted the Cy Young Best Pitcher and the Ernie Banks Best Teammate awards and received the Derek Jeter … [Read more...]
Caledonia, Lanesboro meet in substate baseball finals; Warriors advance to state
The Caledonia Junior Legion boys rallied from a late four-run deficit to overtake Lanesboro in the championship game of the Southeast Substate Baseball Tournament on July 28 and advance to the 2021 Division II Junior Legion State Tournament (age 16 and under). The Burros led 6-2 going into the bottom of the fifth inning (seven-inning game) before the Warriors rallied for the … [Read more...]
Legion Lions close summer season, edge Cougars 2-1
It was a night for pitchers as Spring Grove closed the American Legion (age 19 & under) season with a tight 2-1 win over visiting Mabel-Canton on July 22. The Lions managed only four hits, but a trio of Spring Grove pitchers combined to toss a one-hitter. Each team used three pitchers, surely by design, since all but one logged more strikeouts than walks. There was only one … [Read more...]
Cougars, Lions, area trap shooters compete at national tournament
Among 158 trap teams, Mabel-Canton finished 19th and Spring Grove 63rd at the National Championships of the USA High School Clay Target League. Two Cougars earned individual acclaim; Colton Heintz-Kuderer placed 20th and Austin Snell 35th - both in the top 2% among 1,684 individual shooters. There were also individual competitors from Kingsland, Lanesboro, Fillmore Central, … [Read more...]
Spring Grove Legion gets past Lanesboro, falls to Rushford-Peterson
Pitching dominated both of Spring Grove’s American Legion (19 & under) games at the Rushford-Peterson Tournament on July 17. Lion hurler Isaac Griffin struck out 16 batters and walked only one in an opening-round 8-1 win over Lanesboro. In the championship game, a pair of R-P pitchers combined to toss a no hitter in a 7-1 victory versus Spring Grove (3-5). All the drama came … [Read more...]
Cougars, Lions, area trap shooters compete at national tournament
Among 158 trap teams, Mabel-Canton finished 19th and Spring Grove 63rd at the National Championships of the USA High School Clay Target League. Two Cougars earned individual acclaim; Colton Heintz-Kuderer placed 20th and Austin Snell 35th (both in the top 2%) among 1,684 individual shooters. There were also individual competitors from Kingsland, Rushford-Peterson, Lanesboro, … [Read more...]
Young baseball Lions are great students, promising athletes
While the summer American Legion baseball season progresses with most of the same Spring Grove players, this is a look back at the 2021 school baseball season. The youngest and most inexperienced Spring Grove high school baseball team in program history finished with a 10-12 season record, one win short of an 11-11 break-even season for coach Chris Strinmoen, former two-time … [Read more...]
Lion Legion’s last-inning, five-run rally overtakes St. Charles
Trailing by four runs and only one out away from what seemed like certain defeat, the Spring Grove Legion lads (ages 19 & under) staged a most-improbable five -run rally to overtake visiting St. Charles, 6-5, on July 8. It was a solemn bunch of Saints who watched in stunned silence as the delirious Lion squad streamed into right field in pursuit of sprinting Logan Brumm, … [Read more...]