Spring Grove could not protect its first three-run lead, but the Lions went back ahead by three and held on to turn back visiting Mabel-Canton, 6-5, on April 20. Mabel-Canton, after erasing the first three-run deficit, had a two-run rally fall short later with the tying run on base in the final seventh inning. The Lions’ second scheduled game of the week, versus Southland, was … [Read more...]
Warrior Baseball Posts Three Lopsided Wins
It was a week of shortened games for Brad Augedahl’s Caledonia Warriors. Team Cal went on the road twice and posted 10-plus-run wins three times versus Class A TRC foes. At #10 in Class A Wabasha-Kellogg, the #10 in AA Warriors rode Thane Meiners on the mound. The junior didn’t give up an earned run and struck out 12 batters in picking up the win (6 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, … [Read more...]
Lion baseball enjoys, endures run-rule results
The Spring Grove boys were delayed by two days of cold temperatures, but once on the diamond, they experienced two extremes of opponents and results - a 10-run-rule, home 11-1 win over winless Schaeffer Academy a day before a run-rule 17-0 loss at undefeated, state-ranked Randolph. It was the Rockets fifth shutout in eight games and fifth time they have scored 17 or more … [Read more...]
Gophers Softball Reloads to 4-1 Start
Last year could’ve been a year of great things for Chatfield softball. An annulled season per COVID changed all that, ending the senior class of 2020’s softball story without a true culmination. The 2021 season started with a lot of new faces on the team, but those players guided the Gophers to a 4-1 week, a strong start to the season. At Pine Island, Chatfield only managed … [Read more...]
Spring Grove baseball: “walk-in” win over GMLOK; losses at W-K and L/P
Spring Grove’s Isaac Griffin was exceptional on the mound in what was a classic pitchers’ duel until it turned out to be a pitchers’ nightmare for visiting Grand Meadow/LeRoy-Ostrander/Kingsland. The Lions’ 2-1, “walk-off, walk-in” conference win on April 15 was sandwiched between less satisfying road setbacks - a 12-3 non-conference loss at Wabasha-Kellogg on April 12 and an … [Read more...]
Bjerke, Pieper pace C/SG boys to runner-up finish at first track meet
Junior Reid Bjerke won the 100-meter dash, ran second at 200 meters and was part of the second-place 4x100-meter relay foursome for the Caledonia/Spring Grove track and field boys, who finished as the team runner-up at the five-team GMLOKS track meet on April 16 at Grand Meadow. Chris Pieper had a personal-record 6-foot, 2-inch high jump to win that event while junior Logan … [Read more...]
Spring Sports Previews
Track and Field Chatfield Varsity Coaches: Jeff DeBuhr (Head), Scott Schmaltz, Damien Nickelsen, Jenny Bradt, Barb Storsveen, Niki DeBuhr, Maddy Kammer, Shane Fox Where we left off in 2019: The Gopher boys and girls each took 8th at the TRC Meet. The boys took fifth at the 1A True Team Meet, the girls took 7th (of 15 teams). The boys 4x100 (Carson Larrabee, Ben … [Read more...]
Spring Grove handles Houston in baseball opener, 13-2
Isaac Griffin, with both his arm and the bat, sparked Spring Grove to a soggy, season-opening 13-2 baseball win at Houston on a rainy April 9 afternoon. The Lions scored a run in the second inning, added a pair in the fourth inning and then sealed the win with back-to-back, five-run eruptions to win with the 10-run rule after six innings. Meanwhile on the mound, Griffin … [Read more...]
Leahy voted Lion MVP; Spring Grove girls honor four
Junior Jordian Leahy was voted Most Valuable Player by her 2021 Spring Grove basketball teammates. Junior Ava Olerud was honored with the Lion Attitude Award, while eighth grade guard Emerson Ingvalson was the choice for Most Improved. Freshman Katelyn Kraus was voted the Hustle Award. Leahy (MVP), a 5-foot-6 junior guard who received Honorable Mention on the … [Read more...]
Massive Half Sends Hurricanes to Defeat in State Quarters
Houston girls basketball had looked up at first half deficits before. Versus Hayfield in the 1A semis, they trailed 10-1. Versus Kingsland in the 1A finals, they trailed 9-3. But versus #1-ranked Minneota (22-0), in a battle of undefeated teams in a state quarterfinal contest, Houston (18-0) dug a hole too deep against a squad way too good. The Vikings entered as … [Read more...]