“Just eerie,” was how Spring Grove baseball coach Chris Strinmoen described the second walk-off win over Fillmore Central/Lanesboro on the same field within six days. The same three Lions played exactly the same three roles in both remarkable, celebration-inducing sequences. The second decision, a 2-1 Lion win, came in the May 31 section opener in front of a great crowd at … [Read more...]
Pieper is champion; 13 Cal/SG athletes advance to section track meet
Chris Pieper won the sub-section high jump crown as Caledonia/Spring Grove track had nine boys and four girls advance to the Section 1A Track and Field championships after qualifying at the Sub-section 1 Meet on June 3 at Rushford. Junior sprinter Reid Bjerke advances in three events with junior Pieper, junior sprinter/thrower Logan Banse and eighth grader Fischer Wait each … [Read more...]
GMLOKS Girls Win True Team State Title
In a meet well represented by Section 1 teams, but not held at one solitary locale like usual, one ‘Journal 11’ conglomerate lived the dream of becoming state champion. Four others competed, three doing very well. The 2021 Class A State True Team Track and Field meet was tabulated virtually, races being run at multiple locales. Boys and girls teams from GMLOKS and LFCMC ran … [Read more...]
Lions’ come-from-behind, walk-off win highlights Senior Day
A last-inning, three-run, walk-off rally gave Spring Grove its first lead and a Senior Day, non-conference win against Fillmore Central/Lanesboro, 5-4. Two afternoons after that May 29 thriller, the SEC double header at Adams against Southland was rained out. Twice postponed, they settled for a single, make-up game on Saturday morning, an 11-1, six-inning Senior Day win for the … [Read more...]
GMLOKS Girls Head Five State True Team Qualifiers
The 2021 Section 1A True Team Meet was different than normal. Because of COVID restrictions, three sites (Chatfield, Dover-Eyota, Triton) hosted three meets with all the scores getting tabulated “virtually.” GMLOKS and LFCMC were among those in Chatfield. RPH was at D-E. All races were ran in rainy conditions. Five total squads under the “Journal 11” umbrella … [Read more...]
Spring Grove bats quiet against Cougars, Rockets
Hits and runs were scarce for Spring Grove during the first no-win week. In two games, the seven Lion hits produced no runs. The only four runs were scored without a hit. Spring Grove scored the first four runs of the week, but the Lions did not cross home plate again. The boys were overtaken at Mabel-Canton, 8-4, as the Cougars earned a season split on Monday, May 17. Back … [Read more...]
Warriors Swing to Winning Ways Again, Lead TRC East
One non-conference loss is the difference between Caledonia baseball being on a super-large win streak and a simply a nice win streak. Brad Augedahl’s Warriors entered the week of May 17 coming off a doubleheader sweep of Cotter. They added three more wins to streak to five. Like their seven-game win streak earlier in the year (where Caledonia scored 10 runs in six … [Read more...]
Pieper captures conference high jump crown for Caledonia/Spring Grove
Junior jumper/sprinter Chris Pieper won the conference high jump championship with a personal-record 6 foot, 4 inches and placed second in long jump for the Caledonia/Spring Grove boys at the May 22 Three Rivers Conference Track & Field Meet at Elgin. Mitchell Reynolds, among 18 triple jumpers, tied with the best distance (personal-record 38 feet, 2 inches), but he lost the … [Read more...]
Lions persevere past AC/GE and Schaeffer, cannot contain state-ranked L/P
Spring Grove started the baseball week coming from behind to vanquish visiting Alden-Conger/Glenville-Emmons, 6-1, and ended the week in the Rochester rain with a strong start to ultimately subdue a stubborn Schaeffer Academy squad, 10-6. In between, Lyle/Pacelli appeared worthy of its No. 5 state ranking with a 17-1 road romp at Blayne Onsgard Memorial Field. The winners of … [Read more...]
Bjerke sweeps sprints for Caledonia/Spring Grove boys
Caledonia/Spring Grove junior sprinter Reid Bjerke won both speed events, the 100-meter dash and the 200M, at the quadrangular track meet at Dover-Eyota on March 13. Chris Pieper remains undefeated in high jump after four meets, clearing 6-foot even in this latest effort. The Warrior boys placed third and the girls fourth in the team standings. The top five places in each event … [Read more...]