The Spring Grove boys opened the week with a cold-shooting, home non-conference setback against Rushford-Peterson in a 46-40 tight defensive struggle on Feb. 8 before coasting past visiting Kingsland, 60-24, four nights later to cap their tenth conference crown in 11 years. It was the sixth straight Lion loss to the Trojans and the sixth consecutive win versus the … [Read more...]

The Spring Grove girls had to close the regular season on the road against both of the conference division champions. There were a pair of 41-point decisions by almost the same scores, 67-26 at Houston on March 11 and 68-27 the next night at Spring Valley versus Kingsland. It did not help that leading scorer Jordian Leahy remained on the injured list all week. The next day, … [Read more...]

The Spring Grove girls, within four nights, faced three opponents with widely varied win-loss records. A losing streak against Lyle/Pacelli ended as the week began with a 56-49 home victory over the one-win Athletics on March 2. Two days later, it was a decisive 63-23 home loss to undefeated, 11-win Houston. The next night, it was a similar score, 68-24, at Adams against … [Read more...]

Braelyn Lange earned the highest score on the balance beam and the Caledonia/Spring Grove gymnasts (2-8) posted their second-best team score of the season, 114.575, during a March 2 home gymnastics dual meet ,with Stewartville, which earned a team score of 126.500. Then on Friday, March 5, the Warriors logged a team total of 113.975 while home team La Crescent-Hokah posted a … [Read more...]

The Spring Grove boys (12-2, 11-2 SEC) nailed down the SEC East Division basketball championship and then went a long way in deciding the West Division title. There were two matchups between the top three teams in the league. The Lions began the week with a 68-47 home non-conference win over Fillmore Central before facing both co-leaders of the SEC West. SG first fell at … [Read more...]

Spring Grove freshman center Katelyn Kraus posted career highs with 18 points and 5 steals while matching another personal-best 12 rebounds, but it was not enough as the visiting Lion girls lost a game they once led by 12 points. With the 65-47 decision, LeRoy-Ostrander broke a 25-game losing streak against the Lions, who had won 36 of the previous 37 games in the series. Both … [Read more...]

The Spring Grove boys remained atop the SEC East Division while dealing two devastating blows to Lanesboro title hopes in one week. The Burros remained in contention throughout the first half of an eventual 28-point home loss (67-39) on Feb. 16, but they were left behind early in a 39-point road rout (63-24) on Feb. 19. Lanesboro came into the week averaging 56 points per game … [Read more...]