Warriors Top Lourdes in Early 1AA Showdown A year ago, Rochester-Lourdes beat Caledonia 61-59 in a 1AA semifinal on the way to the Eagles winning the Section 1AA title. To open this season, the teams squared off and the Warriors extracted revenge, riding their defense, and senior Josie Foster, to a season-opening marquee win. Scott Sorenson’s group controlled things from the … [Read more...]
Hot Shots (12/2)
Gracie Foster hit seven threes and scored 29 points to power Grand Meadow past Houston 59-38 in girls basketball. Aubry Boldt had 23 points as Houston beat Lewiston-Altura 54-35. Jensyn Storhoff scored 20 in Lanesboro’s 55-49 win over AC/G-E. SG got four in double figures in beating St. Charles 77-32. … [Read more...]
Football (12/2)
All-South-East District LeRoy-Ostrander/Lyle/Pacelli (7-0, 12-1) and Spring Grove (7-0, 9-1) shared the South-East sub-district title with the Cardinals advancing to the state semifinals. Kingsland (5-2, 8-3) took third and made the Section finals while A-C/G-E (3-4, 5-5), Southland (3-4, 5-5), Houston (3-4, 4-5), M-C (3-5, 3-6), GM (1-6, 1-8), and Lanesboro (0-7, 0-9) … [Read more...]
Girls Soccer: Post-season Awards
Caledonia/Spring Grove/Houston senior Josie Foster (11 goals, 2 assists) was named to the TRC All-Conference Soccer Team for a third straight season. Opponents never knew where she would challenge them, either anchoring the defense as goalkeeper or up the field as a scoring forward. Receiving Honorable Mention for a third season was junior midfielder Siri Konkel (6 goals, 10 … [Read more...]
Football (11/25)
#3 Fertile-Beltrami Finds Wright Answer Versus #5 L-O/L/P For three-plus quarters, it was literally back-and-forth. In a state semifinal contest at U.S. Bank Stadium, #5 LeRoy-Ostran-der/Lyle/Pacelli (South 1-seed, Section 1 Champ, 12-0) and #3 Fertile-Beltrami (North 2-seed, Section 6 Champ, 11-0) matched each other score for score. But then in the final 2-plus minutes of … [Read more...]
Volleyball (11/25)
Post-season Awards It was another big year for area volleyball teams. In the Three Rivers Conference, two teams made state. Chatfield (10-0, 29-6) won their second straight league title, the Section 1AA title, and finished fourth in St. Paul in their first ever appearance. Fillmore Central (8-2, 18-17) tied for second place in the league but won the Section 1A title and also … [Read more...]
Volleyball (11/18)
Chatfield Takes Fourth in First State Appearance They fell short of their dream, a state championship. Highly ranked all season, Chatfield Gopher volleyball had every right to think it could have contended for and win the Class AA title. But they came up a smidge short in a five-set loss in the semifinals, their only five-set affair of the year. And they were out of steam in … [Read more...]
Football (11/18)
#2 Chatfield Slips Past Rival Triton on Late Score, Interception In the ever-rare (though its now happened back-to-back years) state battle between teams in the same sub-district, South-east-White foes #2 in AA Chatfield (Section 1AA Champ, 10-0) played Triton (Section 2AA Champ, 8-2) in the quarterfinals. The Gophers rolled the Cobras in the regular season 33-6. But with … [Read more...]
Shelly Hanson Inducted into Missouri Sports Hall of Fame
Shelly Hanson describes her high school basketball career as the best years of her life, and with good reason. Hanson, owner of the B & B Olympic Bowl in Preston, grew up and went to school in Palmyra, Mo. During the four years she played, the team went to state every single year. Hanson credits her coach, Robert Fohey with the team’s success and her personal success. He … [Read more...]
Area Coaches Inducted to MBCA Hall of Fame
The Minnesota Basketball Coaches Association inducted five men into the MBCA Hall of Fame on October 26, 2024. Two area men, Kris Fadness - Austin, Caledonia and Wade Grinde, Spring Grove were a part of the honors. The MBCA Hall of Fame gives special recognition to those who have made significant contributions to promote high school basketball in Minnesota via their … [Read more...]