Kingsland’s Beau Wiersma (RB), Parker Johnson (DE), and Ayden Howard (WR), and LeRoy-Ostrander’s Camden Hungerholt (QB), were honored as Nine-Man All-State in football. Wiersma and Johnson already earned Associated Press 2nd team All-State (all classes). Nine-man All-State HM selections included L-O’s Malyk Schaefer (OL/DL), M-C’s Cayden Tollefsrud (RB/LB), and SG’s Jaxon … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball
Three Rivers Conference Boys Basketball (12/12 - 12/15) Chatfield 55, Wabasha-Kellogg 59 (C: B. Fretland 14 pts (4-8 threes); Carson Harstad 13 pts; Ross Stoehr 13 pts (5-9 FGs), 6 rebs. Game started with back-to-back 10-0 runs. The Gophers shot 23 of 47 (49%). Chatfield then led by 13 in the second half (about 10:00 left) but could not close it out. It is their third … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball
Three Rivers Girls Basketball (12/12 -12/15) Fillmore Central 57, La Crescent/Hokah 43 (FC: K. Broadwater 24 pts (6-9 FTs), 8 rebs, 6 stls; Haley O’Connor 8 pts, 6 rebs; Aubrey Daniels 6 pts, 4 rebs, 6 asts, 4 stls. Falcons ended five-game series losing streak to Lancers that dates to 2020) La Crescent/Hokah 44, Rushford-Peterson 66 (RP: Nadia Happel 14 pts; E. Ekern 13 … [Read more...]
Wrestling (12/14 – 12/16)
Stewartville Quadrangular > GMLOS 51, Triton 22 (Braxten Wiste (160), Drake Payne (189), and Colton Gardner (285) won by fall for the Bulldogs, Parker Armagost (121), Teague Alden (133), Timmy Hogfeldt (139), Dalton Pischke (145), and Ayden Stier (172) by forfeit, Cael Smith (127 > 10-7) by decision); GMLOS 30, Stewartville 41 (Armagost (121), Alden (133), Pischke (145), … [Read more...]
Gymnastics (12/15 & 12/26)
Kasson-Mantorville 131.1750, Caledonia/Spring Grove/Houston 127.400 (Harper Myrah ranked third, Vivian Kittleson fourth and Madelyn Foellmi fifth among 13 athletes in all-around. Kittleson had the highest individual score with an 8.7750 in floor exercise. She placed second in that event while Paizley Lange was second on vault (8.6500). Myrah ranked third on vault and placed … [Read more...]
Grove girls Pulverize Pirates in Border Battle
Thirteen of the 14 Lions were credited with rebounds as the Spring Grove girls pounded Postville (Iowa), 63-18 in the annual Minnesota-Iowa Border Battles in Decorah. It was a mismatch from the get-go, and the Pirates (1-5) did not score in the second quarter on the way to a 48-7 halftime avalanche. They added only two points in period three and overall, had more turnovers (34) … [Read more...]
Lion Girls Lead All Night, Defeat Knights, 52-44
The Spring Grove girls led throughout a 52-44 home win against Kingsland, an early-season result that could significantly affect the conference race later in the campaign. The Lions scored the first six points, led by seven at halftime (26-19) and would leads by as many as 13 in the second half before winning by eight. Spring Grove outscored the visitors by four points from the … [Read more...]
Strinmoen Voted Team MVP, Among Four All-District Lions
Jaxon Strinmoen was voted Most Valuable Player by his Spring Grove football teammates. He received Honorable Mention on the coaches’ 9-Man All-State Team and merited the prestigious Academic All-State award for his cumulative grade point average during his high school football career. He is one of four Lions named to the All-District Team: Strinmoen (6’4” 180 Sr. WR/LB), Jacob … [Read more...]
Gymnastics (12/7)
Caledonia/Spring Grove /Houston 124.3250, Byron 139.1750 (In all-around, Vivian Kittleson placed fourth, Madelyn Foellmi fifth and Harper Myrah sixth. The highest individual scores were Kittleson’s fifth-place 8.450 on vault and Foellmi’s sixth-place 8.3250 in floor exercise. Kittleson also had the highest finish, placing third on the balance beam (8.2500)) … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball
TRC Girls Basketball (12/5) Caledonia 62, Fillmore Central 49 (C: A. Klug 32 pts (7-13 threes); Josie Foster 8 pts, 15 rebs. FC: K. Broadwater 20 pts, 14 rebs, 4 stls; Kyla Hellickson 11 pts, 10 rebs. Cal hit 11 threes to FC’s two) Chatfield 46, PEM 63 (C: E. Goldsmith 13 pts, 11 rebs; Katryn Johnson 10 pts. Chatfield shot 13 of 52 (24.5%), winning from deep (eight threes … [Read more...]