Junior Elijah Solum was voted Most Valuable Player by his 2022 state 9-man runner-up Spring Grove football teammates. Senior Ty Cleven was the choice for both Lineman of the Year and Outstanding Leader Award. Senior Noah Blackburn was voted Defensive Player of the Year while Jacob Olerud received the most votes for Rookie of the Year. Junior Braedon Solie was the Scout Team … [Read more...]
Track and Field Preview Capsule
Chatfield Head Coach: Jeff DeBuhr 2022 Season: The Gopher boys and girls each took fourth (of 16) at the 1A True Team meet. The girls were TRC champions while the boys took fourth (of 10). The boys finished seventh at the 1A Meet, the girls eighth (of 21). The boys 4x200 and 4x100 (Isaac Erding, Eli Hopp, Thad Evans, Sam Backer) took second and third respectively at … [Read more...]
All-TRC Boys Basketball
All four “Journal-covered” TRC boys basketball teams put together winning seasons. Caledonia (11-3, 16-13) won the TRC-East over La Crescent/Hokah (10-4, 18-10), Fillmore Central (8-6, 17-11), Rushford-Peterson (8-6, 15-13) and Winona-Cotter (4-10, 9-17) while Chatfield (12-3, 17-11) took second to PEM (14-1, 26-6) in the TRC-West ahead of W-K (6-9, 12-15), Lewiston-Altura … [Read more...]
Spring Grove Boys Close With Class A Third-Place Trophy, 31 Wins
The Spring Grove boys closed their 2022-2023 campaign with the third place trophy from the Class A State Basketball Tournament and a school-record 31 wins (31-2). The seeds held throughout the event with No. 3 seed Spring Grove slipping past unseeded Mankato Loyola, 39-38, in the quarterfinals and then falling to No. 2 seed New Life Academy, 51-35, in the semi-finals before the … [Read more...]
Spring Grove boys dominate state third-place game, finish 31-2
The basketball season ended on an uplifting note for the state-ranked No. 7 Spring Grove boys, who dominated state-ranked No. 5 Cherry, 68-43, in the third-place game at the 2023 Class A State Tournament. The Lions took control with an 11-point scoring run late in the first half and solidified their lead with 10 and 12-point spurts in the second half. At the tournament, … [Read more...]
Lion boys fall to New Life Academy in state semi-final
The Spring Grove boys (30-2) were left behind in the second half by New Life Academy in the semi-finals of the Class A State Basketball Tournament at the Target Center in Minneapolis on March 24. The state-ranked No. 3 Eagles (26-5) from Woodbury won, 51-35, overcoming 25 turnovers with rebounding, an often withering fast-break attack and defense that kept the Lions away from … [Read more...]
Spring Grove starts state tourney with one-point win
The 2023 Spring Grove boys (30-1) became the only Lions to win 30 games, but they had to hang on - again late - to turn away Mankato Loyola, 39-38, in the Class A State Tournament quarterfinals on March 22 at Williams Arena in Minneapolis. Loyola cut an 11-point deficit down to two (39-37) with a chance to pull even with a pair of free throws with only nine seconds remaining. … [Read more...]
Wrestling: All Three Rivers Conference
The 2022-2023 All Three Rivers The 2022-2023 All Three Rivers wrestling team list is headlined by grapplers from Caledonia/Houston and Chatfield. Eight Gophers made All-TRC while six Warriors did. Chatfield’s selections are Javier Berg (106), Kaisen Johnson (113), Gage Bartels (126), Ayden Miner (138), Carson Rowland (145), Jack Dornack (152), Nathan Allen (170), and Kail … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball: All Three Rivers Conference
Final TRC girls basketball standgs had Caledonia (14-0, 25-4) win the East over Cotter (12-3, 18-10), La Crescent/Hokah (10-5, 15-12), Rushford-Peterson (7-7, 18-11), and Fillmore Central (2-12, 13-16) while in the West PEM (12-3, 18-10) topped Chatfield (10-5, 17-10), Dover-Eyota (7-8, 13-15), St. Charles (5-10, 12-15), Lewiston-Altura (3-14, 5-22), and Wabasha-Kellogg (0-15, … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball: All-Southeast Conference
Final SEC girls standings had Lanesboro (14-4, 22-7) taking the East over Houston (13-5, 14-13), Spring Grove (10-8, 12-15), Mabel-Canton (5-13, 8-20), and Schaeffer Academy (4-14, 7-21). In the West, Grand Meadow (17-1, 27-3) won the division over Kingsland (16-2, 21-7), Southland (4-14, 6-22), LeRoy-Ostrander (4-14, 7-21), and Lyle/Pacelli (3-15, 4-23). Resultantly, Grand … [Read more...]