Spring Grove is a highly experienced 2023 baseball team, which brings back almost all of the pitching staff and six of eight position starters. That includes all three all-conference selections and another receiving honorable mention from last year’s team which went 11-8, the third-most wins in program history. The Lions went 10-4 in Southeast Conference contests, a third-place … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Caledonia baseball opened the spring sports by getting a five-inning 12-strikeout one-hitter from Tristan Augedahl in beating Viroqua 2-1. Hunter Goetzinger had the game-winning 2-run double in the fifth inning. GMLOKS and LFCMC’s track teams took on the multi-class MSU-Mankato Indoor Showcase. Kingsland’s Anika Reiland took third in the 60-meters, fifth in the 200-meters, and … [Read more...]
Softball Preview Capsules
Chatfield Gophers Head Coach: Jerry Chase Where We Left Off in 2022: The Gophers went 13-1 in TRC play, sharing the West division crown with St. Charles. Chatfield then won the 1AA-East title, fell to Cannon Falls in section play, but then won three straight including downing the Bombers 9-1 and 11-0 to claim the 1AA title. They then beat Mounds Park Academy, … [Read more...]
All-SEC Boys Basketball
State third-place Spring Grove (20-0, 31-2) won the SEC-East over Schaeffer Academy (14-6, 16-11), Lanesboro (13-7, 17-10), Mabel-Canton (8-12, 12-16), and Houston (4-16, 5-22) while Lyle/Pacelli (18-2, 23-5) won the SEC-West over Southland (13-7, 15-11), Kingsland (11-9, 13-14), Glenville-Emmons (5-15, 8-20), LeRoy-Ostrander (2-18, 3-24), and Grand Meadow (2-18, 2-25). The … [Read more...]
Lions’ Grinde, Solum, Strinmoen named All-SEC; Griffin received honorable mention
Three guards from Spring Grove, the league’s dominant boys basketball team in 2023, were honored by the Southeast Conference coaches on the All-SEC Team. Senior Tysen Grinde and junior Elijah Solum are two-time honorees, joined this season by junior Jaxon Strinmoen - all First Team selections while senior Caleb Griffin received Honorable Mention. The Lions (31-2) extended their … [Read more...]
Spring Grove embarks on new era of softball
After 38 years of a shared softball program, Spring Grove and Caledonia will both field a team in this spring of 2023. It is almost starting from scratch for the Lions, none of whom played softball a year ago. Only junior infielder Katelyn Kraus has any school-team experience, two seasons ago as a freshman. There are some quality athletes who have proven themselves on the … [Read more...]
Solum voted football MVP among five honored by Spring Grove teammates
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...]