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Rushford-Peterson Trojans

Rushford-Peterson High School
1000 Pine Meadows Lane, PO Box 627
Rushford, MN. 55971
507-864-7785

Superintendent: Ben Bernard
Principal: Jake Timm
Activities Director: John Loney
TROJAN SPORTS
Mabel-Canton’s Nolan Garness battles Houston’s Tilden Witt for a loose ball in the Cougars’ 70-49 win. M-C wrapped up the season with a pair of wins (the other over SEC-East champ Lanesboro). Russ Larson’s group is 18-8 and the win total is the most in Mabel since 1976-1977! Photo by Emma Geiwitz

Boys Basketball (3/2)

Paul Trende Mar 2, 2026
Boys Basketball: Trojans Crush to First TRC-East Title Since State Title Year  The last time Rushford-Peterson’s boys won the TRC-East title was 2014-2015.  Cole Kingsley, Alex Vix, Charlie Krambeer, Jacob Merclewitz, Kyler Paulson, and Noah Carlson were prominent players.  Said group not only won their league but the Class A state title.   With a trio […]
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Spring Grove/Mabel-Canton’s Kinley Soiney (holding her own sign) poses with teammates after surpassing 2,000 career points in a Section 1A Round of 16 playoff win over Grand Meadow. Photo by Lee Epps

Girls Basketball (3/2)

Paul Trende Mar 2, 2026

Non-Conference Girls Basketball (2/16)  Grand Meadow 62, United South Central 71 (GM: N. Warmka 20 pts (9-17 FGs), 6 rebs, 4 asts; G. Foster 17 pts, 6 rebs; Mollie Voigt…

Boys Basketball (2/23)

Boys Basketball (2/23)

Paul Trende Feb 23, 2026

Boys Basketball: Trojans Top Burros in Battle of League Leaders, Run Streak to Nine It was the biggest game between Rushford-Peterson (9-2, 17-3) and Lanesboro (12-2, 18-3) in boys’ basketball…

Fillmore Central’s Kyla Hellickson looks to get a piece of the shot of Caledonia’s Peyten Felten in the teams’ TRC finale. The Warriors topped the Falcons 64-22 to rip through league play undefeated (14-0) and they also improved to 20-8 on the year. Photo by Paul Trende

Girls Basketball (2/23)

Paul Trende Feb 23, 2026

Girls Basketball: Caledonia Takes Broom to TRC, Wins 20th Game  The TRC-East girls’ basketball title was decided a while ago. A win over Cotter/Hope Lutheran on January 23 clinched a…

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Paul Trende Feb 23, 2026

Grand Meadow’s boys (10-6 in the SEC, 14-9 overall) went 3-1 on the week, beating L-O 60-53, M-C 62-58, and Kingsland 69-30 while losing to Southland 90-48, all at home.…

Chatfield’s Layne Root, Kaisen Johnson and Will Boelter grab the Section 1A wrestling title trophy after taking down Goodhue 33-31 in the finals. The Gophers three-peated as section champs and head back to state for a double encore. Photo by Paul Trende

Wrestling (2/23)

Paul Trende Feb 23, 2026

Wrestling: Gophers Threepeat as 1A Champions Wrestling can sometimes be unique. A competitor can lose and it still helps a team win. Preventing (big) bonus points can prove major dividends…

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Hot Shots (2/16)

Paul Trende Feb 16, 2026

Caledonia’s girls topped TRC foes Rushford-Peterson 76-53 and La Crescent/Hokah 81-47 on the week while losing to #2 in AAA Stewartville 66-57. The win over the Trojans clinched the Warriors…

Lanesboro’s Cora Mayer defensively pressures a Hayfield/Schaeffer Academy player in the teams’ non-conference game. After five straight losses to teams with a 73-30 record, the Burros took down the Class A #8-ranked Vikings by 74-65 final. Photo by Ron Mayer

Basketball (2/16)

Paul Trende Feb 16, 2026

Boys Basketball: Trojans Storm Past Warriors to Sole Possession of First Place The first time they played, Caledonia did what could possibly be termed an upset in taking down Rushford-Peterson,…

Chatfield senior Emily Bova has LARP’s Payson Speltz cradled in a Section 1 106-pound wrestle-back match. Bova notched four pins including above to make state as the runner-up in her weight class. Photo by Paul Trende

Wrestling (2/16)

Paul Trende Feb 16, 2026

Girls Wrestling: Five From Chatfield and GMLOS Each Make State  For the first time, girls wrestling had eight individual section tournaments to determine a 16-girl state field. Up until this point,…

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Hot Shots

Paul Trende Feb 9, 2026

Jensyn Storhoff scored 31 and 21 points, but Lanesboro’s girls lost to Southland 58-45 and PEM 50-47. She surpassed 2,000 career points versus the Bulldogs. Storhoff is just one of…

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SCHOOL BOARD & NEWS

New Rushford-Peterson Teachers

Wanda Hanson Nov 10, 2025

Two New Positions Created at Rushford-Peterson

Wanda Hanson Oct 27, 2025

R-P Board Returns Solar Grant

Wanda Hanson Sep 22, 2025

Rushford-Peterson Postpones Decision on Referendum

Fillmore County Journal Aug 25, 2025

Rushford-Peterson Plans for Increasing Enrollment

Fillmore County Journal Jul 28, 2025
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