SG 3, Southland 0 25-16, 25-12, 25-11 Spring Grove assumed control during the latter part of the first set and then dominated the remainder of the 2022 season-opening volleyball match at Southland on Aug. 25. The second set began with the Lions scoring with 11 kills on their first 12 attacks. The Grove girls then scored the first seven points of set three. Overall, … [Read more...]
Spring Grove girls take state ranking into 2022 season
After a 20-win season a year ago (20-10, 12-2 SEC), the Spring Grove volleyball team enters the 2022 campaign at No. 7 in the state coaches association Class A preseason poll, believed to be the program’s first state ranking. The Lions return five of their top nine performers and four of the six servers from a team that won two playoff matches to reach the Section 1A … [Read more...]
2022 Volleyball and Cross Country Preview
Volleyball Preview The 2021 season was a successful one for a host of “Journal 11” volleyball teams. Mabel-Canton (30-5), Caledonia (22-9), and Spring Grove (20-10) each made their respective section Final Four. The Cougars (SEC East) and Warriors (TRC) were league champs. Fillmore Central (16-13), Chatfield (19-9), and Rushford-Peterson (18-12) made it to Rochester and … [Read more...]
Area high school athletes excel at national clay target tournament
By Lee Epps Colton Tollefsrud of Mabel-Canton was in the top 4% of trap shooters at the USA High School Clay Target National Championships at Mason, Michigan on July 8-10. He hit 195 out of 200 flying clay targets to place 71st among 1,716 competitors. Spring Grove’s Taylor Reinhardt placed ninth among all 262 girls and 109th among all shooters (boys and girls). She and SG … [Read more...]
Strinmoen voted SG baseball MVP, among four Lions honored
Jaxon Strinmoen was voted the Todd Oakes Most Valuable Player by his 2022 Spring Grove baseball teammates, one of four awards he received at the July 12 awards presentation. For the second season, the coaches honored him with the Willie Mays Gold Glove award for defense, and he earned a statistics award as the Ted Williams Batting Champion. His teammates also voted him the Lou … [Read more...]
McHugh again, Grinde are Lion Athletes of the Year
Juniors Addyson McHugh and Tysen Grinde were the 2021-22 Female and Male Athletes of the Year, respectively, as selected by the Spring Grove High School coaches. McHugh, a two-sport athlete, was the first repeat honoree in 12 years after being the first-ever sophomore girl recipient last year (2021). Grinde was a three-sport athlete on the football gridiron, basketball court … [Read more...]
Strinmoen, Griffin, Solum named All-SEC Baseball
Three Spring Grove baseball players were named by conference coaches to the 2022 All-Southeast Conference Team – junior Caleb Griffin plus sophomores Jaxon Strinmoen and Elijah Solum. Receiving Honorable Mention was freshman Ezra Griffin. Strinmoen was one of the primary three-man pitching rotation while otherwise starting for the second season at first base, where he … [Read more...]
Young baseball Lions progressed, challenged for league lead
The young Spring Grove baseball team, heading into the final Southeast Conference game, was one of four squads still in contention for the 2022 conference championship. After having once shared the league lead, the Lions lost that conference finale and finished third among eight SEC teams. The 11-8 season record followed last year’s 10-12 campaign and was the fourth consecutive … [Read more...]
Pieper returns to state, near miss for 4×200 relay boys
Caledonia/Spring Grove senior high jumper Chris Pieper has earned a second straight trip to the state track and field championships. This year on May 31 and June 2 at Triton High School in Dodge Center, he advances as the Section 1A champion after being the 2021 section runner-up. The top two in each section event qualify for state along with any others who achieve a … [Read more...]
Spring Grove scoreless as season ends in section opener
The Section 1A baseball opener was a pitchers’ duel; Spring Grove junior Caleb Griffin and Wabasha-Kellogg freshman Cole Scheel each struck out 10 batters and walked only three. A Jaxon Strinmoen infield single was the lone base hit for No. 7 seed Spring Grove. The No. 10 seeded Falcons managed five hits in their 2-0 road win on May 26. There were no earned runs. Griffin … [Read more...]