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Two relays, Stendel win track and field events for Caledonia/Spring Grove

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Caledonia/Spring Grove won two of the three boys relays, won the high jump and collected six of the top nine long jumps at the Cotter Invitational in Winona on May 19. There were six teams competing, but no team scores were computed. Winning the high jump is nothing new, but it was not the usual winner. Conference champion Chris Pieper did not enter, but Warrior freshman Ethan … [Read more...]

Spring Grove wins pair, drops two to close regular season

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For the Spring Grove boys, the final week of the regular season began as expected with a comfortable May 17 double-header sweep of winless Schaeffer Academy with almost identical scores of 13-3 and 13-2. However, the 11-10 home upset setback to Alden-Conger/Glenville-Emmons was not expected after the Lions had won convincingly, 21-10, earlier in the season at Glenville. The May … [Read more...]

Spring Grove tied at the top with two SEC wins

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Spring Grove remained atop the four-team logjam in the Southeast Conference baseball race with a pair of critical SEC wins – one by a comfortable margin and the other a nailbiter. With make-up games packing the schedule, there were three games in three days, first the lone loss in a closely-contested, non-conference May 9 clash versus Martin County West at a neutral site in … [Read more...]

Baseball (5/9 – 5/14)

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Three Rivers Conference Fillmore Central/Lanesboro 0, Rushford-Peterson 10 [6] (RP: J. Ruberg 6 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 K, Win, 2-4, 2B, RBI; Andrew Wilkemeyer 2-2, RBI, 3 R; Riley Tesch 2-2, RBI, 2 R; L. Skalet 2-3, 2B, 2 RBI, R; R. Schneider 1-3, 2 RBI; Alex Ronnenberg 1-4, 2B, 2 R.  Falcons had just two hits) Fillmore Central/Lanesboro 3, Cotter 6 (FCL: Bryce Corson 2-4, … [Read more...]

Warrior girls, boys sweep 4x200M relays at quadrangular

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Both the Caledonia/Spring Grove 4x200-meter relay teams (girls and boys) were victorious at a quadrangular track and field meet hosted on May 6 by La Crescent-Hokah with the Warriors also competing against Cotter and La Crosse Logan. There were additional first-place honors for Garrett Ness in shot put and Chris Pieper extending his high jump winning streak. There were no team … [Read more...]

Spring Grove splits crucial last-inning, one-run nailbiters

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For the visiting Spring Grove boys, three runs were not quite enough in the first-place showdown versus undefeated, state-ranked Southland but two days later, three runs were just enough to edge one-win Mabel-Canton. Both games were tied going into the final seventh inning. The Rebels prevailed, 4-3, with a walk-off single at Adams on Monday, May 2, whereas the Lions edged the … [Read more...]

Spring Grove’s high-scoring win out west is 100th for Strinmoen

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Spring Grove’s 21-10 baseball win at Alden-Conger/Glenville-Emmons on April 26 was the 100th career coaching win (55 at SG) for head coach Chris Strinmoen, However, only one of last week’s four scheduled games was played due to weather. Tuesday’s milestone win at AC/GE (temperatures in the 40s) was one day after temperatures in the 30s had forced postponement of a Monday … [Read more...]

Softball (4/19 – 4/23)

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Three Rivers Conference Fillmore Central/Lanesboro 2, Wabasha-Kellogg 14 [5] (FCL: Jensyn Storhoff 1-3, 3B, R. W-K benefited from 15 walks. Falcons > 0-2, 0-2)  Rushford-Peterson 0, St. Charles 15 [4] (SC: Brenna Koeppel 4 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 9 K, Win. Saints were coming off a loss to Chatfield)  Caledonia/Spring Grove 4, Plainview-Elgin-Millville 5 (C/SG: … [Read more...]

Baseball (4/19 – 4/23)

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Three Rivers Conference St. Charles 3, Rushford-Peterson 13 [6] (RP: Alex Ronnenberg 3-4, two 2B, 3B, 2 R; Malachi Bunke 2-3, 2 RBI, R; Riley Tesch 1-2, 2 RBI, 2 R; Tommy Ekern 1-3, 2B, 2 RBI, R; Andrew Wilkemeyer 1-2, RBI, 2 R; Rylan Schneider 1-3, RBI, 2 R; Jonah Bunke 1-2, RBI, 3 R; Justin Ruberg 1-4, RBI, 6 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 7 K, Win. Trojans > 2-1, … [Read more...]