Chris Pieper matched a personal record with a winning 6-foot, 2-inch high jump and eighth grader Fischer Wait won the 400-meter run with a personal-best time of 56.59 seconds as the Caledonia/Spring Grove boys finished second in a triangular track meet at Rushford on April 30. With an injury-limited lineup, only four Warrior girls made the trip and finished third in the team … [Read more...]
Lions turn back second Cougar rally, 6-5
Spring Grove could not protect its first three-run lead, but the Lions went back ahead by three and held on to turn back visiting Mabel-Canton, 6-5, on April 20. Mabel-Canton, after erasing the first three-run deficit, had a two-run rally fall short later with the tying run on base in the final seventh inning. The Lions’ second scheduled game of the week, versus Southland, was … [Read more...]
Spring Grove baseball: “walk-in” win over GMLOK; losses at W-K and L/P
Spring Grove’s Isaac Griffin was exceptional on the mound in what was a classic pitchers’ duel until it turned out to be a pitchers’ nightmare for visiting Grand Meadow/LeRoy-Ostrander/Kingsland. The Lions’ 2-1, “walk-off, walk-in” conference win on April 15 was sandwiched between less satisfying road setbacks - a 12-3 non-conference loss at Wabasha-Kellogg on April 12 and an … [Read more...]
Spring Grove handles Houston in baseball opener, 13-2
Isaac Griffin, with both his arm and the bat, sparked Spring Grove to a soggy, season-opening 13-2 baseball win at Houston on a rainy April 9 afternoon. The Lions scored a run in the second inning, added a pair in the fourth inning and then sealed the win with back-to-back, five-run eruptions to win with the 10-run rule after six innings. Meanwhile on the mound, Griffin … [Read more...]
Leahy voted Lion MVP; Spring Grove girls honor four
Junior Jordian Leahy was voted Most Valuable Player by her 2021 Spring Grove basketball teammates. Junior Ava Olerud was honored with the Lion Attitude Award, while eighth grade guard Emerson Ingvalson was the choice for Most Improved. Freshman Katelyn Kraus was voted the Hustle Award. Leahy (MVP), a 5-foot-6 junior guard who received Honorable Mention on the … [Read more...]
Young baseball Lions step into varsity spotlight, open at Houston
It ranks as one of the most inexperienced and youngest Spring Grove High School baseball teams. After COVID-19 canceled baseball for every Minnesota high school last spring and American Legion last summer, every coach seeks to restore skills last polished in 2019. Coach Chris Strinmoen starts with 16 varsity candidates. All but one has played baseball since childhood (except … [Read more...]
Peterson voted Spring Grove volleyball top honor
Senior VaNessa Peterson was voted the Impact/Most Valuable Player by her 2020 Spring Grove volleyball teammates and also shared the Heart Award in a COVID-19-delayed awards presentation. Maggie Lile was the choice for the Hustle Award and for the second season voted the Heart Award, sharing that honor this year with Peterson, Addyson McHugh and Kelsey Bratland. Kenadee Gerard … [Read more...]
Grinde repeats MVP; Spring Grove gridders honor five teammates
Spring Grove senior Caden Grinde was voted both Most Valuable Player and Defensive Player of the Year - both for the second straight season by his 2020 Lion football teammates. Senior Tristan Hammel was the choice for Lineman of the Year while senior Isaac Griffin was voted Outstanding Leader. Sophomore Tysen Grinde was selected Rookie of the Year, and sophomore Caleb … [Read more...]
Lyle/Pacelli, Southland lead All-SEC Team; Spring Grove’s Grinde is Player of the Year
West Division champion Lyle/Pacelli placed four players on the 2021 All-Southeast Conference Boys Basketball Team while division and section runner-up Southland had three honorees. East Division champion Spring Grove had two selections, including SEC Player of the Year Caden Grinde. Seven of the 17 are repeat honorees; four of the First and Second Team selections had … [Read more...]
Spring Grove boys capture another crown with defense, free throws, few fouls
The Spring Grove boys set program records for the fewest fouls committed and the fewest free throws allowed, contributing to the best scoring defense in the last 71 years. But the 2021 basketball season will be most remembered for few fans and no band in the stands to watch players wearing masks. Due to the pandemic, there were only 17 games - the fewest in 44 years - since the … [Read more...]