The Caledonia/Spring Grove gymnastics team opened at home with a score of 109.825 while Pine Island/Zumbrota-Mazeppa won with 135.35. Freshman Braelyn Lange placed second in all-around at 29.5, and junior Brianna Johnson was third at 26.95. Six different Warriors competed in varsity events, four qualifying for all-around (competing at all four stations). Both … [Read more...]
Spring Grove boys blast Houston, lose large lead in first loss at Randolph
The outcome was decided during the first few minutes of the Spring Grove boys’ early-week 86-35 walloping of winless Houston (Jan. 25), but the gut-wrenching, late-week 52-47 loss at Randolph went down to the final half-minute (Jan. 28). The Lion lads lost a 16-point lead while suffering their first setback of the season, while the Rockets remained very much alive in the SEC … [Read more...]
Spring Grove elementary students start winter sports
The Spring Grove School Board met on Tuesday evening, January 19, 2021, at 7 p.m. in the school’s media center, adhering to the governor’s guidelines for capacity (maximum 10 people). The meeting was broadcast on Google Meet for the public and media. The organizational meeting of the Spring Grove School was called to order by Chair Aaron Solum at 7:02 p.m. Board members in … [Read more...]
CEO in the classroom
Successful collaboration between Caledonia, Mabel-Canton, and Spring Grove high school students and business leaders in these communities is taking place this school year. Spring Grove Assistant Superintendent Gina Meinertz explained the process for making this multi-school partnership come together. Meinertz had the vision for the project, wrote a Southeast Service … [Read more...]
Lion boys alone in league lead after two runaway wins
The Spring Grove boys remained the lone undefeated team in the SEC East after a late-week 68-29 annihilation of previously unbeaten Schaeffer Academy. That came after a 57-31 throttling of Mabel-Canton. That 22nd consecutive victory over the Cougars came three nights before the Spring Grove Lions ended a two-game losing skein against the Schaeffer Lions, last year’s East … [Read more...]
Spring Grove boys overtake, fend off Grand Meadow, 45-41
The visiting Spring Grove boys rallied late with a 13-to-3 run to regain the lead and hold off Grand Meadow, 45-41, in the 2021 season and conference basketball opener for both teams on Jan. 15. It was appropriate that both teams scored in the 40s during the Lions' 44th straight win against the Superlarks, dating back to 1999. The Lions had led throughout the first half by … [Read more...]
Spring Grove boys rely on youth, improved shooting
The Spring Grove basketball boys return five of last year’s 12 letter winners, but the Lions bring back less than half of the scoring and only a fourth of the rebounding. For the second straight season, Caden Grinde is the lone full-time returning starter, who was also the most celebrated as the Spring Grove MVP and two-time all-conference selection. Illness provided … [Read more...]
Lion girls 16 points shy of Superlarks, Trojans
The Spring Grove girls rebounded and defended, but unsteady ball-handling sabotaged their pursuit for points in the first two basketball games of 2021, dropping both by 16-point margins. The Lions (0-2, 0-1 SEC) fell to visiting Grand Meadow, 36-20, on Jan. 15 and then 20 hours later, were outscored at Rushford-Peterson, 44-28. Grand Meadow 36, Spring Grove 20 … [Read more...]
Spring Grove girls depend early on defense
“Depending on defense” while developing an “offensive identity” is the early-season task for the youthful Spring Grove basketball girls according to third-year head coach Kody Moore. There is a lot of offensive production to replace with three-fourths of the scoring and nearly two-thirds of both the assists and offensive rebounds no longer available after last year’s 6-21 … [Read more...]
Long-distance Lions were fourth-quarter conquerors
The Spring Grove boys won five football games but led only one of those games at halftime. The 2020 Lions (5-3, 4-2 district) needed four second-half surges and fourth-quarter heroics to extend their string of winning seasons to 11. As is often the case, the difference between a winning or losing record or breaking even depended on winning the close games. And Spring Grove took … [Read more...]