Seniors Addyson McHugh and Tysen Grinde were the 2022-23 Female and Male Athletes of the Year, respectively, as selected by the Spring Grove High School coaches. For the first time in the 49 years since girls athletics began in 1974, both recipients have repeated in the same school year. McHugh is the first girl to merit the acclaim three times. Grinde is the first Lion to … [Read more...]
Four baseball Lions are All-SEC
For the second straight year, Caleb Griffin, Jaxon Strinmoen and Elijah Solum were named to the All-Southeast Conference Baseball Team and were joined in 2023 by Spring Grove teammate Brandon Jahnke. Also repeating as Honorable Mention was Ezra Griffin. It was the first time that as many as four baseball Lions were named All-SEC. Including third-place Spring Grove (12-9, … [Read more...]
Solum repeats as SG basketball MVP, among four Lions honored
Junior Elijah Solum was voted 2023 Most Valuable Player for the second straight season by his Spring Grove basketball teammates. Senior Caleb Griffin was the choice for Most Improved while junior Ethan Crouch was voted the Lion Award, which reflects leadership, passion and energy during practice as well as games. Determined solely by statistics, the Hustle Award went to senior … [Read more...]
Grinde is state high jump champion
Caledonia/Spring Grove senior Tysen Grinde closed his only season of high school track at the pinnacle as the 2023 Class A State champion high jumper. Junior Josh Beardmore won the fifth-place long jump medal and ran on two relays. The Warrior boys competed in five events and scored team points in three. Their 18 team points placed them 21st among 68 teams that scored. They had … [Read more...]
Warriors’ Beardmore, Grinde win multiple track and field events
Josh Beardmore won three events; Tysen Grinde took two and placed second in another event one inch behind Beardmore. The Caledonia/Spring Grove boys finished second behind host Chatfield at a May 18 quadrangular track meet that also include Kasson-Mantorville and St. Charles. The Warrior girls finished fourth. While Beardmore and Grinde placed one-two in long jump, Jordan … [Read more...]
Spring Grove boys close regular season with 12-2 road win
The regular season ended with Spring Grove’s second 10-run-rule win against Alden-Conger/Glenville-Emmons. This 12-2 decision on May 22 at Alden was somewhat similar to the 14-4 home win for the Lions. In both games, AC/GE scored all of its runs in the first inning and later, Spring Grove used a big inning to take control. However, unlike the April game, the Lions led all the … [Read more...]
Spring Grove boys blanked by state-ranked Rebels
Both teams had two base hits, but state-ranked No. 9 Southland took advantage of numerous charitable donations while claiming a share of the 2023 conference championship with a 5-0 road win on May 18 at third-place Spring Grove (8-7, 7-4 SEC). It was a fourth straight setback for the Lions, the last two against state-ranked competition. The Rebels improved to 12-2 (11-1 SEC) to … [Read more...]
Lion boys’ big inning subdues state-ranked Fillmore Central/Lanesboro
The Spring Grove boys used a big five-run inning to upend state-ranked No. 4 Fillmore Central/Lanesboro, 6-4, on May 19, Senior Day and the final regular-season home game at Blayne Onsgard Memorial Field. The win assures the Lions finishing at .500 or better for the season. Through the first five innings, the non-conference encounter was a pitchers’ duel between Lion Ty … [Read more...]
Spring Grove bats finally prevail in sub-section softball
The Spring Grove girls banged out a season-high 11 base hits while eliminating Schaeffer Academy, 14-9, in the Sub-section 1A East play-in game on May 19 at Spring Grove. But the Schaeffer girls (those other Lions) also had 11 hits and jumped out to an early 5-0 lead. Spring Grove had never trailed in either of the two double header games the teams had played three days … [Read more...]
Lion boys coast past Hurricanes in home opener, 10-2
Caleb Griffin pitched a four-hitter while striking out 10 Houston batters and walking only one as Spring Grove won its baseball home opener, 10-2, in front of a large crowd on April 14. Ty Cleven fanned three in one inning of relief. Elijah Solum (double, 2 steals) and Brandon Jahnke each drove in two runs while batting 2 for 3. Ezra Griffin went 2 for 4 with a triple, … [Read more...]