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Two Teams, 19 Individuals Compete at National Trap Championships
Mabel-Canton finished 28th and Spring Grove 42nd among 261 qualifying high school trap teams at the 2024 national tournament in Mason, Mich/, on July 12-14. That put the Cougars among the top 11% and the Lions among the top 16% of the top teams in the nation. Individually, Spring Grove’s Taylor Reinhardt ranked 12th among 257 girls, and Rushford-Peterson’s Samual Finley 113th among 1,374 boys. Thus, Reinhardt finished among the top 5% of all the girls and Finley among the top 8% of the guys.
‘Drive harder’: Decorah’s Hovden breaks 176 career wins
Dan Hovden recorded his 175th career win Tuesday, July 9 during the Summit USRA weekly racing series at the Winneshiek County Fairgrounds. (Photo by Seth Boyes) Decorah’s Dan Hovden has been racing for 16 years, and the 31-year-old is already on his way to winning his first national title this year. Hovden won the B-Mod main event July 9, during the Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series event at the Winneshiek Raceway in Decorah. The race marked his 175th career win, and three days later, he earned his 176th win when he took the checkered flag in West Union.
Fresh off of a state win, Reese Wait awarded state's Coach of the Year
After a huge state championship for the Caledonia/Spring Grove track and field team, coming home with first place as a team, it was awarded with another huge honor, as Coach Reese Wait won Coach of the Year from the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association for Minnesota. The USTFCCCA hands out awards for both boys and girls track coaches in all 50 states. This year, Coach Wait took home this award for Minnesota boys track. In an interview with Coach Wait,...
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