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Girls basketball earns tough wins over Onalaska and Winona Cotter
The Caledonia Area girls came away with two tough wins over both the Onalaska Hilltoppers and a rematch against the Winona Cotter Ramblers. The Warriors won against Onalaska 63-49 and 65-57 against the Ramblers. The Warriors faced off against the Hilltoppers on Monday, Jan. 29 at Caledonia High School. Though the lady Warriors won the tipoff, Onalaska immediately went on a 12-0 run to start the game. Onalaska started off...
Caledonia boys rebound with wins over La Crosse Central and Winona Cotter
The Caledonia Area Warriors boys basketball team started off the week with a big matchup against the La Crosse Central Riverhawks, and ended the week with the Winona Cotter Ramblers. The Warriors won a well played and tough game against the Riverhawks by a score of 71-64, and they prevailed against the Ramblers by a score of 70-57. The Warriors hosted the Riverhawks on Tuesday, Jan. 30 at Caledonia Area...
Owen King returns home, looks forward to future
After all the success of his high school and college careers, Owen King didn’t hesitate to come back and do more for sports in Caledonia’s community. King has shown he has passion for teaching and coaching, as he’s back in Caledonia coaching the seventh-grade boys basketball team and also serves as the volunteer assistant coach alongside his father, head coach Brad King, for the varsity boys. As he waits on...
Gymnastics team earns highest score of season at La Crosse 2024 Invite
The Caledonia/Houston/Spring Grove Warriors gymnastics team posted its highest score of the season at the La Crosse 2024 Gymnastics Invite with a score of 129.075 and taking 5th for the invite on Saturday, Jan. 27. The invite saw Vivian Kittleson score the highest for the Warriors in the all around at 33.450, followed by Paizley Lange with a 32.550. Among the individual events, starting with the vault, Vivian Kittleson scored...
Caledonia boys basketball beats St. Charles, drops heartbreaker to La Crescent-Hokah
The Caledonia Area boys basketball squad had a mixed week with a big 77-38 win over St. Charles, but a last-minute loss against La Crescent-Hokah 64-60. Against the St. Charles Fighting Saints, the boys went up big by halftime with a score of 48-15. At the end of regulation, high scorers for Caledonia included Ethan Stendel (No. 14) and Garret Konz (No. 10) with 14 points each, then Ben Stemper...
Girls basketball wins big over St. Charles and La Crescent-Hokah
The Caledonia Area girls basketball team won big at home against St. Charles, 69-24, and followed that up with another big win over La Crescent-Hokah, 61-35, to give the Warriors a good week going into the last quarter of the season. The Warriors were in full control on Jan. 23 when they faced off against the St. Charles Fighting Saints at home. The Warriors won the tip, and Nicole Banse (No. 15) drove hard and scored on a layup to open up the scoring for...
Caledonia/Spring Grove/Houston gymnastics defeats Stewartville, loses to PIZM
The Caledonia/Spring Grove/Houston gymnastics team took on the Stewartville/Chatfield gymnastics team and won by a score of 127.875 to 111.600 on Jan. 18, but it came up short against Pine Island/Zumbrota Mazeppa’s team on Jan. 19 by a score of 136.550 to 126.225. Against Stewartville/Chatfield, the Caledonia/Spring Grove/Houston team took the top five spots in all around scoring for the meet. Paizley Lange scored 33.350, Madelyn Foellmi with 31.800, Harper...
Caledonia boys basketball goes 2-1 in week-long stretch
The Caledonia Area Warriors won two games and lost one this week, beating both the Dover-Eyota Eagles on Monday 89-70 and the Lewiston-Altura Cardinals on Thursday 90-52, then dropping a tough game at the Mayo Civic Center against the Stewartville Tigers on Friday 73-39. Against the Eagles Monday, the Warriors maintained control throughout the game with a commanding lead at halftime of 53-27. By the end of regulation, Caledonia had...
Caledonia girls basketball wins two of three during cold snap
The Caledonia Area girls basketball team played three games this week, winning two. The Warriors earned a tough victory over the Dover-Eyota Eagles Monday, Jan. 15 by a score of 66-50. They also won handily against the Lewiston-Altura Cardinals on Thursday, Jan. 18 by almost 50 points with the final score at 72-28. But they dropped a well played game against the Rochester Lourdes Eagles on Saturday, Jan. 20 at...
Caledonia/Houston wrestling pulls off impressive win over West Salem
On Tuesday, Jan. 16, the Caledonia/Houston wrestling team hosted West Salem/Bangor for an exciting dual border battle. The home team Warriors narrowly came out on top at 32-30. The varsity dual started off with Aidan Burns of Caledonia against Teghan Moore in the 107-pound weight class. The two were evenly matched, but Teghan Moore was forced to forfeit and give the medical decision to Aidan Burns in the second period. ...
Caledonia finishes 3rd in 8th place bracket at The Clash; Braxton gets 100th win
The Caledonia/Houston wrestling team took part in the dual tournament known as The Clash in La Crosse, Wisconsin at the La Crosse Center over the weekend of Jan. 5-6. This was a fairly large tournament, attracting teams from both coasts as there were teams from both California and Connecticut who attended this dual tournament. The first day held the placement brackets, where the Warriors were set in Bracket D, starting...
Warriors weather the storm, beat the PEM Bulldogs
The Caledonia Area Warriors boys basketball team looked to restart its rhythm against the Plainview-Elgin-Millville Bulldogs on Thursday, Jan. 11 at Caledonia Area High School after a game cancellation earlier in the week . After a slow start, the Warriors regained their momentum and beat the Bulldogs 85-42. The Warriors started out the game by winning the toss, and Ethan Stendel (No. 14) scored the first points with a rebound...
Caledonia's Denstad wins Bi-State tournament, team places 8th at the Clash tournament
The Caledonia-Houston wrestling team took to the La Crosse Center in La Crosse Friday and Saturday, Dec. 29-30 to take part in the annual Bi-State tournament. This tournament draws hundreds, if not over a thousand wrestlers from Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota. Caledonia-Houston wrestlers had a strong showing, and one Caledonia-Houston wrestler took home first place in the tournament. Owen Denstad dominated the 144-pound weight class. Denstad came into the tournament...
Caledonia Area gymnastics tangos with West Salem
Caledonia gymnastics hosted West Salem-Aquinas-Bangor for a meet on Thursday, Jan. 4. Both junior varsity and varsity took part in the meet, and although the Warriors competed well, both squads fell to the Panthers. On the varsity side, the Warriors have shown continuous improvement over the course of the season. In the all around, Harper Myrah scored the highest with a 31.950, with Vivian Kittleson following at 31.325 and then...
Caledonia Area girls basketball competes in tournament, home and away games
Much like the boys basketball team, the girls also had business to take care of over the winter break. This article will cover some games before winter break, the holiday tournament in West Salem, two games the first week of January, and what’s to come next for the lady Warriors. On Saturday, Dec. 16, the Warriors faced off against the Decorah-North Winneshiek High School Vikings. Caledonia fell to the Vikings in a close game at a score of 54-48. Leading scorers for the Warriors that...
Caledonia Area boys basketball win 3 games, lose 1
Winter break brings a much needed respite but the basketball teams stayed busy during the school year intermission. Both the boys and girls basketball teams attended a holiday basketball tournament in West Salem, both playing two games on Dec. 27-28, as well as games the first week of January. Here is a breakdown of the boys basketball team's activity over the past few weeks and a quick look forward to what games they have coming in the new year. ...
Caledonia boys basketball snags 2 wins before Christmas
Caledonia Area boys basketball has been in top form all season, and it looked to continue that into the Christmas with games against both Chatfield and Albert Lea at home. The squad came away from both of those games successfully with a 91-41 win over Chatfield, and an 89-58 win over Albert Lea to make Christmas that much more sweet. From the outset of the game against Chatfield on Dec....
Mason King carries hot hand as Caledonia boys triumph over Rushford-Peterson
The Warriors traveled to Rushford-Peterson for a Three Rivers Conference matchup Dec. 12, and Caledonia Area won the showdown by a sizeable margin at 91-64. Caledonia led the game off with back-to-back three pointers from Lewis Doyle (No. 2) and Mason King (No. 5) to kick off the momentum. The Warriors had a pretty great performance from beyond the three point line, with nine successful three pointers in the first half alone. ...
Caledonia girls basketball dominates in win over Rushford-Peterson
Caledonia Area girls basketball traveled to Rushford-Peterson Dec. 12 to face off against the Trojans in a conference matchup. The Warriors started strong and never looked back, beating the Trojans by a score of 59-28. The Warriors came out of the gates quickly with Regan King (No. 13) hitting a three-pointer quickly after the tip off. The Warriors also played a great defensive game, keeping the Trojans scoreless for seven...
La Crescent alum Noah Bjerke-Wieser wins prestigious national sportsmanship award
A year ago, no one would have guessed that Noah Bjerke-Wieser was the right messenger with the right message in the right place. He was too young, too bold, and he picked the wrong platform. But his plea for respect and sportsmanship extended beyond his hometown and across the nation, proving that we all would have guessed wrong. As in cities large and small, Noah’s basketball team at La Crescent-Hokah...
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