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The Huskies mob their teammates after receiving their section championship plaque.

Huskies snag another section title

Very rarely do football games come down to one play, but that seemed to be the case when Rochester Mayo had the ball in Owatonna territory with the chance to take the lead in the final minute of the Section 1AAAAA Championship game on Nov. 16. Trailing 28-30, the Spartans needed just a field goal...

Senior receiver Alex Piller (84) refuses to go down easy. Instead, he drags a Randolph defensive back into the red zone. Shortly thereafter the Awesome Blossoms scored another touchdown to extend their lead to 49-6.

FOOTBALL CHAMPS

The Blooming Prairie offense struck early and often and the defense held Randolph scoreless for the first three and a half quarters to propel the Awesome Blossoms to a 49-6 win in the Section 1A Championship Friday night. Blooming Prairie quickly took the lead when Bradley Simon caught a 21-yard...

Four cheerleaders from NRHEG High School will be traveling to Florida to take part in the Varsity Spirit Spectacular in the Universal Orlando Resort. The cheerleaders are, from left: Evan Wayne, Avery Hill, Isabel Stadheim and Payton Bunn.

NRHEG cheerleaders head to Florida

Do you have spirit? For four cheerleaders from NRHEG High School, they certainly have lots of spirit, and they will be displaying it by performing in the Varsity Spirit Spectacular in the Universal Orlando Resort. Avery Hill, Eva Wayne, Isabel Stadheim, and Payton Bunn from NRHEG in New Richland...

Micalyn Trihus and her parents, Mike and Melissa Trihus, are all smiles after Micalyn signs her national letter of intent to play volleyball at Bemidji State University.

Pair of Blossoms pursue collegiate ball

Blooming Prairie seniors Megan Oswald and Micalyn Trihus had already done the hard part by deciding where they wanted to continue to play collegiate basketball and volleyball, respectively, and on Wednesday, Nov. 11, they did the easy part: signing their national letter of intent to make their...

A swimming sensation

Only a small percentage of high school student-athletes participate in a state tournament, even fewer make it back-to-back years and then there's the cream of crop: students like Owatonna swimmer Logan Norrid who make it three straight years. She recently achieved that feat by beating the state cut...

Tigers race out to early lead, hold on to beat Wildcats

After a tough loss to the defending Class A state champion, Blooming Prairie, the previous week, the Medford football team’s offense and defense bounced back during its 14-6 win over Goodhue on Saturday, Oct. 24. The offense got going right away thanks to a 42-yard run by Josiah Hedensten. That set...

Panthers fall the ranks of the undefeated

After outscoring its first two opponents 60-20, the New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva (NRHEG) Panthers’ defense gave up 21 first-half points to the Lake Crystal-Welcome Memorial (LCWM) Knights and their offense couldn’t make up the deficit in the second half so the Panthers fell to 2-1 after...

Blossoms Quarterback Drew Kittelson is on fire this shortened season. He tossed four touchdowns against Lewiston-Altura Friday night in a contest the Blossoms easily won 53-29. Kittelson also ran one in for another touchdown.

Explosive offense keeps Blossoms on the winning path

Riding the strong arm of junior quarterback Drew Kittelson, the Blooming Prairie Awesome Blossoms trounced the Cardinals of Lewiston-Altura 53-29 Friday night, Oct. 23 at Lewiston. Kittelson found four more touchdowns in his strong arm, making his total for the young season at 13. He also ran for...

Owatonna’s Payton Beyer crosses over the goal line to score one of his two touchdowns Friday night in the whipping of Rochester Century. The Huskies blanked Rochester 42-0.

CAKE WALK OVER CENTURY

Behind the strong passing attack from quarterback Brayden Truelson, the Owatonna Huskies performed a cake walk by shutting out visiting Rochester Century Friday night 42-0. There was much attention focused on a future Division I player, Isaiah Huber, who plays for Rochester. Huber is planning to...

Baker earns All Conference in cross country

Blooming Prairie sophomore Hosea Baker earned first-team All Gopher Conference by finishing fifth overall in the Gopher Conference Cross Country Meet Saturday, Oct. 10. Baker ran the 5000-meter course in 18:55. The conference meet was held at the River Bend Nature Center in Faribault. Senior Emily...