Caledonia, United States (Local)
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Paul Trende's coverage primarily focuses on local sports events, particularly basketball and wrestling in Caledonia, Minnesota. He is likely to be most responsive to pitches related to upcoming games or tournaments, player interviews, team performance analysis, and human-interest stories about athletes or teams from the local area.
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Part of the wild bottom of the seventh, Chatfield’s Caijel Berge is out stealing versus Zumbrota-Mazeppa in a Section 1AA loser-out contest. But Makenna Dornack later doubled in the tying run and Brynn Horsman singled in Dornack for the 2-1 walk-off win. Chatfield (18-8) then fell to Cotter/Hope Lutheran 10-6 to effectively take third place in the section. Photo by Leif Erickson
Mabel-Canton baseball’s season ended with a 13-8 loss to top-seed NRHEG. At 13-11, M-C posted its highest win total since 2005’s team went 15-9. Caledonia baseball topped PEM 9-6 in a 1AA loser-out game, as Max Schmitz was 4-for-4 and Jacob Klug scored four times. Schmitz then homered but Caledonia’s season ended 7-1 to Rochester-Lourdes. At the Section 1AA golf meet, Caledonia’s Jazzlyn Hauser tied for 12th place and Maggie Herman tied for 14th. On the boys’ side, Chatfield’s Carson Harstad tied for 15th place.
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At the 2026 Section 1A track and field meet, a total of 44 kids from RPH, Chatfield, LFCMC, GMLOKS, and Caledonia/Spring Grove qualified for state. RPH’s girls were team champ, and nine Tro-Canes made state. Chatfield (12), LFCMC (11), and GMLOKS (10) got double-digits kids to state.
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He is the first Journal-covered track and field athlete to win two individual state titles in the same season since RPH’s Noah Carlson grabbed three in 2015. Southland junior, GMLO-KS runner, Tate Goergen had himself a big couple days at the state track and field meet. He started in the prelims, where Goergen tied the
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Caledonia’s Vivian Kittleson (left) and Ayla Lange (right) are all smiles after scoring on Paizley Lange’s 2-run single in the fifth-place game at state, as the Warriors took a 5-1 lead. Caledonia won by that final to bring home the State Consolation Trophy. Photo by Paul Trende
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RPH track and field competitor Aubry Boldt went to state with high expectations. A year ago, she was state champ in the Triple Jump while also taking third in the 100-meter hurdles and fourth in the Long Jump. The Houston senior could not top those finishes, but found her way to the podium three more
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The 2026 Class A State Golf meet from Pebble Creek Course in Becker featured both Rushford-Peterson’s boys and girls teams, plus three Lanesboro individuals (Addison McCabe, Jack Brogle, Jentrey Schreiber) and one from Fillmore Central (Brody Srsen). The individuals shined in a big way on the biggest stage. McCabe and Srsen Finish Top 10, Brogle
A local girls 12-and-under softball team based out of St. Charles recently made history, traveling to Whitetown, Indiana, to play in the Little League Worl
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With the high school football season fast approaching, teams from Chatfield and Fillmore Central got together for a “combine” of sorts. Coaches from the Gophers and Falcons decided to do something similar to the NFL, which tests prospects across a range of speed, strength, and agility skills prior to its draft. The idea was spawned
The 2026 Minnesota American Legion Softball state champions are the Caledonia Post #191 team. Coached by Brad Augedahl and Tony Lange, managed by Lauren Goetzinger, team members are Ashlyn Reinhart, Paizley Lange, Vivian Kittleson, Adrienne Lange, Elsa Blum, Brairy Proulx, Nora Staggemeyer, Avery Augedahl, Lily Wiebke, Lily Augedahl, and Ayla Lange. The Warriors’ three state wins were by a combined 42-2 score, as they beat Adams Post #146 (Southland) for the title. Photo submitted
