Friday, March 29, 2024

Sports

Gavin Giesler puts the puck in the back of the net as the Wildcats route Minnesota River 13-1.
Dodge County boys hockey team dominated Minnesota River on Friday, December 17, at Dodge County Ice Arena. Wildcats’ defenseman Easton Hammill scored five goals and added 2 assists, for an amazing seven-point game, in the 13-1 DC rout. Shots on goal favored DC, 37-12. Dodge County Individual...
Kasson and Mantorville residents lined the highway to cheer the KM football team as they made their way to the Minnesota State High School League football finals.
Joel Swanson grew up in Pipestone, Minn. with three brothers. He said he played all the sports and perhaps liked basketball the most until he was older. He played both offense and defense on the football team. He remembers their coach had the team do a fundraiser to purchase free weights. This was...
Byron’s girls hoopsters battled a formidable Lourdes team last Tuesday, December 7, and they lost to the Eagles, 66-61. Byron Stats: Aubrey Akervik, 1 point; Finn- ley Klunder, 2 points; Makana Schroeder, 14 points, (1) 3-pointer; Rylie Schnell, 11 points, (3) 3-pointers; Emma Stork, 9 points, (2)...
Byron’s #1 ranked Matthew Peterson puts the Bears on the scoreboard with a pin against KM’s Noah Swarts in the first period.
Under a spotlight, in a crowded gym, Byron hosted Kasson-Mantorville in wrestling this past Thursday night. Fans from both teams celebrated being able to attend high school wrestling once again. Several fans said the last high school match they had attended was Sections or State in 2020. This past...
Kasson-Mantorville’s girls basketball team played flawlessly on Monday night, December 6, taking down Cannon Falls, 76-36. The KoMets held a 41-19 half-time advantage, which led to a 35-point lead with 9 minutes remaining in the contest. That triggered the mercy rule, thus causing the clock to...
Bennett Berge in his championship match last weekend at the Dan Gable Donnybrook in Iowa.
K-M’S 2021 wrestling season is upon us. The KoMets traveled down to Iowa CIty this past weekend to open up their season with a new tournament, a nationally ranked tournament, the Dan Gable Donnybrook. The Dan Gable Donnybrook tournament is as tough as the name sounds. Dan Gable himself opened up...
It’s time to replace the rakes with the shovels, roll out the mats, and put away the pigskins, as another winter season rapidly approaches. Student athletes are chomping at the bit to get the competition underway, and coaches again look forward to successful journeys. KASSON-MANTORVILLE BOYS...
Matt Donovan is taken down by the Hutchinson defense.
Kasson-Mantorville cameup short in its bid for the state championship title on Friday night, November 26, at U.S. Bank Stadium when #2-ranked Hutchinson lived up to its running-game dominant reputation, and powered past the #9-ranked KoMets, 42-14, in the Class AAAA title game. Scoring by quarters...
Quarterback Matt Donovan scored three TDs in the game against Becker.
Houdinis of the gridiron struck once more! Kasson-Mantorville snatched victory from the jaws of defeat yet again—this time from the mighty grasp of the state’s No. 1-ranked Becker Bulldogs. Punching their tickets to the state champion- ship game, the KoMets pulled-off a Hercule- an feat, posting (...
Kasson-Mantorville’s volleyball team lifts high the second place trophy at the conclusion of their championship match against Marshall Saturday night.
Number 2-seeded Kasson-Mantorville’s volleyball team lost, 3-0, to the #1-ranked Marshall Tigers, in the Class AAA volleyball ti- tle match; on Saturday, November 13, at Xcel Energy Center. It was a hard-fought battle for K-M, against a very formidable #1-seeded Marshall squad, and the set scores...

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