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With a week of scorching heat in the 90s and 100s behind them, Chateau Speedway race fans and drivers enjoyed temperatures back into the lower 80s at race time and sitting in the 70s for much of the night as they took in the action.
Another outstanding field of cars filled the pits for the recently...
Byron soccer boys give back to the community
On a very hot Tuesday morning, August 22, the Byron High School Boys Soccer Team, armed with shovels and rakes, attacked 3 Byron City Park playgrounds, to spread mountains of mulch. After practicing from 7:30-9 a.m., the boys tackled this task with great...
Chateau Speedway fans and drivers have been patiently waiting to get some racing in at the track that’s been thrilling fans since 1956. Last Friday night that patience finally paid off. With clear skies and no chance of rain in the forecast, fans and drivers filled up the grounds at Lansing for a...
The 2023 racing season began last Friday at Chateau Speedway in Lansing, albeit three and a half months late due to an ownership dispute.
Four heat races into the opening show, a brief shower interrupted the night. Crew and drivers spent a half hour getting the surface back into shape, only to have...
Nell Graham doesn’t like to brag.
In fact, getting her accomplishments out of her is tricky. But Graham was a stand-out athlete at Triton High School during her years there, and is now achieving big things at college.
A Dodge Center native, Graham graduated from Triton High School in 2019. She...
It was a good ride for the Byron baseball team this season, as they made it to the state tournament, while posting an incredible 18-8 overall record for the 2023 campaign. The unseeded Bears were eliminated from championship contention with a 3-0 loss to No. 3 seed Mahtomedi, during the Class AAA...
It was just a matter of time, and this time, the Byron baseball bunch rallied at just the right time, as they advanced to the Class AAA state tournament, which transpires this week.
Northfield won the opener last Wednesday, 4-1, forcing a final and deciding game. The Raiders turned (2) double plays...
Some of the Bears, the KoMets, and the Cobras’ track and field kids competed at the MSHSL State track and field championships in St. Michael/Albertsville, on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, June 8, 9, 10.
Here are results of those efforts: Byron Boys: High Jump: 2nd place, Ryan Stites, 6-04.00; Girls...
RED WING — It’s been a super season for the Byron baseball boys and Head Coach Jordan Bale. Now sitting in the catbird’s seat at 16-5, the Bears have clawed their way to the Section 1AAA title game on Wednesday, June 7, in Red Wing (the guys will have played and won the game—writer’s fingers...
The Byron fast-pitch team played a good post-season this year. On Tuesday, May 30, the Lady Bears lost to Winona, 5-3, in the Section 1AAA semifinals. Later that day, Byron topped Stewartville, 5-1, in the elimination bracket finals. That catapulted the Byron girls into a Thursday, June 1 battle...