Sports

Schubert, Trihey help Wildcats trounce Rebels

Let’s hope the crowd at last Friday’s Dodge County girls’ hockey game brought plenty of hats because two Wildcats earned hat tricks to lead Dodge County to a 7-0 win over Moose Lake Area. Nevaeh Trihey got the scoring started with an even strength goal in the first period. Halle...

Truly Awesome

Even though the Awesome Blossoms were playing in their first state championship, they were facing a familiar foe after playing the BOLD Warriors in last year’s state semi-final. However, after losing by 30 points last year, this time it was Blooming Prairie who steamrolled BOLD 41-15 to...

Wildcats defeat Raiders and Huskies

After an up and down first four games, the Dodge Couty girls’ hockey team got back on track by beating Hastings 6-1 on Saturday, Nov. 23. Dodge County got the scoring started when Malia Schubert’s shot zoomed past the Hastings goalkeeper Alexis Steinke. She was assisted by Katelyn...

KoMets win close one over Raiders, then use second half surge to rout Falcons

Northfield may have moved up to class AAAA, but on Tuesday, Nov. 26, it was the class AAA Kasson-Mantorville KoMets who were the better team as they defeated the Raiders 64-61. Head Coach Ryan Haraldson said K-M had a slow start, but had a nice run before half to took a 26-24 lead into halftime. In...

Winter sports are coming

With the current sub-freezing temperatures, you don’t need me or the House of Stark (a Game of Thrones reference) to tell you that winter is coming. However, one of the positive of getting further into November is that the winter sports season is just around the corner...

Hayfield’s Kyllo honored as academic all-state selection

There are thousands of high school football players in Minnesota, but only a select few from each class are chosen as individual academic all-state selections. One of the 14 players chosen to represent Class A is Hayfield running back and punter Carter Kyllo. “This is a huge honor...

Byron football achieves academic gold award

The Byron school colors are black and gold so it’s fitting that their varsity football earned the gold award for team academic all state from the Minnesota Football Coaches Association. The criterion for the gold award is a cumulative team grade point average of 3.26 or higher...

Vikings runners receive honors

Wesley Scanlan, left, was honored as the Rookie of the Year. Grace Walker, center, was honored as Best Attitude. Dakota Robinson, right, was honored as the Most Valuable Runner and Hardest Worker. Not Pictured: Kailyn Gustafson who was honored as the Most Improved.

Land of 1,000 Set Assists

With Byron’s Rylie McRoberts and Hayfield’s Maryx Young already achieving 1,000 career set assists this season, Dodge County is becoming known for its setters and Triton’s Chelsea Lasker recently strengthened that reputation by also reaching that prestigious milestone. “I was really nervous, and...

Byron’s Petersen commits to North Dakota State

When Mitchel Petersen’s parents drop him off at college next fall, the phrase ‘Bye son,’ will have two meanings. The first meaning is the usual goodbye, but they will also be saying his new title as he recently committed to being a Bison, the North Dakota State (NDSU) mascot. While that...