Sports

Bears edge out Bulldogs to improve to 1-1

Both Byron football team and Plainview-Elgin-Millville (P-E-M) came into last Friday’s game with some extra motivation to win, but only one team could prevail. In the end, the Bears eked out a 27-26 victory by scoring a 70-yard touchdown in the final minutes of the game. P-E-M was hoping to win...

K-M Football Drops Season-Opener

The KoMets scored the first touchdown of the game, but after that it was all Mankato East as they scored 27 unanswered points to hand Kasson-Mantorville a 27-7 loss on Friday, Aug. 30. However, the game was much closer than it seems. Head Coach Broc Threinen said K-M had a good first possession...

Rochester Century no match for K-M volleyball

The Kasson-Mantorville volleyball team kept their momentum from last year’s state tournament run going as they beat Rochester Century 3-0 on Tuesday, Aug. 27. Head Coach Adam VanOort said his team’s success came from its serving and passing prowess. “I thought we served and passed pretty well,”...

WC city administrator resigns; council approves softball field upgrades

The West Council City Council accepted the resignation of City Manager Jake Dickson at last week’s regular monthly meeting. Dickson said he had notified the city of his plans to resign earlier in the month and that his last day in West Concord will be Aug. 30. He indicated only that he would be...

The Byron Sportsmen Club received the 2019 Dodge Outstanding Conservationist award presented by the Dodge County Soil and Water Conservation District during the county fair.

Byron Sportsmen and Conservation Club receives Dodge Outstanding Conservationist award

Ever since the Byron Sportsmen and Conservation Club was founded in 1983, they have had one mission. To help promote conservation. Thats why it's fitting that they were selected by the Dodge County Soil and Water Conservation District as this year’s Outstanding Conservationist award. “Since the...

Hoses beat Guns in charity softball game

Two players celebrate at the conclusion of the Guns vs. Hoses softball game. Players included members of all Dodge County Fire Departments and law enforcement personnel from the county. The game was the start-off event for West Concord’s Survival Days. Money raised at this year’s game went to...

Zach Elward, of Hayfield was the Adams Graphix WISSOTA Street Stock Feature Winner last week at the Chateau Speedway.

High temps heat things up at Chateau

The hottest weather of the summer greeted fans and drivers July 19 for week 10 of racing action at Chateau Speedway in Lansing. Friday night’s action was sponsored by Motor Supply Company of Austin and Albert Lea as well as R and S Racing of Albert Lea. All the Kids in attendance were treated to...

The Byron girls 4x100 relay team of Payton Sampson, Kirsten Nelson, Katie Lambrecht, Olivia Amundson punched their ticket to state with a qualifying time of 50.33 seconds in the Section 1A Meet in Winona.

Byron’s 4x100 girls relay team and Austin Freerksen head to state

The Byron track and field team will have five representatives for the Minnesota Class A Track and Field Meet this week as Austin Freerksen qualified in the long jump and the girls 4x100 meter relay team punched their ticket to St. Paul with another strong performance. Freerksen is making his way to...

The Kasson-Mantorville girls golf team shot a school record 353 at a HVL match in Pine Island on May 16. The KoMets’ score was helped out by Elizabeth Fagerlind’s round of 72.

K-M girls set another school record score

For the second time this season, the Kasson- Mantorville girls golf team hit a new low. In most cases, that would be a bad thing, but in the game of golf, hitting a low is the mark of a tremendous season. The KoMets’ new low happened last week as K-M headed to Pine Island for the third HVL match of...

The Byron girls track and field team take a team photo after winning the HVL Championship for the eighth straight season at the HVL Championship Meet in Dodge Center on May 11. The Bears also won the Section 1AA True Team championship and will take part in the Class AA True Team Meet on Saturday in Stillwater.

Byron girls heading back to state meet

The Byron girls track and field team has established itself as a power over the years and as it headed into a week that had the Section 1AA True Team meet and the Hiawatha Valley League Championships, this is the time of the year where the Bears save their best for last. This year was no exception...