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New brick dugouts have replaced the old, wooden ones at the K-M baseball field this fall. The new dugouts are bigger than its predecessors and are moved back to give fans a better view of the game.

‘It feels more like a baseball field’

In the past, the K-M baseball field has represented a random diamond in the middle of nowhere. It’s gotten the job done, but there were little intricacies that hindered the fan experience. With several additions this fall, the hope is that not only will fans be able to get a better view of the game...

K-M’s Bailey Berge greets a St. Cloud Cathedral player as they prepared for the opening serve in a Class AA quarterfinal.

Vikings conquer K-M’s title hopes

The Kasson-Mantorville vollyball team entered the Minnesota Class AA State Tournament with high hopes. The KoMets entered the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul with a record of 30-2 on the season and had been ranked either first or second in Class AA for the entire season. With the tournament’s top...

SPORTS UPDATE: Steele County teams move onto state semis

Two Steele County football teams have moved onto state semifinals after wins Saturday afternoon. The Blooming Prairie Blossoms rolled over United South Central 42-0 in Class 1A quarterfinals in New Ulm Saturday. Junior Gabe Hagen scored the game’s first points on an 80-yard catch from Kaden Thomas...

The Kasson-Mantorville volleyball teams celebrate after taking down Stewartville in the Section 1AA West championship on Nov. 5. The KoMets would punch their ticket to state two days later, when they defeated East champion Lake City in the section final.

STATE BOUND AGAIN

The Kasson-Mantorville volleyball team is heading back to the state tournament. The KoMets advanced to state for the third straight year after claiming their third consecutive Section 1AA championship by defeating Stewartville and Lake City last week. Despite the long-term accomplishment of...

K-M’s Peyton Suess (13) lobs a shot over the net while Emilee Terry (18) looks on. The Kasson-Mantorville volleyball team swept Triton on October 11 as part of what is now a 19-game winning streak.

KoMets’ streak hits 19

The Kasson-Mantorville vollyball team seems ready for the stretch run. The KoMets have been on fire since a couple of early season defeats in Marshall and after defeating Triton and winning the Apple Valley Classic tournament title, K-M will turn their attention to a section tournament run after...

The Kasson-Mantorville bench was fired up after the KoMets took a point against Byron.

With Stewartville showdown looming, K-M hits its stride

Throughout the season, the Kasson-Mantorville volleyball team has been focused on taking things one game at a time and continuing to get better. As the games and the victories piled up for the KoMets, there was one game at the end of the schedule that kept getting bigger and bigger. On October 16,...

A HAPPY HOMECOMING FOR K-M

Coming off a 29-28 overtime defeat to Plainview-Elgin- Millville, the Kasson- Mantorville football team came into this week searching for consistency. With plenty of questions about an offense that struggled in the second half of that game and a defense that was gored for over 300 yards on the...

Suess honored for K-M volleyball records in surprise ceremony

The first year that Kasson-Mantorville senior Peyton Suess stepped onto the varsity volleyball team was five years ago. As Suess was an eighth-grader at the time, she was joined by head coach Adam VanOort who was beginning his tenure leading the program. Since that inaugural season, both Suess...

Kassom-Mantorville football players Matt Winkle (left), Dalton Andrist (center) and Easton Knoll (right) celebrate after Amdrists' touchdown run in the second quarter against La Crescent.

Back on Track

Last week, the Kasson- Mantorville football team dropped a tough game against Zumbrota-Mazeppa. While the sting of the 13-10 defeat was still fresh in their minds, the KoMets knew that they had plenty of football yet to be played and that task started with hosting La Crescent Sept. 7 at KMTelecom...

'Where everybody knows your name'

In what has become an annual tradition, my college friend and I hit the road and cross of another Major League Baseball park off our list last month. Like the other previous two trips, the destination of said trip was held at the negotiation table and over a couple of beverages. The first part of...