During the course of the winter sports season, it may be a common occurrence to see the Kasson-Mantorville dance team come out during halftime of a basketball game or other sporting event. While many come to see the dancers kick their way through a routine, it can be assumed that their routine is the pinnacle of their participation in the sport.

The Kasson-Mantorville powerlifting team competed in their first competition meet of the year as they held their annual K-M Warm-Up meet on November 11. This year’s team has 26 lifters as they all set their initial benchmarks during this competition.

The end of a season can be a bittersweet time for most teams. When the smoke clears from weeks of playoff competition, there’s only one team that gets to end their season with a victory while others are left to reflect on something they could have done differently or what progress they had made throughout the season.

For the duration of the season, K-M volleyball coach Adam VanOort has tried to tell his team that there are highs and lows throughout the course of the year and even those highs and lows can take place during the course of a single match. In addition, he believed that the team that plays closest to a consistent level could do great things and make a run when the playoffs hit the calendar.

Over the course of the season, Kasson-Mantorville volleyball coach Adam VanOort has believed that he’s overseen a special team. With loads of talent on the roster and a youthful energy, he’s seen a team that has played so well that he believes that a section championship isn’t out of reach.

The Kasson-Mantorville/Triton cross country team will have a representative at the state meet for the second straight year as Brennan Gustafson qualified with a sixth-place finish in the boys race at the Section 1AA Meet in Owatonna on October 27.