Sports

Logan Vaughan, 150 pounds, runs a half nelson against Ryan Dolezal. Vaughan gets the fall at 1:40.

Iron KoMets wrestlers travel in USA National Duals

Local club wrestling team, Iron KoMets, traveled to Wisconsin Dells over the weekend to participate in the USA National Duals. The weights were modified to 10 weight classes. The High School team wrestled eight dual matches, going 2-6. Junior Bennett Berge, defeated Trett Joles from Boyceville,...

KM junior Anthony Moe-Tucker, had eight carries for 74 yards last Friday against Faribault. He averaged 9.3 yards/carry, including two touchdowns.

‘Friday Night Lights’ back on as KM beats Faribault

Friday night lights (finally) came back on this past Friday. Initially, at the August 4 Minnesota State High School League meeting, high school football was pushed to the spring. The vote was brought back to the table on September 21, where the vote passed to hold a shorter season this fall. The...

Byron, Lourdes end regular season with draw

Byron and Lourdes battled to a 1-1 draw to close out the regular season in boys futball last Thursday night. Byron entered the game missing four players including three key starters due to injury and precaution. The Byron back four had only one regular starter on it and two new faces playing...

PEM Bulldogs conquer KM KoMets

KM Girls Soccer played on their home turf this game night in honor of Aidan Hegge, a classmate and a friend who left us too early. The girls played for suicide awareness. September was National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, a time to share stories and shed light on this topic. National...

Byron Bears overpower Kasson-Mantorville KoMets

Byron Girls soccer hosted a game on their home turf last Tuesday night against the Kasson Mantorville KoMets. The last game between the Bears and KoMets, they tied 2-2, this time both teams wanted a win. As the game began, with less than a minute into the first half, the KoMets almost scored a goal...

K-M girls battle Lourdes once more

Tuesday night, Sept. 22, K-M girls soccer visited Rochester Lourdes for another battle. “We played aggressively and worked together. Everyone played really well from starters to bench players coming in. Everyone contributed,” said #1 Maclyn Smith. “It was a great game and we improved a lot since...

Kasson-Mantorville girls take a loss against Lourdes

Tuesday night, Sept. 15, the Kasson-Mantorville KoMets girls soccer hosted another home game against one of the best teams in southeastern Minnesota, Rochester Lourdes. This night was Senior Night and K-M recognized their three seniors, Amber Schultz, Taylor Ludvigsen and Addie Evans. “All three...

Byron’s Lukas Thompson heads the ball away from PIZM’s Mark Quintero while Sam Pompeii and Liam Schick provide support. Jack Smothers, (9) and Brent Konik (3) look on for PIZM in action last week.

Bear’s boys soccer ends regular season with 7-0 record

Byron’s boys soccer team finished the week with two very close but key wins over visiting Pine Island/Zumbrota/Mazeppa and away at Stewartville. The two wins closed out the Hiawatha Valley League schedule with a perfect 7-0 record and their second consecutive HVL Conference title. First up was a...

The KoMet boys varsity cross country team takes off in a triangular against Rochester Lourdes and Cannon Falls last week at the Dodge Country Club.

K-M cross country teams run well in triangular

Both Kasson-Mantorville cross country teams ran very well in the cold temperatures last week. The rain held off so the kids could run without getting wet. The KoMet Girls were led by senior Tiana Wiebke in a time of 21:23. The KoMet Boys were led by freshmen Gryffon Funke in 18:37. Other standout...

K-M KoMets, Byron Bears soccer ‘share a win’

Tuesday night, Sept. 8, was a cold and rainy night, but that didn’t stop fans from coming out to watch K-M Girls soccer and their game against local rivals Byron Bears. KoMet #6, Addie Evans, kicked the ball that started the long, intense game. It was a very aggressive 80 minutes with many battles...