Sports

Bears tame the Cobras

Coming off the Cannon Falls Invitational where six Byron wrestlers were placewinners, the Bears continued their success this week as they beat the Triton Cobras 55-21 on Thursday, Jan 9. Byron Head Coach Ryan Radke said his team did a good job executing throughout the match. “We wrestled our style...

Wildcats stick it to cancer

Last weekend’s hockey game between the Dodge County Wildcats and Amery Wildcats featured two teams from opposite sides of the Mississippi River, but even supposed enemies can come together to support a greater cause. That’s exactly what happened as together they raised over $5,000 for cancer...

Kasson-Mantorville honors AAA award winners

Kasson-Mantorville High School Cade Spreiter and Malia Schubert as the 2019 Minnesota State High School League AAA award winners for the 2019-2020 school year. The AAA award is awarded to student-athletes who excel in academics, arts, and athletics. Academically, Spreiter...

Vikings go bird hunting: beat the Cardinals and the Falcons

After losing 40-65 to Blooming Prairie, the Hayfield boys’ basketball team seemed to take their anger out on Bethlehem Academy as they won 85-56 on Friday, Dec. 27. Based on the score, it looks like the Vikings dominated the game, but Head Coach Chris Pack wasn’t happy with how his team...

Byron girls go 1-1 against Winona schools

After losing three of their first four games, the Byron girls’ basketball team had won three of their last four entering the Lewiston Auto Holiday Classic and they made it four wins in their last five by beating Winona Senior High 74-50 on Saturday, Dec. 28. Head Coach Jeremy Baumbach said his...

Wildcats fall to Waseca in OT, but bounce back against Red Wing

After losing their last two games in the Kiwanis Hockey Festival, the Dodge County boys’ hockey team was looking to start another winning streak when they traveled to Waseca on Thursday, Jan. 2. The Wildcats nearly had the win, but the Bluejays scored a late goal to force overtime and scored the...

Dominant duo leads KoMets to eighth place at Cheesehead Invitational

For Bennett Berge and Patrick Kennedy winning first place at the Minnesota Christmas Tournament was only the beginning as they both followed that up with first place finishes at the Cheesehead Invitational this past weekend. Berge said winning Cheesehead for the first time was a...

Shooting for a cure

From August 2018 to October 2019, Braxton Raymond battled for his life after being diagnosed with brain cancer. Despite the grim prognosis, Kelly Raymond, Braxton’s father, said, “He never stopped fighting, worked out daily and continued to love life, food, friends, family and basketball.” While it...

Boys volleyball continues to take off in second season

One year ago, several schools in the state of Minnesota started a movement to have boys volleyball sanctioned as a sport in the Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL). As with many sports in their infancy, last year served as a test run for the 23 schools that took part in it and as the season...

Wildcats extend winning streak to 7 games

It didn’t looked good for the Dodge County boys’ hockey team as they trailed New Richmond 1-3 after the first period, but thanks to seven goals in the last two periods they secured a 8-5 win on Thursday, Dec. 26. Even though the first period was the Wildcats’ worst in terms of number of...