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Byron boys advance to Section 1AA Championship

Byron falls in section championship

The Byron girls basketball season came to an end last week, after being defeated by Stewartville 68-64 With 17 seconds in regulation Byron took a 59-57 lead on a Kendra Harvey layup. But with 10 seconds left Stewartville drove to the basket to draw a foul, sinking both free throws to tie the game....

Correction

A photo in last week’s DCI with the caption: Jacob Duitsman and Coach Jamie Heidt embrace during the championship match at the Class AA High School State Championship, inadvertently credited the wrong photographer. The photo was taken by staff photographer Johnnie Phillips. The DCI regrets the...

Wildcats youth team advances to state tourney

The Dodge County PeeWee B Wildcats team will be competing in the state torment in Plymouth on Friday. They will compete against seven other teams from across Minnesota including East Grand Forks, North Shore, Edina, Bemidji, Grand Rapids, St. Louis Park, and Wayzata. Their record is 44-6-2. Bottom...

STATE CHAMPS

Wildcats Wins State Tourney

A hero far from home

Dodge County Wildcats junior forward Zoe Heimer was fighting for space in front of the Warroad net when a rebounded shot found its way near her stick in overtime of the Class A state championship game — next thing she knew, she was being mobbed by her teammates. Thanks to her quick reflexes and...

From rejected program to state champs

Joe Wieners remembers the day when a proposal was brought to the Kasson-Mantorville School Board to start a girls high school program, along with a boys team. Wieners still can only speculate on the reason, but the boys team was approved, the girls team was rejected. One theory for at least some...

Four generations of Gundersons cheer on Wildcats at state tourney

The Minnesota Girls High School State Hockey tournament has been good to the Gunderson family. During last year’s Class A championship game, Dodge County Wildcats Head Coach Jeremy Gunderson learned he would be a grandpa. His oldest child, Emily Wendt, made the surprise announcement during the game...

Dodge County Wildcats State Championship Roster

Ida Huber Faith Humphrey Josie Fulton Bryn Spreiter Hannah Peterson Sophia Buesking Mollie Koch Maren Hodgman Nora Carstensen Kylie Meyer AlexaVan Straaten Maysie Koch Berkley Klaehn Zoe Heimer Daisy Harens Claire Dixon Aydn Spreiter Maisy Fulton Grace Roethler Taryn Wernecke Team Managers Paige...