Saturday, December 13, 2025

Sports

Wildcats goalie Wes Wegner makes a save in the win over Faribault early this season.
The Dodge County boys hockey team fell short last week, losing to Hastings 6-2. Scoring for the Wildcats last in the second period was Camryn Koch, while Gabe Coshenet scored a goal in the third period.
The Byron boys basketball team defeated Pine Island 72-65 last week. Top scorer Hayden Landswerk notched 17 points, and Fisher Kruckeberg had 15 points. Isaac Sorenson scored nine points, and Jordan Heimer had two points. Brody Oelkers and Eli Rodemeyer had 11 points each, and Tyler Boyken added...
The Kasson-Mantorville girls basketball team fell short in a matchup with Mankato West earlier this week, losing 81-52. Taya Threinen notched 13 points, Josie Finley scored 11 points, and Lauren Schaefer added 12 points in the loss.
Ashlyn Kelm (20) goes for a shot against ZM last week as Byron went on to win 83-50.
Byron girls basketball defeated Zumbrota-Mazeppa last week in a game that saw a combined score in triple digits. Madison Ohm, led the team in scoring 29 of the Bears’ 83 points. She also grabbed five rebounds and tallied seven steals. Ella Nelson added 12 points and shared the team lead in rebounds...
Wildcat Maysie Koch had a goal in the 3-1 win over Blake last week.
The Dodge County girls hockey team defeated Blake last week 3-1 in the home matchup. Scoring for the WIldcats first was Kylie Meyer, in the first period. In the third period, both Maysie Koch and TTaryn Wernecke scored goals to give the Wildcats the win. Goalie Faith Humphrey gave up one goal in...
The Kasson-Mantorville football team celebrates the victory that sent them to the state semifinals.
The Kasson-Mantorville football team advanced to the Class AAAA semifinals last week, after defeating Hill-Murray 35-21. Hill-Murray got on the board first with a field goal, but the KoMets answered with a one-yard touchdown by Jeremiah Peterson-Gordon. Peterson-Gordon also scored a 35-yard...
KoMets, Bears to face off in title game Alex Malm Staff Writer The Byron and Kasson-Mantorville football teams are set to face off in the Section 1AAA championship game Friday with a trip to the state tournament on the line. Byron, the top seed in the section tournament, is looking to advance to...
Byron girls soccer coach Jeremy Baumbach poses for a photo with his family after earning the Class AA Coach of the Year Award. Left to right: Kylie, Lori, Shay, Jeremy, Kirk, and Jadyn Baumbach.
Byron High School 1998 graduate Jeremy Baumbach brought home some hardware last week after winning the Class AA Girls Soccer Coach of the Year Award. “Winning the Class AA Coach of the Year award is an incredible honor, and I want to sincerely thank the Coaches Association for the recognition,”...

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