Redwood Valley High School’s Drew Lundeen was recently named a Scholar-Athlete by the Minnesota Chapter of the National Football Foundation. This annual award honors Minnesota high school football players for their outstanding athletic, academic and community service accomplishments.
Governor Tim Walz, Explore Minnesota Tourism, and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources recently announced details for the 2022 Minnesota Governor's Fishing Opener. The longtime tradition will continue in May of 2022.
Sweeping all four singles matches the Redwood Valley tennis team opened up the spring season with a 4-3 win over Dawson/Boyd Secondary Monday, April 4 at the RVHS tennis courts. The Cardinals had relatively smooth sailing in the singles competition and also played well in doubles despite dropping all three matches.
It was a successful 2021-22 campaign for the Redwood Falls Pee Wee Hockey team as they finished second overall in District 4. The team - consisting of 13 youngsters - played 27 games and would rack up 14 wins and three ties and finished the District season with a strong record of 8-2-2.
A pair of Wabasso seniors were recently named to the Tomahawk All-Conference boys basketball team for the 2021-22 campaign. Isaac Kronback and Sam Fenger both were honored with Kronback named to the First Team while Fenger earned Honorable Mention honors.
Following a successful 2021-22 campaign the Redwood Valley boys basketball team had three players named to the First-Team All Big South squad. The senior trio of Alex Lang, Carson Woodford and Drew Lundeen were all honored after helping lead the Cards to a 22-win season that saw them fall one game shy of a State Tournament berth and a tie for second in the Big South West Conference standings.
A group of Redwood Valley freshmen capped off their season by winning the Mississippi Division of the MYAS Freshman Basketball Championships held March 6 at Mounds View High School. The Cardinals topped Prior Lake Gold, Spring Lake Park and overcame a 13-point halftime deficit to defeat Duluth Denfeld in the title game. Members of the team included: Ethan Louwagie (front left), Reese Regnier, Lukas Means, Kanyon Hicks. Chaun Jones (back left), Elway Berg, Juelz Thompson, Andrew Peterson, and Cayden Johnson-Mariner. Submitted Photo
It was a battle until the final seconds but Morris Area/CA would outlast Redwood Valley 56-54 to claim the Section 3AA boys basketball title Thursday night on the campus of SMSU in Marshall. The Tigers (27-2) now advance on to the Class AA State Tournament while the Cardinals (22-8) fall just short with a senior-laden group that will be tough to replace.
Head Coach Aaron Lindahl celebrates with senior guard Charles LaChapelle in the waning moments of the Cardinals 68-56 win over Pipestone Area Saturday in the Section 3AA-South title game. With the victory the Cardinals (22-7) will square off with Morris Area/CA (26-2) in the Section 3AA title game tonight at 8 p.m. in Marshall. The two teams met earlier in the season with Morris Area/CA holding on for a 65-63 win. (See story on Page 14.) Ben Stoterau
Pulling away late in the second half the Redwood Valley boys basketball team topped rival Pipestone Area 68-56 to capture the Section 3AA-South Sub-section title Saturday afternoon, March 12 in Marshall.