
November 11, 2026
This year, the junior high band program brought together a whopping 92 young musicians, and for director Erik Hermanson , seeing the program start out modestly but grow to reach ...

November 11, 2026
Since actual data shows teams that win the first two matchups usually also win the third, the cliched sports adage that "it's hard to beat a team three times in one season" is lar...

November 10, 2026
A football shouldn’t even be classified as a ball. If someone were to ask you to imagine a ball, would you first think of a football? No way. It would probably be a volleyball, a...

November 9, 2026
For Loyola/Cleveland/St. Clair cross country coach Casey Olson , the Crusader girls first-place finish at the state cross country meet, held at the Majestic Oaks Golf Club in Ham...

November 6, 2026
While the Clipper football team and volleyball team are both hoping to clinch a state tournament berth, as members of the Loyola-Cleveland-St. Clair Crusader cross country teams, ...

November 5, 2026
In the first game of the 2026 volleyball season, 5-9 freshman Kenzie Kortuem split her time between JV and varsity. In the JV game at New Ulm Cathedral, she had four kills. In ...

November 4, 2026
Lots of squats and leg presses… Wyatt Krenik said that was the routine he followed to increase his vertical during the off season. The work paid off on Saturday when the junio...

November 3, 2026
With 38 points, 94 better than second place Mountain Lake Area/Comfrey, the Charlotte Meyer and the Crusader girls ran away with the Section 2A cross country meet, held at the N...

November 2, 2026
Just like the Wizard of Oz’s Dorothy, for Kaitlyn Flowers , one of 10 seniors on the Clipper Volleyball team, there’s no place like home. With a sweep over Nicollet in the secon...

October 31, 2026
With visiting Lester Prairie capitalizing on a Clipper fumble turnover to put the first points on the scoreboard on Tuesday, it was hard to avoid visions of last year’s section lo...

October 30, 2026
When it comes to his job description, elementary principal Scott Lusk said getting slimed and sprayed with silly string, a student reward for meeting their Walkathon fundraising...

October 29, 2026
Being a principal is a massive job, but Scott Lusk (left) and David Cink (right) handle it from every angle. From guiding elementary students to managing high school operation...

October 29, 2026
A Clipper sweep of visiting Granada-Huntley-East Chain/Truman/Martin Luther in the first round of the section playoffs on Monday wasn’t much of a surprise for anyone. With the wi...

October 28, 2026
Finishing their season on a high note, the JV Clippers, the future of Cleveland volleyball, won all three of their matches to win a tournament in Cedar Mountain on Saturday. Thei...

October 26, 2026
By the second half of Cleveland vs. Martin County West in Trimont on Tuesday, the Clippers were playing their brand of football, but, trailing the entire game after the Mavericks ...

October 24, 2026
Living up to their ranking, both the Loyola/Cleveland/St. Clair girls and boys cross country teams repeated as Tomahawk-Valley Conference champions yesterday (Thursday). The meet...

October 21, 2026
Finishing their season on an uptick, the C volleyball girls swept visiting Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s 2-0 on Monday. An Anistyn Dauk kill put the Clippers in front 15-12 in game one...

Clipper girls sweep feisty SESM, repeat as Tomahawk-Valley champions, start section play next Monday
October 20, 2026
Coming up with blocks and miraculous saves, scrappy Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s gave the host varsity Clipper girls a run for their money last night (Monday) in the Tomahawk-Valley Conf...

October 19, 2026
A sweep in Alden on Tuesday earned the Clipper girls the Valley Conference title and gave them the right to host Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s at 7:00 p.m. today (Monday) in the Tomahawk/...

October 19, 2026
Crammed tightly between two big district games, against undefeated Mayer Lutheran last Friday and against host Martin County West—whose only loss was to Mayer Lutheran— this Tuesd...
