The annual Golden Gopher Road Trip stop in Owatonna played to a packed and enthusiastic crowd at the Owatonna Country Club Tuesday. Most of the approximately 200 in attendance were decked out in maroon and gold.
Local sports highlights for 2017 include many athletes that have moved on to college sports with great success. OHS graduate Andrew Stelter wrapped up his four-year career with the Gopher football team as a senior helping the team transition to a new coach. Carlie Wagner-a two-time state champ at NRHEG-is currently in her senior season with the Gophers, leading the team in scoring, hoping to play in the NCAA tournament for the first time. OHS grad Peter Jones is one of the low scorers each time out with the Gopher golf team.
2013 Owatonna High School grad Carter McCauley is now a Winona State University graduate as well. He finished his undergrad degree in Cellular Molecular Biology this month and earned another Academic All-America award, his third. He holds numerous kicking records for the Warriors and in the Northern Sun Conference.
A pair of teammates from the 2013 state championship football season for the Huskies made news on the college gridiron last weekend. Carter McCauley, a senior with Winona State University, became the all-time leader in field goals made with 46 after connecting on 3-of-4 attempts.
The University of St. Thomas swept St. Olaf College in volleyball at the Skoglund Center in Northfield Wednesday to take over the lead in the MIAC in a match carried on KDHL AM 920. Each team entered with a 3-0 conference mark,