Stewartville tops Lourdes for second straight section title that was a year in the making

Nov. 4—KASSON — A year ago, the Stewartville Tigers punctuated an unbeaten regular season with an unbeaten run through the Section 1, Class 4A playoffs. They took a 10-0 record into the Class 4A state quarterfinals, then ran into a buzzsaw. And though the Tigers moved into Class 3A this fall, the leftover residue from a 38 — point loss to Hutchinson on Nov. 10, 2022, has lingered with them for …