Winning a state title isn’t easy. Just getting to state as a team is hard. GMLOKS 4x200 runners Riley Queensland and Hailey Hindt had hopes in basketball (and even volleyball), but strong Grand Meadow squads fell short. Kingsland’s Lauren Buchholtz was a star volleyball and basketball player, but her teams weren’t strong enough to contend for state. Schoolmate Anika Reiland … [Read more...]
Gopher Relays Each Finish Top Seven
Chatfield’s 2019 state experience centered on its boys sprint relays. A couple “track” guys and four strong and fast “football players” teamed to get the Gophers to the medal stand twice. The 4x100, comprised of Carson Larrabee (football guy), Ben Muller (track guy), Gage Tuohy (football), and Chance Backer (football) qualified (44.74) eighth of nine on Friday. In Saturday’s … [Read more...]
O’Hare, Meldahl Carry RPH Flag
Each will have next year. It’s probably a good bet each will make next year’s state track and field meet, all things being equal. The RPH track and field program sent a junior and a sophomore to this year’s competition. Distance runner Luke O’Hare carried on his family’s name well. On Friday, he took on the 3,200-meter run. O’Hare took tenth overall (field of 16) in a … [Read more...]
Relays, Hurdlers and More Headed to State Track
Each of the counties four track and field programs is sending multiple athletes to the state meet. Six relays and seven individuals have qualified. LFCMC’s Emma Breitsprecher is the section’s top hurdler, as she set the pace in the 100-meter (15.45) and 300-meter (45.62) prelims, then won each final (15.31, 44.99). Both times were under state qualifying standards. Her … [Read more...]
Scheevel, Falcons Six-Peat For State
It wasn’t the ideal title season. A would-be scoring golfer (Keanna Weedman) missed the year per injury. Star Madison Scheevel shot a 50. The team had four losses and won neither a TRC regular season nor meet title. Nonetheless, Aaron Mensink’s Fillmore Central girls golf, for the sixth straight year, are 1A Champs and headed to Becker for the State Class A tourney. In a … [Read more...]