Letter about the reason for Easter... To the Editor, “Jesus didn’t come to save civilization from wreckage, He came to save man from the wreckage of civilization” –Adrian Rogers. He came to seek and to save that which was lost. He didn’t come to bring peace to the world, but to bring division. (Matt.10:34) Because the world does not believe God and those of us who do … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2017
We need to safeguard the “public” in public office
For the last few years, I’ve been keeping a file of clippings about the erosion of transparency and candor in government. I’m sorry to report that it’s getting rather full. This is not a good thing. Public officials should feel strongly obliged to do their business in an open and upfront manner. If they don’t want to be scrutinized, then the burden surely has to be on them … [Read more...]
GMLOKS Girls Highlight RPH Invite
GMLOKS girls track has a number of very good athletes. Former state discus qualifier, Kingsland graduate Aaron Thauwald, walked into a good situation when he took over the head position this year. In their second meet, the girls notched their second team win. GMLOKS (165) topped RPH (128) at the Tro-Canes’ first invite of the year. Chatfield also competed, taking fifth (of … [Read more...]
Bulldog Softball GML-okay
For a high school coach, seniors and experience hopefully equals win. John Fenske’s GMLOK softball team had all three the first week of the season. Lindsay Welch (1-3, HR, RBI, 2 R) hit her first varsity home run, Gretchen Corson was 3-for-5 (2B) with 4 RBIs, as GMLOK beat PEM 13-5. Kori Kruegel (3-4, 2B, 3 R) and Alayna Meskill (7 IP, 10 H, 5 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 5 K, Win) were … [Read more...]
Trojans Honored
The Minnesota Chapter of the National Football Foundation has selected Rushford-Peterson’s Noah Carlson as one of eight High School Scholar Athletes. He has been invited to the 10th annual Minnesota Football Honors awards event, held Sunday May 7, at U.S. Bank Stadium. Presented by the Vikings, it is the largest football awards gathering in Minnesota. The state’s top … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Under new coach Mark Eickhoff, Chatfield softball thumped Southland 14-0 behind home runs by Belle Berg and MaKenna Daniels that each tattooed the CCTV camera truck. Lexi Chase pitched four hitless innings, as the Rebels didn’t record a hit. Berg hit for the cycle including blasting her second home run as Chatfield (2-0) beat PEM 16-6. Cole Schwichtenberg went yard as FC/L … [Read more...]
Baseball (4/4 – 4/7)
FC/L 5, LC 3 (FCL: C. Schwichtenberg 1-4, HR, 2 RBI, R; Samuel Peters 4 IP, 1 H, 2 BB, 2 K, Win; Riley Means 1-2, SB, R) L-A 7, R-P 1 (RP: H. Schwendinger 2-3, RBI. Four-run Cardinal sixth broke open 3-1 game) Southland 7, Chatfield 0 (Gophers had just three hits as Rebel Chris Webber had 8 Ks over five innings for the win) GMLOK 7, W-K 0 (GMLOK: D, Copley 7 IP, 2 H, … [Read more...]
Softball (4/4 – 4/7)
Southland 0, Chatfield 14 [5] (C: L. Chase 3-4, 2 RBI, 4 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 9 K, 1 BB, Win; B. Berg 2-4, HR, 3 RBI, 2 R; M. Daniels 1-3, HR, RBI, 2 R; Carlie Berge 2-3, 2 RBI; Teagan Allen 1-3, 2B, 2 RBI) L-A 4, R-P 1 (RP: Karissa Eide 2-2, R; Savannah Skalet 7 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 1 ER, 8 K, 4 BB, Loss; Allison Oian 1-3, 2B, RBI) R-P 0, Cotter 15 [4] (RP: S. Skalet 1-2, 2B. … [Read more...]
Track and Field (4/7)
C/SG Invite (RPH boys and girls took second. LFC girls took third, boys fourth (of five). Top Tro-Canes: N. Carlson (1st 200 and T-Jump), N. Blagsvedt (1st Shot and Discus), A. Agrimson (1st T-Jump), Brenden Chapel (1st 110-H), Triton Meldahl (1st 300-H), C. Olson (1st Shot, 3rd Disc), J. Holland (2nd Discus, 3rd Shot), K. Hinz (2nd H-Jump, 3rd L-Jump), D. Linder (2nd 1,600), … [Read more...]
Golf (4/8)
Hayfield Invite (R-P boys (382) finished 7th of 18 schools. Northfield (328) edged Stewartville (329) for top honors. Stewie’s Nick Lechtenberg (77) paced the field. Trojans Hayden Stensgard and Lukas Rasmussen (91’s) led R-P, tying for 23rd in a 100-plus golfer field. Event held at the 18-hole The Oaks Golf Course) … [Read more...]