This past week was full of many memories that satisfied my eternal optimism. Teacher of the Year On Tuesday, the Fillmore County Journal presented the first-ever Teacher of the Year award to Mary Hoiland, a 46-year veteran teacher of the Rushford-Peterson School District. For quite a number of years, our staff at the Fillmore County Journal has been talking about how … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2017
Prayers for the president
By Pastor Norm Omodt, retired Chatfield, MN We have often heard people say, “We need to pray for the President.” Of course we do. And be specific. I pray Mr. Trump will become a good president for our country with some good concern for other countries, also. If they also do well, it’s better for the world. And I pray that good people will help Trump feel more secure … [Read more...]
Gopher Softball Improves to 10-0
They are the top dogs of the TRC (with a small asterisk). Courtesy of a 3-0 week, Chatfield softball (10-0) is yet to taste defeat. Mark Eickhoff’s girls started by beating L-A 11-3. The Cardinals actually led 3-0 thru 2 ½ innings. Chatfield then got solo home runs from Eryn Radcliff and McKenna Daniels, the latter’s third of the season (ties Belle Berg for team lead). … [Read more...]
Falcon Baseball Wins First Seven
A season ago, FC/L baseball won its seventh game of the season on May 20. On April 27, in just seven games this season, the Falcons have gotten to seven wins. Pitching was the key in wins five and six. Cole Schwichtenberg tossed a complete game shut-out (4 H, 4 K, 0 BB, Win) in an 11-0 win over R-P. An 8-run seventh broke open a 3-0 game. Collin Scott (3-4, RBI, 2 R), Josh … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
GMLOK softball continued their best-ever start with a 3-0 week. Alayna Meskill collected all three wins. Gretchen Corson hit two home runs in a win over L-A. The Bulldogs (8-1), who’ve received votes in the state AA polls, are TRC top three with #5 Chatfield (10-0) and #4 Cotter (10-1, 11-3). Jake Mandt (who went 4-for-4) and Robert Crouch combined for two-hit shut-out in a … [Read more...]
Baseball
GMLOK 7, SG 3 (GMLOK: D. Copley 6 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 7 K, 3 BB, Win, 1-3, 2B, RBI; Z. Myhre 3-4, 2B, RBI, 2 R) Houston 2, Schaeffer Academy 12 [5] (H: Jaytin Millen 2-3, RBI. Down 2-0, Lions had 9-run fourth) Chatfield 3, L-A 13 [5] (C: R. Crouch 2-3, 2 RBI; Nick Maki 1-2, 2 R, 3 SB. Gophers issued 11 walks) SC 9, R-P 4 (RP: B, Ansell 2-3, HR, RBI, 2 R; Halen … [Read more...]
Softball
FC/L 9, M-C 4 (FCL: Haley Polin 3-4, two 3B, 3 RBI, R; A. Jorgenson 2-5, 2B, 3B, 3 R; Dorothy Jorgenson 3-4, RBI; Makaila Eickhoff 7 IP, 7 H, 4 ER, 0 BB, 9 K, Win, 2 RBI. MC: Avery Arneson 2-3, 2B, 3B, RBI, R. Errors: MC 9, FCL 1. Cougars: 0-2, 2-3) FC/L 0, GMLOK 10 [6] (GM: A. Meskill 6 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 7 K, Win; Courtney Schmidt 3-4, 2B, 3 R; Jocelyn Voeltz 2-3, 2B, … [Read more...]
Track and Field
Blooming Prairie Coed Invite (Drew Lewison (100/110-H), Peter Torkelson (1,600/300-H), and Christopher Bain (Discus) won mixed-events. Lewison (300-H, H-Jump) added two seconds. The mixed 4x100 (Katelyn Luthe, John Hegge, Kassidy Kirtz, Bain), 4x200 (Bain, Lauren Buchholtz, Trever Kelly, Emily Hovden), 4x400 (Rylie Queensland, Kelly, Buchholtz, Mason Heimer), 800 sprint … [Read more...]
Golf
(B) Kingsland 195, Chatfield Inc. (K: Simon Broadwater 45*, Wyatt Pruter 47. C: Riley Mulhern 48); (G) K 244, C Inc. (K: Kylie Welch 56*. C: Taylor Morey 56*. Chatfield GC) (B) Kingsland 193, L-A 184, FC 166 (FC: C. Morem 39*, Delton Sauer/Carter Nevalainen 42s. K: S. Broadwater 41); L-A 204, FC 192 (FC: Madison Scheevel 43*, Grace Miller 46. Harmony GC) (B) Lake City … [Read more...]
Preston City Hall rehab progressing
At the May 1 meeting of the Preston City Council, approval was given for payment in full to Ledegar Roofing, a total of $80,649 pending a satisfactory inspection by the architect on Wednesday. The work on the city hall roof was completed this last week. The total includes an additional cost of $520 to replace 160 square feet of deteriorated wood decking. City Administrator … [Read more...]