A trio of softball All-State selections highlight the spring sports awards. Chatfield freshman Lexi Chase (P/OF) is one of six Gophers named All-TRC. Chase also was selected 2nd Team Class AA All-State. She was All-State Honorable Mention last year. Carlie Berge (freshman P/1B), Belle Berg (sophomore SS), Shelby Isensee (sophomore C), McKenna Daniels (freshman 3B), and Haley Goetzinger (senior OF) were the others named All-TRC. Chase and Berg are repeat picks. GMLOK softball boasts four All-TRC picks in Courtney Schmidt (senior SS), Alayna Meskill (senior P), Hattie Voigt (senior 3B), and Gretchen Corson (senior OF). It’s Corson third All-TRC pick. Meskill and Schmidt are each repeat selections. Schmidt was also named 2nd Team Class AA All-State team. FC/L’s Haley Polin (senior 3B) rounds out the All-TRC softball players. She is a repeat pick. In the SEC, Mabel-Canton’s Coranda Vickerman (senior SS) and Maddy Michels (sophomore C) were named All-Conference. Vickerman is a four-time All-SEC pick. She made the Class A All-State Honorable Mention team. Houston’s Amber Chapel (junior CF) also earned All-SEC honors. She is a repeat pick. The All-TRC baseball team is headed by four Fillmore Central/Lanesboro Falcons. Seniors Sam Peters (P/IF), Collin Scott (P/OF), Cole Schwichtenberg (P/OF), and Riley Means (IF/OF) were honored. Peters and Schwichtenberg are repeat picks. The foursome were also named All-1AA East. The four All-League selections is the most for FC/L the last ten years. Chatfield boasts three All-TRC picks in Spencer Mandt (senior P), Jake Mandt (junior P/IF), and Ben Ihrke (junior P/OF). Ihrke is All-1AA-East. At least three Gopher baseball players have been honored All-TRC for six straight years. GMLOK and Rushford-Peterson each have one All-TRC pick. Drew Copley (sophomore P) is the Bulldog. Ben Ansell (junior P/IF) is the Trojan. Ansell’s older brother Zach was All-TRC in 2013 and 2015. In the SEC, Mabel Canton’s Drew Wyffels (sophomore SS/P) and Houston’s Jaytin Millen (sophomore C) are All-Conference. Wyffels is a repeat pick. Fillmore Central Falcons headline All-TRC golf selections. From the state runner-up girls squad, Madison Scheevel (sophomore), Grace Miller (junior), Tayah Barnes (senior), Cailey Rindels (junior), and Elayna Kiehne (senior) all finished in the top 11 in the East Division to earn their selection. Connor Morem (senior), Carter Nevalainen (junior), and Delton Sauer (senior) all finished top five for the guys to procure their nod. R-P seniors Hayden Stensgard and Luke Rasmussen are also All-East. Kingsland juniors Simon Broadwater and Wyatt Pruter are All-TRC West. They were the West’s top two golfers. Madeline Moore (Kingsland freshman) and Taylor Morey (Chatfield 7th grader) made the girls All-TRC West squad. In the SEC, Lanesboro’s Jared Kelly (senior) is the sole county male All-Conference pick. The All-SEC girls’ golf team boasts Burros Payton Benson (freshman), Janell Boyum (junior), and Alyssa Gathje (senior), Houston’s Brynne Schultz (junior).
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