La Crosse-Logan Meet (Caledonia/Spring Grove’s boys (85) took fourth behind Holmen (242), La Crosse-Logan (160), and Arcadia (87) with Tomah and La Crescent/Hokah also competing. C/SG’s girls took sixth (of six). C/SG boys’ firsts: Josh Beardmore (100 > 11.00), Fischer Wait (200 > 22.69), the 4x100 (43.37 > Owen Staggemeyer, Eli Staggemeyer, Beardmore, Wait), and the … [Read more...]
Baseball/Softball: Warrior Teams Run Combined Streaks to 14
Caledonia’s baseball and softball teams each continued their great starts to the season. By the end of the week, each moved its win streak to seven. Shawn Bauer’s diamond dudes continued to win things with their pitching. Across three games, 20 innings, they gave up just three total runs. In a home non-conference affair with Wisconsin’s Blair-Taylor, the Wildcats leadoff man … [Read more...]
Baseball/Softball: Comebacks Denote GMLOK/M-C Series
GMLOK’s baseball and softball teams played at Mabel-Canton and each game was denoted by a seventh inning comeback. On the baseball diamond, one of, if not the biggest last inning comebacks in “Journal Sports” history occurred. Mabel-Canton led GMLOK 8-2 heading the Bulldogs’ top of seventh inning when Eric Mundfrom’s squad went wild with an inning and a rally they will not soon … [Read more...]
Softball: Hurricanes Finally Get Past Rebels
A year ago, the SEC’s top two softball teams, Houston and Southland, played each other three times. The SEC champion Rebels came out on top in all three affairs, 6-1, 6-4, and 2-0. The later loss came in the play-offs and ended Houston’s season. In the teams’ first meeting this year, Josh Swenson’s Hurricanes finally got a win over the Rebels. In a 3-3 game in the fifth inning, … [Read more...]
Golf: Chatfield Guys, Caledonia’s Hauser Win R-P Tourney
This year’s golf schedule includes a lot of tournaments. Rushford-Peterson held one at Ferndale Course. The boys event featured the Trojans plus “Journal-covered” teams Chatfield, Lanesboro, Caledonia and Houston as well as Lewiston-Altura and Dover-Eyota. Paul Wagner’s Gophers (345) continued their nice season by claiming the title over nearest foes R-P (365) and Lanesboro … [Read more...]
Golf
Three Rivers Conference Golf (4/15) (B) Chatfield 170, St. Charles 183 (C: Carson Harstad 41*, Colton Johnson 42, Brayden Fretland 43, Devin Reinhardt 44, Gage Bartels 45. SC: Logan Overkamp 41*, Sawyer Wendt 46, Marcus Rinard/Owen Maloney 48s. Chatfield boys > 3-0, 3-0); (G) Chatfield 214, St. Charles 202 (C: Mya Henry 50, Taylor Ask 53, Charleigh Larson 55. SC: Lily … [Read more...]
Two Rushford-Peterson Seniors Sign Letters of Intent to Play College Basketball
Softball
Three Rivers Conference Softball (4/19) Fillmore Central/Lanesboro 6, Cotter 15; Cotter 12, FC/L 2 (Falcons > 0-2, 0-2) Chatfield 15, St. Charles 6 (C: M. Dornack 4-4, 2B, 4 RBI, 4 R, 2 BB (reached safely six times); K. Johnson 3-6, 2B, RBI, R; R. Urban 1-3, RBI, 2 R, 7 IP, 10 H, 6 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 7 K, Win; Olivia Karver 2-2, RBI, 3 R; Alexis Hinckley 1-4, 2B, 2 RBI; … [Read more...]
Baseball
Three Rivers Conference Baseball (4/19) St. Charles 1, Chatfield 5 (C: C. Boyum 7 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 8 K, Win, 1-4, 2 R; Westin Nolte 1-2, RBI, R; Chase Johnston 1-2, 2 RBI, R); Chatfield 5, St. Charles 6 [8] (C: C. Boyum 4-4, 2 RBI, 2 R; Jack Dornack 2-3, 2B, 2 RBI; Ryan Rindels 1-3, 2 R; Carter Schlink 5 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 2 K, No Decision. The Gophers led 5-0 … [Read more...]
Golf: Girls Win at Hayfield Tourney Caps Strong Week for FC Golf
Boasting last year’s 1A boys and girls teams champions, Fillmore Central golf got off to a strong start to the 2024 season. Each team won its three head-to-heads of the week. At Wabasha’s Coffee Mill Golf Course, the boys topped W-K 171 to 216 while the girls won 188 to incomplete. Aiden Arnold (41) was the guys medalist with teammates Brock Sikkink (42) and Anthony Kiehne (43) … [Read more...]
Baseball/Softball: ‘Canes Score 48 Runs in Beating Schaeffer
In a high school softball game, seventeen runs are not unheard of, but it is a lot. Thirty-one runs in a high school baseball game are a category five deluge. Oddly enough, it was teams nicknamed Hurricanes scoring runs torrentially. In a home baseball/softball series with Schaeffer Academy, Houston baseball won 31-2 in five innings and softball 17-0 in four frames! On the … [Read more...]
Track and Field
Stewartville “Glen Amundsen” Meet (GMLOKS’ guys (77) took second to Stewartville (175) with Chatfield taking fourth. GMLOKS’ girls (109) took second to Byron (126) with Chatfield taking fourth. Medford also competed at a five-team meet. GMLOKS guys’ firsts: T. Georgen (800 > 2:11.25), C. Glynn (1,600 > 5:09.97), Landon Chilman (300-hurdles > 43.63), the 4x400 (3:41.92 … [Read more...]
Baseball
Three Rivers Conference Baseball (4/8 - 4/12) Chatfield 11, Wabasha-Kellogg 1 (C: C. Boyum 5 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 10 K, Win, 1-3, R; Cole Ramaker 2-4, two 2B, 3 RBI, R, 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K; Jack Dornack 2-3, two 2B, RBI; W. Nolte 2-5, RBI, 2 R; Ben Carrier 1-3, 3 RBI, 2 R. Chatfield had a seven-run fourth inning to break a 1-1 tie) Fillmore Central/Lanesboro 1, … [Read more...]
Golf: Gopher Teams Each Start 2-0
Chatfield’s golf teams each won or shared TRC-West titles a year ago. In their first two meets this year, Gopher swingers are again putting up low numbers. Hosting Lewiston-Altura as Chosen Valley Golf Course, Chatfield prevailed 173 to 193 behind co-medalists Carson Harstad and Brayden Fretland (41s). Gage Bartels (44), Colton Johnson (47), and Devin Reinhardt (48) also each … [Read more...]
Golf
Three Rivers Conference Golf (4/8) (B) Rushford-Peterson 189, La Crescent/Hokah 168 (RP: Sam LaFleur/Will LaFleur 46’s, Kellen Drinkall 48, Gus Hoiland 49. LCH: Ryan Nutter 35*, Wyatt Krzoska 41, Tobias Sajdok 45, Cooper Johnson 47, Charlie Wieser/Theron Hammell 48’s); (G) R-P 254, LC/H 249 (LCH: Colleen Baumbich 55*, Isabella Green 58. RP: Audrey Frick 55. Both Trojan teams … [Read more...]