Football (10/9 & 10/10) L-A 0, Chatfield 32 (C: R. Johnson 11-19, 139 yards, 3 TDs passing, 2-yard rushing TD; M. Aug 3-74, 2 TDs receiving; Sam Backer 16-115, TD rushing; Tate Karver 17-yard TD reception. Gopher defense stymied Cardinals in a re-match of last year’s 1AA semifinals. L-A had 10 yards total offense and one first down at halftime. They finished with 51 … [Read more...]
Volleyball (10/8 – 10/11)
Volleyball (10/8 - 10/11) Houston 3, L/P 0 > 25-15, 25-8, 25-10 (H: Emma Geiwitz 12 kills; Lilly Carr 17 assists, 16-17 serving, 7 aces; Richelle Botcher 5 kills, 12-13 serving, 4 aces, 8 digs; Becca Rostad 9 digs; Allison Papenfuss 7 digs, 3 aces) M-C 3, Southland 0 > 25-14, 25-8, 25-11 (M-C: K. McCabe 10 kills, 14 assists, 8 digs; Sophie Morken 7 kills, 14 assists; … [Read more...]
Cross Country
Cross Country (10/6 & 10/8) St. Charles Invite (La Crescent/Hokah’s boys (27) beat St. Charles (37) and LFC (59). Saint Andrew O’Hara (17:57) took first with Burro Carson Ruen (18:29) taking second. No other LFC runners made the top 10. The Lancers had five of the top eight runners. LC/H’s girls (19) beat LFC (42) and an incomplete St. Charles squad. Lancer Lydia … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
LARP boys cross country won its sixth race of the year at the PEM Invite, led by first and second place finishers Luke O’Hare and Tyler Rislov. Chatfield girls C-C won its fifth event in six tries by taking their third home invite. Tessa McMahon took second, as the Gophers had runners, 2, 3, 4, and 5. … [Read more...]
Cross Country (9/29 & 10/1)
Chatfield Invite #3 (The host Gopher girls (23) beat La Crescent/Hokah (33) and W-K (80). LCH had the top runner, Lydia Rosendahl (21:24). Chatfield had runners 2-3-4-5; Tessa McMahon (21:53), Aletta Strande (22:22), Belle Carr (22:42), and Abbi Gillespie (22:50). Katelyn Dornack (9th, 23:43) was their fifth scoring runner. LC/H’s boys (22) took first over Chatfield (38) … [Read more...]
Cross Country (9/24)
La Crescent/Hokah Invite (On the boys’ side, LC/H (34) nipped St. Charles (37) for first with Kingsland (57) taking third. Saint Andrew O’Hara (17:35) took first, Knight Garrison Hubka (17:45) second, and Lancer Cody Kowalski (18:07) third. Knight Cole Kruegel (19:01) took sixth. Twenty-nine runners competed. On the girls’ side, LC/H (15) was the only complete team. St. … [Read more...]
The Fall Top 50 Countdown (#35 to #31)
The top 50 teams of the fall from 2010-2019 continues. As before, squads from the “Journal 10,” FC, R-P, Chatfield, Kingsland, M-C, Houston, Lanesboro, GM, SG, and L-O, are eligible. Ranking across different years, and involving teams from three different sports, is difficult and thus subject to debate. Ranking is by how far teams made it in the play-offs. Starting at … [Read more...]
O’Hare Nearly Breaks 17:00 in Win
He will probably get there this season. He won last year’s 1A Meet in a time of 16:48.7. LARP runner Luke O’Hare did finally tear up yardage he’s yet to blaze a trail on, the Ferndale Golf Course. Matt Kingsbury’s group hosted its first of two meets at Rushford’s estate for golf and the boys squad had no problem winning its third race in as many tries. LARP (21) easily … [Read more...]
Gophers Host First C-C Meet of the Season
In their first cross country event of the year, Chatfield went to Lake City and ran a triangular with the Tigers and Dover-Eyota. On the girls side, the Tigers were the defending Section 1A Champs. Jayna Harstad’s Lady Gophers made a big impression, narrowly winning that triangular 27 to 29. In hosting their first triple of the year with PEM and LFC, Chatfield’s girls again … [Read more...]
Cross Country (9/15)
(B) GMLOS 48, La Crescent/Hokah 23, Cotter 67 (Christian Hjelmen (18:14.2) took third behind LC/H runners Cody Kowalski (17:12.4) and Jack Redman (18:04.7). Cohen Wiste (18:56.7) took sixth for GMLOS. Twenty-three guys competed); (G) GMLOS 58, LC/H 38, Cotter 25 (Rambler 8th grader Sonja Semling (19:38.4) took first, LC/H’s Lydia Rosendahl (19:44.5) second. Cotter had … [Read more...]