Chatfield has had some trouble orchestrating its annual track and field meet over the years. The event has been hit or miss per weather. On a most decent 2019 April day (60s finally), the Gophers hosted RPH and LFCMC along with D-E and L-A. The Tro-Cane boys/girls had a meet high ten total first place finishes, five second places. Junior Triton Meldahl led the way with a … [Read more...]
Bulldogs Ride Sophomore Pitcher to 3-0 Start
Last year, GMLOK softball won four games. Through three games this year, behind sophomore pitcher Lily Hughes’ 42 strikeouts, the Bulldogs (now in the SEC) are 3-0. On back-to-back nights, John Fenske’s girls downed Southland and then Alden-Conger/Glenville-Emmons. The Rebels fell 12-5. Hughes went the distance (7 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 2 ER, 4 BB, 13 Ks, Win). Sophomore Zoe … [Read more...]
Gophers, Bulldogs Go Back-and-Forth
The final score was a 3-run Gopher win over GMLOK baseball. But the Chatfield trailed big at one point in a game that featured multiple lead changes and ties. Dakotah Rostad’s Bulldogs posted the first big inning, a four-run fourth (Drew Copley two-run double). In the fourth, Chatfield put up four runs via an error and four straight singles. GMLOK looked primed to … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
GMLOKS’ girls track (minus Riley Queensland and Jordyn Glynn) co-won the Hayfield Invite with Pine Island. Hailey Hindt (100-H, 300-H, 4x100) had three firsts. Chatfield softball (1-0, 2-0) beat Byron 9-2. Lexi Chase had 14-strikeouts, Belle Berg a home run. GMLOK baseball (2-0, 3-1) stole 14 bases to beat A-C/G-E 10-5. R-P (0-1, 1-1) softball beat Schaeffer 26-0, as six … [Read more...]
Baseball (4/8 & 4/9)
R-P 4, Schaeffer Academy 3 (RP: Nolan Mueller 6 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 8 K, 2 BB, Win, 1-3, RBI; Carter Weidemann 2-2, 2B, R; Seth Heiden 1-4, 2 RBI; Hale Stensgard 2-2, 2 R; Tim Highum 1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 K, 2 BB, Save. Heiden’s 2-run sixth inning single put Trojans up 4-2, and was the game-winning hit. Lions loaded bases in 7th, but scored just once. Trojans: 0-1, … [Read more...]
Softball (4/8 & 4/9)
Byron 2, Chatfield 9 (C: L. Chase 6 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 14 K, Win (2-0), 2-4, RBI, R; B. Berg 3-4, HR, 2 RBI, 2 R; McKenna Daniels 2-4, 2B, 2 RBI, 2 R) R-P 26, Schaeffer Academy 0 [4] (RP: Jasmine Schueler 3-3, 2B, 3 RBI, 4 R; Ellie Dahl 2-2, 2B, 3 RBI, 4 R; Avalon Jacobson 2-2, 3 RBI, 3 R; Julissa Trejo 2-3, 2 RBI, 3 R; Peyton Hoiness 3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 5 K, Win; … [Read more...]
Track and Field (4/8 & 4/9)
Hayfield Invite (GMLOKS girls shared team title with Pine Island (113.5 each). The boys took 4th (of 8). GM 1sts: H. Hindt (100-H, 300-H), Kassidy Kirtz (100), Lucas Howard (400), Aubrie Schneider (3,200), the girls 4x100 (Lauren Buchholtz, H. Hindt, Kirtz, Anika Reiland) and 4x200 (Ellie Buchholtz, L. Buchholtz, Madison Hindt, Reiland). GM 2nds: Blake Ludemann (400), the … [Read more...]
Golf (4/8)
(B) L-A/R-P 181, Caledonia 220 (LARP: Carter Lang 44*, Zach Anderson 45, Jacob Anderson/Mason Kelly 46s. Tro-Cards had top four); (G) L-A/R-P 226, Caledonia 212 (L-A/R-P: Anna Hennessy 54, Alexis Reps 55, Lilli Reps 56. C: Jenna Wiebke 49*, Geina Steele 50, Vanessa Hawkins 53. At Mal-Cal-Grove GC) (B) Chatfield 235, D-E 247 (C: Riley Mulhern 48); (B) Chatfield Inc., D-E … [Read more...]
Baseball Preview
Chatfield > Head Coach: Brian Baum. 2018 finishes: 9-7-1 in TRC, 9-9-1 overall (lost to PEM in 1AA East quarters). Key Returnees: Max Aug (So. P/SS > All-TRC), Zach Roline (Sr. P/1B), Seth Allen (Sr. OF), Lincoln Salisbury (Sr. 3B), Henry Gathje (So. C). Synopsis: Gophers graduated two All-TRC picks in Jake Mandt and Robert Crouch. Aug (.489, HR, 6 2B, 8 RBI, 15 R) had … [Read more...]
Chase’s Perfect Start
She’s done it before. She’ll possibly do it again. In a nice touch to her dad Jerry’s varsity prep softball coaching debut, Chatfield junior pitcher Lexi Chase made things really easy on her old man. Versus a good Dover-Eyota team (coincidentally coached by Fillmore Central guy Ryan Scheevel), Chase pretty much took care of everything herself (save some catching work by … [Read more...]