Head Coach Mark Eickhoff didn’t get bathed in Gatorade. Chatfield softball couldn’t repeat as 1AA East champions. But courtesy of a 1AA East Runner-Up finish, the Gophers are headed to Austin for a fifth straight year. Chatfield’s sub-section trek started with a re-match against Caledonia/SG. The Warriors (8-seed, 6-11) upset the Gophers (1-seed, 15-2) to end the regular … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Respective sub-section track meets were held. The list of top-five-seeded county competitors for the Section 1A Meet includes LFCMC’s Emma Breitsprecher (#1, 100-H & 300-H), Ashley Miner (#1, P-Vault), Carson Kiehne (#2, 400), the girls 4x400 (#2 > Breitsprecher, Miner, Brielle Ruen, Bailey Ruen), 4x800 (#2 > Brielle R., Katie Prinsen, Kaylee Arndt, Bailey R.), and … [Read more...]
Baseball (5/21 – 5/23)
M-C 0, Schaeffer Academy 10 [5] (MC: Drew Wyffels 2-2) (1AA East) 6-seed FC/L (5-8-2) 0, 3-seed La Crescent (13-7) 5 (Falcons got one hit, finish 5-9-2) (1AA East) 5-seed Chatfield (9-8-1) 3, 4-seed PEM (10-7-1) 9 (C: B. Ihrke 3-4, RBI; Max Aug 2-3, 2B, RBI, R; Terron Ostby 2-4, R; Jake Mandt RBI, R. Gophers finish 9-9-1) (1AA West) 5-seed Byron (6-11) 12, 4-seed GMLOK … [Read more...]
Softball Play-Offs (5/22 – 5/24)
(1A East) 6-seed Southland (3-12) 7, 3-seed M-C (13-6) 8 (MC: L. Thorson 2-4, HR (3), 3 RBI, R; H. Snell 2-4, HR (4), 2 RBI, R; Harley McCabe 2-3, 2B, 2 R, Win (11-5). Five-run sixth put M-C up 8-2. Rebels had a 5-run seventh) (1A East) 5-seed Houston (7-11) 19, 4-seed FC/L 4 (4-14) [6] (H: Tessa Peterson 4-5, two 2B, 5 RBI, R; Jeana Hahn 3-5, 2 RBI, R; Amber Chapel 1-2, 3B, … [Read more...]
Track and Field (5/24)
Sub-1 Meet (RPH’s girls took first, LFCMC’s third, and Chatfield’s fifth (of 6). RPH’s boys took second, Chatfield’s third, and LFMCs fourth. LFCMC Section Meet qualifiers: E. Breitsprecher (1st 100-H & 300-H - meet record), A. Miner (1st P-Vault, 4th 100*), C. Kiehne (1st 400), K. Prinsen (1st 800), J.T. Rein (1st 300-H), A. Norby (2nd 400), Greysen Higbe-Hurrah (2nd … [Read more...]
Golf (5/21 – 5/24)
(B) Kingsland 173, Lanesboro 198 (K: S. Broadwater/W. Pruter 39s*, Nick Wernimont 44. L: Hayden Lawstuen 43, Clay Schwichtenberg 45); (G) K Inc., L 218 (L: Janell Boyum 48*) (B) L-A 172, FC 205 (FC: Carter Nevalainen 42, Landon Nevalainen 48. Cardinals had medalist) (B) FC 209, L-A 176 (FC: C. Nevalainen 45. Cardinals had top three) (B) TRC Meet (Kingsland (375) took 3rd … [Read more...]
LFCMC Girls Fourth, Boys Compete at True Team State
LFCMC track and field held a unique distinction at the 2018 Class A True Team state meet. They were one of only three programs/schools to send both their girls and boys teams. With a new 12-team format, eight section champions and four “wild card” teams (previously one), the FCLMC boys joined the girls (an omission from last week’s sports). Team Lanesboro coaches were … [Read more...]
Gopher Softball TRC West Champ
They had an impressive spurt. It came to an end. Amidst it, Chatfield softball (15-2) clinched its fourth straight TRC West title. The Gophers ran their win streak to nine with a doubleheader sweep of Southland, a win over R-P. Belle Berg (3-4, HR, two 2Bs, 5 RBI, 2 R) and Lexi Chase (3-4, two 2B, RBI, 2 R) did big work in a game one 13-0 win (five innings) versus the … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
M-C softball went 4-1 on the week. Hannah Snell and Maddy Michels each added 4 RBI games. Kenidi McCabe was big (12-19, two HRs, 9 RBI) overall. GMLOK’s Lindsey Welch homered in one game, went 4-for-4 in another, and 4-for-5 in a third. FC/L swept R-P in softball/baseball double-headers. Makaila Eickhoff homered and Kaelyn Marzolf pitched a 2-hitter in softball. Baseball … [Read more...]
Baseball (5/14 – 5/19)
Chatfield 6, Southland 5 [5] (C: B. Ihrke 2-3, 2B, HR (3), 5 RBI, R, 5 IP, 4 H, 5 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 6 K, Win (4-0); Max Aug 2-3, 2 R. Trailing 5-3, Gophers had a 3-run top five, Ihrke a 2-run GW-double); S 1, C 7 [5] (C: M. Aug 2-2, RBI, 2 R; Terron Ostby 2-2, 2B, 2 R; Robert Crouch 5 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 3 K, Win; Zach Roline 1-2, 2 RBI) PEM 1, R-P 5 (RP: C. Weidemann 2-4, HR … [Read more...]