Chatfield and Mabel-Canton softball each reached Austin courtesy of winning their respective sub-sections. Each faced excellent competition and saw their seasons conclude. Kati Bergey’s Cougars ran into tradition. M-C’s first foe, #7 Hayfield (1A West titlist, 16-6), entered as two-time defending section champ. M-C struck first in the third (Kayla Patterson RBI-single). … [Read more...]
Golf (5/30)
Section 1A Meet – Day One (FC girls (358) lead Caledonia (388) of five complete teams (after 18 holes). Falcons Grace Miller (82), Madison Scheevel (86), and Tayah Barnes (89) are 1-2-3. Lanesboro’s Payton Benson (100) is tied for 9th. FC’s Cailey Rindels (101) is tied for 11th. Because of low numbers, all girls advance to Day Two. BP’s boys (342) lead FC (367) and L-A … [Read more...]
Fillmore County Journal Athlete of the Week ~ Zach Bubany
Still Going, Gatorade Gophers Win 1AA East
Technically, most of them should be on B-squad. Chatfield’s A-squad softball team is headed back to the “A” town of Austin. They may be in the first stages of a “D” word. Mark Eickhoff’s #3 in Class AA Gophers (1-seed, 19-0) swept through 1AA East yielding three runs. In the quarters, in the Battle of Eickhoff (dad/coach/Mark versus daughter/pitcher/Makaila), … [Read more...]
Cougars Blaze Trail to 1A East Softball Title
They forged their own path. There was no precedent. They didn’t learn from last year’s run, or the run the year before, or any run the last two-plus decades. The last time M-C softball won a play-off game was 1993. Aided by upsets, and from a gaggle of good (successful elsewhere) athletes across five grades, Kati Bergey’s Cougars are 1A East Champs. M-C (4-seed, 11-5) … [Read more...]
Three to the Final Three
Three county baseball teams have made it to Memorial Day. In the 1AA East quarters, FC/L (2-seed, 16-4) beat Cotter (7-seed, 10-10). Josh Peters (3-3, RBI, R), Logan Corson (2-3, 2 RBI, R), Sam Rustad (2-2, 2B, RBI, 2 R), and Collin Scott (6 2/3 IP, 9 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 7 K Win, 1-3, RBI) led the way. In the semis, the Falcons played an epic with La Crescent (3-seed, 14-7). … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
At the Sub-1 Meet, RPH’s Ashley Agrimson took first in all three jumps. She quadruple-qualified for the 1A Meet. Nicole Blagsvedt swept the throws. Triton Meldahl also had two firsts. Noah Carlson, hamstring ailing, qualified in his only event, the Long Jump. LFC’s girls 4x400 (Ashley Miner, Bailey/Leah Ruen, Emma Breitsprecher) and 4x800 (Kaylee Arndt, Ruens, Kiera Olson) … [Read more...]
Baseball (5/25 & 5/27)
Chatfield 1, La Crescent 0 (C: Jake Mandt 3-4; Ben Irhke 2-4; Robert Crouch Win. Three Gophers combined for a shut-out. Nick Maki walked, advanced to second on a ground-out, and scored the game’s only run on an error in the seventh) 1A-E 1st Rd > Houston (#9, 0-14) 7, M-C (#8, 3-11) 3 (H: Brady Happel 2-4, 2 RBI, 2 R, 7 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 6 K, Win; Damon Carrier 2-4, 2 … [Read more...]
Softball (5/22 – 5/27)
1A-E Qtr > R-P (#8, 1-19) 1, Randolph (#1, 16-2) 0 (RP: S. Skalet 7 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 7 K, 1 BB, Win. Skalet walked and scored courtesy of a couple Rocket errors in the 7th. Rockets put two on in bottom of the 7th, but a ground-out ended it) 1A-E Qtr > Houston (#7, 6-9) 5, W-K (#2, 10-9) 12 (Canes had just three hits. They finish at 6-10) 1AA-W Qtr > Triton (#6, … [Read more...]
Track and Field (5/25)
Sub-1 Meet (G: 2nd RPH, 3rd LFC, 4th Chatfield. B: 2nd RPH, 3rd LFC, 5th Chatfield. Sections Qualifiers > RPH: A. Agrimson (1st H-Jump/L-Jump/T-Jump), N. Blagsvedt (1st Shot/Disc), T. Meldahl (1st 300-H/T-Jump), Dylan Linder (1st 800, 3rd 1,600), Cullan Olson (1st Shot), Jordyn Holland (2nd Shot/Disc), N. Carlson (2nd L-Jump), Nathan Wick (2nd T-Jump), Branden Chapel … [Read more...]