(B) Lanesboro Inc., GMLO 210; (G) L Inc., GMLO Inc., G-E 412 (L: Payton Benson 54*. Cedar River CC) TRC Meet (Boys: 1st LC 340, 2nd R-P 342, 5th FC 358, 9th Kingland 394, Chatfield Inc. H. Stensgard (81 > 3rd-tie), Luke Rasmussen (83 > 6th-tie), and Jordan McNamer (87 > 11th-tie) paced R-P. D. Sauer (81 > 3rd-tie) and Conner Morem (89 > 15th-tie) paced … [Read more...]
Fillmore County Journal Athlete of the Week ~ Lexi Chase
LFC Girls True Team Third at State
Nine teams competed. The weather probably took first place. At an incredibly wet 2017 Minnesota True Team state track meet at Stillwater High School, the running dynasty of a number of LFC girls continued. The Burros finished a narrow third (371.5) to Osakis (388.5) and Luverne (387). Track events were again LFC’s strengths. Relays were strong, as the 4x800 (Malia Tessum, … [Read more...]
Gopher Softball Perfect Regular Season
Extraordinary is Chatfield Gopher softball. The program has been very good for quite some time. This year’s young group has taken it to another level; regular season perfection. Mark Eickhoff’s girls wrapped up a third straight TRC-West title by beating St. Charles 11-0 (five). Lexi Chase (5 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 10 K, Win, 1-2, RBI, 2 R), Belle Berg (2-3, 3B, RBI, 2 R), … [Read more...]
GMLOK SB Finishes 16-4
GMLOK’s week, prior to Chatfield not being nice, saw the Bulldogs run their win streak to seven. John Fenske’s group snuck past L/P 3-2 in five (lightning) for their fourth straight one-run win. Courtney Schmidt (3-3, two 2Bs, RBI, R), Kori Kruegel (5 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 7 K, Win, 1-2, R), Gretchen Corson (1-3, 2 RBI), and Kellyn Webster (1-2, 2B, R) keyed the attack. Solid … [Read more...]
M-C SB Finishes 12-5
After losing to GMLOK, M-C softball took on G-E. Courtesy of an 8-run third, the Cougars took game one 9-3. Vickerman (3-4, 2B, 3B, RBI, R), Maddy Michels (2-4, RBI), Hannah Snell (1-2, 2B, 2 RBI, R), and H-McCabe (Win) led the way. They took game two 16-6 in five. Vickerman was 4-4 with two doubles, five RBI, and three runs. Michels (2-3, 3 RBI), Lexi Thorson (2-2, 2B, 2 … [Read more...]
FC/L Baseball Finishes 16-4
Head Coach Keith Larson has led FC/L baseball on a couple good post-season runs. With a 3-1 week, FC/L closed out their best regular season in a long time (ever?). The Falcons beat SG 5-1 behind Colten Kraling’s mound gem (6 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 8 K, Win). Sam Rustad keyed the offensive attack (2-4, 2 RBI) with his first hits of the season (fourth game) coming back from a torn ACL … [Read more...]
Falcon Squads Grab Golf Titles
Fillmore Central’s golf squads entered the week owning their own fate. Win-out and they would each snag TRC-East titles. Brad Holten’s guys beat W-K and Lanesboro (162, Inc., Inc.) and W-K again (201, Inc.). Connor Morem shot a county-wide season-low 33* in the triangular in Harmony. Carter Nevalainen (36) and Delton Sauer (45) followed. The team 162 was a season-low; … [Read more...]
Baseball
Houston 2, L/P 12 [5] (H: Jaytin Millen 1-3, RBI; James Hongerholt 1-2, R) M-C 1, Onalaska-Luther 11 [5] (MC: Drew Wyffels 2-2, 2B, RBI); M-C 1, O-L 13 [5] Chatfield 2, SC 12 (C: Ben Ihrke 2-3, 2B, RBI, R; Jake Mandt 1-2, 2B, R. Ihrke posted his 12th double. Saints a 6-run fifth) #6 in AA Caledonia 7, R-P 3 (RP: Shawn Marg 2-3; Nolan Mueller 1-3, RBI; Ethan Anderson … [Read more...]
Softball
L-A 14, FC/L 8 (FCL: Makaila Eickhoff 3-4, 3B, 2 R; Haley Polin 2-4, HR, 2 RBI, R. Cardinals had an 8-run top seven, breaking 6-6 tie); L-A 8, FC/L 3 (FCL: M. Eickhoff 1-3, 2B, RBI, R; Krista Jorgenson 1-2, 2B, RBI, R) L/P 6, Houston 3 (H: Becca Lee 2-4, two 2B, R. ‘Canes (2-5, 6-9) are 1A East’s 7-seed, play at 2-seed W-K (10-9)) RP 8, SG/C 9 (RP: Alli Oian 2-3, 2 RBI, … [Read more...]