Fillmore Central football and boys basketball each had high-water seasons. After three baseball games, with help from some Lanesboro kids, baseball is off to a strong start. Josh Jones’ group went 3-0 to start the season, including notching a notable non-conference win. They began by sneaking by TRC rival Rushford-Peterson. FC/L led 3-1 after three but R-P had a four-run fourth … [Read more...]
Gophers Baseball Notches Wins Over “Runners Up”
Chatfield baseball had a good week, posting two wins over teams that were section runners-up last season. In a rematch of last year’s 1AA-East title game, the Gophers trailed PEM 4-0 after the Bulldogs’ second inning only for Chatfield to have a seven-run sixth to lead 10-4. The inning saw the Gophers with just three hits, but they benefitted from two PEM walks, two errors, a … [Read more...]
Baseball Preview Capsules
Chatfield Gophers Head Coach: Brian Baum. Where We Left Off in 2022: The Gophers went 13-1 in the TRC, winning the West division title. They then went 3-2 in the playoffs, claiming the 1AA East runner-up trophy, but falling to Pine Island 9-7 in the Section 1AA play-offs. Chatfield finished a great year 20-3. Seniors: Luke Carrier (P/OF), Carter Daniels (P/OF), … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Caledonia baseball opened the spring sports by getting a five-inning 12-strikeout one-hitter from Tristan Augedahl in beating Viroqua 2-1. Hunter Goetzinger had the game-winning 2-run double in the fifth inning. GMLOKS and LFCMC’s track teams took on the multi-class MSU-Mankato Indoor Showcase. Kingsland’s Anika Reiland took third in the 60-meters, fifth in the 200-meters, and … [Read more...]
Softball Preview Capsules
Chatfield Gophers Head Coach: Jerry Chase Where We Left Off in 2022: The Gophers went 13-1 in TRC play, sharing the West division crown with St. Charles. Chatfield then won the 1AA-East title, fell to Cannon Falls in section play, but then won three straight including downing the Bombers 9-1 and 11-0 to claim the 1AA title. They then beat Mounds Park Academy, … [Read more...]
All-SEC Boys Basketball
State third-place Spring Grove (20-0, 31-2) won the SEC-East over Schaeffer Academy (14-6, 16-11), Lanesboro (13-7, 17-10), Mabel-Canton (8-12, 12-16), and Houston (4-16, 5-22) while Lyle/Pacelli (18-2, 23-5) won the SEC-West over Southland (13-7, 15-11), Kingsland (11-9, 13-14), Glenville-Emmons (5-15, 8-20), LeRoy-Ostrander (2-18, 3-24), and Grand Meadow (2-18, 2-25). The … [Read more...]
Track and Field Preview Capsule
Chatfield Head Coach: Jeff DeBuhr 2022 Season: The Gopher boys and girls each took fourth (of 16) at the 1A True Team meet. The girls were TRC champions while the boys took fourth (of 10). The boys finished seventh at the 1A Meet, the girls eighth (of 21). The boys 4x200 and 4x100 (Isaac Erding, Eli Hopp, Thad Evans, Sam Backer) took second and third respectively at … [Read more...]
All-TRC Boys Basketball
All four “Journal-covered” TRC boys basketball teams put together winning seasons. Caledonia (11-3, 16-13) won the TRC-East over La Crescent/Hokah (10-4, 18-10), Fillmore Central (8-6, 17-11), Rushford-Peterson (8-6, 15-13) and Winona-Cotter (4-10, 9-17) while Chatfield (12-3, 17-11) took second to PEM (14-1, 26-6) in the TRC-West ahead of W-K (6-9, 12-15), Lewiston-Altura … [Read more...]
Wrestling: All Three Rivers Conference
The 2022-2023 All Three Rivers The 2022-2023 All Three Rivers wrestling team list is headlined by grapplers from Caledonia/Houston and Chatfield. Eight Gophers made All-TRC while six Warriors did. Chatfield’s selections are Javier Berg (106), Kaisen Johnson (113), Gage Bartels (126), Ayden Miner (138), Carson Rowland (145), Jack Dornack (152), Nathan Allen (170), and Kail … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball: All Three Rivers Conference
Final TRC girls basketball standgs had Caledonia (14-0, 25-4) win the East over Cotter (12-3, 18-10), La Crescent/Hokah (10-5, 15-12), Rushford-Peterson (7-7, 18-11), and Fillmore Central (2-12, 13-16) while in the West PEM (12-3, 18-10) topped Chatfield (10-5, 17-10), Dover-Eyota (7-8, 13-15), St. Charles (5-10, 12-15), Lewiston-Altura (3-14, 5-22), and Wabasha-Kellogg (0-15, … [Read more...]