Teams Take on Class A/AA Showcases, Warriors Grab AA Title Area volleyball teams Mabel-Canton, Chatfield, Caledonia, Spring Grove, and Fillmore Central once again took on the Class A/AA Showcase tournaments in Burnsville. The Cougars and Gophers were each runner-up last year. This year, the Cougars, Warriors and Gophers each won their pools to make their Gold Brackets. … [Read more...]
Cross Country (9/30)
LARPH Hosts First Meet with Chatfield, LFC LARPH cross country hosted its first of two meets, this one at Ferndale Golf Course. Each race was cut to 4,000-meter per a warm humid afternoon. The other two teams competing were Lanesboro/Fillmore Central and Chatfield. New state polls were released that day, with the LARPH boys ranked #2 to Redwood Valley. Section foe Cotter was … [Read more...]
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Kingsland (2-1, 2-1) ran for 406 yards and eight touchdowns in beating Lanesboro 67-7. Kaaleem Reiland had four total scores (three rushing) with 135 yards on the ground to lead the way. Fillmore Central (2-1, 2-1) ran for 331 yards and six touchdowns in beating Faribault B.A. 54-16. FC volleyball beat Cotter 3-1 and PEM 3-0. Kyla Hellickson had 33 digs in the win over the … [Read more...]
Football (9/23)
#6 Gophers Down #1 Warriors in Big Early Season Game In another chapter of their rivalry, ranked AA teams #6 Chatfield (2-0) and #1 Caledonia (2-0) did battle in a big week three showdown. Plays late in the second and third quarters majorly helped determine the verdict. Leading 6-0, with first half waning, Chatfield got back-to-back big pass plays. Quarterback Carson Rowland … [Read more...]
Volleyball (9/23)
Cougars Improve to 19-0 with Eight Win Week, Heritage Title The #2-ranked team in Class A volleyball kept plugging along with an eight-win week which included the Heritage Christian Academy tourney title. Mabel-Canton first went through SEC foes Kingsland and Lanesboro in straight sets. The Knights fell 25-11, 25-5, and 25-9. Sahara Morken had 28 assists, 6 digs, and 5 aces … [Read more...]
Cross Country (9/23)
Burro Girls Claim First at D-E Meet Top runner Autumn Rakosnik ran away with the individual crown and Ellen Cullen’s LFC girls team put their five scoring runners all in the top 20 to claim the Dover-Eyota cross country meet team title. Rakosnik ran with section foes and 2023 state qualifiers Olivia Yotter of Lake City and Lexi Kivimagi of Chatfield for a while before … [Read more...]
Chatfield Board Looks at Five-year Plan
Special Meeting A special board meeting was held at 6 p.m., before the regular meeting of the Chatfield School Board on September 11. All board members were present with the exception of Tom Keefe. Other interested patrons were also present. The purpose of the special meeting was for Superintendent Harris to present information on two issues. One issue was the budget … [Read more...]
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LeRoy-Ostrander/Lyle-Pacelli football wrecked Westbrook-Walnut Grove 55-6 to improve to 2-0 on the year. The Cardinals got pick sixes from Carter Sweeney and Reid Hungerholt. Sweeney also caught two scores. Kingsland (1-1, 1-1) rebounded from a loss to L-O/L-P by smacking GM 58-16. Kaaleem Reiland threw four TD passes on just five attempts, Zach Reiland topped 100 yards on the … [Read more...]
Football (9/16)
Football: Warriors Post Second Shutout in 1AA Title Game Rematch In a rematch of last year’s 1AA title game, Caledonia (1-0) progressively but convincingly subdued Dover-Eyota (0-1) in a Southeast White affair. For a second straight week, the Warrior defense was stout. The Eagles were held to 121 yards offense and they never found the end zone, though D-E played enough ball … [Read more...]
Volleyball 9/16
Volleyball: #2 Cougars Control Lions, Sweep Big SEC Matchup Neighboring schools Mabel-Canton and Spring Grove have been rivals in volleyball for many years, though there is a caveat. The Cougars nearly always win. A year ago, the Lions were the only SEC team to test M-C, losing 3-1 (22-25, 25-20, 25-15, 25-19) in Mabel, but 3-2 (25-20, 25-15, 22-25, 22-25, 15-13) in Spring … [Read more...]