Head Coach: Jeff DeBuhr 2023 Season: The Gopher girls were Section 1A True Team runner-up and took third at state. The boys finished fifth at True Team sections. The girls were TRC Meet runner-up while the boys took fifth. Nine total Gophers went to state individually including the boys and girls 4x100 and 4x200 teams. The boys 4x200 (Sam Backer, Thad Evans, Isaac Erding, … [Read more...]
Chatfield Gophers
Head Coach: Brent Berge (new) Where We Left Off in 2023: Chatfield went 10-4 in the TRC and 13-6 overall last year. They got bounced by Caledonia 4-0 in the 1AA East quarterfinals. Seniors: Kieran Schmaltz (RF), Braelee Horsman (3B), Alexis Hinckley (C). Juniors: Brittin Ruskell (2B), Kendall Knutson (LF), Katryn Johnson (P/SS), Anna Bernau (OF). Key Returning … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball
All Three Rivers Conference Final Three Rivers Conference standings saw Cotter (12-2, 24-6) and Caledonia (12-2, 20-9) share the TRC-East ahead of Rushford-Peterson (8-5, 21-8), Fillmore Central (7-6, 17-11), and La Crescent/Hokah (3-13, 6-21). Dover-Eyota (13-3, 22-7) won the West over PEM (11-4, 18-10), Chatfield (8-7, 15-13), Lewiston-Altura (5-11, 7-2), Wabasha-Kellogg … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball
Boys Basketball: All Three Rivers Conference Caledonia (13-1, 23-5) shared the TRC-East with La Crescent/Hokah (13-1, 20-8) while the rest of that division, Rushford-Peterson (8-6, 21-8), Winona-Cotter (8-7, 17-11), and Fillmore Central (4-10, 16-14) also sported good teams. In the TRC-West, Lewiston-Altura (10-5, 18-10) won the division crown followed by St. Charles (7-8, … [Read more...]
All-TRC Wrestling
The All Three Rivers Conference boys wrestling list includes 11 Chatfield Gophers, six Caledonia/Houston Warriors, four LARP Screamin’ Eagles, four GMLOS Bulldogs, and two FCLMC Wolves. For the conference, section, and state champion 21-1 Gophers, Jameson Priebe (8th grader, 107, 34-17), Javier Berg (junior, 114, 41-6), Kaisen Johnson (sophomore, 121, 32-13), Hunter Polikowsky … [Read more...]
Wrestling: Gophers Dominate to 1A State Title
Many teams dream of a state title. Chatfield Gopher wrestling’s aspiration for such became very distinctive and realistic at two points in the season, the win over perennially state-power #2 in Class AA Kasson Mantorville and the second-place team showing at the prestigious “Clash.” There was no doubt after those two great efforts the Gophers were a force. But work still needed … [Read more...]
State Individual Wrestling: Rowland Grabs Title as 10 Area Athletes Place
Nineteen total athletes (13 guys, six gals) from Chatfield, FCLMC, Caledonia/Houston, LARP, and GMLOS took on the state individual wrestling tourney. Coming off a team championship, Chatfield placed five total to lead the way. Carson Rowland claimed a state title, Javier Berg finished runner-up, Kail Schott third, and Gage Bartels fourth on the guys side. Chloe Berg took fifth … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Will Harvey scored 25 points as 15-seed Lanesboro beat 18-seed Hayfield 63-48 in 1A play-in play-off game. Camden Hungerholt scored 34 points and brother Reid 22 but 16-seed L-O fell to 17-seed B.A. 67-64. Mason King scored 20 points and senior Lewis Doyle topped 1,000 for his career as 2-seed #7 in AA Caledonia beat 15-seed Chatfield 84-40. The Warriors (22-4) next play Cotter … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball Playoffs (2/26 – 3/2)
(1A Qtr) 9-seed Kingsland (16-8) 30, 1-seed #1 in A Goodhue (22-5) 75 (K: Macy Runck 14 pts. G: Elisabeth Gadient 23 pts, 7 rebs, 7 asts, 8 stls; Kendyl Lodermeier 17 pts, 9 rebs. Goodhue built a 46-25 halftime lead. Knights finish at 16-9) (1AA Qtr) 10-seed Chatfield (15-12) 23, 2-seed #16 in AA Rochester-Lourdes (18-9) 59 (C: Evy Goldsmith 12 pts, 17 rebs. RL: Lauren Hust … [Read more...]
Boys Wrestling: 13 Qualify for State Headed by Nine Gophers
At the 1A individual meet, section team champion Chatfield continued its excellent season by qualifying nine guys for state. LARP and FCLMC each got one entrant. In Class AA, Caledonia/Houston qualified two. The Gophers pulled the super-rare feats of getting all 13 of their wrestlers to the semifinals and eleven to the finals. All 13 finished top three. Claiming section … [Read more...]