Lanesboro 38, Chatfield 54 (C: Evy Goldsmith 18 pts (9-11 FTs); Grace Schroeder 13 pts; Kylin Schroeder 9 pts, 6 rebs, 4 stls. L: Jensyn Storhoff 17 pts, 10 stls; Taylor Hanson 10 pts, 9 rebs; Hailey Erickson 9 pts, 9 rebs. Chatfield made 21 of 29 FTs (72%), Lanesboro 3 of 5 (60%)) Zumbrota-Mazeppa 67, Houston 38 (H: Avery Kingsley 15 pts; Aubryana Boldt 9 pts) Albert … [Read more...]
Volleyball: Post-Season Awards
It was a special year for area volleyball teams, both team-wise and individually. Mabel-Canton and Caledonia each made state. The Cougars were the SEC-East champions. Chatfield won the TRC. Fillmore Central was 1A runner-up. Grand Meadow and LeRoy-Ostrander shared the SEC-West. Spring Grove did not win anything per se, but went 22-7. Rushford-Peterson and Lanesboro both also … [Read more...]
All-TRC Cross Country
All-Conference in cross country is determined by the TRC Meet, which occurred on October 17. All the All-TRC kids were noted in the October 30 Fillmore County Journal Sports, but a few things could have elaborated on. Making All-TRC on the boys side were LARPH’s Ryan Prinsen, Brennan Kunst, Aaron Ploetz, Isaac Rasmussen, Tyler Betthauser, Treyton Heyland and Hunter Rislov, … [Read more...]
Volleyball: #2 Chatfield’s Season Ends in 1AA Semis
It was a great season. But 1AA top-seed Chatfield had its state hopes annulled by the same team they fell to last year in the same spot. Kristi Rindels’ #2 Gophers (1-seed, 25-2) only had a little trouble in the 1AA quarters versus Medford (8-seed, 14-15). The Tigers fought in set one, but Chatfield prevailed 27-25. They then swept the match 3-0 (27-25, 25-12, 25-6). Harper … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Spring Grove (4-seed, 22-6) volleyball led game five of a 1A quarterfinal versus Alden-Conger (5-seed, 23-5) by a 9-5 tally, but fell 16-14 to lose the match 3-2 (15-25, 25-16, 16-25, 25-20, 14-16). Joelle Halverson had 23 kills and Sydney Holland 25 digs in the defeat, as the Lions’ season ends at 22-7. Rushford-Peterson (7-seed, 15-12) also lost a 1A quarterfinal match in … [Read more...]
Football Playoffs – Section 1AA (10/30)
(Semifinal) 3-seed Chatfield (7-2) 22, 2-seed Dover-Eyota (5-3) 24 (C: C. Rowland 25-104, 2 TDs rushing, 9-13, 101 yards, INT passing; Kail Schott 10-94, TD rushing; Devin Reinhardt 3-58 receiving. D-E: Levi Williams 13-20, 175 yards, TD passing, 14-78, TD rushing, 28-yard field goal; Damon Bye 7-87, 2 TDs receiving; Landon Lehnertz 22-55 rushing, 2-yard TD pass. Chatfield … [Read more...]
Redefining Ready Presentation Given to Chatfield School Board
At the November 8, 2023, school board meeting, board members, Jill Harstad, David Sovinski, Mark Johnsrud, Katie Priebe, Josh Thompson and Tom Keefe were present as well as Superintendent Ed Harris, principals, Shane McBroom and Eric Nelson, Rinnea Kreter, administrative assistant and Trista O’Connor, business manager. Student senate members Aspen McBroom and Carly Backen were … [Read more...]
Volleyball Playoffs
Section 1A Volleyball Playoffs (10/23 & 10/26) (Play-In) 17-seed Houston (5-21) 3, 16-seed Kingsland (8-17) 2 > 13-25, 20-25, 25-23, 25-19, 15-8 (H: Emily Botcher 14 kills, 7 digs, 11 assists, 4 aces; E. Carrier 18 digs; Jorja Meyer 6 kills; Avery Kingsley 3 kills, 11 digs, 5 aces; Cadence Koehler 14 digs, 5 aces; Olivia Yohe 11 assists, 12 digs, 3 aces. K: K. … [Read more...]
Cross Country: Chatfield’s Kivimagi Grabs Girls Title, Rakosnik Runner-up
It was a dramatic end to a race, from an individual perspective. It was also a scary end. Down the home stretch of the girls 1A cross country meet, it came down to the favorite, Cotter’s Sonja Semling, LFC youngster Autumn Rakosnik and Chatfield’s Lexi Kivimagi. Semling, the two-time defending champion, was in first place heading to the last 300-meters or so. But she would … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Early playoff volleyball action saw all the highest seeded area teams moved on to their section quarters. Houston (17-seed) came back from down 2-0 to beat Kingsland (16-seed) in a 1A play-in game 3-2 (13-25, 20-25, 25-23, 25-19, 15-8). Ella Carrier had 18 digs for the ‘Canes while Kadence Aarsvold had 39 digs for the Knights. Houston then fell to top-seed #2 M-C 3-0 … [Read more...]