Stewartville Bill Glomski Meet (Each race was just 3,200-meters per a warm and humid day. Cotter/Hope Lutheran’s boys (54) topped RAACHE (89) and St. Charles (132). Chatfield (226) took ninth, L/FC (320) 12th, and GMLOS (330) 13th of 17 complete teams. Cotter/HL freshman Erik Semling (10:17.2) was individual champ over Simley’s Niklas Abrahamson (10:34.6). The Ramblers had … [Read more...]
Fall Sports Underway at Fillmore Central
At the August 27 Fillmore Central school board meeting, Superintendent Heath Olstad reported that a good number of students are participating in the fall sports season which is already underway. Nineteen students are signed up for cross country, 11 for cheerleading, 61 for football, and 38 for volleyball. The football field has been freshly painted and is ready for the first … [Read more...]
Football
2024 Prep Football Preview The 2024 season is year two of the new district alignment. Hence, nothing changes from last year as it pertains to districts and sections. Three Journal-covered squads enter the year coming off state runs. Kingsland broke a 20-year drought and progressed all the way to the 9-Man state finals before controversially and agonizingly falling. Fillmore … [Read more...]
2024 Area Prep Volleyball Preview
The 2023 high school volleyball season saw Mabel-Canton (14-0, 36-3) win its second straight Section 1A title and make state for a second straight year. Caledonia (9-1, 28-7) won the Section 1AA title and also made state. Each took fourth on the big stage. Fillmore Central (8-2, 23-8) was 1A runner-up, Chatfield (10-0, 26-3) made the 1AA final four, and Spring Grove (12-2, … [Read more...]
2024 Area Prep Cross Country Preview
Last year’s cross-country season was highlighted by LARPH’s boys qualifying for their fifth straight state meet while Chatfield’s Lexi Kivimagi and L/FC’s Autumn Rakosnik each impressively finished top 35 at the big meet in Northfield. LARPH, Kivimagi and Rakosnik should again highlight the action this year. They are in the midst of a dynasty. … [Read more...]
Area Players/Coaches Compete in Volleyball All-Star Series
On Wednesday, July 24, the Minnesota Volleyball Coaches Association put on its All-Star match at Mounds View High School. The event was held in conjunction with the Coaches Association’s annual summer clinic. Six area athletes and two coaches took part in the event; Mabel-Canton’s Kinley Soiney and Sahara Morken along with their coach Lonnie Morken, Chatfield’s Harper … [Read more...]
Spring Sports End Well for Fillmore Central
At the June 25 Fillmore Central School Board meeting, Superintendent Heath Olstad reported that over 100 students are participating in Strength and Agility this summer. Summer SAC is going well and there are many adult and youth enrichment activities going on through Community Ed. There are multiple openings for jobs in the Child Care Center and in ECFE. The spring sports … [Read more...]
Baseball
Three Rivers All-Conference Baseball Caledonia (15-0, 19-3) ran the table in the TRC, winning the East over La Crescent/Hokah (12-3, 18-7), Winona-Cotter (9-6, 12-9), Lewiston-Altura (8-7, 9-12), Rushford-Peterson (4-11, 10-15), and Fillmore Central/Lanesboro (0-15, 1-20) while Dover-Eyota (8-6, 13-8) and PEM (8-6, 10-11) shared the West over Chatfield (7-7, 9-11), St. … [Read more...]
Three Rivers All-Conference Softball
Caledonia (14-1, 24-4) won the TRC East softball title ahead of Winona-Cotter (12-3, 17-8), La Crescent/Hokah (8-7, 10-11), Lewiston-Altura (6-9, 12-12), Rushford-Peterson (2-13, 6-15), and Fillmore Central/Lanesboro (0-15, 4-17) while Dover-Eyota (11-3, 15-8) took the East over Chatfield (9-5, 15-9), St. Charles (9-5, 14-11), Wabasha-Kellogg (6-8, 15-11), and PEM (3-11, 5-16). … [Read more...]
Girls Golf: FC Shares Class A Title
It will be remembered because it is a state title. It will also be remembered because it ended abruptly. Fillmore Central girls golf took on their 10th consec-utive state tourney. What looked to be a tense finish was then halted by lightening. Meet organizers then had to do some figuring to determine the state champion, as teams had not completed the final hole(s). FC and … [Read more...]