The 2024 cross country season for teams from LARPH, Chatfield, LFC, GMLOS, and Kingsland was highlighted by LARPH boys going to state for a sixth straight year while gals Autumn Rakosnik (LFC) and Lexi Kivimagi (Chatfield) made state individually, each (at least) repeating doing so. LARPH returns a large group from its state team. Rakosnik and Kivimagi are also back, as said … [Read more...]
Postseason Baseball Awards
The 2025 baseball season saw Caledonia redeem a tough postseason last year with a Section 1AA runner-up performance, as the Warriors went 18-8. Only two of the eight Journal-covered programs finished above five-hundred, but all won at least seven games. Four SEC players notably made All-State. Southeast Conference Baseball Awards Lyle/Pacelli (13-1, 20-4) won the SEC over … [Read more...]
Golf (6/23)
Falcon Girls Take Third at State Golf The run may be done. For it to continue, Fillmore Central girls golf will need a major retool. In the program’s 11th consecutive state appearance, the Falcons could not author an encore to last year’s share state championship. Despite returning four of six from last year’s team, the Falcons have struggled with consistency this year, … [Read more...]
Boldt and Goergen Titles Highlight State Track and Field Meet
For a fifth straight year, St. Michael/Albertville High School hosted the Class A state track and field individual meet. GML-OKS, RPH, LFCMC, Chatfield, and Cale-donia/Spring Grove were all represented. One Southland runner and one Houston all-around athlete headed the cast by bringing home state titles. For Southland sophomore, GMLOKS track and field athlete Tate Goergen, … [Read more...]
Track and Field: GMLOKS, RPH, LFCMC and Chatfield Bountiful in State Qualifiers
The 2025 Section 1A track and field meet was marked by a plethora of area athletes making state by standard, particularly from Chatfield and LFCMC. Meanwhile, RPH and GMLOKS saw its stars shine. For GMLOKS, it would have been a complete shocker if sprinter Chantle Reiland did not shine in a fast and long way at her last 1A Meet. The Kingsland senior made her first state … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
GMLOKS’ girls won the Sub-2 meet. Chantle Reiland won four events (100, 200, Long Jump, 4x200) including resetting her own program record in the Long Jump (17’8”). Breeley Galle (Triple Jump, 300-hurdles, 100-hurdles, 4x200) and Gracie Foster (100-H, 300-H, T-Jump, 4x100) each also qualified for sections four times. Chatfield’s Charlotte Oeltjen won the 3,200-meters, … [Read more...]
Golf (6/2)
Burro Teams Sweep SEC Meet Lanesboro’s golf teams took a broom to the Southeast Conference Meet (again), sweeping the boys and girls team and individual first places. On the guys side, Tim Opat’s group rode top two finishers Jack Brogle and Holdyn Willford to a 17-stroke win over Southland, 351 to 368. GMLO (369) took a narrow third followed by Houston (375), Kingsland … [Read more...]
Baseball (6/2)
Warriors Post Shutouts in Posting Playoff Wins Pitching wins games. Caledonia baseball turned to its two 6’6” senior throwers in opening round playoff contests. Combined with some errorless defense, each produced shut-out wins, moving the Warriors in the 1AA third round. Versus Lake City (13-seed, 5-14) in the 1AA Round of 16, Caledonia (4-seed, 14-6) got a 15-strikeout … [Read more...]
Softball (6/2)
#10 Gophers Post Back-to-Back Rallies, Head to Austin Unblemished It is probably not advisable to start a second-round section game down 3-0, and then a third-round contest down 4-0. That is what the #10 in AA Chatfield softball did, and yet they are still off to Austin without a loss for a battle with the #1-ranked team in state. Brent Berge’s Gophers (2-seed, 16-4) first … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Lanesboro’s Jack Brogle shot the two lowest rounds of the year for any Journal-covered golfer (back-to-back two-under-par 33s) in wins over Kingsland and Houston. Hurricane Logan Olson shot a 38 in defeat. Both Burros teams (10-0) are SEC champions. Tenth-ranked Chatfield softball fell to St. Charles 7-1 in a key TRC-West contest. The Gophers (10-4, 16-4) take second behind … [Read more...]