Falcon Teams Claim TRC Championships Each made state last year. Each hope to do so again this year. But Fillmore Central golf’s post-season began with the TRC Meet. On the guys’ side, Brad Holten’s Falcons (330) finally topped La Crescent/Hokah (338) for the title. The Lancers had taken first over FC the past two years. Chatfield (340) took third, R-P (371) fourth, and … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Sub-section track and field meets were held. At the Sub-1 event, C/SG’s sprinters were on full display. Both boys’ sprint relays took first. Josh Beardmore (100, L-Jump, 4x100, 4x200) qualified in four events, notching firsts in all but the Long Jump. Gabe Curley (100, 200, 4x100), Eli Staggemeyer (4x100, 4x200, 100), Owen Staggemeyer (4x100, 4x200, 200), and Fischer Wait … [Read more...]
Baseball
Fourth-Inning Eruptions Propel Lions to Pair of Playoff Wins Spring Grove (6-seed, 13-7) advanced through the Section 1A baseball bracket with two very similar wins over Wabasha-Kellogg (11-seed, 6-14), 10-4, and Mabel-Canton (14-seed, 7-14), 8-1. Both games followed strangely similar scripts. Versus the Falcons in the Round of 16, the Lions wiped out a 2-0 deficit with a … [Read more...]
Softball
Warriors Push to Austin and 1AA Final Four Caledonia softball kept its strong season alive courtesy of three post-season wins in four tries. The Warriors (2-seed, 18-2) first took down Lake City (15-seed, 2-17) in the 1AA Round of 16. Caledonia had six extra base hits and a six-run third was their big inning in a five frame 11-1 win. It was their sixth straight victory by … [Read more...]
Track and Field (5/22)
Sub-1 Meet (St. Charles’ guys (151) topped RPH (128), and C/SG (113) with LFCMC (89) taking fifth. Cotter’s girls (171) topped the Saints (101.5) with LFCMC (81.5) taking fourth and RPH (67.5) sixth. Eight teams competed. LFCMC girls 1A meet qualifiers: the 4x800 (1st > 10:03.72 > Autumn Rakosnik, Sahara Morken, Kammry Broadwater, Lillyan Kiehne), Rakosnik (2nd 3,200), … [Read more...]
Baseball
Warriors Run TRC Table Caledonia baseball had the TRC-East title wrapped up entering the final week of the regular season. They capped an undefeated league season and kept up an epic pitching and defensive display in their final two games. Hosting Cotter, Ben Stemper authored a first inning RBI triple. It was all the runs 6’4” junior pitcher Garrett Konz needed, as he threw a … [Read more...]
Golf
Have Big Week Fillmore Central’s golf teams ended the season strongly. FC’s girls first dominated W-K’s Tourney. Aaron Mensink’s group (344) topped Caledonia (384) to claim the team title. PEM (424), W-K (428), Lanesboro (433), and La Crescent/Hokah (451) also had full teams. L-A and R-P were incomplete. FC junior Lily Miller tossed out a leaderboard topping 12-over-par 84 … [Read more...]
Track and Field: GMLOKS Girls True Team State Runner-Up by 1.5 Points
Looking for their third True Team state title in four years, GMLOKS girls track and field came agonizingly close. Aaron Thauwald’s group (519.5) took second to Luverne (521) by an agonizing 1.5 points. It came down to the last race (the 4x400). GMLOKS took third, Luverne second. Had GMLOKS took second they would have won a state title. Coach Thauwald had praise for his last … [Read more...]
Softball
Warriors Blast Cotter Enroute to TRC-East Title The top two softball teams in the TRC-East, Caledonia (11-1, 15-2) and Cotter (12-1, 14-3), squared off the last week of the regular season, the winner grabbing the inside track to a division crown. There were some tense moments early. Caledonia scored a run in their first. The Ramblers left three runners in scoring position in … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Spring Grove baseball went 3-1 on the week, beating G-E/AC twice, Schaeffer once. Jaxon Strinmoen collected two pitching wins. M-C rallied from down 10-3 to beat GMLOK 11-10. In the teams’ first meeting, M-C led 8-2 only to lose 13-9. Morgan Rohweder drove in six runs as Houston topped Schaeffer 16-1. The junior also struck out 13 and collected the win in beating M-C 2-0. Zach … [Read more...]