Caledonia/Spring Grove, LFCMC, and GMLOKS track and field teams took part in the 25-plus team, large-school MSU-Mankato Indoor Showcase. C/SG’s Josh Beardmore was the boy’s event MVP after taking first (Long Jump), second (60-meters), fifth (200-meters), and fourth (4x200). GMLOKS’ Sam Snitker won the High Jump with a program-record 6’6” leap. LFCMC’s Jayce Kiehne took second … [Read more...]
Track and Field (3/26 & 3/29)
St. Mary’s Indoor (RPH competed alongside Winona, Triton, Lake City, Cotter, St. Charles, Lyle/Pacelli, and Lewiston-Altura. Tro-Cane boys firsts: Aaron Ploetz (3,200), Quintin Betthauser (55-hurdles), Chace Drawkowski (Shot Put), Cadel Carter (Pole Vault), Gregg Gile (Long Jump), Alex Wedl (Triple Jump). Gile (T-Jump) added a second. Casey Herek (55-H) and Lucas Redalen (Shot) … [Read more...]
GMLO Bulldogs
Head Coach: Craig Knight Where We Left Off in 2023: GMLO’s boys went 2-8 in the SEC and overall while the girls were incomplete. The guys tied for third at the SEC Meet. Gal Gabby Tangren notably took sixth place. The guys took seventh at the 1A Meet. The girls were incomplete all year. Outlook: GMLO had just one All-SEC pick last year in Gabby Tangren (freshman) and … [Read more...]
GMLOK Bulldogs
Head Coach: Mark Eickhoff Where We Left Off in 2023: With just one senior, the Bulldogs went 7-5 in the SEC and 8-14 overall. They fell to Zumbrota-Mazeppa 11-1 in a 1AA West quarterfinal. Seniors: Lucie Voigt (SS). Juniors: Aspen Kolling (P), Candace Hanson (1B). Key Returning Underclassmen: Cheyenne Bakken (So. C), Hailee Warren (So. LF). Macy Runck (So. CF), … [Read more...]
Grand Meadow/ LeRoy-Ostrander/Kingsland/ Southland
Head Coaches: Rebecca Young (boys), Aaron Thauwald (girls) 2023 Season: GMLOKS’ girls won their fourth straight 1A True Team title. They were state runner-up. The boys were 1A True Team runner-up. They took sixth at state. Each squad was SEC Meet champion. GMLOKS had 10 athletes qualify for state individually. The girls 4x200 (Anika Reiland, Chantle Reiland, Lydia Redman, … [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...]
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...]
Girls Basketball: Trojans Make 1A Semis, Fall to #3 Hayfield
Rushford-Peterson’s girls concluded an excellent season with their furthest post-season push since 2014-2015. Joe Hatch’s #20 in A Trojans (3-seed, 20-7) first played Grand Meadow (6-seed, 19-8) in a 1A quarterfinal. The Trojans scored 15 of the first 17 points for a 15-2 lead. GM responded with a 10-2 run to close to 17-12. The Trojans then ended the half scoring 17 of 19 … [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 (2/20 & 2/22)
(1A Play-In) 17-seed Lyle/Pacelli (1-25) 51, 16-seed LeRoy-Ostrander (3-23) 49 (L-O: M. Nagel 26 pts, 17 rebs, 3 blks; Jenna Olson 15 pts (five threes), 5 rebs. L-O beat L/P twice in the regular season. Cardinals finish at 3-24) (1A Round of 16) 14-seed Schaeffer Academy (9-17) 19, 3-seed #20 in A Rushford-Peterson (19-7) 62 (R-P: Nad. Happel 22 pts (7-9 FGs, 6-7 FTs); Ellie … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
In a Round of 16 1AA girls’ game, 3-seed Caledonia beat 14-seed La Crescent/Hokah 65-30 behind Aubrie Klug’s 26 points. The Warriors (19-8) next play 6-seed Lake City (14-13). In Round of 16 1A games, 3-seed R-P topped 14-seed Schaeffer 62-19 for the Trojans 20th win (20-7), as Nadia Happel scored 22 points. Six-seed GM beat 11-seed Lanesboro 45-30, as Lauren Queensland scored … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball
Three Rivers Conference Girls Basketball (2/13 - 2/16) La Crescent/Hokah 35, Fillmore Central 60 (FC: Alyssa Britton 15 pts; Jersey Ristau 14 pts (6-9 FTs), 5 stls; Kammry Broadwater 12 pts (6-6 FTs), 6 rebs, 6 stls; Kyla Hellickson 6 pts, 6 rebs, 5 stls. Falcons are 11-2 over their last 13 games) Chatfield 55, Wabasha-Kellogg 32 (C: Lexi Kivimagi 14 pts (4-8 threes); E. … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball
Three Rivers Conference Boys Basketball (2/13 - 2/16) Wabasha-Kellogg 53, Chatfield 57 (C: Ross Stoehr 19 pts (3-3 threes, 8-10 FGs), 4 asts; Carson Harstad 13 pts (4-8 threes); Masyn Kreter 9 pts (4-5 FGs); Callen Backer 9 pts, 7 rebs; Brayden Fretland 5 pts, 9 asts. Chatfield overcame a 28-23 halftime deficit to end a six-game losing streak. They began the second half by … [Read more...]