Homestands are a thing mainly in Major League baseball. High school baseball is a bit different. But Jason Carrier’s Houston squad had one versus foes FC/L, M-C, R-P and GMLOK the week of Monday April 22. Houston used a seven-run third to annul a 2-0 deficit and dispatch with FC/L 9-2. Zach Olson (2-3, RBI, 2 R), Logan Olson (1-2, 2 RBI, R), Morgan Rohweder (1-3, RBI, R), Nolan … [Read more...]
Track and Field: RPH, Chatfield and GMLOKS Host Meets
Three “Journal-covered” track and field teams, RPH, GMLOK and Chatfield hosted meets where all five “Journal-covered” programs competed, C/SG at Tro-Canes’ Meet, LFCMC at the Gophers Meet. RPH’s event saw the Tro-Cane boys (140) top nearest foe Caledonia/Spring Grove (66). RPH’s girls (91) topped La Crescent/Hokah (67). Triton also competed. Ryan Prinsen (800 > 2:11.61, … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Chatfield softball went 2-1 on the week, notably beating rival St. Charles 15-6 and Lake City 11-1 while falling to Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial 5-3. Freshman Makenna Dornack was 4-for-4 with four RBI and four runs versus the Saints and 2-for-5 with five RBI versus the Tigers. Rylee Urban collected both wins, striking out nine versus Lake City. She improved to 5-1 on the … [Read more...]
Track and Field (4/15 & 4/18)
La Crosse-Logan Meet (Caledonia/Spring Grove’s boys (85) took fourth behind Holmen (242), La Crosse-Logan (160), and Arcadia (87) with Tomah and La Crescent/Hokah also competing. C/SG’s girls took sixth (of six). C/SG boys’ firsts: Josh Beardmore (100 > 11.00), Fischer Wait (200 > 22.69), the 4x100 (43.37 > Owen Staggemeyer, Eli Staggemeyer, Beardmore, Wait), and the … [Read more...]
Baseball/Softball: Comebacks Denote GMLOK/M-C Series
GMLOK’s baseball and softball teams played at Mabel-Canton and each game was denoted by a seventh inning comeback. On the baseball diamond, one of, if not the biggest last inning comebacks in “Journal Sports” history occurred. Mabel-Canton led GMLOK 8-2 heading the Bulldogs’ top of seventh inning when Eric Mundfrom’s squad went wild with an inning and a rally they will not soon … [Read more...]
Golf
Three Rivers Conference Golf (4/15) (B) Chatfield 170, St. Charles 183 (C: Carson Harstad 41*, Colton Johnson 42, Brayden Fretland 43, Devin Reinhardt 44, Gage Bartels 45. SC: Logan Overkamp 41*, Sawyer Wendt 46, Marcus Rinard/Owen Maloney 48s. Chatfield boys > 3-0, 3-0); (G) Chatfield 214, St. Charles 202 (C: Mya Henry 50, Taylor Ask 53, Charleigh Larson 55. SC: Lily … [Read more...]
Softball
Three Rivers Conference Softball (4/19) Fillmore Central/Lanesboro 6, Cotter 15; Cotter 12, FC/L 2 (Falcons > 0-2, 0-2) Chatfield 15, St. Charles 6 (C: M. Dornack 4-4, 2B, 4 RBI, 4 R, 2 BB (reached safely six times); K. Johnson 3-6, 2B, RBI, R; R. Urban 1-3, RBI, 2 R, 7 IP, 10 H, 6 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 7 K, Win; Olivia Karver 2-2, RBI, 3 R; Alexis Hinckley 1-4, 2B, 2 RBI; … [Read more...]
Baseball
Three Rivers Conference Baseball (4/19) St. Charles 1, Chatfield 5 (C: C. Boyum 7 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 8 K, Win, 1-4, 2 R; Westin Nolte 1-2, RBI, R; Chase Johnston 1-2, 2 RBI, R); Chatfield 5, St. Charles 6 [8] (C: C. Boyum 4-4, 2 RBI, 2 R; Jack Dornack 2-3, 2B, 2 RBI; Ryan Rindels 1-3, 2 R; Carter Schlink 5 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 2 K, No Decision. The Gophers led 5-0 … [Read more...]
Baseball/Softball: ‘Canes Score 48 Runs in Beating Schaeffer
In a high school softball game, seventeen runs are not unheard of, but it is a lot. Thirty-one runs in a high school baseball game are a category five deluge. Oddly enough, it was teams nicknamed Hurricanes scoring runs torrentially. In a home baseball/softball series with Schaeffer Academy, Houston baseball won 31-2 in five innings and softball 17-0 in four frames! On the … [Read more...]
Track and Field
Stewartville “Glen Amundsen” Meet (GMLOKS’ guys (77) took second to Stewartville (175) with Chatfield taking fourth. GMLOKS’ girls (109) took second to Byron (126) with Chatfield taking fourth. Medford also competed at a five-team meet. GMLOKS guys’ firsts: T. Georgen (800 > 2:11.25), C. Glynn (1,600 > 5:09.97), Landon Chilman (300-hurdles > 43.63), the 4x400 (3:41.92 … [Read more...]
Baseball
Three Rivers Conference Baseball (4/8 - 4/12) Chatfield 11, Wabasha-Kellogg 1 (C: C. Boyum 5 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 10 K, Win, 1-3, R; Cole Ramaker 2-4, two 2B, 3 RBI, R, 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K; Jack Dornack 2-3, two 2B, RBI; W. Nolte 2-5, RBI, 2 R; Ben Carrier 1-3, 3 RBI, 2 R. Chatfield had a seven-run fourth inning to break a 1-1 tie) Fillmore Central/Lanesboro 1, … [Read more...]
Golf
Three Rivers Conference Golf (4/8) (B) Rushford-Peterson 189, La Crescent/Hokah 168 (RP: Sam LaFleur/Will LaFleur 46’s, Kellen Drinkall 48, Gus Hoiland 49. LCH: Ryan Nutter 35*, Wyatt Krzoska 41, Tobias Sajdok 45, Cooper Johnson 47, Charlie Wieser/Theron Hammell 48’s); (G) R-P 254, LC/H 249 (LCH: Colleen Baumbich 55*, Isabella Green 58. RP: Audrey Frick 55. Both Trojan teams … [Read more...]
Softball
Three Rivers Conference Softball (4/12) Rushford-Peterson 2, Wabasha-Kellogg 7 (R-P: S. Tesch 1-3, HR, RBI, R; Ellie Ekern 1-3, RBI, R. R-P walked 10, W-K walked one. W-K had a six-run fourth. Trojans > 0-2, 1-2) Southeast Conference Softball (4/8 - 4/11) GMLOK 3, Houston 4 (H: Kylie Stinson 2-3, 2B, RBI, R; Emily Botcher 7 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 4 BB, 8 K, Win; … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Rushford-Peterson senior Rylan Schneider pitched the Trojans (2-1, 2-1) to wins over FC/L 8-1 and W-K 3-2, as he gave up just two earned runs in 12 1/3 innings pitched (1 BB, 12 K). Caden Boyum had 10 strikeouts and got the win (in five innings) as Chatfield beat W-K 11-1. Westin Nolte gave up just one earned run in collecting the win as the Gophers beat PEM 6-1. Morgan … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Mary Srock was 4-for-4 with a triple, a home run, three RBI, and three runs scored as Houston softball pounded Lyle/Pacelli 26-2. The Hurricanes had a 16-run first inning. RPH’s Ryan Prinsen won three events, the 800, 1,600, and Pole Vault at the Tro-Canes home track and field event. The RPH girls were champions of the four-team met. … [Read more...]