Head Coaches: Alex Aiken (boys), Lori Anderson (girls) 2023 Season: Both the LFCMC girls and boys qualified by Wild Card for the state True Team meet. The girls took sixth and the boys seventh. Each team has gone to state the last five years. Seven athletes qualified for state individually. The 4x800 (Isaac Snyder, Luke Ruen, Jayce Kiehne, Sam Springer) took third. Kiehne … [Read more...]
Chatfield Board Agrees to Submit Facility Project Review
At the March 20 school board meeting, board members Jill Harstad, David Sovinski, Josh Thompson and Mark Johnsrud were present as well as Superintendent Ed Harris, Elementary Principal Shane McBroom, and Trista O’Connor, business manager. Student senate members Ella Lane and Anna Bernau were also present. Board members Katie Priebe and Tom Keefe were not … [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...]
Lanesboro Board Approves Master Contract
In a relatively short meeting on March 13, the Lanesboro School Board approved the master teacher contract which was recently negotiated. Board member Steve Snyder said of the 11-month long process, “It was a pleasure working with them (the teacher negotiators)! We each tried to understand each other’s positions.” Board chair Christine Troendle commented, “I’m happy to see … [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...]
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...]
Boys Wrestling: 13 Qualify for State Headed by Nine Gophers
At the 1A individual meet, section team champion Chatfield continued its excellent season by qualifying nine guys for state. LARP and FCLMC each got one entrant. In Class AA, Caledonia/Houston qualified two. The Gophers pulled the super-rare feats of getting all 13 of their wrestlers to the semifinals and eleven to the finals. All 13 finished top three. Claiming section … [Read more...]