Head Coach: Tim Opat (new for Krissy Overland). Where We Left Off in 2023: The Burros guys (9-1, 9-1) and girls (9-0, 9-1) were each SEC regular season and Meet champions. The boys won the regular season title by SEC Meet tiebreaker. Hayden Lawstuen and Chloe Schnebly were the SEC Meet individual champs. Jack Brogle and Kaden Stettler tied for third. Jentrey Schreiber took … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
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...]
Fillmore Central/ Lanesboro Falcons
Head Coach: Josh Jones Where We Left Off in 2023: The Falcons went 10-5 in TRC play, tying for second with Caledonia in the East. FC/L had a six-game post-season run. They played to make the 1A title game but fell to Southland 8-3. FC/L finished a very good season at 17-8, taking third place in the section (equaling the program’s deepest post-season run). Seniors: … [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...]
Fillmore Central/Lanesboro Falcons
Head Coach: Samantha Bratland Where We Left Off in 2023: FC/L went 0-15 in the TRC and 1-20 overall last year, but lost just 5-4 to 2-seed Houston in the 1A East quarters. Seniors: Ellie Anderson (C/LF), Lelaina Irish (utility), Indy Qualy (3B), Lydia Penhollow (OF), Klaudia Biel (P/IF), Jersey Ristau (OF). Juniors: Haley O’Connor (OF) Key Returning … [Read more...]
Track and Field (3/21)
Luther Indoor Meet (LFCMC’s girls (88) topped Chatfield (30), Lewiston-Altura (29.5) and Caledonia/Spring Grove (24.5). LFCMC’s boys (61.5) topped C/SG (42), Chatfield (35), and L-A (27.5). LFCMC girls’ firsts: Autumn Rakosnik (800), Ava Jacobsen (High Jump), Kammry Broadwater (Triple Jump), Elizabeth Clarke (Pole Vault-tie), the girls 4x400* (Lillyan Kiehne, Sahara Morken, … [Read more...]
Lanesboro/Fillmore Central/Mabel-Canton
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...]