LFCMC sent six individuals and two relays, Chatfield two individuals and three relays, and Caledonia/Spring Grove two individuals to state track and field. Podium appearances were hard to come by for said athletes. For LFCMC, senior Pole Vaulter Elizabeth Clarke was the only to do so. Clarke vaulted 10’0” to tie for sixth place and make the podium. She was four inches … [Read more...]
Eight are All-State Shooters; Repeat Crowns for ‘Canes, Cougars
Both Mabel-Canton and Houston claimed conference championships during the 2026 spring high school trap season. Rushford-Peterson, Kingsland and LeRoy-Ostrander were runners-up in their respective clay target conferences while Spring Grove had a third-place campaign. It was a third straight league title for Hurricanes. The Cougars have won two straight and four of their last … [Read more...]
Baseball Playoffs (5/25 & 5/26)
(1A Loser-Out) 11-seed Mabel-Canton (13-11) 8, 1-seed New Richland/Hartland/Ellendale/Geneva (13-6) 13 (M-C: Nolan Garness 2-5, 3 RBI, 2 R; Milton Hutchinson 3-4, RBI, R; Kale Eiken 2-4, 2 RBI; Brevyn Tollefsrud 2-4, RBI; Kale Tollefsrud 1-4, 2 R; Darian Hershberger 5 IP, 11 H, 12 R, 7 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, Loss; Isaac Underbakke 2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 K. The score was 5-5 … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Mabel-Canton baseball’s season ended with a 13-8 loss to top-seed NRHEG. At 13-11, M-C posted its highest win total since 2005’s team went 15-9. Caledonia baseball topped PEM 9-6 in a 1AA loser-out game, as Max Schmitz was 4-for-4 and Jacob Klug scored four times. Schmitz then homered but Caledonia’s season ended 7-1 to Rochester-Lourdes. At the Section 1AA golf meet, … [Read more...]
Track and Field: Boldt and Goergen Dominance Highlight 1A Meet
At the 2026 Section 1A track and field meet, a total of 44 kids from RPH, Chatfield, LFCMC, GMLOKS, and Caledonia/Spring Grove qualified for state. RPH’s girls were team champ, and nine Tro-Canes made state. Chatfield (12), LFCMC (11), and GMLOKS (10) got double-digits kids to state. Two sprinters … [Read more...]
Track and Field (5/20)
Sub-Section 1 Meet (St. Charles boys (283) topped Cotter/HL (267.75), RPH (213.5), LFCMC (161.25), D-E (142.75), LC/H (134), L-A (82.75), Cal/SG (61), and Schaeffer (15). RPH 1A meet qualifiers: Chace Drazkowski (1st Shot Put > 55’10 ½” - meet record; 1st Discus > 145’8”), the 4x800 (1st 8:38.97 > Landon Dahl, Hunter Rislov, Aaron Ploetz, Isaac Rasmussen), Lucas … [Read more...]
1A and 1AA Softball Playoffs (5/18 – 5/21)
(1AA Play-In) 17-seed Fillmore Central/Lanesboro (1-19) 3, 16-seed Triton (3-16) 4 (FCL finishes at 1-20) (1AA Round of 16) 14-seed GMLOK (6-11) 0, 3-seed Cotter/Hope Lutheran (16-6) 10 [5] (GMLOK: Zoey Chase 1-2. The Ramblers scored six in the bottom of the first. GMLOK had just one hit. The Bulldogs finish at 6-12.) (1A Round of 16) 10-seed Spring Grove (7-9) 2, … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
At the Sub-1 track and field meet, RPH’s Chace Drazkowski won both throw events, setting the meet record in the Shot (55’10 ½”). LFCMC’s Parker Krage set the record in the Pole Vault (12’9”). Cal/SG’s Coby Hammell surpassed a meet record in the 100 (11.17). On the girls’ side, RP/H’s Aubry Boldt won three events (Triple Jump - 36’7 ½”; Long Jump - 18’0 ½”; 110-hurdles), setting … [Read more...]
Baseball: Upset and Massive Rally Send M-C to Memorial Day Baseball
M-C football and Cougar boys basketball each had their best seasons in decades. With mostly the same group of guys, Cougar baseball is doing the same. Paul Tollefsrud’s group sprung a first round upset, got smacked in the second round, and trailed massively in a ‘loser out’ game, but came up with a huge rally. M-C (11-seed, 11-10) took down United South Central (6-seed, 14-6) … [Read more...]
Non-Conference Softball (5/11 – 5/15)
Lewiston-Altura 11, Mabel-Canton 0 [5] (L-A had seven-run fifth, M-C just one hit.) Mabel-Canton 4, Faribault B.A. 3 (M-C: T. Wenthold 7 IP, 10 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 13 K, Win, 1-3, 2B; I. Torgerson 1-4, R. M-C got outhit 10-2, but W-K had five errors to the Cougars two. BA was last year’s 1A champion.) #3 in AA Caledonia 0, Cannon Falls 1 (Cal: A. Augedahl 7 IP, 6 H, 1 … [Read more...]