Spring Grove baseball went 3-1 on the week, beating G-E/AC twice, Schaeffer once. Jaxon Strinmoen collected two pitching wins. M-C rallied from down 10-3 to beat GMLOK 11-10. In the teams’ first meeting, M-C led 8-2 only to lose 13-9. Morgan Rohweder drove in six runs as Houston topped Schaeffer 16-1. The junior also struck out 13 and collected the win in beating M-C 2-0. Zach … [Read more...]
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Houston softball went 3-0, beating GMLOK 4-1, G-E/AC 13-6, and SG 8-1. Emily Botcher collected all three wins, striking out 31. Emmie Melbo had 5 RBIs versus the Wolverines. The ‘Canes (10-1, 10-6) and Southland (12-1, 14-2) top the SEC. Chatfield softball (8-6, 12-6) went 3-1. Brittin Ruskell had three doubles and 4 RBI in a 13-1 win over FC/L. Riley Urban struck out 12 and … [Read more...]
Baseball
Warriors Streak to 17, Grab TRC Title Caledonia baseball lost its opener on April 5. Over a month later, they have not lost again. A 3-0 week ran the Warriors streak to 17. Win 15 in a row fell by 15-0 score, as Chatfield’s pitching walked 10 in five innings. Cal’s Reid Klug (5 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K) collected the win, helping himself (1-2, 2B, RBI, R). Drew Yahnke (2-3, R) … [Read more...]
Softball
Warriors Week Includes Blasting Z-M Caledonia’s softball posted three more wins, beating two perennially strong Class AA schools. Versus Chatfield (10-5), the Warriors (12-2) broke open a 4-2 game with a five-run sixth. Four runs scored with two out. The spurt enabled a 9-2 victory. Avery Augedahl (3-4, 2B, HR, 3 RBI, 3 R) hit a solo home run and collected the win (3 1/3 IP, … [Read more...]
Track and Field
GMLOKS and LFCMC Teams Make True Team State GMLOKS and LFCMC’s boys and girls track and field teams, per their performances at the 1A True Team Meet, are all again state bound. Aaron Thauwald’s GMLOKS girls (1140) beat nearest foe St. Charles (1057) to win a fifth straight 1A title. Cotter (1045) took third, LFCMC (1022) fourth, Chatfield (954.5) sixth, and RPH (731.5) tenth … [Read more...]
Track and Field (4/30 & 5/3)
St. Charles Meet (RPH’s guys (116) took second to St. Charles (187) with LFCMC (101) taking third. The Saint girls (120.5) topped Waseca (104) with Chatfield taking third (99), LFCMC fourth (80), and RPH fifth (68). L-A and Hayfield’s girls also competed. Chatfield girls’ firsts: Jaelyn LaPlante (100 > 13.38; High Jump > 5’0”), the 4x100 (51.80 > Lauryn Daniels, … [Read more...]
Softball
Softball: Streak Ends But Warriors Sweep LC/H Caledonia softball could not quite do what their baseball team did, and keep winning. The Warriors (10-1) success streak of 10 games ended versus #7 in AA Stewartville (9-1) on a cold, windy Monday. In the sixth inning, with two out, the Tigers had back-to-back infield ground balls where the throw to first pulled Caledonia’s … [Read more...]
Baseball
Baseball: Sweep of Lancers Sends Warriors to 14 in a Row, Big East Lead Caledonia baseball kept rolling with its biggest week and two biggest wins. Shawn Bauer’s group sent a crazy win-streak ever higher. In their second contest of the year with Lourdes, the battery of Reid Klug (6 2/3 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 6 BB, 6 K, Win, 3-3, R) and Hunter Goetzinger (2-2, 2B, RBI) did the … [Read more...]
Softball
Three Rivers Conference Softball (4/23 & 4/25) Rushford-Peterson 0, Chatfield 10 [5] (C: Alexis Hinckley 3-3, 2B, RBI; Grace Finley 2-3, 2B, 2 RBI, R; K. Johnson 2-3, 2 RBI, 5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 9 K, Win; Makenna Dornack 0-1, 3 R; Brittin Ruskell 1-3, RBI, R. R-P: Shelby Tesch 1-2, 2B) Fillmore Central/Lanesboro 3, Dover-Eyota 10 (FCL: J. Storhoff 1-3, 2B, 2 RBI; … [Read more...]
Baseball
Three Rivers Conference Baseball (4/23 & 4/25) Dover-Eyota 9, Fillmore Central/Lanesboro 0 (D-E’s Bolton Thesing pitched a one-hitter (3 BB, 14 K)) Chatfield 9, Rushford-Peterson 6 (C: B. Carrier 3-4, HR, 3 RBI, 2 R; K. Schott 3-4, 2 RBI, R; Chase Johnston 2-4, RBI, 2 R; Carter Schlink 2-4, RBI, R; Westin Nolte 1-4, RBI, R; Cole Ramaker 3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 5 BB, 1 K, … [Read more...]
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Spring Grove baseball beat Schaeffer 23-1 and M-C 6-0 to run their win streak to four. Ezra Griffin was 3-for-3 with a triple, a home run, and five RBI versus SA while a trio of SG pitchers tossed a five-inning no hitter. Brandon Jahnke tossed a nine-strikeout, one-hitter in beating the Cougars. Five of six SG games have been either no-hitters or one-hitters. And the Lions have … [Read more...]
Baseball: Houston’s Homestands FC/L, M-C, R-P and GMLOK
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...]
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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...]
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...]
Softball: Hurricanes Finally Get Past Rebels
A year ago, the SEC’s top two softball teams, Houston and Southland, played each other three times. The SEC champion Rebels came out on top in all three affairs, 6-1, 6-4, and 2-0. The later loss came in the play-offs and ended Houston’s season. In the teams’ first meeting this year, Josh Swenson’s Hurricanes finally got a win over the Rebels. In a 3-3 game in the fifth inning, … [Read more...]