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...]
Golf: Chatfield Guys, Caledonia’s Hauser Win R-P Tourney
This year’s golf schedule includes a lot of tournaments. Rushford-Peterson held one at Ferndale Course. The boys event featured the Trojans plus “Journal-covered” teams Chatfield, Lanesboro, Caledonia and Houston as well as Lewiston-Altura and Dover-Eyota. Paul Wagner’s Gophers (345) continued their nice season by claiming the title over nearest foes R-P (365) and Lanesboro … [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...]
Two Rushford-Peterson Seniors Sign Letters of Intent to Play College Basketball
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...]
Golf: Girls Win at Hayfield Tourney Caps Strong Week for FC Golf
Boasting last year’s 1A boys and girls teams champions, Fillmore Central golf got off to a strong start to the 2024 season. Each team won its three head-to-heads of the week. At Wabasha’s Coffee Mill Golf Course, the boys topped W-K 171 to 216 while the girls won 188 to incomplete. Aiden Arnold (41) was the guys medalist with teammates Brock Sikkink (42) and Anthony Kiehne (43) … [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...]
R-P Students to Compete at State
The April 15 meeting of the Rushford-Peterson School Board began with the introduction and congratulations of the students who will compete at the state level in speech and FFA. Kennedy Diepenbrock will be competing three times on April 19 in speech with her drama selection, “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.” The top three competitors at the section competitions moved on to state. The … [Read more...]