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Girls Basketball (12/01)

December 1, 2025 by Paul Trende Leave a Comment

The girls basketball season got started including Grand Meadow playing at Houston. Above, Hurricane senior Jorja Meyer tries to score past Larks Cloey Breitbarth (#25) and Naomi Warmka (#23) in a Houston’s 68-42 win. Photo by Craig Johnson

Southeast-Central Yellow Cast Headed by Chatfield/Caledonia Standouts Triton (5-1, 7-3) and Chatfield (5-1, 6-3) shared the Southeast Central ‘Yellow’ sub-district in football with Caledonia (4-2, 9-3) posting the most wins and winning Section 1AA.  Rochester-Lourdes (3-3, 7-4), Dover-Eyota (2-4, 4-5), Rushford-Peterson (1-5, 3-6), and St. Charles (1-5, 2-7) rounded out the … [Read more...]

Sports (11/24)

November 24, 2025 by Paul Trende Leave a Comment

Chatfield’s Hannah Tweten recently signed a letter of intent to play college beach volleyball at Florida Southern College. She is pictured with dad Brent Tweten and Coach Kristi Rindels. Photo submitted

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Volleyball (11/24)

November 24, 2025 by Paul Trende Leave a Comment

Six area girls earned All-State in volleyball. Above (left to right) are Class AA honorees Cora Bicknese and Harper Goldsmith of Chatfield, then Class A honorees Kinley Soiney of Mabel-Canton, Madi Zwart and Kyla Hellickson of Fillmore Central. Caledonia’s Aubrie Klug (not pictured) was also AA All-State. Photo by Lonnie Morken

Standout Chatfield, FC, and Caledonia Players Head All-TRC Volleyball List The top four teams in the Three Rivers Conference in volleyball were Caledonia (10-0, 26-6), Fillmore Central (9-1, 27-7), Chatfield (8-2, 27-8), and Rushford-Peterson (7-3, 18-6) while Winona-Cotter (6-4, 25-8), Lewiston-Altura (5-5, 15-13), Dover-Eyota (4-6, 19-11), Wabasha-Kellogg (3-7, 9-16), … [Read more...]

South-East All-District Football

November 24, 2025 by Paul Trende Leave a Comment

Mabel-Canton (8-0, 11-1) claimed the South-East football title over Spring Grove (6-2, 8-3), Kingsland (6-2, 6-3), Alden-Conger/Glenville-Emmons (5-3, 6-4), Houston (5-3, 5-4), LeRoy-Ostrander/Lyle/Pacelli (4-4, 5-5), Wabasha-Kellogg (3-5, 4-6), Grand Meadow (2-6, 2-7), Lanesboro (1-7, 1-8), and Faribault Bethlehem Academy (0-8, 1-8). The Cougars get a league high five … [Read more...]

All-TRC Girls Soccer 

November 24, 2025 by Paul Trende Leave a Comment

Loisah Gay

The Three Rivers Conference released its girls All-league soccer list. Caledonia/Spring Grove/Houston (0-9-1, 3-12-1) gets one pick, two-time selection, senior Loisah Gay. The striker/wing was also All-TRC as a sophomore before missing her entire junior season with injury. Gay scored seven of the Warriors’ 21 goals plus one assist. Receiving honorable mention for a fourth year … [Read more...]

Volleyball (11/17)

November 17, 2025 by Paul Trende Leave a Comment

Chatfield is the 2025 state runner-up in Class AA volleyball. The #4 Gophers downed unranked Esko 3-1 and #2 Albany 3-0 before falling to #1 Hawley 3-2 in the title match. It is Gopher volleyball’s highest ever finish. Photo by Leif Erickson

Volleyball: Chatfield Makes State Title Match, Falls in Five It was a remarkable season for Chatfield volleyball. Chatfield advanced further than any squad before it (and as far any school currently covered by the Fillmore County Journal ever has dating back to 1974). Chatfield got so close in the championship match, up 2-0. But the Gophers ended up as Class AA State … [Read more...]

Football (11/17)

November 17, 2025 by Paul Trende Leave a Comment

Somewhere between Mabel-Canton consoling players Isaac Underbakke and Kale Eiken (left), and Darian Hershberger and Milton Hutchinson (right), is where the Cougars’ season ended. Down 40-38 with the clock reading 0:00, an M-C two-point try failed, as Hillcrest Lutheran moved on to the 9-Man state semifinals. Photo by Paul Trende

Football: Cougar Dream Season Ends In No-Second Agony Dreams sometimes end agonizingly. After a fairytale season and the school’s first state berth in football since 1981, #3 in 9-Man Mabel-Canton (South 3-seed, 11-0) bowed out in the state quarterfinals at Buffalo High School. Versus #5 Hillcrest Lutheran Academy (South 2-seed, 10-0), it did not just come down to the last … [Read more...]

Football (11/10)

November 10, 2025 by Paul Trende Leave a Comment

Mabel-Canton seniors (left to right) Mason Yoder, Michael Kime, Darian Hershberger, Milton Hutchinson, Isaac Underbakke, Kale Tollefsrud, and Nate Nordsving (plus an occluded Kenny Hutchinson) are all smiles after beating Spring Grove 16-0 in the 9-Man section 1 title game and earning M-C its first football state berth since 1981. Photo by Heather Kleiboer

Football: Cougars Blank Lions 16-0 For First State Berth Since 1981 The year was 1981.  Ronald Reagan was president.  Dallas was a popular television show.  “Raiders of the Lost Ark” introduced the world to Indiana Jones.  The Oakland Raiders won the Super Bowl.  Changing the channel on a television required turning a knob on the device.  Current Mabel-Canton volleyball … [Read more...]

Cross Country: LARPH Boys Win First Class A State Title, LFC’s Rakosnik Takes 11th 

November 10, 2025 by Paul Trende Leave a Comment

Lanesboro/Fillmore Central’s Autumn Rakosnik took on the Class A state cross-country meet. The sophomore took an impressive 11th place in a faster time than last year’s 9th place finish. Photo by Paul Trende

There is no question.  Section 1A was the best at the State Class A boys meet at Les Bolstad Golf Course in Falcon Heights.   The top two teams and top three individuals were from the section.  Heading the cast are the state champion team from Lewiston-Altura/Rushford-Peterson/Houston. Matt Kingsbury’s group reached the top of the mountain.   A climb that began in 2019 (15th), … [Read more...]

Volleyball (11/10)

November 10, 2025 by Paul Trende Leave a Comment

Caledonia volleyball saw its season end in the 1AA title match to Chatfield via 3-1 loss (17-25, 22-25, 25-18, 20-25). The Warriors, the TRC champions, also finish as 1AA runner-up with a 26-6 record. They have just two seniors. Photo by Paul Trende

Volleyball: #4 Chatfield Tops #5 Caledonia for 1AA Title   The top two seeds in Section 1AA held true until the finals.  The top two teams, #5 in AA Caledonia (1-seed) and #4 Chatfield (2-seed) squared off to go to state.  Both won 3-1 in the quarters, 3-0 in the semis.  Warriors Fend Off D-E, Avenge 2024 Loss to Cotter  In a rematch of one of the two TRC matches in … [Read more...]

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