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Track & Field (4/13)

April 13, 2026 by Paul Trende Leave a Comment

Track and Field: GMLOKS Girls Win at PEM, Goergen Sets Record In their first outdoor meet of the year in Elgin, GMLOKS girls team and male athlete Tate Goergen stood out. The gals (192) topped PEM (140), D-E (75), Zumbrota-Mazeppa (72), RACE (48), and Lyle/Pacelli (24) for the team title. Breeley Galle led the way with a pair of individual first places (100-hurdles > … [Read more...]

Baseball & Softball (4/13)

April 13, 2026 by Paul Trende Leave a Comment

Chatfield’s Rylee Urban gets to home plate just ahead of the throw to Dover-Eyota catcher Nora Hansen. It was the game’s first run, as the Gophers built a 5-0 lead. They held on by a 5-4 final, recording the final out via a strike-three fouled-bunt attempt (with an Eagle runner on third). Photo by Paul Trende

Like softball, the baseball season starts with section changes. Rushford-Peterson and Fillmore Central/Lanesboro move up to the 16-team Section 1AA with Chatfield, Cale-donia, Cotter/Hope Lutheran, D-E, Goodhue, GMLOK, La Crescent/Hokah, Lake City, Pine Island, PEM, Red Wing, Rochester-Lourdes, St. Charles, and Z-M. Section 1A is 17 teams, Alden-Conger/Glenville-Emmons, … [Read more...]

Golf (3/30) 

April 13, 2026 by Paul Trende Leave a Comment

(B) Kingsland 190, Houston 202 (K: KD Reiland 41*, Collin Stuart 47, Cody Howard 48, Jackson Aarsvold 50. H: Nolan Nelson 42, Treyton Kubitz 44); (G) Kingsland 220, Houston Inc. (K: Emily Sargent 48*, Reese Guy 55. At par-35 Valley High GC)  (B) Lanesboro 177, Glenville-Emmons Inc. (L: J. Brogle 36*, Corbin Reinhardt 43, Riley Gerard/Ashton Hanson 47’s, Blake Klaehn 48); (G) … [Read more...]

Hot Shots

April 13, 2026 by Paul Trende Leave a Comment

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In a matchup of last year’s co-SEC softball champs, Houston smacked Southland 17-1 in four innings. Kayla Klunder drove in six runs and Claire Frauenkron improved to 3-0 on the mound. Josh Swenson’s Hurricanes are 1-0 in the SEC, 3-0 overall. Avery Augedahl struck out 11 of 12 batters she faced and pitched a four-inning perfect game as Caledonia softball topped FC/L 28-0 by … [Read more...]

Track and Field (3/24 – 3/28) 

April 6, 2026 by Paul Trende Leave a Comment

St. Mary’s Early Red Bird Indoor Meet (R-P/H competed with Winona High, Cotter/Hope Lutheran, Wabasha-Kellogg, Kasson-Mantorville, Triton, Albert Lea, Whitehall, Schaeffer Academy, Hayfield, Independence, Cochrane Fountain City, Lyle/Pacelli and Lake City at a large indoor meet. Aubry Boldt had three first places (55-hurdles > 9.29; Long Jump > 17’7”; Triple Jump > … [Read more...]

Softball (4/6)

April 6, 2026 by Paul Trende Leave a Comment

Softball Preview/Team Capsules The 2026 softball season starts with some section alignment changes. Notably, Rushford-Peterson and Fillmore Central/Lanesboro move up to the 17-team Section 1AA. Caledonia, Chatfield and GMLOK plus Cotter/Hope Lutheran, D-E, Goodhue, Lake City, La Crescent/Hokah, Pine Island, PEM, Red Wing, Rochester-Lourdes, St. Charles, Triton, and Z-M form … [Read more...]

All-SEC Boys Basketball

April 6, 2026 by Paul Trende Leave a Comment

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Southland (18-0, 29-3) ran roughshod over the Southeast Conference, going unblemished in league play on the way to winning the SEC-West over Grand Meadow (12-6, 18-10), Lyle/Pacelli (9-9, 11-16), LeRoy-Ostrander (3-15, 6-22), and Kingsland (1-17, 1-26). In the SEC-East, Lanesboro (14-4, 21-7) won its first division crown in over a decade over Mabel-Canton (12-6, 19-9), Spring … [Read more...]

All-TRC Boys Basketball

March 30, 2026 by Paul Trende Leave a Comment

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Rushford-Peterson (12-2, 24-4) grabbed it first TRC-East title in over a decade ahead of Caledonia (11-3, 18-11), Cotter/Hope Lutheran (9-5, 17-10), La Crescent/Hokah (3-11, 5-22), and Fillmore Central (0-14, 4-22). In the TRC-West, Chatfield (11-4, 17-10) grabbed it first TRC title in three decades over Lewiston-Altura (10-5, 21-9), Dover-Eyota (9-6, 15-13), St. Charles (8-7, … [Read more...]

Hot Shots

March 30, 2026 by Paul Trende Leave a Comment

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LFCMC’s boys and girls each won a four-team track and field indoor meet at Luther College that also featured Caledonia/Spring Grove and Chatfield. Grant Daniels (400, Triple Jump) had two individual firsts to lead the boys. Aubrey Daniels won three total events (Triple Jump, 4x200, 4x400), Kyla Hellickson two individual events (High Jump - tie, Long Jump) to lead the girls. … [Read more...]

Jeff’s Three Person Pool Tournament

March 30, 2026 by Jason Sethre Leave a Comment

Team Elit, made up of Jacob Elit, Sam Wing and Jim Elit, finished in first place out of 27 teams, heading home with $1,700 split three ways. Photo by Jason Sethre

On the sunny morning of Saturday, March 21, vehicles started lining the streets of Fountain and Preston.  Cues in hand, pool players showed up for a chance to win what has become known as Jeff’s Three Person Pool Tournament. With a total of 27 three person teams, nearly 90 participants, organizer Jeff Knies knew it was going to be a long day of billiards.  For each three … [Read more...]

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