Chatfield baseball had a quite a bit of turnover from last year’s squad to this season, but the new influx of talent, many key players off the state title football team, has the Gophers off to a great start to the campaign. Brian Baum’s group posted three “crooked” wins the week of Monday, April 18. On Tuesday, they trekked to Lewiston and took out the Cardinals by a 9-1 final. … [Read more...]
Aspiring Track Teams Post Sweeps
Track and field conglomerates LFCMC and GMLOKS are both in line to have big years. Each pulled boy/girl team sweeps in two different meets the week of Monday, April 18. LFCMC Track Teams Win at Lake City LFCMC wasn’t originally scheduled to be in it, and the meet got rescheduled. But once they arrived in Lake City, the kids on team Fal-Bur-Coug left their mark. At … [Read more...]
Cal/SG relay boys, Pieper, Beardmore begin with multiple wins
The Caledonia/Spring Grove 4x100-meter relay boys have won their first two races of 2022 while 2021 All-State high jumper Chris Pieper has won his signature event in his first two efforts of the season, matching his personal best 6-foot, 4-inches at Plainview-Elgin-Millville on April 22, where the versatile senior also placed third with a discus throw of 114 feet. The boys … [Read more...]
Lions overcome elements, Hurricanes
Spring Grove (3-0, 3-0 SEC) scored in every inning but did not have a big inning until erupting for five runs to end the game in the sixth inning - a run-rule 12-2 win over Houston with temperatures in the 40s on a rainy, misty and windy Friday night at Blayne Onsgard Memorial Field on April 22. "Even with the wet conditions, it felt good to finally be able to get out and … [Read more...]
Gopher Softball Holds Off, Downs St. Charles
For the later part of the 2010 decade, Chatfield softball dominated the TRC-West. The first full season in a new decade (exempting the 2020 COVID-campaign) saw St. Charles take control of the West and ride a great season all the way to the 2021 1AA section title and a state runner-up finish. The teams met up early here in 2022. Chatfield absolutely stuck their noses back in the … [Read more...]
Golf Preview
Fillmore Central Coaches: Aaron Mensink (girls), Brad Holten (boys). Last Year at a Glance: The FC girls notably went 8-2. They boys went 6-5. The girls were TRC Meet champions. FC’s boys tied for third (of 9) at the TRC Meet. The girls won their seventh straight 1A title. They made state, taking fifth place. The boys didn’t make Day Two of the 1A tourney. Jake … [Read more...]
Cal/SG Girls Pull Monday Tuesday Wins
It has been a rough start to the spring campaign, weather-wise. The first full week of the season was more than half wiped away by inclement weather, but Caledonia/Spring Grove softball was able to get two games in on Monday and Tuesday. They dramatically beat a rival Monday on a walk-off hit and then got a huge individual performance on Tuesday. Hosting La Crescent/Hokah, the … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Spring Grove baseball (2-0, 2-0) rallied from 5-0 and 6-3 deficits to thwart pre-season #9-ranked Lyle/Pacelli by a 7-6 score. SG trailed 6-3 in the bottom of the sixth, but scored four runs all without a hit. A wild pitch tied the game and an RBI ground-out by Elijah Solum proved the game-winning-RBI. Caleb Griffin struck out 10 in four innings though Ben Udstuen collected the … [Read more...]
Baseball (4/11 – 4/14)
Three Rivers Conference Chatfield 13, St. Charles 1 [6] (C: Caden Nolte 3-4, two 2Bs, 2 RBI, 4 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 8 K, Win; Luke Carrier 2-4, 2B, R; Ryan Nosbisch 2-3, 2B, RBI, R; Jack Dornack 1-1, 2B, RBI, 3 R; Carter Daniels 2-4, 3B, 2 RBI, 2 R; Jackson Schild 2-3, 2 RBI, 2 R. Saints committed seven errors and were held to two total hits. Gophers > 1-0, … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Lanesboro’s Seth Semmen and Rushford-Peterson’s Carson Thompson have each been named Scholar Athletes by the Minnesota Chapter of the National Football Foundation. This award honors Minnesota high school football players for their outstanding athletic, academic, and community service achievements. Semmen and Thompson are two of just eight scholar-athletes who will be recognized … [Read more...]