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Cougars Grab Second East Title in Three Years

June 3, 2019 by Paul Trende

Fillmore County Journal - Weekly Newspaper Serving Southeast Minnesota's Bluff Country - Paul Trende, Sports Reporter

In the early 2010s, Mabel-Canton softball had some very lean years.  Head Coach Kati Bergey captained the ship through all of it.  Said ship is now sailing through fruitful waters.  In the midst of their third straight winning season, for a second time in three years, M-C has captured the 1A East softball title.  The Cougars (2-seed, 11-6) went through Southland, Goodhue, and … [Read more...]

Gopher Softball Claims 5th West Title

May 27, 2019 by Paul Trende

Earlier in the year, Chatfield softball pitchers Lexi Chase and Carlie Berge surrendered zero earned runs (one run period), over a three game span.  To close out the regular season, the duo surrendered just one run over five games.  Jerry Chase’s Gophers ended the season with a five win, four shut-out, home-stand.  Chatfield claimed its fifth straight TRC West title.   … [Read more...]

Hambone Gets M-C Softball 2-Seed

May 27, 2019 by Paul Trende

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It wasn’t a fast start to the season.  Coming off two fine seasons, M-C softball started this year 5-5.  The Cougars have lost just once (to now #1 Carlton 5-4).  M-C won four games the last week of the regular season.  A Monday ‘W’ over Houston saw the ‘Canes lead 12-7 heading to M-C’s bottom six.  The Cougars scored thrice with two out (four hits from top five batters).  With … [Read more...]

Hot Shots

May 27, 2019 by Paul Trende

Fillmore County Journal - Fillmore County Sports

Chatfield baseball rallied from down 9-4 to beat Southland 10-9, sweeping a double-header.  The Gophers also beat W-K to go 3-1 on the week.  Zach Roline had 10 RBI over the three wins.  The Gophers (7-8, 9-9) are 1AA East’s 5-seed and play at 4-seed L-A (11-8).  Section 1A baseball seeding: 6-seed Houston (2-12, 2-16) at 3-seed R-P (3-10-1, 7-11-1), 7-seed M-C (0-13, 1-15) at … [Read more...]

Baseball (5/13 – 5/17)

May 27, 2019 by Paul Trende

PEM 8, R-P 2 (RP: Nolan Mueller 6 2/3 IP, 8 H, 8 R, 5 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, Loss (first loss, 5-1); Tommy Ekern 1-3, RBI, R)   Southland 3, Chatfield 5 (C: Z. Roline 3-3, 2B, 3 RBI; Max Aug 2-2, 3 R, 5 2/3 IP, 3 H, 3 ER, 3 BB, 5 K, Win); C 10, S 9 (C: Roline 1-4, 2B, 5 RBI, R; Henry Gathje 2-3, RBI, R; Austin Storm 2-4, RBI, save; Seth Allen 1-2, 3 R; Hunter Johnston 1 IP, Win) … [Read more...]

Track and Field (5/14 – 5/16)

May 27, 2019 by Paul Trende

SEC Meet (LFCMC’s boys and girls beat GMLOKS for first of just four teams.  LFCMC 1st’s: E. Breitsprecher (100-H, 300-H, P-Vault), J.T. Rein (110-H, 300-H), D. Wyffels (100, T-Jump), B. Ruen (400), Katie Prinsen (800), K. Arndt (1,600), Reid Crawford (1,600), Jeremy O’Connor (3,200*), Frank Ochtrup-Dekeyrel (H-Jump), G. Higbe-Hurrah (P-Vault), J. Peters (L-Jump), S. Taylor … [Read more...]

Golf (5/13 – 5/17)

May 27, 2019 by Paul Trende

(B) Lanesboro 204, G-E Inc., (L: Cale Anderson 47*); (G) L 222, G-E 262 (L: Payton Benson 46*.  Northwood CC)   (B) Chatfield 216, PEM 189 (C: Sam Rudlong 45*.  PEM: Wyatt Kujath 45*); (G) C Inc, PEM 220 (C: Mollie Henry 52; Paige Erickson 54.  PEM: Kayla Kujath 44*. Piper Hills GC)   (B) LARP 171, W-K Inc., (LARP: Z. Anderson 38*; Carter Lang 42; J. Anderson 44; Mason … [Read more...]

Bulldogs Run Table, Claim SEC

May 27, 2019 by Paul Trende

For over a calendar year, they can claim they are undefeated.  In their first year in the Southeast, Dakotah Rostad’s GMLOK baseball team ran the gamut.  They didn’t lose a league game.  GMLOK (12-0, 15-2) entered the last week of the regular season ahead of Randolph (10-1, 13-1).  An 11-0 win over M-C (five innings) ensured at least a share of the SEC title.  Drew Copley (2-2, … [Read more...]

Softball (5/6 – 5/18)

May 27, 2019 by Paul Trende

FC/L 1, L-A 4 (FCL: K.J. Corson 2-3, R; Adeline Peters 1-3, RBI); L-A 14, FC/L 2 [6] (FCL: Kelsey Biel 1-3, RBI)   R-P 1, #2 in AA Cotter 13 [5] (RP: Avalon Jacobson 1-2, R; Julissa Trejo 1-2, RBI); #2 C 23, R-P 5 (RP: Megan Oian 2-3, 2B, R; Jasmine Schueler 1-3, RBI, R)  Schaeffer Acad. 1, Houston 9 (H: A. Rostad 2-3, 2B, RBI, 2 R; Gretchen Hill 2-4, 2B, 2 RBI, R; … [Read more...]

T/F Teams All Go Top Six at State

May 27, 2019 by Paul Trende

Section 1 has always been stalwart in football, volleyball, and wrestling.  This season, team track and field (if not already there) can be added to the list.  Class A True Team State featured six teams from Section 1.  All six finished top six (of 12).  The boys’ side really shined.  Section 1A runner-up St. Charles (573.5), 1A champ Lewiston-Altura (543), and LFCMC (504) went … [Read more...]

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