Warriors Post Shutouts in Posting Playoff Wins  Pitching wins games.  Caledonia baseball turned to its two 6’6” senior throwers in opening round playoff contests.  Combined with some errorless defense, each produced shut-out wins, moving the Warriors in the 1AA third round.  Versus Lake City (13-seed, 5-14) in the 1AA Round of 16, Caledonia (4-seed, 14-6) got a 15-strikeout … [Read more...]

#10 Gophers Post Back-to-Back Rallies, Head to Austin Unblemished It is probably not advisable to start a second-round section game down 3-0, and then a third-round contest down 4-0.  That is what the #10 in AA Chatfield softball did, and yet they are still off to Austin without a loss for a battle with the #1-ranked team in state.  Brent Berge’s Gophers (2-seed, 16-4) first … [Read more...]

Lanesboro’s Jack Brogle shot the two lowest rounds of the year for any Journal-covered golfer (back-to-back two-under-par 33s) in wins over Kingsland and Houston.  Hurricane Logan Olson shot a 38 in defeat.  Both Burros teams (10-0) are SEC champions. Tenth-ranked Chatfield softball fell to St. Charles 7-1 in a key TRC-West contest.  The Gophers (10-4, 16-4) take second behind … [Read more...]

Warriors Post Second Straight 4-1 Week  For a second straight week, Caledonia baseball won four of five games.  Their 12-3 record over the final 15 games has them a top four post-season seed.  Shawn Bauer’s group first avenged a loss to Lewiston-Altura.  The Warriors scored four in the bottom of the first and then never looked back in a 9-1 win.  Reid Klug gave up just one … [Read more...]

GMLOKS is State True Team Runner-Up, LFCMC Takes 8th For a third straight year, GMLOKS girls track and field is the state True Team runner-up.  For the second straight year, they do so by a very narrow margin, and this year against the team they topped at sections.  Aaron Thauwald’s group (538) took second to 1A rival Cotter/Hope Lutheran (543.5) with Luverne (485.5) taking … [Read more...]

Hurricanes Ascend to Shared SEC Title Playing games of descending toughness, Houston softball posted a 3-0 week with two big victories. They ascended to a share of the SEC title.  The biggest win was a Tuesday showdown with league leader Southland.  Houston took advantage of 12 walks and they hammered out 10 hits.  Josh Swenson’s ‘Canes built a 10-1 lead midway through the … [Read more...]

R-P boys golf handed La Crescent/Hokah its first loss of the season, 165 to 167.  Trojan Jaxson Meldahl then shot a 39 to medal in a win over W-K.  Brody Srsen and Brock Sikkink each had 39s as FC beat Crestwood. Aiden Arnold shot a one-under 35 and Srsen a 37, as the Falcons topped Cotter with a season-low 156. LC/H (7-1, 7-1) leads the TRC-East over R-P (7-2-1, 7-2-1) and FC … [Read more...]

Gophers Run Win Streak to Seven, Fall to Panthers Chatfield baseball started the year 1-8. In an excellent turnaround, Brian Baum’s Gophers have rallied with a big win streak. Chatfield topped FC/L 3-2. The Gophers led 3-1 after five. FC/L scored one in the sixth and had runners on second and third but Westin Nolte came in and got two strikeouts. He set down the final five … [Read more...]

Houston Ups Win Streak to Five Houston mercy-ruled three foes on the week to up their win streak to five. Alden-Conger/G-E fell 27-2 in four innings. Kylie Stinson (4-5 two 2B, 3B, 8 RBI, 4 R), Claire Frauenkron (4-5, 3B, HR #2, 5 RBI, 3 R, 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K), Julia Swenson (4-5, two 2B, 4 RBI, 4 R), and Rylee Boldt (4-4, 2B, 3 RBI, 5 R) all had huge games. Olivia … [Read more...]

Track and Field: GMLOKS Girls Win Sixth Straight 1A True Team Title, LFCMC Makes State, Too For a sixth straight year, GMLOKS girls track and field captured the Section 1A True Team crown.  It was a tight race to the top, as Aaron Thauwald’s group (1160.5) bested Cotter/Hope Lutheran (1156.5) by a mere four points. LFCMC (1087), St. Charles (1045.5), and Lake City (912.5) … [Read more...]

Coming back from down 6-0, R-P baseball got a Creighton Hoiness walk-off RBI single to top D-E 9-8. Chase Johnston drove in four runs and Ben Carrier threw out the tying run at home to end the game, as Chatfield topped L-A 9-8 in eight innings. The Gophers (5-5, 5-8) also took two from W-K to win their fourth in a row.  Caledonia (5-3, 6-4) beat Lourdes 8-7 in nine innings on a … [Read more...]

Golf: Falcon Gals, Scheevel Win W-K Tourney Nine complete boys teams and eight complete girls teams competed at the Wabasha-Kellogg Tourney at the par 72/71 (boys/girls) Coffee Mill Golf Course. On the gals’ side, Fillmore Central avenged a regular season head-to-head loss by topping Caledonia by two strokes (348 to 350). Lanesboro (370), W-K (385), La Crescent/Hokah (435), … [Read more...]

Baseball: Last-Out Rally Highlights Lion Four-Win Week Spring Grove was one out away from a 1-0 shutout loss. Due to pitch count, GMLOK’s two-time All-SEC Tyson Stevens (6 2/3 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 12 K) could pitch to only one more batter, Jacob Solum, who delivered a double. Stevens left the mound, and the Bulldog bullpen could not hold the fort. After an extra eighth … [Read more...]