(B) Caledonia 207, R-P 221 (RP: Ethan Atkinson 51. Warriors had medalist); (G) C 197, R-P Inc. (B) D-E 197, Chatfield Inc. (C: Riley Mulhern 54. Eagles had top four) (B) R-P 230, L-A 168 (Cardinals had top five scores); (G) R-P Inc., L-A 186 (Trojans had just one golfer) (B) Southland 199, Kingsland 185 (K: Simon Broadwater 37*, Wyatt Pruter 42); (G) S Inc., K Inc. (G) … [Read more...]
LFCMC Girls Top GMLOKS, Repeat True Team Title
If a football team loses by a touchdown, it’s a close game. If a track and field squad wins a meet by seven points, it’s like winning in football by an extra point. The 2018 1A True Team girls t/f meet saw the four squads associated with Fillmore County, finish one through four. Newcomer GMLOKS (coach Aaron Thauwald), a double-A competitor last year, battled defending … [Read more...]
Dual Gopher One-Hitters
It’s rare that softball and baseball pitchers from the same school throw one-hit shut-outs the same night. Chatfield’s Lexi Chase and Jake Mandt performed the feat, making of mockery of L-A’s hitting. Chase was Chase in tossing her fifth shut-out of the season (6 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 14 K, Win). She moved to 8-0 (92 K, 2 BB, .149 ERA). Belle Berg hit her fourth home run … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
RPH senior Cullan Olson was as a double champion (Shot, Disc) at the TRC Invite. Triton Meldahl (L-Jump), Nicole Blagsvedt (Shot), and the girls 4x100 (Kjersta Hinz, Kaitlyn Bieberdorf, Alyvia Eide, Allison Papenfuss) all took first for RPH. Manny Perez (T-Jump) was Chatfield’s sole champion. The year of the home run produced a bunch more. Chatfield’s Belle Berg (4), M-C’s … [Read more...]
Baseball (5/7 – 5/10)
Chatfield 3, GMLOK 2 [5] (C: R. Crouch 2-3, 3B, RBI, 3 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, Win; Ben Ihrke 2-3, R; J. Mandt 1-3, RBI; Lincoln Salisbury 2-3, R. GM: Reid Kruegel 2-2, R; Zach Myrhe 1-2, RBI, R. Continued contest started on May 1) R-P 16, M-C 1 [5] (RP: D. Dahl 3-4, 4 RBI, 2 R; Payton Hahn 3-4, two 2B, RBI, 3 R; Ben Ansell 3-3, 2B, 3B, 2 RBI, 2 R; Carter Weidemann … [Read more...]
Softball (5/7 – 5/11)
Caledonia 12, M-C 15 (MC: L. Thorson 3-4, two 2B, 3B, 4 RBI, 2 R; Kenidi McCabe 3-4, two 2B, 2 RBI, 2 R; H. Snell 2-3, 3 R; Jordyn Newgard 2-4, 2B, 3B, RBI, R; Emily Carolan 3 RBI; Harley McCabe, Win. Cougars are 4-0 versus TRC teams) Randolph 14, Houston 2 [5] (H: A. Chapel 1-2, 2B, R; Gretchen Hill 1-2, RBI); Houston 0, Randolph 2 [5] Chatfield 9, W-K 0 [5] (C: B. Berg … [Read more...]
Golf (5/7 – 5/10)
(B) Kingsland 198, St. Charles 200 (K: S.Broadwater 44*, Wyatt Pruter 44, Nathan Lund 50. Saints scores were 45, 46, 54, and 55); Kingsland Inc., SC 216 (K: Madeline Moore 51. Saints had top two) (B) Southland 190, Chatfield Inc. (C: Riley Mulhern 45. S: Max Schmitz 43) (G) Caledonia 189, FC 184 (FC: M. Scheevel 40*, G. Miller 44, Cailey Rindels 49, Taylor Bushman 51. … [Read more...]
Track and Field (5/12)
TRC Meet (RPH girls took 2nd, Chatfield’s 5th. RPH guys took 5th, Chatfield 6th. Top Tro-Canes: C. Olson (1st Shot & Discus), T. Meldahl (1st L-Jump, 2nd 110 & 300-H, 3rd T-Jump), N. Blagsvedt (1st Shot, 2nd Disc), the girls 4x100 (1st > See Hot Shots), the girls 4x200 (2nd > O. Hoff, A. Papenfuss, A. Eide, Jenny Albrecht), K. Davis (2nd Shot, 5th Disc), K. Hinz … [Read more...]
R-P Baseball Best Start in a Decade
From a boys sports perspective, Rushford-Peterson in renowned for its basketball, football, and it had a track and field superstar. Baseball has lagged behind. This year’s team has thus far bucked that trend. First year Coach Jordan Aug has guided R-P to its best baseball start in ten-plus years. A 4-0 week moved the Trojans to 6-1. R-P broke a 2-2 tie with a 7-run sixth … [Read more...]
GMLOK Baseball Wins Five-Straight
Jamie Fenske’s GMLOK Bulldogs are off to a 5-2 start. Included was a five-game win streak, notable considering the Bulldogs are down two starters (best pitcher Drew Copley, Cody Merkel). They beat G-E/A-C, Chatfield, and L-A to run their streak to a handful. The Wolverine/Knights fell 19-3 (five innings). Nick Ramaker (3-4, 2B, HR, 3 RBI, 3 R) hit his second home run. … [Read more...]