GMLOKS Girls 4x200 Title Highlights State Track Meet It’s just the fourth year of GMLOKS as a combined track program (Kingsland was added for the 2015 season). In that span, the Bulldogs have had a number of state entrants, but no state champions. That is, until this year. The girls 4x200 has been a state qualifier the last three years. It took third in 2017. This year’s … [Read more...]
The FC Girls Golf Dynasty Continues
It was their closest section title win. But winning is winning and Aaron Mensink’s Fillmore Central girls golf team are again 1A champions (their fifth straight title). Grace Miller and Madison Scheevel now have one for the thumb (albeit, they don’t get rings, just medals). The Falcons led Caledonia by just four strokes (357 to 361) after Day One (May 29). Day Two (June … [Read more...]
Knight Boys Golf Ends Drought
The last time a Kingsland boys golf team won a Section title, internet didn’t exist, Ronald Reagan was president, Bon Jovi was popular (and young), every 2018 Knight golfer was over a decade away from being born, and Kingsland didn’t yet exist. The year was 1984 (and it was the Spring Valley Wolves). In 2018, Brent Kohn’s Knights came from behind, and a bit out of nowhere, to … [Read more...]
Hot Shot
While FC’s girls and Kingsland’s boys each won section titles and advanced to state in golf, two county individuals also qualified to go to Becker. FC’s Carter Nevalainen will again get to play at Pebble Creek. The Falcon senior was in second place after Day 1 (38/41) of the section tourney. He had a tough last nine (38/46), but still qualified individually. Nevalainen took … [Read more...]
Alphabet Programs Send Multiple Track Athletes to State
Each needs a simple name to encompass their track programs. There are just simply too many letters in the Lanesboro/Fillmore Central/Mabel-Canton and Grand Meadow/LeRoy-Ostrander/Kingsland/Southland programs. But each is sending multiple athletes to state in track and field. The GM “Bulldogs” are sending two relays and their stand-out senior hurdler. The “Burros” boast two … [Read more...]
Miller Leads Falcons Day One, Knight Boys in Second
Fillmore Central’s girls and Kingsland boys were the county highlights on Day 1 of the Section 1A golf meet. Aaron Mensink’s four-time defending champion Falcons rode their two stand-outs, senior Grace Miller and junior Madison Scheevel, to a four-stroke lead over Caledonia (357 to 361) after 18 holes. On the strength of a first-nine 35, Miller (77) leads Scheevel (81) atop the … [Read more...]
Marg, Trojans Go Left to 1A Finals
Rushford-Peterson baseball is in the driver’s seat. They haven’t lost a play-off game yet. It’s going to take Lyle/Pacelli winning twice the same night to prevent R-P from heading to the state baseball tournament in Chaska. Jordan Aug’s club has taken a “left” to the 1A Section title game. They’ve gone “left” on a map, from Rushford and Peterson to Austin. One has to turn … [Read more...]
Hot Shot
Lanesboro graduate Eric Holst (2015) won the 2018 D-III hammer throw competition. The D-III track and field championships were held in La Crosse. Holst championship winning toss went 64.42 meters or 211’4”. The junior, competing for St. Thomas, had three of the events four longest throws. Holst threw shot and discus in high school of LFCMC. He finished 5th and 6th at the … [Read more...]
The Austin Roadblock
This season marked the fifth straight year Chatfield softball made the Section Final Four in Austin. The Gophers task was a high one; win four games over two days. It’s the fifth straight year their season ends in Austin. Chatfield (1AA East Runner Up, 18-3) got one win, beating Byron (1AA West Runner-Up, 15-7) in the loser out game. The contest was scoreless for six … [Read more...]
Two-Out Trojans Win 1A East
You would have to call them clutch. Rushford-Peterson baseball has gone where it hasn’t gone in some time. Courtesy of some big two-out innings, the Trojans are 1A East champions. Jordan Aug’s senior-laden group is headed to Austin for the Section Final Four. After a helpful bye in round one, top-seeded R-P (11-8) took on 5-seed W-K (8-9) in one semi at Loughery Field in … [Read more...]