Rushford-Peterson Baseball *Apr 20 PEM Apr 24 at Cotter (doubleheader) Apr 27 L-A Apr 30 SPRING GROVE May 1 at La Crescent (doubleheader) May 3 at W-K May 4 at Southland May 7 at M-C May 8 at Caledonia (doubleheader) May 10 D-E May 11 L-A May 15 FC/L (doubleheader) May 17 CHATFIELD May 18 at Schaeffer Academy (Mayo Field) Rushford-Peterson Softball *Apr 20 … [Read more...]
Baseball Previews/Team Capsules
Fillmore Central/Lanesboro > Head Coach: Keith Larson. Last Year: 13-4 in TRC (East 2nd Place), 18-6 overall (made Sub-Section Final Three). Key Returnees: Logan Corson (Sr. P/SS > .477, 24 R, 13 RBI, 9 1/3 IP, 3-1, 8 K, 3.00 ERA), Colten Kraling (Sr. P/1B > .333, 5 doubles, 9 R, 14 RBI, 23 2/3 IP, 3-1, 26 K, 4.14 ERA), Josh Peters (Jr. OF > .392, 15 R, 11 RBI), … [Read more...]
Golf Previews Team Capsules
Fillmore Central > Head Coaches: Aaron Mensink (girls), Brad Holten (boys). Last year (girls): 9-1 in TRC (co-East champs), 11-1 overall; 1st at TRC Meet; Section 1A champs; state 2nd place finisher. Last year (boys): 8-2 in TRC (east champions), 11-2 overall; 5th at TRC Meet; Section 1A runner-up. Key returnees (girls): Grace Miller (Sr > 2nd at TRC Meet, 1st at 1A … [Read more...]
Varsity Spring Sports Scheduling Update
The spring sports season, save for a few indoor track and field meets, is yet to begin per the inclement weather. Original TRC baseball and softball schedules have thus been scrapped. Athletic directors met and devised new Three Rivers Conference “ball” schedules, ones that are tentatively set to begin on April 17. Tuesdays will be divisional, west versus west, east versus … [Read more...]
8th Annual Boys Basketball All-County Team
This year’s boys All-County team is headed by a first squad that is all from just two teams. State-entrant R-P boast three while Kingsland and its superb backcourt has the other two first-teamers. 1st Team Ben Ansell (6’5” Sr. C, R-P): “MVP” was the offensive finisher that R-P rode to state. Ansell went from averaging 2.1 points-per as a junior, with two double-digit … [Read more...]
Softball Previews/Team Capsules
Chatfield > Head Coach: Mark Eickhoff. Last Year: 18-0 in TRC (West Champ), 22-2 overall (1AA East champ, made Section Final Four). Key returnees: Lexi Chase (So. P/OF, All-TRC, 2nd Team All-State > .494, 28 R, 27 RBI, 11-2, .829 ERA, 145 K), Belle Berg (Jr. SS, All-TRC > .402, 6 HR, 17 extra base hits, 37 R, 32 RBI), Carlie Berge (So. P/1B, All-TRC > .397, 19 R, … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
The GMLOK girls team began week one of the track and field season with a running start, winning the Cashton Indoor Meet. Week two saw LFC girls relays in particular stand-out. The 4x400 (Emma Breitsprecher, Kaylee Arndt, Brielle Ruen, Bailey Ruen), 4x800 (Katie Prinsen, Malia Tessum, Br. Ruen, Ba. Ruen), and 1,600 sprint medley (Alida Berg, Br. Ruen, Breitsprecher, Arndt) all … [Read more...]
Track and Field (3/27 3/31)
L-A Early Bird Indoor at St. Mary’s (Chatfield best: Macy Pederson (1st 200, 4th T-Jump), Megan Hopp (2nd 200), Tessa McMahon (2nd 1,600), Austin Swancutt (3rd 200), Rylee Burnett (3rd 55), Josh Waadevig (3rd 400), Grace Friederichs (3rd-tie P-Vault). LFC best: the girls 4x400, 1,600 sprint medley, & 4x800 (all 1st > See Hot Shots), Ba. Ruen (1st 1,600), Br. Ruen (2nd … [Read more...]
R-P Boys at State
They certainly came home disappointed. At the 2018 Minnesota boys basketball Class A state tourney, Rushford-Peterson lost more than it won. Each defeat, however, was highly competitive affair. R-P played until the very last day of the season. They played, by upperclassmen numbers, as underdogs. Two Big Shots, Two Overtimes in Quarterfinals There really isn’t any other … [Read more...]
Track and Field Team Capsules/Previews
Rushford-Peterson/Houston > Head Coach: Gary Wade. 2017 TRC team finishes: girls 2nd, boys 5th. 2017 True Team (1A) finishes: girls 4th, boys 8th. Returning state qualifiers: None. Returning Section 1A Meet qualifiers: Nicole Blagsvedt (4th Shot, Disc), Emily Didier (1,600, 3,200), Kjersta Hinz (H-Jump, 4x100), Triton Meldahl (T-Jump, 300-H), Allison Papenfus (400, … [Read more...]