They forged their own path. There was no precedent. They didn’t learn from last year’s run, or the run the year before, or any run the last two-plus decades. The last time M-C softball won a play-off game was 1993. Aided by upsets, and from a gaggle of good (successful elsewhere) athletes across five grades, Kati Bergey’s Cougars are 1A East Champs. M-C (4-seed, 11-5) … [Read more...]
Three to the Final Three
Three county baseball teams have made it to Memorial Day. In the 1AA East quarters, FC/L (2-seed, 16-4) beat Cotter (7-seed, 10-10). Josh Peters (3-3, RBI, R), Logan Corson (2-3, 2 RBI, R), Sam Rustad (2-2, 2B, RBI, 2 R), and Collin Scott (6 2/3 IP, 9 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 7 K Win, 1-3, RBI) led the way. In the semis, the Falcons played an epic with La Crescent (3-seed, 14-7). … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
At the Sub-1 Meet, RPH’s Ashley Agrimson took first in all three jumps. She quadruple-qualified for the 1A Meet. Nicole Blagsvedt swept the throws. Triton Meldahl also had two firsts. Noah Carlson, hamstring ailing, qualified in his only event, the Long Jump. LFC’s girls 4x400 (Ashley Miner, Bailey/Leah Ruen, Emma Breitsprecher) and 4x800 (Kaylee Arndt, Ruens, Kiera Olson) … [Read more...]
Baseball (5/25 & 5/27)
Chatfield 1, La Crescent 0 (C: Jake Mandt 3-4; Ben Irhke 2-4; Robert Crouch Win. Three Gophers combined for a shut-out. Nick Maki walked, advanced to second on a ground-out, and scored the game’s only run on an error in the seventh) 1A-E 1st Rd > Houston (#9, 0-14) 7, M-C (#8, 3-11) 3 (H: Brady Happel 2-4, 2 RBI, 2 R, 7 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 6 K, Win; Damon Carrier 2-4, 2 … [Read more...]
Softball (5/22 – 5/27)
1A-E Qtr > R-P (#8, 1-19) 1, Randolph (#1, 16-2) 0 (RP: S. Skalet 7 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 7 K, 1 BB, Win. Skalet walked and scored courtesy of a couple Rocket errors in the 7th. Rockets put two on in bottom of the 7th, but a ground-out ended it) 1A-E Qtr > Houston (#7, 6-9) 5, W-K (#2, 10-9) 12 (Canes had just three hits. They finish at 6-10) 1AA-W Qtr > Triton (#6, … [Read more...]
Track and Field (5/25)
Sub-1 Meet (G: 2nd RPH, 3rd LFC, 4th Chatfield. B: 2nd RPH, 3rd LFC, 5th Chatfield. Sections Qualifiers > RPH: A. Agrimson (1st H-Jump/L-Jump/T-Jump), N. Blagsvedt (1st Shot/Disc), T. Meldahl (1st 300-H/T-Jump), Dylan Linder (1st 800, 3rd 1,600), Cullan Olson (1st Shot), Jordyn Holland (2nd Shot/Disc), N. Carlson (2nd L-Jump), Nathan Wick (2nd T-Jump), Branden Chapel … [Read more...]
Golf (5/22 & 5/25)
(B) Lanesboro Inc., GMLO 210; (G) L Inc., GMLO Inc., G-E 412 (L: Payton Benson 54*. Cedar River CC) TRC Meet (Boys: 1st LC 340, 2nd R-P 342, 5th FC 358, 9th Kingland 394, Chatfield Inc. H. Stensgard (81 > 3rd-tie), Luke Rasmussen (83 > 6th-tie), and Jordan McNamer (87 > 11th-tie) paced R-P. D. Sauer (81 > 3rd-tie) and Conner Morem (89 > 15th-tie) paced … [Read more...]
LFC Girls True Team Third at State
Nine teams competed. The weather probably took first place. At an incredibly wet 2017 Minnesota True Team state track meet at Stillwater High School, the running dynasty of a number of LFC girls continued. The Burros finished a narrow third (371.5) to Osakis (388.5) and Luverne (387). Track events were again LFC’s strengths. Relays were strong, as the 4x800 (Malia Tessum, … [Read more...]
Gopher Softball Perfect Regular Season
Extraordinary is Chatfield Gopher softball. The program has been very good for quite some time. This year’s young group has taken it to another level; regular season perfection. Mark Eickhoff’s girls wrapped up a third straight TRC-West title by beating St. Charles 11-0 (five). Lexi Chase (5 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 10 K, Win, 1-2, RBI, 2 R), Belle Berg (2-3, 3B, RBI, 2 R), … [Read more...]
GMLOK SB Finishes 16-4
GMLOK’s week, prior to Chatfield not being nice, saw the Bulldogs run their win streak to seven. John Fenske’s group snuck past L/P 3-2 in five (lightning) for their fourth straight one-run win. Courtney Schmidt (3-3, two 2Bs, RBI, R), Kori Kruegel (5 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 7 K, Win, 1-2, R), Gretchen Corson (1-3, 2 RBI), and Kellyn Webster (1-2, 2B, R) keyed the attack. Solid … [Read more...]