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Chatfield High School
205 Union Street NE
Chatfield, MN. 55923
507-867-4210

Superintendent: Edward Harris
Principal: Eric Nelson
Activities Director: Daniel Schindler
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Hot Shots (2/16)

Paul Trende Feb 16, 2026
Caledonia’s girls topped TRC foes Rushford-Peterson 76-53 and La Crescent/Hokah 81-47 on the week while losing to #2 in AAA Stewartville 66-57. The win over the Trojans clinched the Warriors (13-0, 18-6) the outright TRC-East title over Cotter/HL (11-3, 14-9), R-P (6-5, 14-8), FC (6-6, 13-9), and LC/H (2-11, 8-16). Warrior senior guard Aubrie Klug […]
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Lanesboro’s Cora Mayer defensively pressures a Hayfield/Schaeffer Academy player in the teams’ non-conference game. After five straight losses to teams with a 73-30 record, the Burros took down the Class A #8-ranked Vikings by 74-65 final. Photo by Ron Mayer

Basketball (2/16)

Paul Trende Feb 16, 2026

Boys Basketball: Trojans Storm Past Warriors to Sole Possession of First Place The first time they played, Caledonia did what could possibly be termed an upset in taking down Rushford-Peterson,…

Chatfield senior Emily Bova has LARP’s Payson Speltz cradled in a Section 1 106-pound wrestle-back match. Bova notched four pins including above to make state as the runner-up in her weight class. Photo by Paul Trende

Wrestling (2/16)

Paul Trende Feb 16, 2026

Girls Wrestling: Five From Chatfield and GMLOS Each Make State  For the first time, girls wrestling had eight individual section tournaments to determine a 16-girl state field. Up until this point,…

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Hot Shots

Paul Trende Feb 9, 2026

Jensyn Storhoff scored 31 and 21 points, but Lanesboro’s girls lost to Southland 58-45 and PEM 50-47. She surpassed 2,000 career points versus the Bulldogs. Storhoff is just one of…

Chatfield’s Kaisen Johnson tangles early in his match with Farmington’s Austin Mitchell at the Gophers’ Saturday Quad. Johnson went 5-0 on the week, and Chatfield went 4-1, only losing to #1 in D-I Holmen by 29-23 tally. Photo by Paul Trende

Three Rivers and Non-Conference Wrestling (1/27 -1/31)

Paul Trende Feb 9, 2026

Caledonia/Houston 45, Prairie du Chien 33 (The Warriors won the first five weights all by fall to lead 30-0. Kiptyn Meiners (106), Jace Conway (113), Lucas Von Arx (120), Nolan…

Mabel-Canton’s Brevyn Tollefsrud is focused to stop Lanesboro’s Nick Taylor, but the latter and his team are the ones locked in, knocking off Lewiston-Atltura 69-57 and the Cougars 60-42. The Burros (8-2, 14-3) continue to lead the SEC-East over nearest foe, the Cougars (7-4, 12-6). Photo by Craig Johnson

Boys Basketball (2/9)

Paul Trende Feb 9, 2026

Boys Basketball: Burros Take Down Cards and Cougars Lanesboro basketball continued its big season, maybe its best week. Matt Asleson’s group took down TRC-West leading Lewiston Altura and SEC-East second…

Kingsland’s Hailee Warren looks to block the shot of Fillmore Central’s Hannah Vaalemoen in the Falcons’ 60-28 non-conference win over the Knights. Photo by Christine Vreeman

Girls Basketball (2/9)

Paul Trende Feb 9, 2026

Girls Basketball: Lanesboro, Houston, and R-P Take Aim at SG/M-C  It was a week of notable games surrounding Spring Grove/Mabel-Canton’s girls. The Lions played at Lanesboro in a key SEC battle,…

Grand Meadow’s Carter Glynn is hemmed in by Mabel-Canton defenders Nolan Garness and Cael Wangsness in the Cougars notable 79-47 SEC win. M-C improved to 10-5. Photo by Heather Kleiboer

Boys Basketball (2/2)

Paul Trende Feb 2, 2026

Boys Basketball: Caledonia Ties for First With Wins over Chatfield/Cotter Caledonia boys basketball probably had its best week with two wins over high-quality TRC foes. At West second-place Chatfield (5-2,…

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Hot Shots (2/2)

Paul Trende Feb 2, 2026

Carson Harstad scored 30 points, Ross Stoehr 28, and Brandt McBroom 21, as Chatfield downed D-E 92-86. The Gophers (6-3, 10-7) trail L-A (6-2, 11-3) in the TRC-West. Spring Grove’s…

Chatfield wrestling claimed first place as a team at the Lake City Tourney with Joey Cady (107), Gunner Polikowsky (114), Jameson Priebe (121), Logan Pearson (127), Layne Root (139), and Hunter Polikowsky (145) all taking first. Photo submitted

Wrestling (2/2)

Paul Trende Feb 2, 2026

Girls Wrestling: Chatfield Takes Second at Second State Dual Meet  In the second incarnation of the Minnesota Wrestling Coaches Association girls dual championship, Chatfield had themselves a big event. Last year,…

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SCHOOL BOARD & NEWS

Chatfield School Board Discusses Veterans’ Memorial Proposal

Mary Allen Jan 19, 2026

Chatfield School Board Approves Final Levy

Mary Allen Dec 15, 2025

Chatfield Board Approves Contracts and 2026-27 School Calendar

Mary Allen Nov 17, 2025

Chatfield Welcomes Three New Elementary Teachers

Mary Allen Oct 27, 2025

Chatfield Board Approves Teacher Contracts

Mary Allen Oct 13, 2025
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