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Chatfield Gophers

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

Superintendent: Edward Harris
Principal: Eric Nelson
Activities Director: Daniel Schindler
GOPHER SPORTS
Caledonia’s Paizley Lange slides into second base ahead of the force by Chatfield’s Brittin Ruskell, a hustle play that allowed a bases loaded run to score. Caledonia, #5 in AA, topped the Gophers, #9 in AA, by 4-0 final in a key TRC matchup of East and West TRC division leaders. Photo by Paul Trende

Softball (5/5)

Paul TrendeMay 5, 2025
#5 Caledonia Tops Chatfield, Cotter Twice, Takes Control of East Caledonia softball (5-1, 6-1) proved itself the top ‘C’ school in the TRC this year with a trio of wins over formidable foes Chatfield and Cotter/Hope Lutheran. In a key conference-division leaders battle with the  Gophers (5-0, 7-0), a pair of unearned first inning runs […]
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Paul TrendeApr 28, 2025

GMLOKS’ track and field teams each easily won the eight-team Medford Meet. Bently Wiersma notably won the Long Jump and Triple Jump for the boys. The girls have now won…

Track and Field (4/14 & 4/15)

Track and Field (4/14 & 4/15)

Paul TrendeApr 28, 2025

Lewiston-Altura Meet (Chatfield’s girls (63) topped nearest foe La Crescent/Hokah (52). The boys (45) took third behind co-champs Dover-Eyota (49) and Lewiston Altura (49). Wabasha-Kellogg, Alma-Pepin, and St. Charles also…

Fillmore Central/Lanesboro’s Levi Rogers approaches home plate and his teammates after hitting a two-run home run versus PEM. The Falcons beat both D-E (13-3 in five innings) and PEM (9-4) to end a year-plus long TRC losing streak, and to improve to 3-3 on the year. Photo by Deb Finseth

Baseball (4/28)

Paul TrendeApr 28, 2025

Falcons Top D-E and PEM, End TRC Streak Last year was a tough one for Fillmore Central/Lanesboro baseball. They took on the season with essentially a junior varsity and the result…

GMLOK catcher Cheyenne Bakken awaits the throw as Houston’s Julia Swenson approaches home plate. The Bulldogs built a 10-4 lead and held off a two-out, seventh-inning Hurricane charge, as GMLOK prevailed 10-9. Photo by Paul Trende

Softball (4/28)

Paul TrendeApr 28, 2025

Softball/Baseball: GMLOK Hosts Tight Games With Houston; Bulldog Softball Goes 3-0 On a Monday night, baseball and softball teams from Houston and GMLOK played high-scoring to-the-wire affairs, battling each other,…

Golf (4/28)

Golf (4/28)

Paul TrendeApr 28, 2025

Girls Golf: Warriors End FC’s Regular Season TRC Streak Fillmore Central girls golf has been a juggernaut for a decade. They entered the year having won 10 straight 1A titles. They…

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Paul TrendeApr 21, 2025

Isaac Underbakke laid down a sacrifice bunt to score the game-winning run in the bottom of the eighth (and he collected the pitching win) as Mabel-Canton baseball topped Alden-Conger/G-E 6-5…

Golf (4/21)

Golf (4/21)

Paul TrendeApr 21, 2025

Three Rivers Conference Golf (4/7 – 4/11)  (B) Caledonia 198, Rushford-Peterson 183 (C: J.T. Hammell 41*, Carson Klug 49. R-P: Jace Dvorak 44, Gus Hoiland/Will LaFleur 46s, Jaxson Meldahl 47,…

Chatfield’s Jaelyn LaPlante slips over the bar in the High Jump as her coach Jeff DeBuhr looks on in the background. LaPlante leapt 5’0” to take first in the event while also finishing second in the 100-meters. Photo by Paul Trende

Track and Field (4/21)

Fillmore County JournalApr 21, 2025

RPH Girls Win Home Meet Rushford-Peterson/Houston hosted a nine-team track and field meet. Led by a junior standout, the Tro-Cane girls grabbed the team title (142.5) over Cotter/Hope Lutheran (133),…

Fillmore Central/Lanesboro’s Joey Pederson fields the ball back of second base, does not get the force at the bag on Mabel-Canton’s Kale Eiken, but does get the out at first. Pederson also got the pitching win as the Falcons topped the Cougars 5-2. Photo by Paul Trende

Baseball (4/21)

Paul TrendeApr 21, 2025

Home Run Results in Lion-Trojan, Baseball-Softball Split With Spring Grove trailing by two runs, with two outs and two runners aboard, Tysen Moen powered a Rushford-Peterson pitch over the left…

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