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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
Chatfield volleyball takes a team picture to celebrate senior Trindy Barkeim (with ball) and her 1,000th career kill. The Gophers are 21-7 on the year and ranked #3 in Class AA.” Photo by Leif Erickson

Volleyball (10/20)

Paul Trende Oct 20, 2025
Volleyball: Larks Sweep G-E to Claim West Title, Beat Southland in Five  Grand Meadow volleyball’s week included claiming the SEC-West outright, getting to 20 wins, beating a rival in five sets, and running its win streak to 13. Hosting Glenville-Emmons, Cathy Paul’s group performed the sweep (25-17, 25-16, 25-15). Doing so was GM’s 20th win of […]
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Paul Trende Oct 13, 2025

Kaaleem Reiland ran for 214 yards and three TDs while throwing a fourth score as Kingsland beat Wabasha-Kellogg 42-26.  The Knights (5-1, 5-1) are in second place behind #4 in…

Chatfield’s Sam Carrier gets the pass deflection on a ball intended for St. Charles’ Saevian Hong in the #2 in AA Gophers 51-8 win over the Saints. Chatfield remained perfect at 6-0. Photo by Leif Erickson

Football (10/13)

Paul Trende Oct 13, 2025

Football: #4 M-C Maintains South-East Lead with 26-20 Win Over #10 SG Neighborly rivals Mabel-Canton and Spring Grove have played each other yearly on the gridiron forever.  Few, if any,…

Chatfield’s Cora Bicknese goes high to attack against Rushford-Peterson’s Ava Helgemoe. Chatfield (7-2, 19-7) swept the Trojans (6-2, 11-3) in a match of top four TRC teams while also taking third of 32 at the large-school Burnsville Tourney. Photo by Leif Erickson

Volleyball (10/13)

Paul Trende Oct 13, 2025

Volleyball: #4 Gophers End Trojans TRC Streak, Take Third at Burnsville In a matchup of top four TRC teams, #4 in AA Chatfield (5-2, 13-6) gave Rushford-Peterson (5-1, 10-2) its second…

Cross country teams leave the line at the LARPH Meet held in Lewiston. Guys from the host team are notably middle left while those from LFC are middle right. Team Card-Tro-Cane (21) handily won their fifth run of the year, topping nearest foe Pine Island (80). Photo by Christine Vreeman

Cross Country (10/13)

Paul Trende Oct 13, 2025

Cross Country: Variables Stay Constant at LARPH’s Lewiston Run At the top of things, cross country variables stayed constant as LARPH hosted its second meet of the year, this time at Lewiston’s Heartland…

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Hot Shots (10/6)

Paul Trende Oct 6, 2025

Harper Goldsmith had 29 assists as #4 in AA Chatfield (5-2, 13-6) swept W-K 3-0. Jorja Meyer served 11 aces as Houston beat Schaeffer Academy 3-0. Kyle Hellickson had 21…

Spring Grove’s Dylan Halverson ends a Kingsland threat by making an interception at the goal-line for a pass intended for Kingsland’s Michael Johnson. Lion Ezra Konkel is also shown. For a second straight week, the Lions (4-1, 4-1) scored late to earn victory, this time handing #2 in 9-Man Kingsland (4-1, 4-1) its first loss via a 14-8 win. Photo by Christine Vreeman

Football (10/6)

Paul Trende Oct 6, 2025

Football: Spring Grove Scores Late, Upends #2 Kingsland Kaaleem Reiland thundered 78 yards on Kingsland’s first play from scrimmage and then passed to Carter Strobel for the two-point conversion. The…

Mabel-Canton head volleyball coach Lonnie Morken (second from left in back row) poses with his team and assistant coaches after winning his 885th career match versus Kingsland. Doing so moved Morken into second place all-time in state history behind Stewartville former head John Dzubay (1,039). Photo by Heather Kleiboer

Volleyball (10/6)

Paul Trende Oct 6, 2025

Volleyball: Morken Moves into Second Place All-Time with 885th Career Win Mabel-Canton won two volleyball matches on the week, sweeping both Lanesboro and Kingsland in SEC action. Doing so did…

Chatfield safety Kaisen Johnson (#6) takes a lick but brings down Triton QB Pierce Petersohn just short of the goal line to deny a would-be game-winning second-overtime two-point conversion and enable the Gophers to post a huge 24-23 sub-district win. They improved to 4-0. Photo by Paul Trende

Football (9/29)

Paul Trende Sep 29, 2025

Football: Johnson’s Takedown Leads to #2 Gopher Victory over Triton It is always good to have a good wrestler on your football team. They know how to tackle and will…

Grand Meadow’s Alyvia Olson is on the attack against the defense of Houston’s Jorja Meyer. The Larks posted a 6-0 week including two SEC wins, as GM (7-0, 15-4) is off to a big start and a big lead over nearest foe Southland (6-3, 6-3) in the SEC-West. Photo by Paul Trende

Volleyball (9/29)

Paul Trende Sep 29, 2025

Volleyball: Larks Take Control of West, Post 6-0 Week Overall  Grand Meadow volleyball won two SEC matches on the week, sweeping their nearest SEC-West foe. They also went 4-0 at…

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