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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
Mabel-Canton’s Nolan Garness battles Houston’s Tilden Witt for a loose ball in the Cougars’ 70-49 win. M-C wrapped up the season with a pair of wins (the other over SEC-East champ Lanesboro). Russ Larson’s group is 18-8 and the win total is the most in Mabel since 1976-1977! Photo by Emma Geiwitz

Boys Basketball (3/2)

Paul Trende Mar 2, 2026
Boys Basketball: Trojans Crush to First TRC-East Title Since State Title Year  The last time Rushford-Peterson’s boys won the TRC-East title was 2014-2015.  Cole Kingsley, Alex Vix, Charlie Krambeer, Jacob Merclewitz, Kyler Paulson, and Noah Carlson were prominent players.  Said group not only won their league but the Class A state title.   With a trio […]
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Spring Grove/Mabel-Canton’s Kinley Soiney (holding her own sign) poses with teammates after surpassing 2,000 career points in a Section 1A Round of 16 playoff win over Grand Meadow. Photo by Lee Epps

Girls Basketball (3/2)

Paul Trende Mar 2, 2026

Non-Conference Girls Basketball (2/16)  Grand Meadow 62, United South Central 71 (GM: N. Warmka 20 pts (9-17 FGs), 6 rebs, 4 asts; G. Foster 17 pts, 6 rebs; Mollie Voigt…

Boys Basketball (2/23)

Boys Basketball (2/23)

Paul Trende Feb 23, 2026

Boys Basketball: Trojans Top Burros in Battle of League Leaders, Run Streak to Nine It was the biggest game between Rushford-Peterson (9-2, 17-3) and Lanesboro (12-2, 18-3) in boys’ basketball…

Fillmore Central’s Kyla Hellickson looks to get a piece of the shot of Caledonia’s Peyten Felten in the teams’ TRC finale. The Warriors topped the Falcons 64-22 to rip through league play undefeated (14-0) and they also improved to 20-8 on the year. Photo by Paul Trende

Girls Basketball (2/23)

Paul Trende Feb 23, 2026

Girls Basketball: Caledonia Takes Broom to TRC, Wins 20th Game  The TRC-East girls’ basketball title was decided a while ago. A win over Cotter/Hope Lutheran on January 23 clinched a…

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Paul Trende Feb 23, 2026

Grand Meadow’s boys (10-6 in the SEC, 14-9 overall) went 3-1 on the week, beating L-O 60-53, M-C 62-58, and Kingsland 69-30 while losing to Southland 90-48, all at home.…

Chatfield’s Layne Root, Kaisen Johnson and Will Boelter grab the Section 1A wrestling title trophy after taking down Goodhue 33-31 in the finals. The Gophers three-peated as section champs and head back to state for a double encore. Photo by Paul Trende

Wrestling (2/23)

Paul Trende Feb 23, 2026

Wrestling: Gophers Threepeat as 1A Champions Wrestling can sometimes be unique. A competitor can lose and it still helps a team win. Preventing (big) bonus points can prove major dividends…

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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…

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…

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SCHOOL BOARD & NEWS

Chatfield Schools Welcomes Three New Staff

Mary Allen Oct 30, 2023

Chatfield School Board Looks at MCA Results and Enrollment Decline

Mary Allen Sep 18, 2023

Chatfield School Board to start study group for future facility needs

Mary Allen Jul 17, 2023

Chatfield Board approves 2023-2024 budget

Mary Allen Jun 19, 2023

Chatfield School Board hears from the Class of 2023

Mary Allen Apr 17, 2023
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