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Fillmore Central Falcons

Fillmore Central High School
145 Main Ave S., PO Box 599
Harmony, MN. 55939
507-886-6464

Superintendent: Heath Olstad
Principal: Heath Olstad
Activities Director: Chris Mensink
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Softball (6/16)

Paul TrendeJun 16, 2025
Multiple All-State Players Highlight Postseason Softball Awards It was a highly entertaining and successful season for Journal-covered softball teams with Caledonia and Houston making it all the way to the section finals, plus Chatfield making the 1AA Final Four. Five of eight “Journal” teams finished above five-hundred and they combine for seven All-State players. Three […]
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Turning in one of many top 1A meet performances was the GMLOKS boys 4x400 (back Zach Reiland and Carter Glynn, front Kaleb Yunker and Tate Goergen), which was section champ. Goergen (800-meters) also did so individually while Reiland (300-hurdles) also made state. Photo by Paul Trende

Track and Field: GMLOKS, RPH, LFCMC and Chatfield Bountiful in State Qualifiers

Paul TrendeJun 9, 2025

The 2025 Section 1A track and field meet was marked by a plethora of area athletes making state by standard, particularly from Chatfield and LFCMC. Meanwhile, RPH and GMLOKS saw…

For an 11th straight year, Fillmore Central girls golf is Section 1A champ. The Falcons overcame a four-stroke deficit to Lanesboro after Day 1 to beat the Burros 724 to 738. Pictured are Head Coach Aaron Mensink, Maddie Topness, Annika Mensink, Myleigh Scheevel, Lily Miller, Ella Diersen and Assistant Coach Andy Todd. Photo by Chris Mensink

Golf (6/9)

Paul TrendeJun 9, 2025

1A Girls Golf: Falcon Girls Continue Dynasty With 11th Straight Title For a day, the dynasty was threatened. Lanesboro girls golf made Aaron Mensink’s Falcons sweat for a few hours at…

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Paul TrendeJun 2, 2025

GMLOKS’ girls won the Sub-2 meet.  Chantle Reiland won four events (100, 200, Long Jump, 4×200) including resetting her own program record in the Long Jump (17’8”).  Breeley Galle (Triple…

Lanesboro boys and girls golf teams (above) each won their respective SEC meets. Coached by Tim Opat and Dusty McCabe, boys team members are Jack Brogle, Holdyn Willford, Kyle Ruen, Dayton Haugen, Grant Horihan and Jack Lawston. Girls members are Grace Tufte, Jentrey Schreiber, Addison McCabe, Ellie McCabe, Bella Thomas and Taylor Hanson. Photos submitted

Golf (6/2)

Paul TrendeJun 2, 2025

Burro Teams Sweep SEC Meet Lanesboro’s golf teams took a broom to the Southeast Conference Meet (again), sweeping the boys and girls team and individual first places.  On the guys…

At the Sub-2 track and field meet, Chatfield’s Ross Stoehr was one of the squad’s top performers, qualifying thrice for the 1A Meet including winning the above 110-meter hurdles. Stoehr also moved on in the High Jump and 300-meter hurdles. Photo by Christine Vreeman

Post-Season Track and Field

Paul TrendeJun 2, 2025

Sub-Section 1 Meet (Cotter/Hope Lutheran’s girls (167) topped RPH (101) with LFCMC (80.5) taking fifth and Caledonia/SG (32) eighth (of nine).  St. Charles’ boys (193.5) topped Cotter/HL (162) followed by…

Caledonia second baseman Tanner Ginther goes into foul territory to make a nice play on the ball as teammates Garrett Konz (near) and Mason King (far) are also pictured. Defense and pitching earned Caledonia play-offs wins in their first two games, 4-0 over Lake City, and 8-0 over Randolph. Photo by Paul Trende

Baseball (6/2)

Paul TrendeJun 2, 2025

Warriors Post Shutouts in Posting Playoff Wins  Pitching wins games.  Caledonia baseball turned to its two 6’6” senior throwers in opening round playoff contests.  Combined with some errorless defense, each…

Chatfield’s Katryn Johnson and Rylee Urban (center) hug it out while teammates Grace Finley (#12), Brynn Horsman (#27), and Makenna Dornack are also overjoyed after the Gophers came back from down 4-0 to beat Cannon Falls 5-4, securing them a spot against Randolph in the 1AA final four “no-loss” game. Photo by Paul Trende

Softball (6/2)

Paul TrendeJun 2, 2025

#10 Gophers Post Back-to-Back Rallies, Head to Austin Unblemished It is probably not advisable to start a second-round section game down 3-0, and then a third-round contest down 4-0.  That…

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Paul TrendeMay 26, 2025

Lanesboro’s Jack Brogle shot the two lowest rounds of the year for any Journal-covered golfer (back-to-back two-under-par 33s) in wins over Kingsland and Houston.  Hurricane Logan Olson shot a 38…

After an infield hit, Rushford-Peterson’s Cayden Lea tries to catch Caledonia’s Jack Schmitz leaning off third base (to no avail). The play was part of a seven-run sixth that led to a 13-3 Caledonia win, as the Warriors (14-6) posted their second straight 4-1 week. Photo by Paul Trende

Baseball (5/26)

Paul TrendeMay 26, 2025

Warriors Post Second Straight 4-1 Week  For a second straight week, Caledonia baseball won four of five games.  Their 12-3 record over the final 15 games has them a top…

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Fillmore Central’s Alyssa Britton stands with her teammates after breaking the Falcon block record versus Dover-Eyota. The senior has been a four-year player for FC. The Falcons’ week also included taking on the Class A Showcase and placing 8th (of 16). Photo by Deb Finseth
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