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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
FALCON SPORTS
The Lewiston-Altura/Rushford-Peterson bench celebrates after Jaden Perez pinned Chatfield’s Jackson Bernard at heavyweight, enabling LARP to upset #2 in Class A Chatfield 39-36. Photo by Sarah Sexton

Wrestling (12/15)

Paul Trende Dec 15, 2025
Wrestling: LARP Stuns #2 Chatfield, Goes 4-0 at Spamtown Duals The scores of their last four matches were 57-15, 58-11, 58-9, and 68-3; Chatfield had its way with LARP wrestling. The 68-3 score came in last year’s team section semifinals, as it was one of the Gophers’ wins on the way to a state runner-up […]
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Hot Shots (12/8)

Paul Trende Dec 15, 2025

Carson Harstad scored 28 points as Chatfield beat W-K 65-55, and 36 points in a 77-67 loss to Lanesboro. Five Burros made double figures in said game, as Lanesboro won…

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Boys Basketball (12/8)

Paul Trende Dec 8, 2025

2025-2026 Boys Basketball Preview  Boys basketball starts with some section changes. Defending 1A champion Goodhue and 1A runner-up Rushford-Peterson have each moved up a Class to AA. Red Wing moved down…

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Hot Shots (12/1)

Paul Trende Dec 1, 2025

Girls basketball got rolling with Rushford-Peterson and Houston starting well.  The Trojans got two free throws from Alannah Skalet with 16.8 seconds left that proved the different in topping Z-M…

Falcons Get Six All-Mid-South Green Football Selections

Falcons Get Six All-Mid-South Green Football Selections

Paul Trende Dec 1, 2025

Fillmore Central (5-0, 10-1) topped Lewiston-Altura (4-1, 6-4), Southland (3-2, 5-5), United South Central (2-3, 5-5), NRHEG (1-4, 2-7), and Hayfield (0-5, 1-8) to grab the Mid-South-Green sub-district title, FC’s…

The girls basketball season got started including Grand Meadow playing at Houston. Above, Hurricane senior Jorja Meyer tries to score past Larks Cloey Breitbarth (#25) and Naomi Warmka (#23) in a Houston’s 68-42 win. Photo by Craig Johnson

Girls Basketball (12/01)

Paul Trende Dec 1, 2025

Southeast-Central Yellow Cast Headed by Chatfield/Caledonia Standouts Triton (5-1, 7-3) and Chatfield (5-1, 6-3) shared the Southeast Central ‘Yellow’ sub-district in football with Caledonia (4-2, 9-3) posting the most wins…

Six area girls earned All-State in volleyball. Above (left to right) are Class AA honorees Cora Bicknese and Harper Goldsmith of Chatfield, then Class A honorees Kinley Soiney of Mabel-Canton, Madi Zwart and Kyla Hellickson of Fillmore Central. Caledonia’s Aubrie Klug (not pictured) was also AA All-State. Photo by Lonnie Morken

Volleyball (11/24)

Paul Trende Nov 24, 2025

Standout Chatfield, FC, and Caledonia Players Head All-TRC Volleyball List The top four teams in the Three Rivers Conference in volleyball were Caledonia (10-0, 26-6), Fillmore Central (9-1, 27-7), Chatfield…

Chatfield is the 2025 state runner-up in Class AA volleyball. The #4 Gophers downed unranked Esko 3-1 and #2 Albany 3-0 before falling to #1 Hawley 3-2 in the title match. It is Gopher volleyball’s highest ever finish. Photo by Leif Erickson

Volleyball (11/17)

Paul Trende Nov 17, 2025

Volleyball: Chatfield Makes State Title Match, Falls in Five It was a remarkable season for Chatfield volleyball. Chatfield advanced further than any squad before it (and as far any school…

Somewhere between Mabel-Canton consoling players Isaac Underbakke and Kale Eiken (left), and Darian Hershberger and Milton Hutchinson (right), is where the Cougars’ season ended. Down 40-38 with the clock reading 0:00, an M-C two-point try failed, as Hillcrest Lutheran moved on to the 9-Man state semifinals. Photo by Paul Trende

Football (11/17)

Paul Trende Nov 17, 2025

Football: Cougar Dream Season Ends In No-Second Agony Dreams sometimes end agonizingly. After a fairytale season and the school’s first state berth in football since 1981, #3 in 9-Man Mabel-Canton…

Mabel-Canton seniors (left to right) Mason Yoder, Michael Kime, Darian Hershberger, Milton Hutchinson, Isaac Underbakke, Kale Tollefsrud, and Nate Nordsving (plus an occluded Kenny Hutchinson) are all smiles after beating Spring Grove 16-0 in the 9-Man section 1 title game and earning M-C its first football state berth since 1981. Photo by Heather Kleiboer

Football (11/10)

Paul Trende Nov 10, 2025

Football: Cougars Blank Lions 16-0 For First State Berth Since 1981 The year was 1981.  Ronald Reagan was president.  Dallas was a popular television show.  “Raiders of the Lost Ark”…

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SCHOOL BOARD & NEWS

Meet the New Fillmore Central Teachers

Hannah Wingert Nov 11, 2024

Dance Class Starts Up at Fillmore Central

Hannah Wingert Oct 28, 2024

Fillmore Central Tackle Cancer Fundraiser a Success

Hannah Wingert Sep 30, 2024

Fall Sports Underway at Fillmore Central

Hannah Wingert Sep 2, 2024

Fillmore Central Jumps Into Summer Programs

Hannah Wingert Jun 3, 2024
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