The 2020 Section 1A and 1AA wrestling team play-offs saw each of the three county programs fighting to move on. FCLMC got the rare play-off win. LARP was up big before upper weights hindered its plight. Chatfield fell by a single point to the eventual section champion. In Class AA, LARP (5-seed, 9-9) took on PEM (4-seed, 13-9) in a quartefinal. Things went the Screaming … [Read more...]
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Gophers Snag “Get Back” Wins
It has been an up and down year for Chatfield boys basketball. They started with just one win in ten games. The Gophers then won five straight. They then dropped four straight. Two of the ten losses to start the year were to Southland (90-87) and D-E (68-55). In TRC-West division re-matches, Chatfield got some “get back” wins. Jeff DeBuhr’s group won at the Rebels 74-68. … [Read more...]
Fillmore County Police Reports
Chatfield Police Department Julie Marie Bradt, 51, Chatfield, Minn.; 1/18/2020, Expired Driver’s License - Over One Year - No Minnesota Driver’s License, Fine $100, Total Fees $190. 1/18/2020, Operate Vehicle With Expired Registration, Fine $30. Fillmore County Sheriff’s Office Lyle Lyndon Grabau, 57, Preston, Minn.; 8/6/2019, Overwork/Mistreat Animals - Deprive of … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (2/10 – 2/14)
La Crescent 49, M-C 38 (M-C: P. Danielson 21 pts, 9 rebs, 7 asts; Jordyn Newgard 7 pts, 6 rebs) Lanesboro 27, R-P 43 (R-P: Kaylee Ruberg 13 pts, 13 rebs; Ellie Dahl/Alayna Helgemoe 8 pts. L: J. Schreiber 9 pts, 5 rebs; B. Ruen 6 pts, 8 rebs, 6 stls. Trojans end 11-game losing streak) Caledonia 42, FC 53 (FC: K. Sikkink 21 pts (7-8 FTs), 7 rebs; Lauren Mensink 8 pts, … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
FC’s girls beat Caledonia 53-42 and L-A 75-50. Kandace Sikkink had 21 points versus the Warriors, 27 points and 16 rebounds versus the Cardinals. The Falcons (10-5, 18-8) are 1A’s 2-seed, will host 15-seed Faribault B.A. (6-20). Houston’s girls beat A-C/G-E 79-32 and Schaeffer 51-47. Emma Geiwitz had 23 and 20 points respectively. Twenty-win Houston (12-1, 20-6) is the … [Read more...]
Eleanor Riedemann
Eleanor Marie Riedemann, 90, of Grand Meadow, Minn., passed away on Saturday, February 15, 2020, at Mayo Clinic- Saint Marys Campus in Rochester, Minn. Born in Remsen, Iowa, Eleanor was the daughter of John and Rose (Hansen) Nieslen. She graduated from Garfield Webb High School in 1946. On November 16, 1951 she married Donald E. “Dutch” Riedemann in Marathon, Iowa. They … [Read more...]
Government this week
Tuesday, February 18 • Preston City Council, Council Chambers, 6 p.m. • Mabel-Canton School Board, Media Center, 6 p.m. • Rushford Village City Council, Village Hall, 5:30 p.m. Thursday, February 20 • Houston School Board, High School Library, 6 p.m. • Kingsland School Board, Choir Room, 6:30 p.m. • Fillmore County Planning Commission, … [Read more...]
Gopher Wrestling Pulls Double Shut-Out
Shut-outs don’t happen too often in wrestling. Winning every match by a six-point decision is also rare. Both of the above events are certainly aided by a squad simply not having numbers and thus forfeiting. At the St. Charles triangular, Chatfield used low opponent numbers and pulled off both. They double dual shut-out St. Charles, 82-0, and La Crescent, 84-0. The … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Mikkel Schutte had 26 points, but R-P got double-doubles from Luke O’Hare (19 pts, 11 rebs) and Justin Ruberg (19 pts, 10 rebs) in a 56-48 Trojan win over Houston. The Hurricanes then got 21 points each from Alex Van Gundy and Caiden Danielson in an 84-65 win over Kingsland. Houston hit 16 threes and got five guys to double figures. Brady Musel had 22 in defeat for the … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (2/3 – 2/8)
R-P 56, Houston 48 (R-P: L. O’Hare 19 pts (9-18 FGs), 11 rebs; J. Ruberg 19 pts, 10 rebs, 4 asts; Malachi Bunke 10 pts. H: M. Schutte 26 pts (9-18 FGs, 5-6 FTs), 13 rebs, 5 blks; Alex Van Gundy 12 pts) FC 41, Spring Grove 68 (FC: H. Gunderson 17 pts (3-4 threes, 7-11 FGs), 10 rebs, 4 stls; Zach Haugerud 11 pts (6-7 FTs). FC trailed by 10 (46-36) with 7:51 left) #11 … [Read more...]