Five. It was the win total last year for Chatfield volleyball. Four came by September 14. The Gophers then finished 1-17 (losing 39 of 45 sets). Ah, but every year is anew and this one’s looking better. Just eight matches in, Chatfield is up to four wins. Two came the week of Monday, September 2. At R-P, Taylor Salisbury’s girls ended a short four-game losing streak to … [Read more...]
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Cross country runners stood out at a pair of Thursday events. LARP’s Luke O’Hare picked up where he left off in 2018. He repeated as ‘Crazy Buffalo’ meet champion, shaving 36 seconds off his time (17:03 to 16:27). Teammate Tyler Rislov took third, as LARP’s boys took third. They had seven guys finish top 21. At the Hayfield Invite, Chatfield’s girls took second, the boys … [Read more...]
Volleyball (8/31 – 9/7)
Kingsland 0, #6 M-C 3 > 25-6, 25-10, 25-9 (MC: K. McCabe 10 kills, 11 digs, 23 assists, 4 aces; Payton Danielson 8 kills, 11 digs, 4 aces; Sarina Stortz 7 kills; Jordyn Newgard 5 kills, 6 digs; Emily Carolan 5 kills; L. Wyffels 9 digs, 12 assists, 23-23 serving, 7 aces. K: Audrey Webster 8 digs; Ellie Buchholtz 10 assists. Knights: 2-2, 2-8) SG 3, Lanesboro 0 > … [Read more...]
Cross Country (9/5)
Hayfield Invite (Chatfield’s girls (66) took second to WEM/JWP (40). Kingsland was incomplete. Z-M’s Natasha Sortland (18:45.4) beat PEMs Madilyn Simon (20:31.2) to win the girl’s race. Gophers A. Strande (21:55.9) and Tessa McMahon (22:28.1) finished 6th and 10th. Belle Carr, Abbi Gillespie, and Bea Martin took 16th, 18th, and 19th respectively. Katelyn Dornack and Kaylee … [Read more...]
Wastewater treatment operator hired
During the September 9 Chatfield City Council meeting, Steven Schlichter was hired to operate the Wastewater Treatment Plant effective September 23. Councilor Paul Novotny was absent. Schlichter was one of four applicants that had been interviewed for the position. The council also approved an extension of the services of Steve Bushman, WHKS Engineering, through October 18 … [Read more...]
Government this week
Monday, September 9 • Houston City Council, City Hall, 6:00 p.m. • Spring Valley City Council, City Hall, 6:00 p.m. • City of Rushford City Council, City Hall, 6:30 p.m. • Chatfield City Council, City Hall, 7:00 p.m. • Whalan City Council, City Hall, 7:00 p.m. • Wykoff City Council, City Hall, 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, September 10 • Fillmore County … [Read more...]
County 2020 budget
The county board reviewed budget proposals from several departments at their September 3 meeting. County Coordinator Bobbie Vickerman produced a very preliminary 2020 budget with a levy increase of over 6%. Vickerman made it clear that she already could take about 1% of the increase off the top. Part of the reduction is a savings of $42,000 because the health insurance … [Read more...]
Gophers Down Old Foe
There was a time Chatfield and PEM played each other routinely in football. The last time it happened was 2012, as the Gophers won a “stepping stone” game over the Bulldogs 28-21. That year ended in a section runner-up for Jeff Johnson’s crew. A year later, they were state champs. Since, re-districting and such happened, leaving the old TRC foes playing elsewhere. To begin … [Read more...]
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Lanesboro volleyball nearly matched last year’s win total (six) before September has even started. Junior Sydney Taylor had 57 kills and 75 digs across two league games and seven tournament games to lead the way. The Burros are 2-1, 5-5. R-P’s Alyvia Eide amassed 92 digs over 17 sets-played on the week. Chatfield’s Aletta Strande (10th) and Treyton Lanning (12th) finished … [Read more...]
Volleyball (8/27 – 8/30)
FC 1, #1 in AA Stewartville 3 > 11-25, 9-25, 25-23, 10-25 (FC: Kandace Sikkink 9 kills, 11 assists; Maddie Krage 9 kills; Lauren Mensink 6 kills, 12 assists, 9 digs; K.J. Corson 16 digs; Ashlyn Simon 12 digs. Falcons: 0-0, 1-1) Pine Island 0, Chatfield 3 > 25-23, 27-25, 25-18 (C: Peyton Berg 5 kills; Zayda Priebe 5 kills; Abby Nosbisch 10 digs; Teagan Allen 3 kills, … [Read more...]