Spring sports is finally fully upon us. Teams will be very active as they transition from indoor practices directly to outdoor games. The best returning team in the county, Chatfield softball, had five games over three days its first week. Their stellar sophomore pitcher performed an impressive feat. Mark Eickhoff’s girls opened by sweeping two at PEM. Game one was a … [Read more...]
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Hot Shots
The first week of ball action saw 16 total four-base hits. Dawson Dahl’s 3-run home run was a key blast as R-P baseball (2-1) beat St. Charles 7-6. A Payton Hahn RBI-triple tied the game in the fifth. An error plated the game-winning Trojan run in the sixth inning. Carter Weidemann had a solo-blast in a Trojan 8-4 win over L-A. Chatfield’s Ben Ihrke hit two home runs, one … [Read more...]
Baseball (4/23 – 4/27)
St. Charles 6, R-P 7 (RP: D. Dahl 3-4, HR, 3 RBI, 2 R; Ben Ansell 2-3, 2B, 2 R, 5 1/3 IP, 6 H, 6 R, 5 ER, 5 K, 4 BB; P. Hahn 3-3, 3B, RBI, R; C. Wiedemann 2-4, RBI, R; Jake Paulson 2-3, R; Nolan Mueller 1-4, RBI, 1 2/3 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 2 K, Win) SG 13, M-C 1 [5] (MC: D. Wyffels 1-2, RBI; Dawson Wilder 1-2, R. Seven Cougar errors yielded 10 unearned SG runs) L/P 19, Houston 0 … [Read more...]
Track and Field (4/23 – 4/27)
PEM “Verne Herman” Invite (Meet had ten teams. G: 1st PEM 145, 2nd Byron 128.5, 3rd Stewartville, 4th GMLOKS. The GMLOKS boys took 7th. Top GMLOKS athletes: L. Buchholtz (1st L-Jump), the girls 4x100 (1st > see Hot Shots), the girls 4x200 (1st > see Hot Shots), A. Reiland (2nd 200, 3rd 100), Hailey Hindt (2nd 100-H, 3rd 300-H), Drew Lewison (2nd 300-H, 3rd 110-H), R. … [Read more...]
Golf (4/23 – 4/27)
(G) FC 194, La Crescent 217 (FC: Grace Miller 44*, Cailey Rindels/Madison Scheevel 48’s. LC: Anna Tollefson 44*. Falcons had four of top five scores); (B) FC 233, LC 179 (Lancers had top six, all under 50. FC had no one under 50) (G) FC 190, W-K Inc. (FC: M. Scheevel 43*, G. Miller 44); (B) FC 222, W-K Inc. (FC: Carter Nevalainen 43*) (B) Chatfield Inc., Southland 198 (C: … [Read more...]
Cecilia Ann Halvorson
The Mass of Christian Burial for Cecilia Ann (Riepe) Halvorson, 81, of Stewartville, Minn., will be at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, May 4, 2018, at St. Bernard’s Catholic Church in Stewartville, Minn., with Rev. John Wilmot officiating. Burial will follow at the church cemetery. Mrs. Halvorson died on Tuesday, May 1, 2018, of natural causes at home, surrounded by family. She was … [Read more...]
MiEnergy Cooperative members give $5,300 in local donations
MiEnergy Cooperative’s Operation Round Up Trust Board met in March and elected to donate $5,300 to the following local organizations: • $800, Minnesota food shelves in Racine, Rushford, St. Charles and Wykoff ($200 per food shelf), to provide food for households in need as part of Minnesota FoodShare Month. • $500, Chatfield Fire Department, Chatfield, Minn., to help purchase … [Read more...]
Step back to Another Time
I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream. The new owners of Another Time Ice Cream Parlor & Chocolates are now open to provide your ice cream fix as well as some other tasty treats. Jay and Anne Cecko purchased the business, located in Lanesboro, Minn., from Ron and Kathy Kasten in March 2018, and are very excited to get their first spring and summer as owners … [Read more...]
College Sports News and Notes
High school spring sports have been delayed by late snow falls. It gives the Journal Sports another opportunity to focus on former county athletes playing at the next level. When we left off with Mabel-Canton graduate Belle Sand (2014), she was playing the final volleyball games of her excellent career at Syracuse University. The Orange finished the season 12-8 in the … [Read more...]
TRC Schedule Alterations
A number of TRC contests scheduled on April 19, 20, 21, and 24 (printed in last week’s Journal) have been re-scheduled. The April 19 track meet in Triton (GMLOKS) was postponed (no make-up date confirmed). The track meet in Lewiston scheduled on April 20 (R-PH, LFC, and Chatfield) was moved to April 27. The specific teams at the meet may change, as R-PH and LFC have the La … [Read more...]