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 side, Tim Opat’s group rode top two finishers Jack Brogle and Holdyn Willford to a 17-stroke win over Southland, 351 to 368. GMLO (369) took a narrow third followed by Houston (375), Kingsland … [Read more...]
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Post-Season Track and Field
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 RPH (104), LFCMC (58.5), and C/SG (51). Dover-Eyota, Lewiston-Altura, and La Crescent/Hokah also competed. RPH 1A Meet girls qualifiers: Aubry Boldt (1st 100-hurdes > … [Read more...]
Baseball (6/2)
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 produced shut-out wins, moving the Warriors in the 1AA third round. Versus Lake City (13-seed, 5-14) in the 1AA Round of 16, Caledonia (4-seed, 14-6) got a 15-strikeout … [Read more...]
Softball (6/2)
#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 is what the #10 in AA Chatfield softball did, and yet they are still off to Austin without a loss for a battle with the #1-ranked team in state. Brent Berge’s Gophers (2-seed, 16-4) first … [Read more...]
Fillmore and Houston County Police Reports
Caledonia Police Department Isaac Allen Kruckow, 19, Caledonia, Minn., 3/12/2025, Driver Fails to Stop at Stop Sign, Fine $50, Total Fees $125. John Michael Luhman, 37, Caledonia, Minn., 7/7/2024, Domestic Assault - Commits Act to Cause Fear of Immediate Bodily Harm or Death (Misdemeanor), Fine $100, Total fees $350. Local Confinement - 90 days (stay 90 days for one year). … [Read more...]
Wynn Lee Thacher
Wynn Lee Thacher, 83, passed away peacefully at his home in Lakeville, Minn., on May 16, 2025, after a six-year battle with cancer. He was born in Chatfield, Minn., on July 1, 1941, and grew up on the family farm of his parents Wylie and Eleanor (Berning) Thacher in Bristol, Minn. He attended country school and graduated from Harmony High School in 1959. Wynn worked for … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
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 in defeat. Both Burros teams (10-0) are SEC champions. Tenth-ranked Chatfield softball fell to St. Charles 7-1 in a key TRC-West contest. The Gophers (10-4, 16-4) take second behind … [Read more...]
Baseball (5/26)
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 four post-season seed. Shawn Bauer’s group first avenged a loss to Lewiston-Altura. The Warriors scored four in the bottom of the first and then never looked back in a 9-1 win. Reid Klug gave up just one … [Read more...]
Track and Field (5/26)
GMLOKS is State True Team Runner-Up, LFCMC Takes 8th For a third straight year, GMLOKS girls track and field is the state True Team runner-up. For the second straight year, they do so by a very narrow margin, and this year against the team they topped at sections. Aaron Thauwald’s group (538) took second to 1A rival Cotter/Hope Lutheran (543.5) with Luverne (485.5) taking … [Read more...]
Softball (5/26)
Hurricanes Ascend to Shared SEC Title Playing games of descending toughness, Houston softball posted a 3-0 week with two big victories. They ascended to a share of the SEC title. The biggest win was a Tuesday showdown with league leader Southland. Houston took advantage of 12 walks and they hammered out 10 hits. Josh Swenson’s ‘Canes built a 10-1 lead midway through the … [Read more...]