Softball & Baseball Awards
Chatfield junior pitcher Lexi Chase headlines the post-season softball award winners list. For a second time she is named Class AA All-State. It’s her fourth time to make that list overall (HM as an 8th grader, 2nd team as a frosh). Chatfield’s TRC-West champions, Section Final Four appearance, 19-6 season was largely on Chase’s right arm. She went 14-5 on the mound. … [Read more...]
Baseball (5/13 – 5/17)
PEM 8, R-P 2 (RP: Nolan Mueller 6 2/3 IP, 8 H, 8 R, 5 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, Loss (first loss, 5-1); Tommy Ekern 1-3, RBI, R) Southland 3, Chatfield 5 (C: Z. Roline 3-3, 2B, 3 RBI; Max Aug 2-2, 3 R, 5 2/3 IP, 3 H, 3 ER, 3 BB, 5 K, Win); C 10, S 9 (C: Roline 1-4, 2B, 5 RBI, R; Henry Gathje 2-3, RBI, R; Austin Storm 2-4, RBI, save; Seth Allen 1-2, 3 R; Hunter Johnston 1 IP, Win) … [Read more...]
Baseball (5/6 – 5/11)
D-E 5, Chatfield 2 (C: Seth Allen 6 IP, 4 H, 5 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 7 K, Loss; Henry Gathje 2-4; Zach Roline 1-3, 2B) R-P 13, Houston 1 [6] (R-P: Malachi Bunke 2-4, 3 RBI, R; Tim Highum 2-4, 2B, 2 RBI, R; Justin Ruberg 2-4, 2 RBI, R; Nolan Mueller 1-2, 2B, 2 RBI, R, 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 K, Win (5-0). H: James Hongerholt 3-3, two 2B; J. Millen 1-3, HR, RBI, R) W-K 4, M-C … [Read more...]
Baseball (4/29 – 5/3)
M-C 1, Spring Grove 11 [6] (Cougars had just two hits) Houston 0, L/P 17 [5] (Only seven L/P runs were earned); H 4, L/P 17 [5] (H: Landon Carrier 2-3, 2 RBI) R-P 0, Caledonia 13 [6] (Trojans had just one hit. C: Payton Schott 5-5, GS-HR, 6 RBI, 2 R) St. Charles 4, Chatfield 1 (C: Seth Allen 1-3, 2B, R, 6 1/3 IP, 4 H, 4 ER, 3 BB, 6 K, Loss. LOB: C 14, SC … [Read more...]
Bulldog Baseball “Walks” to 8-1 Start
Since 2005, GMLOK baseball has been mired in a (well) slump (baseball term). In 14 years, the Bulldogs have amassed zero winning seasons. There was a winless season, a trio of one win seasons, and a four year span with seven total victories. The last three years have been better; a four-game play-off run in 2017, a home play-off game in 2018. New coach Dakotah Rostad … [Read more...]
Gopher Ball Teams Glutton Feats
It was an eye-catching week for Chatfield’s two ball squads. Baseball and softball teams and players accomplished a parade of feats. The baseball team posted back-to-back shut-outs (feat 1) to run its win streak to four (feat two). Brian Baum’s young squad felled Cotter 10-0 (five innings) behind Max Aug (3-3, 3B, 2 RBI, 4 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, Win (3-0)), Lincoln … [Read more...]
Baseball (4/22 – 4/27
R-P 5, Southland 2 (RP: C. Weidemann 3-4, HR, 2 RBI, R; Nolan Mueller 2-4, 2 RBI, 6 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 4 BB, 1 K, Win (3-0)) Houston 0, Schaeffer Acad. 1 (H: Caiden Olson 6 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 10 K, Loss. Lion Riley Gora tossed a 15-K, 3-hitter) SG 13, Houston 3 [5] (H: C. Olson 1-3, 2B, 2 R; Jaytin Millen 2-2) M-C 7, L/P 17 R-P 1, D-E 10 (RP: C. Weidemann 2-3, … [Read more...]
Baseball (4/15 – 4/18)
R-P 10, Houston 0 [5] (RP: Nolan Mueller 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 7 K, Win, 2-3, RBI, R; Alex Ronnenberg 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 5 K; Carter Weidemann 1-2, 3 RBI, 2 R; Tommy Ekern 2-3, R. Trojans put up 10 in first) Alden-Conger/G-E 10, Houston 7 (H: James Hongerholt 4-4, 2B, 2 RBI; Caden Ness 3-3, RBI, 2 R; Caiden Olson 2-5, RBI, R; Alex Alfson 2-3, RBI. Game was 7-6 ACGE … [Read more...]
Gophers, Bulldogs Go Back-and-Forth
The final score was a 3-run Gopher win over GMLOK baseball. But the Chatfield trailed big at one point in a game that featured multiple lead changes and ties. Dakotah Rostad’s Bulldogs posted the first big inning, a four-run fourth (Drew Copley two-run double). In the fourth, Chatfield put up four runs via an error and four straight singles. GMLOK looked primed to … [Read more...]
Baseball (4/8 & 4/9)
R-P 4, Schaeffer Academy 3 (RP: Nolan Mueller 6 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 8 K, 2 BB, Win, 1-3, RBI; Carter Weidemann 2-2, 2B, R; Seth Heiden 1-4, 2 RBI; Hale Stensgard 2-2, 2 R; Tim Highum 1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 K, 2 BB, Save. Heiden’s 2-run sixth inning single put Trojans up 4-2, and was the game-winning hit. Lions loaded bases in 7th, but scored just once. Trojans: 0-1, … [Read more...]
Baseball Preview
Chatfield > Head Coach: Brian Baum. 2018 finishes: 9-7-1 in TRC, 9-9-1 overall (lost to PEM in 1AA East quarters). Key Returnees: Max Aug (So. P/SS > All-TRC), Zach Roline (Sr. P/1B), Seth Allen (Sr. OF), Lincoln Salisbury (Sr. 3B), Henry Gathje (So. C). Synopsis: Gophers graduated two All-TRC picks in Jake Mandt and Robert Crouch. Aug (.489, HR, 6 2B, 8 RBI, 15 R) had … [Read more...]
Baseball (4/1 – 4/6)
D-E 1, GMLOK 2 [8] (GM: D. Copley 8 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 18 K, 1 BB, 2-3, HR, RBI, 2 R; Reid Kruegel 2-3) Houston 17, M-C 7 (H: C. Olson 4-5, 2B, 3B, GS-HR, 6 RBI, 4 R, 4 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 4 BB, 6 K, Win; Caden Ness 4-4, 2B, 3 RBI, 3 R; Jaytin Millen 2-2, two 3B, RBI, 4 R; James Hongerholt 2-5, 2B, 3B, RBI, 2 R; Alex Alfson 3-5, two 2B, RBI, R; Landon Carrier 3-5, RBI, R. MC: … [Read more...]
“All” Baseball Selections
The Three Rivers All-Conference baseball list is littered with county players. Eleven of the 13 players are seniors. Section 1A champion Rushford-Peterson and Chatfield each get four selections. Gopher Ben Ihrke heads the cast. The senior (CF/P) repeats as All-TRC while getting honored as 2nd Team Class AA All-State. Irhke hit .457 with team-highs in home runs (3) and RBI … [Read more...]
State…State…State…State! It was a week of county sports that were all about state
GMLOKS Girls 4x200 Title Highlights State Track Meet It’s just the fourth year of GMLOKS as a combined track program (Kingsland was added for the 2015 season). In that span, the Bulldogs have had a number of state entrants, but no state champions. That is, until this year. The girls 4x200 has been a state qualifier the last three years. It took third in 2017. This year’s … [Read more...]