Jamie Fenske’s GMLOK Bulldogs are off to a 5-2 start. Included was a five-game win streak, notable considering the Bulldogs are down two starters (best pitcher Drew Copley, Cody Merkel). They beat G-E/A-C, Chatfield, and L-A to run their streak to a handful. The Wolverine/Knights fell 19-3 (five innings). Nick Ramaker (3-4, 2B, HR, 3 RBI, 3 R) hit his second home run. … [Read more...]
Baseball (4/30 – 5/4)
Coulee Christian 2, M-C 3 (MC: Logan Richardson 2-4, 2 RBI; Dawson Wilder 2-3; Parker Ingvalson 2-4, 2B, R, 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R 3 BB, 4 K, Win. In the seventh, a Richardson’s RBI-single scored Spencer Arnold for the M-C walk-off win) St. Charles 5, Chatfield 14 [5] (C: Robert Crouch 2-3, RBI, 2 R; M. Aug 1-2, 2B, 3 RBI, R; Zach Roline 1-2, 2B, 2 RBI, R; Ben Ihrke 4 IP, 6 H, 4 … [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...]
Baseball Previews/Team Capsules
Fillmore Central/Lanesboro > Head Coach: Keith Larson. Last Year: 13-4 in TRC (East 2nd Place), 18-6 overall (made Sub-Section Final Three). Key Returnees: Logan Corson (Sr. P/SS > .477, 24 R, 13 RBI, 9 1/3 IP, 3-1, 8 K, 3.00 ERA), Colten Kraling (Sr. P/1B > .333, 5 doubles, 9 R, 14 RBI, 23 2/3 IP, 3-1, 26 K, 4.14 ERA), Josh Peters (Jr. OF > .392, 15 R, 11 RBI), … [Read more...]
Not-So Memorable Memorial Day
Fillmore Central/Lanesboro, Rushford-Peterson, and GMLOK baseball each made it to Memorial Day by winning two of their first three play-offs games. The Falcons and Trojans then suffered heart-breaking losses while the Bulldogs had some fun offensively, but were vanquished nonetheless. At Winona State, Dan Mlsna’s Trojans (5-seed, 9-14) almost continued their low-seed run. … [Read more...]
Fillmore County Journal Athlete of the Week ~ Zach Bubany
Baseball (5/25 & 5/27)
Chatfield 1, La Crescent 0 (C: Jake Mandt 3-4; Ben Irhke 2-4; Robert Crouch Win. Three Gophers combined for a shut-out. Nick Maki walked, advanced to second on a ground-out, and scored the game’s only run on an error in the seventh) 1A-E 1st Rd > Houston (#9, 0-14) 7, M-C (#8, 3-11) 3 (H: Brady Happel 2-4, 2 RBI, 2 R, 7 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 6 K, Win; Damon Carrier 2-4, 2 … [Read more...]