Three Rivers Conference Chatfield 76, Rushford-Peterson 57 (C: P. Berg 24 pts (3-6 threes, 5-5 FTs), 7 rebs, 5 stls; Kara Goetzinger 19 pts (7-11 FGs), 8 rebs, 4 stls; Anna Kivimagi 6 pts, 5 rebs, 6 asts; Shea Jech 7 pts. R-P: Ellie Ekern 18 pts (3-5 threes); Kaylee Ruberg 15 pts (7-12 FTs), 10 rebs; E. Jacobson 10 pts (4-5 FGs); Hannah Ronnenberg 8 pts, 4 asts. R-P … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
GMLOS’ #2-ranked Cohen Wiste won 138-pounds at the Stewartville Invite. SG’s boys (6-0, 9-2) beat Kingsland 50-35 and GM 44-40, as Tysen Grinde scored 20. The Lions have won five in a row. L-O’s boys (4-2, 7-3) beat Schaeffer 59-41 for their fifth straight, but fell 81-56 to West leader L/P (5-0, 9-2). John Prestemon had a triple-double (11 pts, 11 rebs, 10 asts), Stephan … [Read more...]
Trojans Boys Post Big 1AA Wins
It is often a tough task for 1A schools to compete versus 1AA teams. R-P’s boys bucked that trend, downing a couple AA TRC obstacles. Versus Chatfield (6-1), the Trojans (6-2) broke a 19-19 first half tie with a 15-4 run to end the half. They led 34-23 at intermission. The lead ballooned to 43-27 in the second. But Chatfield upped their pressure. R-P’s offense struggled … [Read more...]
Gopher Teams Sweep Week
Chatfield’s teams, all of them, boys basketball, girls basketball, and wrestling, saw only wins the week of January 3. The b-ball squads swept Triton first. At home, Chatfield’s guys out-scored the Cobras 48-38 in the second half, erasing a 30-29 halftime deficit. They prevailed 77-68. Juniors Drew Schindler (24 pts, 8-10 FTs, 4-10 threes, 4 asts) and Isaac Stevens (22 pts, … [Read more...]
Wrestling (1/5 – 1/8)
Crestwood Tourney (Chatfield (159) took third and Caledonia/Houston (138) fourth behind Creston (214) and Crestwood (203.5). The Gophers lone champion was Kail Schott (170 > win fall, win 16-1 tech fall, win 10-5 decision). He is 14-4. Campbell Berge (195 > win fall, lose fall to Crestwood’s 20-2 Landon Schemmel), wrestling his first matches, and Caden Nolte (285 > win … [Read more...]
Warrior Girls Notch Two Big Section Wins
Section 1AA girls’ basketball is going to be a dogfight. As of January 10, nine teams had at least eight wins. Scott Sorenson’s Caledonia Warriors joined that group by authoring a week where they beat two eight-win 1AA foes. All told, they went 3-0 to move their win streak to four. The Warriors first dropped TRC West leading Dover-Eyota (5-1, 10-3) by a 61-53 final. Alexis … [Read more...]
Chatfield School Board to let bonds for parking lot improvements
At the January 12, 2022, school board meeting, Katie Priebe, Matt McMahon, Tom Keefe, and Lanny Isensee were present as well as principals Shane McBroom, Eric Nelson, Superintendent Ed Harris, and Trista O’Connor, business manager and Lorri Lowery, administrative assistant. Josh Thompson joined remotely through Zoom and Jill Harstad was absent. Jeff Seeley, of Ehlers, a public … [Read more...]
Gophers Girls Win Two, Head to Christmas at 8-2
They’ll head to Christmas with the most wins of any Journal 11 team. Brian Baum’s Lady Chatfield Lady Gophers aren’t super far from being 10-0. They’ve lost two close games (50-47, 65-60 in 2 OT) to quality opponents (D-E, PEM). The last days before the holiday break, Chatfield picked up two more wins over section foes. On Monday, Chatfield hosted and downed Pine Island, … [Read more...]
There’s no stopping Duxbury
What matters is not how many times you’ve been knocked down. What matters is how many times you’ve gotten back up after being knocked down by life. That seems to be the story line of Carter Duxbury’s football career. Growing up in Chatfield, Carter played football, basketball, and baseball. He said one of his favorite memories was as a sophomore in 2013, when the football … [Read more...]
Journal Writing Project Kindness, why did it become a lost art, and how do we get it back?
By Trevor Garner Hello everyone. Many of you have no idea who I am. To most, I am just another kid at a high school. To others I am a friend to some. But today I am a writer talking about something very important to me. Kindness. Why did we lose it? You walk around town and you don’t hear people say good morning to one another, you have people scared and untrusting not … [Read more...]