D-E Invite (Girls: 1st LFCMC (128), 2nd D-E (111), 3rd RPH, 4th (of 6) Chatfield. Boys: 1st RPH (179), 2nd SC (177), 3rd Chatfield, 5th LFCMC. D-E, SC, and K-W also competed. LFCMC 1sts: E. Breitsprecher (300-H), Malia Tessum (1,600), Kelly Ristau (H-Jump), the girls 4x800 (Kammry Broadwater, Katelin Prinsen, Breitsprecher, Brielle Ruen). LFCMC individual 2nds: Ruen (400), … [Read more...]
Golf (4/15 – 4/18)
(B) Chatfield 232, St. Charles 251 (C: Riley Mulhern 56; Colton Johnson 58, Sam Rudlong 59. SC: Logan Gall 51*); (G) C Inc., SC 269 (Saints had top two. At St. Charles GC) (G) Lanesboro 261, Houston 294 (L: Payton Benson 43*. H: Lilli Carlson 68); (B) L 225, H Inc. (L: Cale Anderson 53*, Hayden Lawstuen 54, Clay Schwichtenberg 57. H: Owen Gaustad 56. At Valley High … [Read more...]
Golf Preview
Fillmore Central > Head Coaches: Aaron Mensink (girls), Brad Holten (boys). 2018 finishes: Girls were TRC and Section 1A champs, State Runner-Up (by one stroke to Lac Que Parle Valley); boys 10th at TRC, 7th at 1A Meet. Returnees (girls): Madison Scheevel (Sr. > state 6th place, 2nd at 1A, 4th at TRC), Taylor Bushman (Jr. > 6th at 1A, 9th at TRC), Keanna Weedman … [Read more...]
Three County Teams Take on Chatfield Invite
Chatfield has had some trouble orchestrating its annual track and field meet over the years. The event has been hit or miss per weather. On a most decent 2019 April day (60s finally), the Gophers hosted RPH and LFCMC along with D-E and L-A. The Tro-Cane boys/girls had a meet high ten total first place finishes, five second places. Junior Triton Meldahl led the way with a … [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...]
Softball (4/8 & 4/9)
Byron 2, Chatfield 9 (C: L. Chase 6 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 14 K, Win (2-0), 2-4, RBI, R; B. Berg 3-4, HR, 2 RBI, 2 R; McKenna Daniels 2-4, 2B, 2 RBI, 2 R) R-P 26, Schaeffer Academy 0 [4] (RP: Jasmine Schueler 3-3, 2B, 3 RBI, 4 R; Ellie Dahl 2-2, 2B, 3 RBI, 4 R; Avalon Jacobson 2-2, 3 RBI, 3 R; Julissa Trejo 2-3, 2 RBI, 3 R; Peyton Hoiness 3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 5 K, Win; … [Read more...]
Golf (4/8)
(B) L-A/R-P 181, Caledonia 220 (LARP: Carter Lang 44*, Zach Anderson 45, Jacob Anderson/Mason Kelly 46s. Tro-Cards had top four); (G) L-A/R-P 226, Caledonia 212 (L-A/R-P: Anna Hennessy 54, Alexis Reps 55, Lilli Reps 56. C: Jenna Wiebke 49*, Geina Steele 50, Vanessa Hawkins 53. At Mal-Cal-Grove GC) (B) Chatfield 235, D-E 247 (C: Riley Mulhern 48); (B) Chatfield Inc., D-E … [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...]
Chase’s Perfect Start
She’s done it before. She’ll possibly do it again. In a nice touch to her dad Jerry’s varsity prep softball coaching debut, Chatfield junior pitcher Lexi Chase made things really easy on her old man. Versus a good Dover-Eyota team (coincidentally coached by Fillmore Central guy Ryan Scheevel), Chase pretty much took care of everything herself (save some catching work by … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Drew Copley led GMLOK baseball to two wins to start the season (See Athlete of the Week). Caiden Olson had a huge game, hitting for the cycle, driving in 6 runs, four on a grand slam home run, as Houston beat M-C 17-7 in baseball. The Hurricanes had ten extra base hits at Mabel’s fence-less field. Max Aug hit a 3-run home run to headline Chatfield’s 14-3 win over Z-M. Seth … [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...]
Track and Field Previews
GMLOKS > Head Coaches: Aaron Thauwald (girls), Eric Thorson (boys). 2018 finishes: Girls won SEC meet, boys took second (of 4). Girls took second at 1A True Team, boys eighth (of 15). Returning state qualifiers: Isabelle Olson (4x100), Kassidy Kirtz (4x100), Anika Reiland (4x100, 4x200), Lauren Buchholtz (4x200), Riley Queensland (4x200). Returning Section Meet … [Read more...]
Chatfield reviews Flex schedule, welcomes new school board member
At the March 13 Chatfield School board meeting, all board members were present except Scott Backer. Present were Superintendent Ed Harris, Administrative Assistant Lorri Lowery, Business Manager Karyl Lyons, and Principals Shane McBroom and Randy Paulson. Lee Becker, middle school social studies teacher, gave a presentation on the new Flex schedule for the middle school. … [Read more...]
Five Qualify For State Wrestling
Three county guys had aspirations of a return trip to state. Roughly ten had legitimate hopes of making it there. The Section 1A individual wrestling tournament saw county-squads LARP (3) and Chatfield (2) each get multiple state entrants. Ross Herber, Gable Speltz, Noah Herber, Seth Goetzinger, and Cael Bartels have qualified for the 2019 state tourney. The 126-pound … [Read more...]
Gopher Boys Post Two Wins, Sour Saints
A season ago, Chatfield’s boys went 4 and 22. Jeff DeBuhr’s group will end this season nearly tripling their win total. The final week, Chatfield felled W-K 62-50, sweeping that season series (ending a four-game losing streak). Josef Fahrenholtz (14 pts, 7 rebs), Reid Johnson (12 pts), David Castleberg (12 pts, 5-7 FGs), and Chance Backer (11 pts, 5-7 FGs, 5 rebs) led the … [Read more...]