D-E Invite (Lake City (33) beat LARP (40) to take boys’ title. LFC took 7th (of 7). L. O’Hare (17:24.2) won his second straight meet, besting PEM’s Samson Hagen (17:43.5). LARP’s T. Rislov (17:43.6) narrowly took third. LARPers Ricky Buchanon (10th), Grady Hengel (12th), and Andrew Hoiness (14th) finished top 15 (of 79). LFC didn’t have a top 25 runner. Lake City (34) … [Read more...]
Volleyball (9/10 – 9/14)
Chatfield 3, La Crescent 0 > 25-19, 25-16, 25-15 (C: Devann Clemens 9 assists, 14-14 serving, 6 digs; Paige Erickson 3 kills, 5 blks, 3 aces; Abi Hinckley 8 digs, 3 aces; Peyton Berg 7 digs, 3 aces; Kielan LaPlante 7 kills; Zayda Priebe 5 kills) FC 3, Southland 0 > 25-7, 25-14, 25-9 (FC: Hadley Yoder 14 kills; Krista Jorgenson 9 kills; K. Sikkink 8 kills, 23 assists, … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
LARP’s Luke O’Hare (17:24.2) won his second cross country meet in as many tries, repeating as D-E Invite champion. Teammate Tyler Rislov notched his second straight third place finish. Mabel-Canton volleyball, ranked #6 in Class A, beat Lanesboro to stay perfect (6-0, 13-0) on the year. Sarina Stortz had 18 kills (.708 efficiency). Junior Kenidi McCabe was honored for … [Read more...]
Football (9/13)
Faribault B.A. 35, FC 14 (FC: Zach Haugerud 6-27, 157 yards, TD, 3 INTs passing; Carson Kiehne 2-120, TD receiving. Falcons: 0-0, 0-3) Triton 16, #7 in AA Chatfield 14 (C: Reid Johnson 12-23, 189 yards, 2 TDs, INT passing; Chance Backer 5-100, TD receiving; Maysn Remme 2-68, TD receiving. T: Braxton Munnikhuysen 19-136 rushing; Austin Melder 23-89, TD rushing; Parker Boe … [Read more...]
Frosh Provides ‘O’ In Gopher Shut-out Win
He’s young. From a boys high school sports perspective, he’s oh, so young. At an age where most athletes are hoping to start and excel on JV, he skipped a level. He’s excelling on the varsity level (without even playing much JV). He’s played two “big boy” games, amassing two one-hundred-yard efforts, five total TDs, and a pair of interceptions. And he looks the part, from … [Read more...]
Comeback Highlights Gopher VB’s Week
Five. It was the win total last year for Chatfield volleyball. Four came by September 14. The Gophers then finished 1-17 (losing 39 of 45 sets). Ah, but every year is anew and this one’s looking better. Just eight matches in, Chatfield is up to four wins. Two came the week of Monday, September 2. At R-P, Taylor Salisbury’s girls ended a short four-game losing streak to … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Cross country runners stood out at a pair of Thursday events. LARP’s Luke O’Hare picked up where he left off in 2018. He repeated as ‘Crazy Buffalo’ meet champion, shaving 36 seconds off his time (17:03 to 16:27). Teammate Tyler Rislov took third, as LARP’s boys took third. They had seven guys finish top 21. At the Hayfield Invite, Chatfield’s girls took second, the boys … [Read more...]
Cross Country (9/5)
Hayfield Invite (Chatfield’s girls (66) took second to WEM/JWP (40). Kingsland was incomplete. Z-M’s Natasha Sortland (18:45.4) beat PEMs Madilyn Simon (20:31.2) to win the girl’s race. Gophers A. Strande (21:55.9) and Tessa McMahon (22:28.1) finished 6th and 10th. Belle Carr, Abbi Gillespie, and Bea Martin took 16th, 18th, and 19th respectively. Katelyn Dornack and Kaylee … [Read more...]
Gophers Down Old Foe
There was a time Chatfield and PEM played each other routinely in football. The last time it happened was 2012, as the Gophers won a “stepping stone” game over the Bulldogs 28-21. That year ended in a section runner-up for Jeff Johnson’s crew. A year later, they were state champs. Since, re-districting and such happened, leaving the old TRC foes playing elsewhere. To begin … [Read more...]
2019 FCJ High School Football Preview
The 2019 high school football season begins with changes. Districts have been re-aligned. The Mid-Southeast has three sub-districts; Red, White, and Blue. Journal covered squads FC and R-P are in the Blue with Cotter, Hayfield, L-A, and W-K. The Falcons have “cross-over” games with Red and White schools. R-P plays just White schools. Those games are weeks one thru … [Read more...]