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...]
Hot Shots
R-P, M-C, Lanesboro, and Chatfield all won play-in play-off games in girls basketball. Abbey Hoegh had 24 to lead the Trojans past SA 68-38. Maddy Michels had a career-high 24 to lead the Cougars past B.A. 49-34. Lanesboro (18-seed) upset L-O (15-seed) 64-42. Alanna Goetzinger hit a buzzer-beater to lead the Gophers past CF 48-46. All subsequently fell. FC’s girls’ fine … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (2/18 – 2/22)
FC 41, #10 in AA Caledonia 90 (FC: Tyler Raaen 12 pts (5-10 FGs)) Houston 83, G-E 49 (H: J. Hongerholt season-high 27 pts, 13 rebs; A. Van Gundy 17 pts, 8 rebs; C. Danielson 12 pts; C. Van Gundy 12 pts; Mikkel Schutte 10 pts, 18 rebs, 7 asts) L-A 66, R-P 65 (R-P: Landon Skalet 19 pts (6-10 FGs, 5-7 FTs), 4 asts; Luke O’Hare 16 pts, 5 rebs) M-C 56, Lanesboro 45 (M-C: D. … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (2/18 – 2/21)
L/P 55, M-C 36 (M-C: Payton Danielson 9 pts; Kenidi McCabe 9 pts, 7 rebs) (1A Play-In) #19 Faribault B.A. (1-22) 34, #14 M-C (7-19) 49 (M-C: M. Michels career-high 24 pts (10-12 FTs), 10 rebs; P. Danielson 10 pts; Lexi Thorson 3 pts (1-3 FGs), 12 rebs, 9 asts, 3 stls) (1A Play-In) #17 Schaeffer Academy (5-18) 38, #16 R-P (5-21) 68 (R-P: A. Hoegh 24 pts (3-11 threes), 6 asts; … [Read more...]
Chatfield Battles Amid Tight 1A Wrestling Race
Wide open best described the Section 1A wrestling team tournament. The top seven teams, #5 in A Z-M (1-seed, 15-8), #12 in A Goodhue (2-seed, 22-8), Lean and Mean Chatfield (3-seed, 7-6), Lean and Mean D-E (4-seed, 14-7), Caledonia/Houston (5-seed, 13-7), and Lean and Mean GMLOS (6-seed, 14-6) all entered with at least six losses. Only Chatfield (3-1) posted a winning record … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (2/11 – 2/16)
D-E 73, R-P 44 (RP: A. Hoegh 25 pts (5-12 threes)) SG 58, FC 69 (FC: K. Sikkink 20 pts (6-12 FGs, 8-13 FTs), 8 rebs; Madison Scheevel 12 pts (3-10 threes), 7 rebs; Paige Donlinger 11 pts, 5 rebs, 4 asts; Emma Breitsprecher 13 pts, 8 rebs; Kassidy Broadwater 3 pts (0-2 FGs), 10 rebs, 9 asts, 4 stls) Chatfield 41, Cotter 56 (Ch: Silja Erickson 9 pts, 6 rebs; Peyton Berg 8 … [Read more...]