On parents and youth exhibition night, Chatfield wrestling continued its excellent year, hounding St. Charles through the middle weights, to post a convincing win. The Gophers led 16-11 through 132, only to win five straight; Nathan Goldsmith (138, 8-4 D), Campbell Berge (145, pin), Luke Ihrke (152, pin), Jake Mandt (160, forfeit), Davontae Goldsmith (170, 18-7 MD). Chatfield … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Chatfield’s Jake Mandt (#1 in Class A at 145) won his fourth tourney of the year (Lake City). He improved to 25-0 (corrected). LARP wrestling had two one-point matches at the K-M duals (beat Winona 40-39, lost to Worthington 37-36). Ross Herber (106), Carter Jonsgaard (113), Gable Speltz (120), Ethan Sense (170/182), and Noah Herber (182/195) each went 4-1 on the week. … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (1/23 – 1/27)
Chatfield 43, La Crescent 61 (C: Landon Bance 9 pts (3-5 threes); Ben Brogan 8 pts, 6 rebs; Austin Hines 7 pts, 12 rebs) M-C 47, GM 73 (MC: Dylan Loppnow 12 pts (6-8 FGs), 8 rebs; Pierce Lind 10 pts, 6 rebs; Blake Henry 10 pts; D. Wyffels 4 pts, 7 rebs, 9 assists. Cougars: 0-16 threes) Schaeffer Academy 61, Houston 46 M-C 54, SG 73 (MC: Ryan Kuhn career-high 13 pts, 4 … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (1/23 – 1/26)
La Crescent 43, Chatfield 45 (C: Macy Pederson 14 pts (3-6 threes); B. Berg 13 pts; Alanna Goetzinger 10 pts, 9 rebs) L-O 30, M-C 56 (MC: K. McCabe 23 pts, 8 rebs, 6 stls; Payton Danielson 18 pts, 11 rebs, 4 assists, 4 stls) R-P 25, St. Charles 63 (RP: Lauren Lawston 8 pts. Seven other Trojans scored, but no more than 4 points) Schaeffer Academy 47, Lanesboro 29 (L: … [Read more...]
Gopher Wrestling Moves to 8-1
The last time Chatfield wrestling started the year 8-1, it was 2013-2014. That 8-1 start became a 27-1 Class A state championship season. It would be a bit much to expect that much from this year’s Gophers. Section 1A boasts defending Class A champion #1 Z-M (16-4), plus #3 Goodhue (13-3). But Travis Bartels group is off to a great start. Caledonia/Houston was the latest … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (1/15 – 1/20)
FC 36, Goodhue 43 (FC: Josh Peters 11 pts (3-11 threes); Matt Lutes 9 pts; Logan Corson 8 pts, 6 rebs, 5 assists, 3 stls. FTs: FC 2-5, G 10-19. Wildcats took lead for good in final eight minutes. Defending section champ Goodhue is 9-7) W-K 73, Lanesboro 52 (L: C. Schwichtenberg 18 pts, 9 rebs, 8 assists; Andrew Luck 15 pts. WK: Zach Kjeseth 25 pts) GM 59, Houston 56 … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (1/16 – 1/20)
FC 53, Southland 52 (FC: Paige Donlinger career-high 15 pts (9-23 FTs); Alleigh Meyer 9 pts, 7 rebs; Grace Miller 8 pts, 6 stls. S: McKendry Kennedy 23 pts (11-12 FTs). Falcons went ahead late in first half, never trailed thereafter. Rebels made a push at the very end. FTs: FC 18-45, S 16-24. Falcons had six girls shoot free throws and none hit over 50%) Caledonia 49, … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Chatfield’s Jake Mandt stayed undefeated (26-0) and won his third tournament of the year, the Stewartville Invite. The #1-guy in the state at 145 racked up four pins for his title. Jake has (unofficially) a 47-match win streak. He hasn’t lost in over a year, at the 2016 Rumble on the Red. Seth Goetzinger (18-7) went 4-1 to take second. LARP wrestling took third (of 14) at … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (1/8 – 1/13)
M-C 46, Alden-Conger 47 (MC: Drew Wyffels 11 pts, 4 assists, 5 stls; Blake Henry 8 pts, 9 rebs; Pierce Lind 8 pts, 7 rebs; Brenden Kerns DNP. Threes: M-C 2-19, A-C 6-11. Lind made a put back with 10 seconds to give M-C the 46-45 lead. Knights made a contested shot at the buzzer for the win) PEM 64, FC 51 (FC: Luke Ristau career-high 14 pts; Brock Walsh 8 pts; Nate Haugerud … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (1/8 – 1/12)
FC 46, Lanesboro 19 (FC: Paige Donlinger 8 pts, 7 rebs; Emma Breitsprecher 6 pts, 6 rebs. L: Bailey Ruen 6 pts, 7 rebs. Ten Falcons scored; eight with either two or three made field goals. Halftime score was 27-5) La Crescent 55, Kingsland 61 (K: L. Buchholtz 23 pts, 13 rebs, 6 stls; Ellie Buchholtz 10 pts, 4 stls) G-E 10, Houston 60 (H: A. Rostad 21 pts (5-10 threes); B. … [Read more...]
Looking For Wins
The 2017 portion of the 2017-2018 basketball season was a bit tough on FCJ covered teams. Ten of fourteen posted sub-500 overall records. Eight of those sub-500 squads took on each other early in 2018. Laying Down the Second Half Lawston A Lanesboro (2-6) at R-P (2-7) girls game was a free-throw-line tale of two halves. The visiting Burros went 13 of 21 in the first half, … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Chatfield wrestling beat D-E 42-23. The Gophers improved to 4-0 (TRC foes) and 7-1 (overall). LARP wrestling (2-2, 4-3) beat FCLMC (0-3, 1-6) in a county-county dual. FCLMC’s Eric Kunz won 160-pounds at the Flanagan Invite. Houston boys basketball (2-3, 5-6) went 3-0 on the week. James Hongerholt had 23 points in a 65-62 win over Klawock City, Alaska. Alex Van Gundy had … [Read more...]
Wrestling (1/5 & 1/6)
Chatfield 42, D-E 23 (Chatfield went 4-2 in decision-matches. Carter Fishbaugher’s pin at 195 gave the Gophers an insurmountable 36-17 lead. Seth Goetzinger (106), Nathan Goldsmith (138), and A.J. Karver (220) also had pins. Cael Bartels (113 > 12-6), Chase Ketterhagen (132 > 5-0), Jacob Stephas (160 > 5-4), and Davontae Goldsmith (170 > 13-7) won by decision. … [Read more...]
A Mandt Apart
Chatfield senior Jake Mandt is a three-time individual state wrestling qualifier, the 2017 145-pound champion. He has over 150 career wins and 14 individual varsity tourney titles (unofficially). At the Rumble on the Red, in Fargo (N. Dak.), he did something that is darn near, if not, as impressive as his state title. The Rumble is a massive wrestling tournament. … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
R-P’s boys (1-3, 5-3) hosted their own holiday tourney, posting season-bests in points in wins over Mankato-Loyola (74-35) and Klawock, Alaska (76-42). In other SEC/TRC holiday games, James Hongerholt had 24 points to lead Houston past FC 64-43. The Falcons then got four in double figures to beat M-C 66-47. FC’s girls beat M-C’s in double overtime 51-46, as the teams … [Read more...]