(B) Chatfield Inc., St. Charles 201 (C: Tucker McCurdy 50. Saints had three lowest scores. At St. Charles GC) (B) Kingsland 221, PEM 218, D-E 227 (K: Simon Broadwater 48*); (G) K Inc., PEM 246, D-E Inc. (B) Lake City Invite (R-P, Lanesboro, and Houston finished 7-9 (of 9 complete) with no top 25 performers) (B) FC 201, Lanesboro 215 (FC: C. Nevalainen 39*. L: Hayden … [Read more...]
Fastest to Five
Spring sports is finally fully upon us. Teams will be very active as they transition from indoor practices directly to outdoor games. The best returning team in the county, Chatfield softball, had five games over three days its first week. Their stellar sophomore pitcher performed an impressive feat. Mark Eickhoff’s girls opened by sweeping two at PEM. Game one was a … [Read more...]
Baseball (4/23 – 4/27)
St. Charles 6, R-P 7 (RP: D. Dahl 3-4, HR, 3 RBI, 2 R; Ben Ansell 2-3, 2B, 2 R, 5 1/3 IP, 6 H, 6 R, 5 ER, 5 K, 4 BB; P. Hahn 3-3, 3B, RBI, R; C. Wiedemann 2-4, RBI, R; Jake Paulson 2-3, R; Nolan Mueller 1-4, RBI, 1 2/3 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 2 K, Win) SG 13, M-C 1 [5] (MC: D. Wyffels 1-2, RBI; Dawson Wilder 1-2, R. Seven Cougar errors yielded 10 unearned SG runs) L/P 19, Houston 0 … [Read more...]
Track and Field (4/23 – 4/27)
PEM “Verne Herman” Invite (Meet had ten teams. G: 1st PEM 145, 2nd Byron 128.5, 3rd Stewartville, 4th GMLOKS. The GMLOKS boys took 7th. Top GMLOKS athletes: L. Buchholtz (1st L-Jump), the girls 4x100 (1st > see Hot Shots), the girls 4x200 (1st > see Hot Shots), A. Reiland (2nd 200, 3rd 100), Hailey Hindt (2nd 100-H, 3rd 300-H), Drew Lewison (2nd 300-H, 3rd 110-H), R. … [Read more...]
Golf (4/23 – 4/27)
(G) FC 194, La Crescent 217 (FC: Grace Miller 44*, Cailey Rindels/Madison Scheevel 48’s. LC: Anna Tollefson 44*. Falcons had four of top five scores); (B) FC 233, LC 179 (Lancers had top six, all under 50. FC had no one under 50) (G) FC 190, W-K Inc. (FC: M. Scheevel 43*, G. Miller 44); (B) FC 222, W-K Inc. (FC: Carter Nevalainen 43*) (B) Chatfield Inc., Southland 198 (C: … [Read more...]
Baseball Previews/Team Capsules
Fillmore Central/Lanesboro > Head Coach: Keith Larson. Last Year: 13-4 in TRC (East 2nd Place), 18-6 overall (made Sub-Section Final Three). Key Returnees: Logan Corson (Sr. P/SS > .477, 24 R, 13 RBI, 9 1/3 IP, 3-1, 8 K, 3.00 ERA), Colten Kraling (Sr. P/1B > .333, 5 doubles, 9 R, 14 RBI, 23 2/3 IP, 3-1, 26 K, 4.14 ERA), Josh Peters (Jr. OF > .392, 15 R, 11 RBI), … [Read more...]
Golf Previews Team Capsules
Fillmore Central > Head Coaches: Aaron Mensink (girls), Brad Holten (boys). Last year (girls): 9-1 in TRC (co-East champs), 11-1 overall; 1st at TRC Meet; Section 1A champs; state 2nd place finisher. Last year (boys): 8-2 in TRC (east champions), 11-2 overall; 5th at TRC Meet; Section 1A runner-up. Key returnees (girls): Grace Miller (Sr > 2nd at TRC Meet, 1st at 1A … [Read more...]
8th Annual Boys Basketball All-County Team
This year’s boys All-County team is headed by a first squad that is all from just two teams. State-entrant R-P boast three while Kingsland and its superb backcourt has the other two first-teamers. 1st Team Ben Ansell (6’5” Sr. C, R-P): “MVP” was the offensive finisher that R-P rode to state. Ansell went from averaging 2.1 points-per as a junior, with two double-digit … [Read more...]
Softball Previews/Team Capsules
Chatfield > Head Coach: Mark Eickhoff. Last Year: 18-0 in TRC (West Champ), 22-2 overall (1AA East champ, made Section Final Four). Key returnees: Lexi Chase (So. P/OF, All-TRC, 2nd Team All-State > .494, 28 R, 27 RBI, 11-2, .829 ERA, 145 K), Belle Berg (Jr. SS, All-TRC > .402, 6 HR, 17 extra base hits, 37 R, 32 RBI), Carlie Berge (So. P/1B, All-TRC > .397, 19 R, … [Read more...]
Track and Field (3/27 3/31)
L-A Early Bird Indoor at St. Mary’s (Chatfield best: Macy Pederson (1st 200, 4th T-Jump), Megan Hopp (2nd 200), Tessa McMahon (2nd 1,600), Austin Swancutt (3rd 200), Rylee Burnett (3rd 55), Josh Waadevig (3rd 400), Grace Friederichs (3rd-tie P-Vault). LFC best: the girls 4x400, 1,600 sprint medley, & 4x800 (all 1st > See Hot Shots), Ba. Ruen (1st 1,600), Br. Ruen (2nd … [Read more...]