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...]