Chatfield (#4 in AA) softball ran its win streak to six with a four-win week. The Gophers blanked PEM 5-0. Claire Springer tossed her second complete game shut-out (7 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 10 K, Win). Alexis Hinckley (2-4, two 2B, 2 R) led the offense. Sydney Allen (1-3, RBI, R), Devann Clemens (1-3, RBI), and Jaiden Zimmerman (1-3, 3B, RBI) helped. Chatfield then took out … [Read more...]
Gopher Baseball’s 4-1 Week Includes Big TRC Wins
It was a big week again for Chatfield baseball. The Gophers lost their first game, but went 4-1 with three big TRC victories. Chatfield (#7 in AA, 7-0, 10-0) started with key TRC-West doubleheader against second place PEM (8-1, 10-2). Game one saw Chatfield lead 1-0 before authoring an 11-run fourth inning. Up 12-0, all seemed kosher until PEM authored an 8-run bottom of … [Read more...]
Golf (4/26 – 4/29)
Three Rivers Conference (B) Chatfield 193, Dover-Eyota 191 (C: Carson Harstad 47, Tristin Reinhardt 48, Colton Johnson/Braxton McCaslin 49s. DE: Carter Boynton 41*, Michael Pittinger 45, Reese Hyatt 48, Brayden Magnuson/Jacob Dessner 49s); (G) Chatfield Inc., D-E 279 (C: Mya Henry 58*, Taylor Ask 60. DE: Ella Hardtke 60. At St. Charles Golf Course) (B) Caledonia 228, … [Read more...]
Chatfield “Ball” Teams Stay Perfect
It has been an excellent spring thus far for Chatfield baseball and softball. Each enters May yet to lose. Softball Goes 3-0, Downs Cotter Chatfield’s softball week was highlighted by a big game in Winona versus Cotter. The Gophers entered having lost six straight to the Ramblers, dating back to May 3, 2018. In that span, the Chatfield scored just one run. The first … [Read more...]
Track and Field (4/19 & 4/21)
La Crosse-Logan Invite (Caledonia/Spring Grove’s boys took sixth and the girls eighth of eight teams. Chris Pieper (High Jump > 6’2”) and the boys 4x100 relay (45.97 > Reid Bjerke, Hunter Holland, Eric Mauss, Josh Beardmore) each took first. Beardmore (100) and Fischer Wait (400) took second. The girls team had no first or second place finishes) Stewartville Relays … [Read more...]
Baseball (4/19 – 4/23)
Three Rivers Conference St. Charles 3, Rushford-Peterson 13 [6] (RP: Alex Ronnenberg 3-4, two 2B, 3B, 2 R; Malachi Bunke 2-3, 2 RBI, R; Riley Tesch 1-2, 2 RBI, 2 R; Tommy Ekern 1-3, 2B, 2 RBI, R; Andrew Wilkemeyer 1-2, RBI, 2 R; Rylan Schneider 1-3, RBI, 2 R; Jonah Bunke 1-2, RBI, 3 R; Justin Ruberg 1-4, RBI, 6 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 7 K, Win. Trojans > 2-1, … [Read more...]
Gopher Baseball Posts Three Wins, Improves to 4-0
Chatfield baseball had a quite a bit of turnover from last year’s squad to this season, but the new influx of talent, many key players off the state title football team, has the Gophers off to a great start to the campaign. Brian Baum’s group posted three “crooked” wins the week of Monday, April 18. On Tuesday, they trekked to Lewiston and took out the Cardinals by a 9-1 final. … [Read more...]
Gopher Softball Holds Off, Downs St. Charles
For the later part of the 2010 decade, Chatfield softball dominated the TRC-West. The first full season in a new decade (exempting the 2020 COVID-campaign) saw St. Charles take control of the West and ride a great season all the way to the 2021 1AA section title and a state runner-up finish. The teams met up early here in 2022. Chatfield absolutely stuck their noses back in the … [Read more...]
Golf Preview
Fillmore Central Coaches: Aaron Mensink (girls), Brad Holten (boys). Last Year at a Glance: The FC girls notably went 8-2. They boys went 6-5. The girls were TRC Meet champions. FC’s boys tied for third (of 9) at the TRC Meet. The girls won their seventh straight 1A title. They made state, taking fifth place. The boys didn’t make Day Two of the 1A tourney. Jake … [Read more...]
Baseball (4/11 – 4/14)
Three Rivers Conference Chatfield 13, St. Charles 1 [6] (C: Caden Nolte 3-4, two 2Bs, 2 RBI, 4 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 8 K, Win; Luke Carrier 2-4, 2B, R; Ryan Nosbisch 2-3, 2B, RBI, R; Jack Dornack 1-1, 2B, RBI, 3 R; Carter Daniels 2-4, 3B, 2 RBI, 2 R; Jackson Schild 2-3, 2 RBI, 2 R. Saints committed seven errors and were held to two total hits. Gophers > 1-0, … [Read more...]