It was their closest section title win. But winning is winning and Aaron Mensink’s Fillmore Central girls golf team are again 1A champions (their fifth straight title). Grace Miller and Madison Scheevel now have one for the thumb (albeit, they don’t get rings, just medals). The Falcons led Caledonia by just four strokes (357 to 361) after Day One (May 29). Day Two (June … [Read more...]
Fillmore Central providing free meals to children during summer
Fillmore Central Public Schools #2198 is participating in the Summer Food Service Program. Meals will be provided to all children without charge and meet nutritional standards established by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The meals will be served at Fillmore Central Elementry, door #17, 702 Chatfield Street, Preston, Minn. Breakfast and lunch will be served … [Read more...]
Land swap between City of Harmony and Fillmore Central approved
Superintendent Richard Keith and school board member Craig Britton were present at the Harmony City Council meeting on June 12 to discuss the final stages of the proposed land swap between the City of Harmony and Fillmore Central. The school will be turning the area behind the Harmony Community Center into a new baseball field and would like to build a parking lot to go with … [Read more...]
Miller Leads Falcons Day One, Knight Boys in Second
Fillmore Central’s girls and Kingsland boys were the county highlights on Day 1 of the Section 1A golf meet. Aaron Mensink’s four-time defending champion Falcons rode their two stand-outs, senior Grace Miller and junior Madison Scheevel, to a four-stroke lead over Caledonia (357 to 361) after 18 holes. On the strength of a first-nine 35, Miller (77) leads Scheevel (81) atop the … [Read more...]
Falcons Girls Golf Wins East, Takes TRC Meet
Their goal is again to make Becker, and the state Class A golf tournament. Fillmore Central’s girls accomplished a couple feats on the way to that hopeful destination. On back-to-back nights, they beat Lewiston-Altura twice (180 to 198 and 178 to 190). Madison Scheevel (38*) and Grace Miller (39) led the way on the Monday. Cailey Rindels (41*), Miller (42), and Scheevel … [Read more...]
Golf (5/21 – 5/24)
(B) Kingsland 173, Lanesboro 198 (K: S. Broadwater/W. Pruter 39s*, Nick Wernimont 44. L: Hayden Lawstuen 43, Clay Schwichtenberg 45); (G) K Inc., L 218 (L: Janell Boyum 48*) (B) L-A 172, FC 205 (FC: Carter Nevalainen 42, Landon Nevalainen 48. Cardinals had medalist) (B) FC 209, L-A 176 (FC: C. Nevalainen 45. Cardinals had top three) (B) TRC Meet (Kingsland (375) took 3rd … [Read more...]
Golf (5/14 – 5/18)
(B) Caledonia 207, R-P 221 (RP: Ethan Atkinson 51. Warriors had medalist); (G) C 197, R-P Inc. (B) D-E 197, Chatfield Inc. (C: Riley Mulhern 54. Eagles had top four) (B) R-P 230, L-A 168 (Cardinals had top five scores); (G) R-P Inc., L-A 186 (Trojans had just one golfer) (B) Southland 199, Kingsland 185 (K: Simon Broadwater 37*, Wyatt Pruter 42); (G) S Inc., K Inc. (G) … [Read more...]
Golf (5/7 – 5/10)
(B) Kingsland 198, St. Charles 200 (K: S.Broadwater 44*, Wyatt Pruter 44, Nathan Lund 50. Saints scores were 45, 46, 54, and 55); Kingsland Inc., SC 216 (K: Madeline Moore 51. Saints had top two) (B) Southland 190, Chatfield Inc. (C: Riley Mulhern 45. S: Max Schmitz 43) (G) Caledonia 189, FC 184 (FC: M. Scheevel 40*, G. Miller 44, Cailey Rindels 49, Taylor Bushman 51. … [Read more...]
Golf (4/30 – 5/4)
(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...]
Softball (4/23 – 4/28)
R-P 2, M-C 8 (MC: Payton Danielson 2-4, 3B, 2 RBI, R; Maddy Michels 2-3, two 2Bs, R; K. McCabe 1-3, RBI, R; Harley McCabe 7 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 3 K, Win. RP: Jasmine Schueler 1-3, 2B, R. M-C had a four-run fifth) L/P 7, Houston 5 (H: Jeana Hahn 3-4, 2B, RBI, R; Becca Rostad 3-4, RBI; Tessa Peterson 3-3, R; A. Chapel 2-3, two 2Bs, RBI, R; Richelle Botcher 1-3, 2B, 2 RBI, 7 … [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...]
Fillmore Central considers replacing Stop and Drop with back-to-school conferences
Principal Heath Olstad spoke to the Fillmore Central School Board at their April 24 meeting about a proposal to drop the traditional elementary Stop and Drop event and replace it with two days of back-to-school conferences starting with the 2018-19 school year. He explained that the change would not extend to the high school and that the open house for those students would … [Read more...]
Fillmore Central has a variety of offerings for children birth to age 5
Fillmore Central takes pride in the programs that are offered at all levels of child development. Children are continually developing and we know that there are a lot of questions to go with all of these stages. We are very fortunate to be able to offer a variety of programs for families with children birth to five. School Readiness The primary goal of the Fillmore Centrals … [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...]