The 2022 Section 1A cross country meet was chopped full of successes. Kingsland’s Garrison Hubka won his biggest race to date. Teammate Cole Kruegel repeated in making state. LARPH’s boys used their depth to earn a fourth consecutive trip to state. Chatfield’s girls battled for a state but fell just short, though Aletta Strande and Lexi Kivimagi each re-qualified. GMLOS McKenna … [Read more...]
Spring All-Conference
One softball and two golf teams made state this season while a baseball team posted a 20-win campaign. And thus, there are a plethora of area “ball” players and golfers making All-Conference teams. All Three Rivers Conference Softball The All-TRC softball team is denoted by players off the state champion Chatfield team. The Gophers tie St. Charles with having a … [Read more...]
All Five “Journal 11” T/F Programs to Be Represented at State
Twenty-six total kids from the five “Journal 11” track and field programs, GMLOKS, LFCMC, RPH, Chatfield, and Caledonia/Spring Grove, clinched state berths at the 2022 1A Section Meet. GMLOKS Girls and Boys Finish One-Two, Send Nine to State When your teams finish first and second in the section, it’s only academic your program had many successful individuals. The … [Read more...]
Baseball (5/23 – 5/28)
Three Rivers Conference Lewiston-Altura 1, Fillmore Central/Lanesboro 5 [5] (FCL: C. Ferrie 1-2, RBI, R; D. O’Connor 1-3, 2B, RBI; Peyton Olson 1-2, RBI; T. Sexton 4 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, Win); FC/L 6, L-A 10 [5] (FCL: C. Ferrie 2-3, 2 RBI, R; D. O’Connor 1-3, 2B, 2 R; J. Peterson 1-3, 2 RBI; Garrett Gossman 1-2, R. Cardinals started with a six-run first. Both games … [Read more...]
Softball (5/9 – 5/14)
Three Rivers Conference Rushford-Peterson 9, Fillmore Central/Lanesboro 13 (FCL: E. Anderson 4-4, 2B, 4 RBI, 3 R; Lauren Mensink 3-4, 3 R; J. Storhoff 2-5, 2 RBI; Haley O’Connor 2-4, RBI, 2 R; Kaci Ruen 2-3, 2B, 2 R; Kelsey Biel 2-3, 5 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 4 BB, 5 K, Win. R-P: Aviana Anderson-Ingram 3-5, 2B, 3 RBI; L. Hoiness 3-4, 3B, RBI, R; C. Boyum 3-3, 2B, RBI, 3 R; B. … [Read more...]
Baseball (5/9 – 5/14)
Three Rivers Conference Fillmore Central/Lanesboro 0, Rushford-Peterson 10 [6] (RP: J. Ruberg 6 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 K, Win, 2-4, 2B, RBI; Andrew Wilkemeyer 2-2, RBI, 3 R; Riley Tesch 2-2, RBI, 2 R; L. Skalet 2-3, 2B, 2 RBI, R; R. Schneider 1-3, 2 RBI; Alex Ronnenberg 1-4, 2B, 2 R. Falcons had just two hits) Fillmore Central/Lanesboro 3, Cotter 6 (FCL: Bryce Corson 2-4, … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Emily Miner tossed two two-hitters with 22 combined strikeouts as GMLOK swept AC/G-E 21-1 and 6-1. Miner (12-3 record) then struck out 12 and pitched a one-hitter in beating Houston 5-3 for GMLOK’s 10th straight win. The Bulldogs (9-1, 13-3) have clinched a share of the SEC title. Emily Carolan hit a home run in game one, and Gwen Tollefsrud had 5 RBI in game two, as M-C … [Read more...]
GMLOKS and LFCMC Teams Make State True Team
Over the last two-plus competed seasons, no other Section 1A track and field programs have been as successful as GMLOKS and LFCMC. Both had their boys’and girls teams compete at last year’s state True Team meet (all finished top three). LFCMC’s teams have each made state the last three years. GMLOKS’ girls have made state the past two, winning a state title last year. Both … [Read more...]
T/F Teams Host Meets
It was another week of track and field teams doing strong work. Two did so in home meets. LFCMC Girls, RPH Boys Win Tro-Canes Home Meet On Tuesday, teams, including Journal 11 squads LFCMC and Caledonia/Spring Grove, trekked to Rushford for RPH’s seven-team invite. On the girls side, LFCMC (203.5) easily bested nearest foes RPH (104.5) and Lewiston-Altura (91). On … [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...]
GMLOK Softball Goes 3-1, Wins R-P Tourney
GMLOK softball had a nice week, winning three of four games played. Included was taking the four-team Rushford-Peterson tournament. John Fenske’s Bulldogs first downed Houston 10-3 in an SEC game. Senior Emily Miner pitched a no-hitter through 6 1/3 innings before an Emily Botcher double ended the effort. Miner pulled the rare double-digit walk/strikeout game in getting the win … [Read more...]
Aspiring Track Teams Post Sweeps
Track and field conglomerates LFCMC and GMLOKS are both in line to have big years. Each pulled boy/girl team sweeps in two different meets the week of Monday, April 18. LFCMC Track Teams Win at Lake City LFCMC wasn’t originally scheduled to be in it, and the meet got rescheduled. But once they arrived in Lake City, the kids on team Fal-Bur-Coug left their mark. At … [Read more...]
Baseball Preview Capsules
Caledonia Warriors Head Coach: Brad Augedahl Where We Left Off in 2021: Caledonia won the TRC East, going 13-2 in league-play. They were 1AA East runner-up and progressed all the to 1AA third place game. The Warriors went 4-2 in the playoffs, losing to Lourdes 4-0, finishing 21-5 overall. Seniors: Brady Augedahl (OF/P), Gabe Morey (C/IF), Thane Meiners (P/SS), Chris … [Read more...]
Softball (4/4 – 4/9)
Three Rivers Conference Rushford-Peterson 2, Cotter 13[5] (R-P: B. Johnson 1-2, RBI. C: Alison French 2-3, 2B, 3B, 3 RBI, 4 R; Madison Hazelton 1-2, 2B, 3 RBI, 5 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 12 K, Win. Trojans 0-1, 1-1) Southeast Conference Lyle/Pacelli 12, Houston 1 (H: Nicole Beckman 1-3, 3B, R; L. Carr 7 IP, 12 H, 12 R, 6 ER, 2 BB, 14 K, Loss. Athletics opened the game … [Read more...]
Baseball (4/1)
GMLOK 1, Spring Grove 5 (SG: Caleb Griffin 6 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 12 K, Win, 1-3, RBI, R; Jonah Udstuen 2-3, 2 RBI, R; Jaxon Strinmoen 1-3, 2B, R; Ezra Griffin 1-2, 2B. GMLOK: Dustin Copley 1-3, R; Nick Fetterly 1-3, RBI, 4 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 6 K, Loss. GMLOK scored first in top of first, but Lions scored one run each in the second, fourth, and fifth innings to lead … [Read more...]