Chatfield > Head Coach: Brian Baum. 2018 finishes: 9-7-1 in TRC, 9-9-1 overall (lost to PEM in 1AA East quarters). Key Returnees: Max Aug (So. P/SS > All-TRC), Zach Roline (Sr. P/1B), Seth Allen (Sr. OF), Lincoln Salisbury (Sr. 3B), Henry Gathje (So. C). Synopsis: Gophers graduated two All-TRC picks in Jake Mandt and Robert Crouch. Aug (.489, HR, 6 2B, 8 RBI, 15 R) had … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Drew Copley led GMLOK baseball to two wins to start the season (See Athlete of the Week). Caiden Olson had a huge game, hitting for the cycle, driving in 6 runs, four on a grand slam home run, as Houston beat M-C 17-7 in baseball. The Hurricanes had ten extra base hits at Mabel’s fence-less field. Max Aug hit a 3-run home run to headline Chatfield’s 14-3 win over Z-M. Seth … [Read more...]
Baseball (4/1 – 4/6)
D-E 1, GMLOK 2 [8] (GM: D. Copley 8 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 18 K, 1 BB, 2-3, HR, RBI, 2 R; Reid Kruegel 2-3) Houston 17, M-C 7 (H: C. Olson 4-5, 2B, 3B, GS-HR, 6 RBI, 4 R, 4 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 4 BB, 6 K, Win; Caden Ness 4-4, 2B, 3 RBI, 3 R; Jaytin Millen 2-2, two 3B, RBI, 4 R; James Hongerholt 2-5, 2B, 3B, RBI, 2 R; Alex Alfson 3-5, two 2B, RBI, R; Landon Carrier 3-5, RBI, R. MC: … [Read more...]
Softball Preview
Chatfield Gophers > Head Coach: Jerry Chase (new). 2018 finishes: 15-2 in TRC (4th straight West title), 19-4 overall (1AA East Runner-Up, lost to Lourdes in Section 1AA “Final Three” game). Key Returnees: Lexi Chase (Jr. P/OF, 1st Team Class AA All-State, 3-time All-TRC), Belle Berg (Sr. SS, 2nd Team All-State, 3-time All-TRC), Carlie Berge (Jr. P/1B, All-TRC), McKenna … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Track is off and running. Anika Reiland (55, 200, 4x200) and Riley Queensland (400, H-Jump, 4x200) each had three firsts, helping GMLOK to the Byron Indoor girls team title. LFCMC’s Carson Kiehne started his season strongly (see AOTW). Chatfield’s Ben Muller had three firsts (200, 400) amidst two meets (Luther, Byron). … [Read more...]
D-E Early Bird
(LFCMC, RPH, SC and D-E competed, county schools not running most top athletes. Burros 1sts: Kelly Ristau (100-H, 300-H), Jeremy O’Connor (3,200) and the guys 4x100 (N. Betz, Gage Highum, Ryan Kelly, Trenten Chiglo)) Byron Indoor at RCTC (GMLOKS girls took first, Chatfield fifth (of 5). Chatfield boys took second, GMLOKS fourth. GMLOKS 1sts: A. Reiland (55, 200), R. … [Read more...]
State…State…State…State! It was a week of county sports that were all about state
GMLOKS Girls 4x200 Title Highlights State Track Meet It’s just the fourth year of GMLOKS as a combined track program (Kingsland was added for the 2015 season). In that span, the Bulldogs have had a number of state entrants, but no state champions. That is, until this year. The girls 4x200 has been a state qualifier the last three years. It took third in 2017. This year’s … [Read more...]
Athlete of the Week – Anika Reiland, Lauren Buchholtz, Emily Hoveden, Riley Queensland
Alphabet Programs Send Multiple Track Athletes to State
Each needs a simple name to encompass their track programs. There are just simply too many letters in the Lanesboro/Fillmore Central/Mabel-Canton and Grand Meadow/LeRoy-Ostrander/Kingsland/Southland programs. But each is sending multiple athletes to state in track and field. The GM “Bulldogs” are sending two relays and their stand-out senior hurdler. The “Burros” boast two … [Read more...]
Baseball (5/21 – 5/23)
M-C 0, Schaeffer Academy 10 [5] (MC: Drew Wyffels 2-2) (1AA East) 6-seed FC/L (5-8-2) 0, 3-seed La Crescent (13-7) 5 (Falcons got one hit, finish 5-9-2) (1AA East) 5-seed Chatfield (9-8-1) 3, 4-seed PEM (10-7-1) 9 (C: B. Ihrke 3-4, RBI; Max Aug 2-3, 2B, RBI, R; Terron Ostby 2-4, R; Jake Mandt RBI, R. Gophers finish 9-9-1) (1AA West) 5-seed Byron (6-11) 12, 4-seed GMLOK … [Read more...]