A Decade’s Worth of Sports Part IX
The All-Decade golf top 20. Due to time constraints, coaches weren’t contacted for comment. Conference titles in the SEC are not noted due to the small number of full golf teams in the league (some years). Conference and sectional information from early in the decade is not included, as it could not be found. Rankings are based off individual and team section and state … [Read more...]
Scheevel’s Runner-Up Highlights State Golf
The 2019 Class A state golf meet, as it pertains to Fillmore County, revolved around three things. All had to do with Fillmore Central. For a sixth straight year, the Falcons girls golf team (coached by Aaron Mensink and Andy Todd) made the trek to Pebble Creek Golf Course in Becker. Eighth grader Jake Fishbaugher made what could be his inaugural visit to the course, … [Read more...]
ALS Golf Tournament one of longest running ALS events in Minnesota
When Lindsay Eide married her husband Chad, she knew she was marrying into a family that loved to golf. Since she also enjoyed golfing, it was a perfect fit. In 2010, Eide had an idea to turn the Eide family’s passion for golfing into a fundraiser for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis or ALS. Also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease, ALS is a progressive neurodegenerative … [Read more...]
Golf (5/13 – 5/17)
(B) Lanesboro 204, G-E Inc., (L: Cale Anderson 47*); (G) L 222, G-E 262 (L: Payton Benson 46*. Northwood CC) (B) Chatfield 216, PEM 189 (C: Sam Rudlong 45*. PEM: Wyatt Kujath 45*); (G) C Inc, PEM 220 (C: Mollie Henry 52; Paige Erickson 54. PEM: Kayla Kujath 44*. Piper Hills GC) (B) LARP 171, W-K Inc., (LARP: Z. Anderson 38*; Carter Lang 42; J. Anderson 44; Mason … [Read more...]
Golf (5/6 – 5/11)
(B) G-E 273, Houston 261 (H: Owen Gaustad 52*); (G) G-E 284, H 255 (H: Lilli Carlson 56*. Valley High GC) (B) St. Charles 244, Chatfield 193 (C: Riley Mulhern 46*; Colton Johnson 47; Tadyn Burnett 49); C Inc., SC 217 (C: Mollie Henry 52. SC: Emma Cage 48*. Chatfield CC) (B) Lanesboro 187, Kingsland 189 (L: Hayden Lawstuen 42; Cale Anderson 43; Clay Schwichtenberg 48. … [Read more...]
Golf (4/29 – 5/3)
(B) Kingsland 193, GMLO 210 (K: W. Pruter 44*; Nick Wernimont 48; Nathan Lund 50. Cedar River GC) (B) Chatfield 220, D-E 213 (C: Sam Rudlong/Colton Johnson 49’s. DE: Caleb Sand 47*); (G) C Inc., D-E Inc., (C: Mollie Henry 54. DE: MaKenna Nelson 47*. Each girls team had just one golfer. Chatfield GC) (B) Caledonia 224, LARP 175 (LARP: Jacob Anderson 40*, Zach … [Read more...]
Golf (4/22 – 4/26)
(B) Kingsland 180, Chatfield 210 (K: W. Pruter 38*, Nick Wernimont 44, Nathan Lund 45. C: Riley Mulhern 43, Colton Johnson 50); (G) K Inc., C Inc., (C: Mollie Henry 57*. At Chosen Valley GC) (B) FC 227, Caledonia 229 (FC: Jake Fishbaugher 45. C: Riley Augedahl 44*); (G) FC 201, C 195 (FC: M. Scheevel even-par 38* (73-yard chip in eagle at par-four 7th hole). At … [Read more...]
Golf (4/15 – 4/18)
(B) Chatfield 232, St. Charles 251 (C: Riley Mulhern 56; Colton Johnson 58, Sam Rudlong 59. SC: Logan Gall 51*); (G) C Inc., SC 269 (Saints had top two. At St. Charles GC) (G) Lanesboro 261, Houston 294 (L: Payton Benson 43*. H: Lilli Carlson 68); (B) L 225, H Inc. (L: Cale Anderson 53*, Hayden Lawstuen 54, Clay Schwichtenberg 57. H: Owen Gaustad 56. At Valley High … [Read more...]
Golf Preview
Fillmore Central > Head Coaches: Aaron Mensink (girls), Brad Holten (boys). 2018 finishes: Girls were TRC and Section 1A champs, State Runner-Up (by one stroke to Lac Que Parle Valley); boys 10th at TRC, 7th at 1A Meet. Returnees (girls): Madison Scheevel (Sr. > state 6th place, 2nd at 1A, 4th at TRC), Taylor Bushman (Jr. > 6th at 1A, 9th at TRC), Keanna Weedman … [Read more...]
Golf (4/8)
(B) L-A/R-P 181, Caledonia 220 (LARP: Carter Lang 44*, Zach Anderson 45, Jacob Anderson/Mason Kelly 46s. Tro-Cards had top four); (G) L-A/R-P 226, Caledonia 212 (L-A/R-P: Anna Hennessy 54, Alexis Reps 55, Lilli Reps 56. C: Jenna Wiebke 49*, Geina Steele 50, Vanessa Hawkins 53. At Mal-Cal-Grove GC) (B) Chatfield 235, D-E 247 (C: Riley Mulhern 48); (B) Chatfield Inc., D-E … [Read more...]
Dr. Whalen – giving The Masters’ experience
Raised on a farm in Fillmore County, 1968 graduate of Harmony High School Dr. Len Whalen learned to golf with his college bowling teammates in Winona when he was 21. Golfing became more routine in his life after opening his chiropractic practice in Zephyrhills, Fla. After attending The Masters practice golf tournament in Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia with some … [Read more...]
The FC Girls Golf Dynasty Continues
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...]
Knight Boys Golf Ends Drought
The last time a Kingsland boys golf team won a Section title, internet didn’t exist, Ronald Reagan was president, Bon Jovi was popular (and young), every 2018 Knight golfer was over a decade away from being born, and Kingsland didn’t yet exist. The year was 1984 (and it was the Spring Valley Wolves). In 2018, Brent Kohn’s Knights came from behind, and a bit out of nowhere, to … [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...]