Lewiston-Altura/Rushford-Peterson wrestling continued its foray into the recent world of undefeatedness via a quadrangular sweep at GMLOS which also included Caledonia/Houston and Westfield. Tim Tekautz and Darrin Hegland’s group has just one ranked wrestler (#9 at 107 Christian Zibrowski), but they are physically stacked enough up and down the line-up that no team has beat … [Read more...]
Wrestling: Chatfield Takes an Impressive Second at “The Clash”
On back-to-back weekends, La Crosse hosts big wrestling tourneys. One week after the individual Wisconsin/Minnesota Bi-State tourney, squads flocked for “The Clash XXI” team-based duals. Thirty-two teams from Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Arizona, Missouri, California, and Connecticut competed across two days. To show the strength on said tourney, Minnesota Class A … [Read more...]
Wrestling (1/5 -1/6)
The Clash XXI (Caledonia/Houston competed in this 32-team two-day dual-meet tourney, going 1-5, taking 31st place. Owen Denstad and Isaac Blocker were two of 46 wrestlers to go 6-0. Braxton Lange picked up his 100th career win at the event) > Bracket D Quarters > D-III #3 Bettendorf 56, Caledonia/Houston 16 (Denstad (145) and Aiden Burns (107) had pins for the Warriors, … [Read more...]
Chatfield district patrons ask board to reinstate wrestling coach
Board members Amy Jeffers, Lanny Isensee, Scott Backer, Katie Priebe, Matt McMahon and Rick Lowrey were in attendance for the July 8 Chatfield School Board meeting. The meeting was live streamed on cable channel 11 and on Facebook.com/ChatfieldTV. Also present were Superintendent Ed Harris, Lorri Lowrey, administrative assistant, and Trista O’Connor, business manager. During … [Read more...]
Letter to the Editor: Bring Bart Back
Letter about... Bring Bart Back To the Editor, Just like the kids of the last near two decades, we’ve gone through Chatfield’s Wrestling program and came out a better student-athlete and leader because of Bartels’ coaching ability. Some of the members of Chatfield’s council or board may not always see how things work in the lens of a middle schooler coming in to wrestling … [Read more...]
Athlete of the Decade: Hank Friederichs
A Decade’s Worth of Sports Part IV
The All-Decade wrestling team. Athletes from Chatfield, FCLMC, LARP, and GMLOKS/GMLOS are all included (given the Journal once covered the later). Individuals who graduated in 2010 are less regarded. Rankings are based off state placing, times made state, coaches ranking, career longevity, records, and team success. Said rankings are very much subject to debate! Thanks to … [Read more...]
All-TRC Wrestling Team
It was a solid year for wrestling in the county. Chatfield put together another excellent season, posting a win over the eventual section champion and sending three guys to state. LARP had some strong guys in the lower weights and got a state entrant. FCLMC, for the first time in many years, fielded a full unit and thus picked up a bunch of wins. Six Gophers and a pair of … [Read more...]
Goetzinger/Bartels Finishes Highlight State Wrestling
Three Chatfield Gophers and one LARP Screamin’ Eagle took on the 2020 Minnesota state wrestling tourney. Chatfield’s entrants went 6-1 Friday, all advancing to Saturday. Junior Seth Goetzinger and senior Cael Bartels headlined the cast. Goetzinger redeemed a 2-2 performance last year (where he didn’t place after finishing third as a frosh), by rolling to the 145-pound Class … [Read more...]
