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The Cannon Falls Bomber baseball team started the Section 1AA playoffs with a statement this past week. The Bombers are the No. 8 seed and blew out the No. 9 Chatfield Gophers 10-2 on Wednesday, May 22, at John Burch Park. They then traveled to top-seeded Caledonia on Saturday and upset the Warriors 4-2 to advance to the quarterfinal on Memorial Day in Rochester at 12:30 p.m.

Recently, about 347 students — including many members of the Chargers athletic teams — camped out overnight at the school to raise money for the American Cancer Society.

GMLOKS and LFCMC’s boys and girls track and field teams, per their performances at the 1A True Team Meet, are all again state bound. Aaron Thauwald’s GMLOKS girls (1140) beat nearest foe St. Charles (1057) to win a fifth straight 1A title. Cotter (1045) took third, LFCMC (1022) fourth, Chatfield (954.5) sixth, and RPH (731.5) tenth of 21 teams. Lori Anderson’s Burros earned a seventh straight state bid via a fourth place Wild Card finish. Chantle Reiland had three top two (1st 100 > 12.63; 1st 200 > 26.23; 2nd 400) and four top seven finishes (7th Long Jump) while Lexy Foster won both throws (Shot Put > 38’5 ¾”, Discus > 109’11”) to lead GMLOKS. Breeley Galle had a first (300-hurdles > 48.24), a second (100-hurdles), and a seventh (Triple Jump). Gracie Foster (3rd 100-H, 6th T- Jump) had two top six finishes. Nevaeh Shaw (4th) and Lauren Queensland (5th-tie) held down the High Jump. Amelia McCabe (7th Pole Vault) and Naomi Warmka (10th 800) also finished top 10. The 4×200 (Lydia Redman, Brynna Nelson, Rylee Holst, Kiera Stier) took fourth. Kammry Broadwater had three individual top ten finishes (3rd Discus, 5th T-Jump, 9th 400) for LFCMC. The 4×800 (Kyla Hellickson, Eliza Cullen, Brooklyn Simon, Sahara Morken) took third, the 4×400 (Morken, Lillyan Kiehne, Simon, Broadwater) fifth. Kiehne (8th 800, 9th 1,600) added two top 10s. Elizabeth Clarke (4th-tie P-Vault), Bailey Erwin (7th Shot), Aubrey Daniels (8th T-Jump), Autumn Rakosnik (8th 1,600), Charity Kingsley (8th 3,200), and Kinley Soiney (9th Discus) also finished top 10. Chatfield was led by Jaelyn LaPlante (2nd H-Jump, 5th 100, 8th 200) and Savannah Peterson (4th 100, 5th L-Jump, 9th 200). Lexi Kivimagi (4th 800, 5th 1,600) had two top 5s. The 4×200 (Lauryn Daniels, Breah Schlink, Evy Goldsmith, LaPlante) took second, the 4×100 (Chloe Berg, Goldsmith, Schlink, Daniels) fourth. Charlotte Oeltjen (6th 3,200) and Rebecca Copeman (8th-tie P-Vault) also finished top 10. Aubry Boldt (1st 100-H > 16.26, 1st L-Jump > 17’8”, 3rd T-Jump) had three top 3s to lead RPH. Lauren Honken won the Pole Vault (9’6”). Jorja Meyer (3rd Shot, 8th Discus) had two top 10s. Tayler Helgemoe (9th L-Jump) and Ava Helgemoe (10th T-Jump) also finished top 10.

Kenyon-Wanamingo softball is moving on in the postseason. The No. 5 seed Knights (9-8) dispatched No. 12 Fillmore Central/Lanesboro (4-17) by a 7-1 score in round one of the Class 1A, Section 1 on May 20 in Wanamingo. The Knights’ offense got going in the latter innings to help pull away for a comfortable win. ...

Mabel-Canton and Lewiston-Altura squared off in some playoff action on Monday, but Mabel-Canton had to settle for second. They lost 10-4 to the Lewiston-Altura Cardinals. Mabel-Canton has struggled against Lewiston-Altura recently, as their match on Monday was their third consecutive lost matchup. Mabel-Canton saw three different players step up and...

(ABC 6 News) — Highlights from Byron vs. Chatfield softball. A strong pitchers duel through the first few innings. With each pitcher striking out the side to start things off. The third inning Byron broke the tie, Ella Brennan dropped a squeeze bunt for an RBI double putting the...

Golf: Falcons Teams Stay Perfect as Boys Edge Lancers By One Stroke. The boys golf matchup of La Crescent/Hokah (6-0, 6-0) and Fillmore Central (5-0, 6-0) was key to the TRC-East race. Twelve golfers took to Harmony Golf Course. The worst score was a respectable 45. FC got a season-low round from frosh tri-medalist Brody Srsen (37). Brock Sikkink (38) and Anthony Kiehne (39) also shot sub-40. Josh Haugerud chipped in a 41 which gave FC a 155. Lancer tri-medalists Ryan Nutter and Wyatt Krzoska (37’s) plus Wyatt Ferrell (40) and Tobias Sajdok (42) combined for a 156, giving FC the one-shot win! FC’s Aiden Arnold (42) and Luke Hellickson (44) shot good non-team-scoring rounds. Both teams shot season-low TRC rounds. FC’s girls kept up their dominant year with 190 to 235 victory. Lily Miller medaled with a 45. Myleigh Scheevel (47), Aubrey Larson (48), Annika Mensink (50), and Ella Dahly (50) followed. FC’s boys then beat R-P 163 to 174. Trojan Jaxson Meldahl (38) was the medalist. FC had the next four; Arnold and Sikkink (40’s), Srsen (41) and Hellickson (42). Trojans Will LaFleur (44), Gus Hoiland (45), Sam LaFleur (47), Kellen Drinkall (47), and Carter Kopperud (49) came next. Falcons Kiehne (49) and Haugerud (51) were the last two. FC’s girls cruised 188 to 242. The Falcons had the top five; Scheevel (45), Larson (47), Miller (48), Mensink (48), and Dahly (53). Both Falcons teams improved to 7-0, 8-0. Both lead the TRC-East with two matches left. R-P’s boys fell to 3-4, 3-4.

Dover-Eyota was the 7-5 winner over Cannon Falls when they last played one another back in May of 2023, but their luck changed this time around. The Dover-Eyota Eagles fell just short of the Cannon Falls Bombers by a score of 4-3 on Friday. That's two games in a row now that Dover-Eyota has lost by just one run.

Mabel-Canton lost a close one when they played last Thursday but unfortunately for them the defeat they were handed on Friday was a bit more commanding. They lost 16-3 to the Rushford-Peterson Trojans. Mabel-Canton has struggled against Rushford-Peterson recently, as their contest on Friday was their ninth consecutive lost matchup.

• 1: Peyton Berg (Chatfield, Minn.) was the Cardinal fastpitch softball team’s representative on the NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team, after going 5-for-11 (.455) with a home run and four runs batted in in the Cardinals’ three NCAA games. • 1: Lizzie Pike (Rochester, Minn.) belted her first collegiate...

Chatfield is 9-1 against Plainview-Elgin-Millville since April of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Chatfield Gophers are on the road again to play the Plainview-Elgin-Millville Bulldogs at 5:00 p.m. Chatfield's pitching crew has only allowed 3.6 runs per game this season, so Plainview-Elgin-Millville's hitters will have their work cut out for them.

Chatfield has been on the road for two straight, but on Thursday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Plainview-Elgin-Millville Bulldogs at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Chatfield will be strutting in after a victory while Plainview-Elgin-Millville will be coming in after a loss. On Tuesday, Chatfield sure made...

Mabel-Canton is 8-2 against Houston since April of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Mabel-Canton Cougars will be playing at home against the Houston Hurricanes at 4:30 p.m. Mabel-Canton is coming into the contest hot, having won their last four games. Mabel-Canton will...

The La Crescent Lancers are on the road again on Tuesday to play the Fillmore Central/Lanesboro Falcons at 5:00 p.m. La Crescent's pitching crew has only allowed 3.6 runs per game this season, so Fillmore Central/Lanesboro's hitters will have their work cut out for them. On Monday, it was a...

St. Charles Meet (RPH’s guys (116) took second to St. Charles (187) with LFCMC (101) taking third. The Saint girls (120.5) topped Waseca (104) with Chatfield taking third (99), LFCMC fourth (80), and RPH fifth (68). L-A and Hayfield’s girls also competed. Chatfield girls’ firsts: Jaelyn LaPlante (100 > 13.38; High Jump > 5’0”), the 4×100 (51.80 > Lauryn Daniels, Savannah Peterson, Evy Goldsmith, LaPlante), and 4×200 (1:49.65 > same). Peterson added a second (200) and a fourth (Long Jump). Adia Evans (400) and Lexi Kivimagi (1,600) took second. Rebecca Copeman took third (Triple Jump), fourth (300-hurdles), and fifth (100-hurdles). Jake Stevens (Shot Put > 45’7”) had Chatfield’s only guys’ first. LFCMC girls’ firsts: Kammry Broadwater (800 > 2:33.49; T-Jump > 33’0”) and the 4×800 (10:29:53 > Kyla Hellickson, Sahara Morken, Brooklyn Simon, Autumn Rakosnik). The 4×400 (Simon, Morken, Olivia Rindels, Lillyan Kiehne) took second. Kiehne (1,600) added a third. LFCMC boys’ firsts: Jayce Kiehne (400 > 49.99), Luke Ruen (800 > 2:04.84), Lucas Nikoloski (Discus > 142’8”), and the 4×200 (1:35.88 > Mason Howard, Henry Liew, Michael Rein, Greg Kennedy). Boston Wright (Pole Vault) and Brody Niemeyer (Shot) took second. Liew added two thirds (Long Jump, T-Jump). Howard added a third (200). RPH girls’ only first (tie) was Lauren Honken (P-Vault > 8’6”). Aubry Boldt took second (100-H) and third (L-Jump). Ava Helgemoe took second (T-Jump) and third (800). Jorja Meyer took second (Discus) and fourth (Shot). RPH’s boys’ firsts: Quintin Betthauser (110-hurdles > 15.93; 300-H > 43.13) and the 4×400 (3:37.97 > Q-Betthauser, Tyler Betthauser, Hunter Rislov, Ryan Prinsen). Prinsen added a second (800) and a third (P-Vault). Gregg Gile had two seconds (200, T-Jump) and a fourth (L-Jump). The 4×800 (Aaron Ploetz, Matthew Sprague, T-Betthauser, Prinsen) took second. Casey Herek (110-H) took third and fifth (300-H). T-Betthauser (1,600) and Ploetz (3,200) added thirds.)

The Caledonia Area Warriors had a huge day in Lewiston at the conference track meet Saturday, May 11. Both the boys and girls teams posted many personal records (PRs), school and conference records were broken, and both teams had All-Conference qualifiers by the time the events had died down. Team Scores Caledonia girls finished 10th with 33 points. The boys finished fourth with 139 points. ...

The Lewiston-Altura Cardinals will be staying on the road on Tuesday to face off against the Rushford-Peterson Trojans at 5:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'. Lewiston-Altura will head into Friday's matchup out to bounce back:...

The Lyle/Pacelli Athletics baseball team, the No. 1 team in the state in the latest Class A poll was looking to stay unbeaten at Marcusen Park Thursday versus Southeast Conference and Section 1A rival Mabel-Canton, and Hunter VaDeer and Dane Schara combined on the mound to hold the Cougars to only one hit, and a six-run bottom half of the fifth inning helped to lift the Athletics to a 10-0, 5-inning win.