YME boys earn ‘wild card’ for True Team
The Yellow Medicine East boys track team found out Saturday that it was headed to the Class A State True Team track and field meet this week in Stillwater.
The Sting are making their third straight trip to the Class A meet, which begins at 10 a.m. Saturday in Stillwater.
YME qualified for state after the Minnesota High School Track Coaches Association held a paper meet to see which “wild card” team would qualify for the meet. Every second-place team from each section meet in Class A, AA and AAA were put into a paper meet with their top times put up against one another. YME, which took second at the Section 5A True Team meet in Paynesville Thursday, finished with 321 points in the paper meet. YME edged out Marshall County Central, which took second in Section 8A. Marshall County finished with 316 points in the paper meet.
MHS golf teams take 4th, 5th at Fairmont
FAIRMONT — The Marshall High girls golf team took fourth at the 12-team Fairmont Invite Saturday.
The Tigers had a team score of 404. Windom won with a 381.
Buffalo Ridge wins OT thriller
ELKTON, S.D. — The Buffalo Ridge amateur football team held on for a 21-20 overtime win over the Dakota Doom Sunday in Elkton, S.D.
The game was tied at 14 at the end of regulation.
Luverne down Express
TRACY — Luverne defeated Tracy 12-2 in an amateur baseball game Sunday.
The Express are now 1-4 on the season. Tracy’s scheduled game against Canby Saturday was rained out.
Kyle Mathiowetz took the loss for the Express.
Schlemmer’s homer enough for Yankees
MILROY — A two-run homer by Justin Schlemmer in the first inning was enough for the Milroy Yankees to earn a 2-1 Corn Belt League win over Raymond Sunday.
Nathan Deutz got the win for the Yankees in seven innings.
RRC/WWG falls to MCW in Jackson
JACKSON — The RRC/WWG softball team got one game in at the Jackson County Central Invite before rain canceled the rest of the event.
The Falcons fell 4-2 to Martin County West in their only game.
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