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No. 2 Bearcats defeat SMSU in regional quarterfinals

MANKATO — The second-seeded Northwest Minnesota State Bearcats’ hot 3-point shooting and early takeaways were too much for No. 7 Southwest Minnesota State to overcome on Saturday. The Mustangs fell behind early and never were able to get back into the game in a 73-43 loss in the NCAA ...

Nothing for granted

MARSHALL – The NCAA Tournament is beginning to become familiar territory for the Southwest Minnesota State University men’s basketball program. SMSU opens the NCAA Tournament today in Mankato as the No. 7 seed, facing the No. 2 seed Northwest Missouri State University. The opening tip from ...

Rost, Boike named Camden MVPS

The Camden Conference announced its boys basketball All-Conference teams in a press release from conference secretary and treasurer Mike Dammann on Friday with Minneota’s Max Rost and Dawson-Boyd’s Brayson Boike being named Most Valuable Player for their respective divisions. Rost, a ...

Unranked to champions: Wabasso recalls 2004 state title

WABASSO — Twenty years ago, a rural town of around 700 people in Redwood County saw history made. That town was Wabasso and that history came from its high school as the Wabasso Rabbits became the first team from the Tomahawk Conference to ever win a state girls basketball championship. ...

Third time’s the charm

The Russell-Tyler-Ruthton Knights will return to Southwest Minnesota State University tonight to take on Central Minnesota Christian for the Section 3A boys basketball championship. The game comes as a rematch of the 2022 section championship, in which the second-seeded Knights defeated the ...

Steffen set to take on Nationals

MARSHALL — Caden Steffen will represent the Mustangs at the 2024 NCAA Division II Wrestling Championships on March 15-16 at Hartman Arena in Park City, Kan. Session I is set to begin at 10 a.m. on Friday, which includes the preliminaries and first round matches. Session II will begin on ...