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‘They punched us in the mouth’

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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 ...

RTR draws No. 1 Cherry in boys Class A Round 1

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The Russell-Tyler-Ruthton boys basketball punched its ticket to state last Thursday with a win over Central Minnesota Christian in the Section 3A championship game. As a reward for the win, the Knights now have the pleasure of playing No.1 Cherry in the first round of the Class A state ...

Unranked to champions: Wabasso recalls 2004 state title

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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. ...

Nothing for granted

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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

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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 ...

No. 2 Bearcats defeat SMSU in regional quarterfinals

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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 ...