MARSHALL - The Marshall girls hockey team finished this past season with a 17-7 record and fell one game short of reaching the state tournament. The Tigers' dreams of skating to state were cut down by Mankato East when the Scarlets defeated the Tigers, 4-2 in the section championship. Rachel ...
MARSHALL – The Marshall A's amateur baseball team will hold its seventh annual golf tournament fundraiser on Saturday, July 8, at the Marshall Golf Club. The two-person scramble tournament begins with a shotgun start at 11 a.m. Registration starts at 9:45 a.m. The cost is $50 and includes ...
WORTHINGTON – Behind Kaleb Welvaert’s no-hitter, the Marshall VFW Black baseball team defeated Worthington 7-0 Tuesday. Welvaert went all seven innings for Marshall, allowing no runs while striking out two in the win. He only had 42 pitches in the outing. Cody Greve led the way for ...
MANKATO – The Southwest Swim Club attended the 2017 Mantas Red, White and Blue Invite in Mankato last weekend. The swim meet was held in a 50-meter, 8 lane outdoor pool with 11 teams consisting of 433 athletes participating from Minnesota. SSC had five swimmers competing in 30 individual ...
NEWTON, IA – Southwestern Minnesota corn growers have a connection in NASCAR. Sunoco Racing fuels refine corn into green e15 98 octane racing fuel blend. The fuel is green in color and is produced in plant in Fulton NY at full production it produces 85 million gals. per year. In 2013 they ...
MARSHALL – The Marshall Black VFW team cruised to a two-game sweep of Pipestone on Monday at Legion Field. Marshall outscored Pipestone 23-3 in two games. Marshall took the first game 9-1 and took the nightcap, 14-2. It wasn't the smoothest of starts for Marshall in Game One. Pipestone ...
MARSHALL – The Marshall Tiger softball team set their goals high at the beginning of this past spring. The team agreed that their preseason goal would be to bring home a conference championship. It was a pretty lofty goal for a team with no seniors and just two juniors on the roster, with ...
MINNEOTA – Brant Buysse has been wrestling since he was knee-high to a grasshopper. It's a sport that's a family affair in the Buysse household. “My brothers were big into wrestling,” Buysse said. “They taught me to love it and embrace the grind. It helps make you a great person ...
TRACY – The Tracy VFW baseball team defeated Redwood County 1-0 Monday. Jake Tauer led the way with a 2 for 3 day at the plate while Konnor Zick and Griffen Radke both had a hit. Rylan Fogelson had the lone RBI. Jake Byrne earned the win on the hill, going all seven innings while allowing ...
MARSHALL – The Marshall Legion baseball team had a low-scoring offensive display during their four games at the Wood Bat Classic this weekend. Their opponents went even lower. Despite only scoring a combined 11 runs in their four games, the Marshall held their opponents to just five runs, ...
MARSHALL – The Wabasso Legion baseball team went 2-2 during the Wood Bat Classic held in Marshall and Milroy this weekend. Wabasso kicked off the weekend with an impressive 8-4 victory Friday over Albany. The Rabbits recorded 11 hits in the win, with Nick Altermatt and Ty Kemp both picking ...
MILROY – The Milroy Irish defeated Adrian 5-0 Sunday afternoon in amateur baseball action. Cody Mather earned the win on the hill, holding Adrian to just one hit while striking out 14 in nine innings of work. Derek Riley led the way for the Irish with a 2 for 3 day at the plate with a ...
WABASSO – Anytime Alison Benz came to the plate for the Wabasso Rabbits it was a safe bet that she was going to find her way on base. Benz finished her Rabbit career with a batting average of .528. This past season Benz hit .634 and swiped 34 bases. Those gaudy numbers made her a cinch to be ...
MARSHALL – The Marshall Independent sports staff is pleased to announce the 2017 Marshall Independent All-Area Softball team. Emily Benz, Wabasso Benz finished her junior season with a .506 batting average, 42 hits, 31 runs and one home run. She led the area with 30 RBIs. While those ...
MARSHALL – Mason Penske is fresh coming off being named to the All-State tournament team. He kept the momentum rolling Friday night when he pitched a complete game shutout for the Marshall Mudcats against Willmar. Behind Penske's gem the Mudcats defeated Willmar, 2-0. “Mason did a great ...
MARSHALL – The Marshall Tiger football team finished last year with a 11-1 record and made the trip to the Class AAAA state tournament. The Tigers were upended by Benilde-St. Margaret's School in the semifinals. The Tigers will be tasked with replacing 14 seniors from that state tournament ...
MINNEOTA – Lydia Sussner was a force to be reckoned with in the paint this past season for the Minneota Vikings. During her sophomore season Sussner surpassed the 1,000 point milestone and averaged a double-double, scoring 20.7 points and grabbing 10.5 rebounds per game. The Vikings ...
MINNEOTA – The Minneota/Canby softball team will be tasked with replacing five seniors next year from a team that finished the season with a 12-9 record. Becca Kallhoff is one of the seniors that the Vikings will be tasked with replacing. Kallhoff will be attending the University of Wisconsin ...
LAMBERTON - Red Rock Central will be hosting the second annual Buffalo Ridge Shootout for the boys varsity basketball teams on June 29. Teams competing include Jackson County Central, Westbrook-Walnut Grove, Cedar Mountain/Comfrey, Red Rock Central, Maple River, Redwood Valley, Luverne, ...
MINNEOTA - Nolan Boerboom grew up right by a golf course, so it's only natural that he would fall in love with the game. The sophomore-to-be at Minneota High School has spent countless hours on the course with his parents and friends. "I live right on the golf course so I've been playing it ...