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INDEPENDENT ALL-AREA BOYS BASKETBALL 2024-25

MARSHALL — The Dawson-Boyd and Tracy-Milroy-Balaton boys basketball teams dominated the first team of the Independent’s All-Area Team, announced on Wednesday. The state-champion Blackjacks had a trio of first-team selections with the senior frontcourt duo of Brayson Boike and Drew ...

Marshall bats struggle in losses to Mitchell

MARSHALL — Hits were hard to come by for the Marshall American Legion baseball team on Tuesday in its doubleheader against Mitchell (S.D.). The Mudcats were limited to seven hits and one run across 14 innings of baseball, losing the opener 2-1 and the second game 5-0. “[It was] pretty ...

Yankees survive in extras over A’s, Shaikoski inducted to HOF

MARSHALL — In a pitcher’s duel with 32 combined strikeouts that didn’t see a run until the sixth inning, Milroy’s Branden Flock hit the go-ahead RBI single in the top of the 10th inning to lift the Yankees over the Marshall A’s 2-1 on Sunday night in a Corn Belt League matchup. The ...

‘I definitely wanted to win that one’

By Jake McNeill jmcneill@marshall independent.com HADLEY — Tucker Sorenson pitched a complete game to help the Hadley Buttermakers to a come-from-behind win over the Milroy Irish in First Nite/Gopher League play. While the Irish bested the Buttermakers 5-4 in 11 innings when the teams ...

Liebl homers and tosses 21K’s in Jaxx’s win, Betzen inducted to GF HOF

GRANITE FALLS — There was a lot for fans to see Friday evening at Richter Field in a Corn Belt League matchup between Granite Falls and Wabasso, including a pair of home runs and the first Hall of Fame induction of Don Betzen for the Kilowatts’ organization. The Jaxx snapped a four-game ...

Irish fall short vs. Fairmont in extras

MILROY — Nine innings weren’t enough to determine a winner in Friday’s First Nite/Gopher League matchup between the Milroy Irish and the Fairmont Martins. Tyler Maeyaert kept the Irish in the game with stellar pitching and some clutch hitting in the ninth, but the Martins walked away with ...