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SMSU announces 11-game football schedule

MARSHALL — The Southwest Minnesota State University football team announced its 2024 schedule on Friday afternoon. The Mustangs’ slate includes a 10 Northern Sun Intercollegiate games and one non-conference game against Nebraska-Kearny. The Mustangs will open their season at home when ...

Make or break weekend

MARSHALL — Heading into the final weekend of the regular season, the Southwest Minnesota State softball team sits in 10th place in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference. With just 10 teams making the conference tournament, the Mustangs’ final home games against Minnesota State on ...

Mustangs wrap up road schedule against UMary

BISMARCK, N.D. — The Southwest Minnesota State will head out on the road for the final time in the regular season this weekend. After dropping a Wednesday doubleheader against Augustana, the Mustangs will look to snap back into form when they head across state lines to take on UMary in ...

Knights look to rebuild under new management

TYLER — After an outstanding season in 2023, where the Russell-Tyler-Ruthton Knights went all the way to the Section Finals before losing to YME, RTR is looking to rebuild. They lost their three top pitchers, Cody Wichmann, Aiden Wichmann and Hayden Gravely, to graduation. Another senior who ...

Bjella throws perfect game as Tigers split in St. Peter

Marshall 6, St. Peter 0 ST. PETER — Morgan Bjella threw her second career perfect game on Thursday night to lead the Marshall softball team to a 6-0 victory in the first game of their doubleheader against St. Peter. Bjella threw the first perfect game in program history last year when she ...

Knights look to repeat as section champions

TYLER — After winning last year’s Section 3A championship, the Russell-Tyler-Ruthton girls golf team returns all of its top 6 players with the hope of making another deep run in 2024. Shae O’Leary leads the Knights’ large returning cast. One of three seniors on the team in addition ...