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SMSU to host spring sports social Monday

MARSHALL — The Southwest Minnesota State University athletics department and the Mustang Club will host a spring sports social on Monday at 5 p.m. at Marshall Golf Club. The event will include a short program 30 minutes after the initial start, featuring an update on Mustang athletics from Vice President of Athletics Travis Whipple and student-athletes sharing their thoughts on the upcoming season. The social has a limited menu with beverages available for individual purchase

Mustangs open N.D. road trip with pair of losses to UMary

BISMARCK, N.D. - In a day the Mustangs would like to forget, the Southwest Minnesota State baseball team (13-9) fell to the UMary Marauders (8-10) in a pair of 5-1 contests on Friday afternoon. GAME ONE Cody Wichmann (2-1) pitched the first five innings for SMSU, allowing five earned runs on eight hits with three walks, striking out two Marauders in the process. Lincoln Vasgaard pitched the sixth inning, walking two batters. The Mustangs ended the game with two hits courtesy of Nathan Wheeler and Henry Hammrich. SMSU struck first in the game as Connor Davis hit a ...

2025-26 MARSHALL INDEPENDENT ALL-AREA GIRLS BASKETBALL

MARSHALL — All five of the Marshall girls basketball team’s starters were named to the Independent’s All-Area teams, announced on Thursday. The Tigers’ starting backcourt duo of Taleigha Bigler and Reese Drake were both named to the All-Area First team, along with Westbrook-Walnut ...

Local talent helps Minnesota West to national title

BROWNWOOD, Texas — A trio of local athletes helped the Minnesota West womens basketball team claim its second National Junior College Athletic Association [NJCAA] Division III national championship in the last three years. Izzy Klumper, Jayda Hellewell and Anistasia Smith all played key ...

Gophers believed before the season that they were bound for March

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota was confident enough in this women's basketball resurgence that the event calendar for Williams Arena was blocked out months ago for the opening weekend of the NCAA Tournament. The Gophers hadn't made the tournament since 2018 or hosted since 2005, but the ...

Lakeview, DB boys each earn three All-Camden nods

The Camden Conference announced its boys basketball All-Conference teams this week, with Lakeview and Dawson-Boyd each earning three first-team selections. The senior trio of Braylon Breyfogle, Cody Helmke, and Ian Taylor represented the Lakers in the Camden South’s All-Conference team, while Dawson-Boyd senior Gunner Liebl and juniors Jaxton Hastad and Carson Stratmoen were selected in the North. Lakeview senior Trevor Tusberg and Dawson-Boyd junior Landon Malecek were each also named honorable mentions. Renville County West led the South Conference with four All-Conference nods, ...