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Marshall sends six individuals, relay team to state track meet

ST. PETER — The Marshall track and field team qualified six individuals and a relay team for the state track and field championships at Friday’s Section 2AA championships at Gustavus Adolphus College. The Tigers will now be represented in 10 different events at this weekend’s Class AA ...

RTR’s season ends on late Dragon rally

MILROY — A sixth-inning rally wasn’t enough to put the Russell-Tyler-Ruthton baseball team on top in its Section 3A elimination bracket matchup against Adrian/Ellsworth on Saturday. The Knights scored a go-ahead run in the sixth, but the Dragons rallied in the bottom of the frame to hand the Knights a 5-3 loss to end their season. “[In the postgame huddle, I] just wanted to say thank you for our season, everybody putting in the hard work and staying focused,” RTR head coach Danny Moffitt said. “Really going to miss our seven seniors. They were great guys. They’ve been here ...

MCC returns to section championship for first time in over 20 years

MILROY — The top-seeded Murray County Central baseball team is advancing to the section championship for the first time in over 20 years after the Rebels defeated Dawson-Boyd 4-0 on Saturday in the Section 3A semifinals. Teague Meyer pitched a complete-game shutout with 10 strikeouts to help ...

Yankees fall short to Rockets in defensive battle

MILROY — Despite a high-hitting effort and a back-and-forth battle, the Raymond Rockets scored the go-ahead run in the seventh inning and hung on from there to hand the Milroy Yankees a 4-3 loss Friday night in a Corn Belt League matchup. “They [Raymond] are a top-notch Class B team, so ...

Bucher becomes youngest US woman to complete all World Major Marathons

While running long distances is nothing new for Kate Bucher, her most recent race was even more special than the last. The Marshall native had spent the last few years aiming to compete in each of the seven World Marathon Majors, and with her completion of the Tokyo Marathon in March, Bucher became the youngest American woman to do so. While the World Marathons Majors in the U.S. are simple enough to compete in, with entry being awarded based on a time qualification standard; others such as Tokyo require runners outside the country to enter a lottery to compete. The chances of winning ...

YME concludes season as Section 3A runners-up

MARSHALL — The Yellow Medicine East softball team’s memorable 2026 season came to an end Thursday night, finishing as Section 3A runners-up. The top-seeded Sting came up short in the section championship to No. 2 BOLD in back-to-back games, 2-1 and 8-1. Both teams were competing for their ...