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SMSU baseball drops two against USF

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — The Southwest Minnesota State University baseball team came up short in a pair of Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference games on Wednesday against Sioux Falls on the road. The Mustangs dropped the first game 6-2, and fell in the second of the doubleheader, 12-11. The ...

Wild add a Viking to the roster

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Wild have added a Viking. No, not a player from the local NFL team, but a defenseman named Viking Gustafsson Nyberg, a native of Sweden and former University of Connecticut standout who signed a two-year, entry-level contract Thursday that begins with the ...

Knights’ offense comes up short to Dragons

TYLER — A handful of strong swings weren’t enough to put the Russell-Tyler-Ruthton softball team on top in its Red Rock Conference opener against Adrian/Ellsworth on Thursday afternoon. The Knights got a home run from Laken Baartman and loaded the bases in the other inning, but they ...

Smidt sets SMSU javelin record in Mankato meet

MANKATO — The Southwest Minnesota State women’s and men’s track & field teams put together several top marks and times, including one school record, competing at the Stomper Open hosted by Minnesota State on Wednesday afternoon. SMSU closed the day with four first-places ...

Tiger track earns eight first-place finishes in outdoor opener

Marshall at Mankato West MANKATO — Taleigha Bigler, Katelyn Leibfried, Brooklyn Purrington and Autumn Deutz each earned individual first-place finishes for the Marshall girls track and field team at the Mankato West Outdoor Invite on Thursday, leading the Tigers to a runner-up ...

Jenniges, Eis combine for 15 Ks in pair of mercy-rule wins

Wabasso 11, BLHS 1 (5 inn). WABASSO — Audrey Johnson rattled off three hits with three RBIs to help the Wabasso softball team defeat Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart 11-1 in five innings Thursday night in the first game of a doubleheader. Aylah Jenniges also pitched a complete game, throwing an ...