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Panthers look to build on strong summer preparation

TRACY — The Tracy-Milroy-Balaton football team will enter the 2026 season with a familiar face leading the way as head coach Ryan Kruse returns to guide the Panthers. TMB finished last season with a 4-5 record, and Kruse believes the work the team put in during the offseason has provided a strong foundation heading into the new campaign. The Panthers had a strong turnout during the summer, particularly in the weight room, while also seeing good participation at summer camps. Kruse said that work has given the team a solid base to build from heading into the season. “We had a great ...

Local standouts open preseason

Week 1 of the NFL preseason kicked off with six games on Thursday night. A pair of former standouts for the Marshall Tigers in Trey Lance and Yahya Black saw their first game action of the 2026 season. Steelers 28, Packers 9 PITTSBURGH (AP) — Rookie Drew Allar threw for a pair of ...

Drama, Rollovers, and Dominant Sweeps Highlight Action at the Big House

Sunday night at Redwood Speedway proved once again why they call it the “Big House,” serving up a full program of high-octane dirt track action loaded with hard-fought passes, wild scrambles, and late-race fireworks across six competitive divisions. Danube Auto Works Sport Mods A stacked 17-car field kicked off the night’s feature racing. Youth led the way to the green as teenagers Indy Ragan (17) of Eagle Lake and Slade Fitzgerald (4) of Sherburn brought the pack to speed. Ragan jumped out to the early lead with Fitzgerald tucked in behind, but a rocky 15-lap feature plagued by ...

More than a coach: the journey of Marshall’s Marie Sample

MARSHALL — Long before she guided Marshall High School to a state championship or earned a spot in the Minnesota State Cross Country Coaches Association Hall of Fame, Marie Sample was a young girl growing up on a pig farm near Lake Andes, South Dakota. It was there, she says, that she first ...

SMSU opens camp after seventh-place NSIC South prediction

MARSHALL — Despite being picked to finish seventh in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) South Division and 14th overall in the preseason coaches' poll, the Southwest Minnesota State University football team is back on the field with a new season underway. The Mustangs ...

The Legacy of Irish Yard

When I was growing up in Tyler, I started buying the District Tournament basketball programs that they published every year for District 9. And as I went through the programs, I would always notice that when I got to the Milroy team, it seemed like there were always two or three Dolans on each team in the '60s and '70s. I always wondered, “Will they ever run out of Dolans on these teams?” Well, luckily, they didn’t, as the Dolan name kept popping up in every sport as their success continued. Luckily, I say, because I have gotten to know some of the Dolan family when I started ...