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Marshall girls take runner-up, boys place 14th at Roy Griak

ST. PAUL — Claire Kruse, Jasmine Murphy and Katelyn Leibfried all finished in the top 20 of Saturday’s Roy Griak Girls Cross Country Invitational, leading the Marshall Tigers to a podium finish. The Tigers finished with a team score of 116, falling to runner-up Hillsboro/Central Valley via tiebreaker. Marshall seventh grader Callie Kletcher placed 58th at 20:54.7, while HCV’s Emma Nagel placed 51st at 20:36.4. Duluth East won the 23-team meet with 111 points. Kruse was the Tigers’ top performer in the 195-runner field, placing seventh at 18:51.7. Murphy and Leibfried also ...

Rabbits go 3-1 at home invitational, reach Gold semis

WABASSO — The Wabasso volleyball team swept its way through pool play in its home invitational on Saturday, but fell to BOLD in the Gold Division semifinals. Wabasso took the first set of its Gold Division semifinal match against BOLD 25-18, but dropped the second 26-24. In the deciding third set, Wabasso fell 15-12 to a BOLD squad that went on to defeat MACCRAY 25-20, 25-23 in the championship. The Rabbits were tested early, falling 25-22 in the first set of its opener against Montevideo but claiming a 25-16 win in the second. Wabasso was awarded a win based on aggregate ...

Springfield hands TMB first loss of season

SPRINGFIELD — After showcasing plenty of offensive fireworks in the first two games of the season, the Tracy-Milroy-Balaton football team’s offense was shut down by perennial Section 3A juggernaut Springfield on Friday. The Panthers fell into a 28-0 hole after the first quarter and never recovered, taking their first loss of the season 67-6. Jackson Kruse was TMB’s leading rusher on the day with 18 carries for 101 yards and the team’s lone touchdown, and his eight tackles and three tackles for loss were both team highs on the defensive side of the ball. He was limited to four ...

YME suffers third straight shutout loss

CLARA CITY — The Yellow Medicine East football team was still unable to find an offensive rhythm against MACCRAY on Friday, falling 27-0. The game marked YME’s third consecutive shutout loss to start the season, though it also marked their lowest total of points allowed to date. Cayden Lien was the Sting’s leading rusher with 13 carries for 25 yards, while Liam Anderson completed one of his 14 pass attempts to Michael Guertin for five yards. YME falls to 0-3 on the season and looks to find the end zone for the first time this season when it goes on the road to take on Canby ...

SMSU volleyball moves up to No. 11 in most recent AVCA poll

All notes courtesy of SMSU athletics communications. LEXINGTON - The Southwest Minnesota State volleyball team (9-2, 3-1 NSIC) moved up three spots to No. 11 in the recent AVCA Top 25 Coaches' Poll, released Monday afternoon. SMSU, in their 2026 home debut, defeated then No. 10 ranked St. Cloud State in four sets, before sweeping Minnesota State. SMSU is one of five teams from the NSIC represented in the top 25. Wayne State and Concordia-St. Paul remain at No. 2 and No. 5 respectively, with WSC defeating CSP in a reverse sweep this past weekend. St. Cloud State falls three spots ...

RTR volleyball wins four straight to improve to 6-1

TYLER — After a strong weekend, RTR volleyball has won four consecutive matches and improved to 6-1 on the season. The Knights defeated Adrian/Ellsworth in three sets last Thursday before adding two more victories Saturday, sweeping both Luverne and Red Rock Central. All seven of RTR’s matches this season, including its lone loss to Minneota, have ended in sweeps. The Knights will look to keep rolling Sept. 22 when they travel to Westbrook-Walnut Grove. First serve is scheduled for 7:15 p.m.