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SMSU wrestling kicks off season with Brown & Gold Dual

MARSHALL – The Southwest Minnesota State University wrestling team will host its annual Brown & Gold exhibition dual this Saturday inside the PE Gym. The event begins at 12 p.m. and is free to attend. The exhibition will also be streaming live on Midco Sports Plus. The dual is the first chance for the public to get a look at this season’s squad. SMSU sixth-year head coach Chayse Jackson has four seniors, ten juniors, five sophomores, and six freshmen. The Mustangs are led by 125 lbs. sophomore Dylan St. Germain, who had a record of 13-9 last season with two NSIC dual wins, ...

Kosel, Herrick power Lakeview past MACCRAY in regular season finale

COTTONWOOD — A trio of first-quarter touchdowns set the tone offensively for the Lakeview football team on Tuesday night as the Lakers cruised past MACCRAY for a 42-28 win in its regular-season finale. Chance Kosel got the game’s scoring started by running in an 8-yard touchdown, as well as the 2-point conversion. MACCRAY answered with a touchdown of its own, but Lakeview quickly re-extended its lead with a 42-yard touchdown pass from Teagan Neuman to Cooper Klinghagen and a 23-yard touchdown run by Logan Herrick to finish the first quarter up 20-6. Kosel and Herrick each had big ...

Kruse throws three TDs as TMB rallies past BOLD

TRACY — The Tracy-Milroy-Balaton football team bounced back from a scoreless first half with a second-half offensive explosion to down BOLD 26-8 in its final regular-season tilt on Tuesday. Jackson Kruse ran in a 1-yard touchdown and completed a 2-point conversion to Ty Yackley in the third quarter to open the night’s scoring, though BOLD quickly tied the game back up. Still, Kruse ended the third quarter with a 33-yard touchdown to Yackley to enter the final frame with a 14-8 lead. Kruse finished the night completing 14 of his 19 pass attempts for 242 yards, three touchdowns and ...

Stotesbery leads Dawson-Boyd in loss to Border West

DAWSON — The Dawson-Boyd volleyball team wasn’t able to pick up a win in its penultimate home match of the season on Tuesday, falling 25-8, 25-23, 25-15 to Border West in non-conference play. Emma Stotesbery contributed across the box score for the Blackjacks. Her 11 digs, 15 set assists and four service aces were all team highs, and she also contributed three kills. Kadyn Perkins and Lilly Lee tallied seven and five kills, respectively, and Perkins’ eight digs tied Claire Stratmoen for second on the team. Dawson-Boyd falls to 5-18 and looks to close out its home schedule on a ...

RTR sweeps Canby on senior night, enters playoffs as No. 1 seed

TYLER — The Russell-Tyler-Ruthton volleyball team celebrated its six seniors with a dominant performance in its final home match of the regular season, sweeping Canby 25-6, 25-6, 25-15 on senior night. The Knights made the occasion special by starting the opening set with all six seniors on the floor, giving the group one final opportunity to play together at home. The lineup change did little to slow RTR, which controlled the match from the start. “They played really, really well tonight,” RTR head coach Britany Moser said. “They wanted it. It was their last game, with six ...

No. 10 Mustangs travel north facing No. 20 UMD and BSU

All notes courtesy of SMSU athletics communications. THIS WEEK The No. 10 ranked SMSU volleyball team, after defeating Minnesota Crookston and Minnesota State Moorhead, continues NSIC action on the road this weekend. The Mustangs face No. 20 ranked Minnesota Duluth on Friday inside the Romano Gymnasium at 6 p.m., before facing Bemidji State the following day at 2 p.m. All matches are listed in central time. MATCH COVERAGE Live stats and video for all matches will be available at SMSUmustangs.com Stay up to date on the Mustangs throughout the weekend by downloading the official ...