I have been following sports of all kinds since I was a little kid, so I have really enjoyed watching some great athletes perform all over Minnesota the last 70 years. I have gotten to know many of them personally and I value their friendship more than I can say. And since I started doing ...

MARSHALL — After trailing by as many as six runs early, the Marshall softball team rallied to push its Big South Conference matchup against Tri-City United into extra innings on Friday. Yet, the Tigers couldn’t capitalize with bases loaded in the eighth, falling 9-8 in the first game of the ...

ST. CLOUD BOYS INVITE ST. CLOUD — Marshall freshman Elijah Winn tied for third in the field of 135 at the St. Cloud Boys Golf Invitational on Thursday, helping Marshall to a ninth-place finish out of 22 teams. Winn finished his round at 1-over 73, trailing only Buffalo’s Nicholas ...

Dawson-Boyd 13, YME 6 GRANITE FALLS — Following a back-and-forth first six innings, the Dawson-Boyd baseball team’s bats put everything together in the seventh to earn a Camden Conference win over Yellow Medicine East. The Blackjacks led by just a run heading into the final frame, but ...

HERON LAKE — The Russell-Tyler-Ruthton softball team rattled off 15 hits, powered by Payton Johansen’s perfect 4-for-4 day at the plate, to lead the Knights to a 15-3 mercy-rule win over Heron Lake-Okabena/Fulda Thursday night in five innings. The win marked the fifth-straight for RTR. ...

GIRLS KNIGHT INVITE TYLER — The Dawson-Boyd girls golf team accounted for four of the top six finishers at the Russell-Tyler-Ruthton Knight Invitational on Friday, helping the Blackjacks run away with a first-place finish in the nine-team event. Alyssa Swedzinski led the charge for ...