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NSIC Tournament Bracket announced; SMSU earns No. 3 seed

All notes courtesy of SMSU athletics communications. BURNSVILLE - The 2026 NSIC Volleyball Tournament pairings have been determined following the conclusion of the NSIC regular season schedule. After Saturday's match against St. Cloud State, Southwest Minnesota State earned the No. 3 seed in the tournament. SMSU won the tiebreaker against Northern State via points rating system (both teams were 15-5 in conference play). The top eight teams from the conference standings advance to the single-elimination tournament. The quarterfinals will be hosted at the top four seeds on ...

Louwagie wins 141 lbs. division, Mustangs earn 10 placers in RCTC Yellowjacket Open

All notes courtesy of SMSU athletics communications. ROCHESTER - The Southwest Minnesota State University wrestling team competed today at the RCTC Yellowjacket Open, earning 10 placers overall. The Mustangs finished with 26 wins in total, including nine victories by fall and five by TF. SMSU secured 56 takedowns and scored 389 points throughout the day. Dylan Louwagie won the Open division at 149 lbs., going 4-0 including a win by fall, TF, and two wins by major decision. Dylan St. Germain finished second in the 125 lbs. Open division, highlighted by an 11-10 decision ...

Mustang cross country finishes season at NSIC Championships

All notes courtesy of SMSU athletics communications. SIOUX FALLS – The Southwest Minnesota State men's and women's cross-country squads competed Saturday morning at the NSIC Conference Championships at Yankton Trails Park. The SMSU men's team finished 14th earning 400 points, while the women's team placed 16th with 475 points. Augustana finished first on the 14-team men's side (25 points), while Winona State placed first in the 16-team women's race finishing with 45 points. Minnesota State's Luis Pfister was the individual winner from the men's 8,000-meter race, finishing with a ...

Rabbits hold off Greyhounds, advance to state

COTTONWOOD – For the first time since 2017, the Wabasso Rabbits will be playing in a state football tournament. Holding off a late comeback attempt by the New Ulm Cathedral Greyhounds, the Rabbits were able to move the chains enough late, take a knee and celebrate a 16-14 win Friday night in the Section 2, Nine-Player Football Tournament championship game at Lakeview High School. Junior quarterback Drew Kemp was 6 years old the last time he saw his dad, Rabbits head coach Joe Kemp, coach the Rabbits to state as a Class A team in 2017, a year where the Rabbits finished second to ...

Pesek earns top-50 finish at state cross country meet

HAM LAKE — Canby-Minneota cross country runner Mya Pesek capped off her season with a top-50 finish at the state cross country meet Saturday at Majestic Oaks Golf Course in Ham Lake. Pesek, an 11th-grader, placed 46th out of 160 runners in the Class A girls race with a time of 19 minutes, 55.4 seconds. She recorded a season-best time, finishing just outside the top 45. “A top-50 finish was going to be a tough goal, but Mya went out there and did it,” Canby-Minneota head coach Allyson Pesek said. Allyson Pesek praised Mya for her performance and the work she put in throughout the ...

Marshall cross country teams cap season at state meet

HAM LAKE — The Marshall cross country teams wrapped up their seasons Saturday at the state meet at Majestic Oaks Golf Club in Ham Lake, with the girls placing fifth in the Class AA race and sophomore Charles Mueller-Thompson representing the Tigers in the boys race. Mueller-Thompson placed 64th in the boys Class AA race with a personal-best time of 16 minutes, 44.7 seconds. “Charles had a great race by running a personal best time. We tell our athletes that anytime you do that it means you did something you had never done before,” Marshall head coach Brian Leibfried said. As an ...