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Knights begin quest for second state championship in three years

ST. PAUL — Returning back to the Class A State Tournament on an 18-match win streak after sweeping its way throughout the Section 3A Tournament, all but one set, the Russell-Tyler-Ruthton volleyball team is looking to bring home its second state title in three years. This is the Knights’ ...

No. 1 Tigers open state tourney run against No. 4 Totino-Grace

BLAINE — After breaking a seven-year state tournament drought last season, the top-seeded Marshall football team is looking to make back-to-back trips to US Bank Stadium when it takes on No. 4S Totino-Grace in the Class AAAA quarterfinals tonight in Blaine at 6 p.m. The Tigers defeated ...

Marshall runs over Totino-Grace in state quarterfinals

BLAINE — A series of big runs from Andrew Stelter and the Tigers’ typical stout defense gave the Marshall football team its second consecutive Class AAAA quarterfinal win on Thursday. Stelter broke off a pair of long touchdowns in the first half and Marshall’s defense never let ...

RTR advances to state semifinals with sweep over Nevis

ST. PAUL — Sara and Paisley Thooft’s 26 combined kills helped the No. 2 Russell-Tyler-Ruthton volleyball team return back to the Class A state semifinals, just two years removed from its last appearance, after sweeping No. 7 Nevis Thursday night at Grand Casino Arena in St. Paul in the ...

Six area players named to Class A All-State team

ST. PAUL — Southwest Minnesota was well-represented in the Minnesota Volleyball Coaches Association’s Class A All-State team, announced on Tuesday at the State Banquet at Roy Wilkins Auditorium on the eve of the state tournament. The Independent’s 11 Class A schools combined for six ...