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DB walks off Canby on Bothun’s home run

Dawson-Boyd 9, Canby 8 CANBY — Colten Bothun came up strong in the clutch for the Dawson-Boyd baseball team in its Camden Conference matchup against Canby Thursday night. The Blackjacks and Lancers played a back-and-forth slugfest that took extra innings to determine a winner, but Bothun hit a solo home run in the first at-bat of the bottom of the eighth to give the Blackjacks a 9-8 win. Bothun retired three of the four batters he faced on the mound in the top of the eighth to bring himself to the plate as the winning run in the bottom of the frame. On the first pitch of the ...

MCC softball survives 30-24 slugfest vs. HLOF

MCC 30, HLOF 24 OKABENA — No lead was safe in the Murray County Central softball team’s Red Rock Conference matchup against Heron Lake-Okabena/Fulda on Thursday. It was the Rebels’ bats that prevailed in the end, however, putting together two 10-run innings en route to a 30-24 win. Ava Deacon scored the go-ahead run in the top of the first, drawing a leadoff walk, advancing to third on a Reese Wajer double and scoring on a passed ball. MCC was shut down for the remainder of the frame, but the real fireworks started in the second. The Rebels surged ahead with 10 runs in the ...

Winn leads Tigers after first day at Dacotah Ridge Invite

MORTON — Elijah Winn wrapped up the first day of the Dacotah Ridge in the top 10 of the 110-player leaderboard. With another day to play, Marshall currently sits in 13th place out of 18 teams in the tournament. The Tigers fielded a team score of 316 on the first day of competition. Of the 12 teams ahead of Class 2A Marshall, 11 are Class 3A squads. Winn posted a 1-over 73 on the day. He was 3-under through his first nine holes and finished the day with five birdies. Deacon Wing also finished the first round in the top half of the field with a 6-over 78. He was 4-over through his ...

Rebels off to red-hot start in 2026 season with core returners

SLAYTON — The Murray County Central baseball team is playing with a chip on its shoulder and is off to a flying and undefeated start to the 2026 season, as the Rebels look to make a deep playoff run behind a large group of experienced returners. Off to a 9-0 start this season, remaining as ...

Rebels rebuild following loss of seniors under new HC

SLAYTON — The Murray County Central softball team is looking to fill the gaps through the 2026 season following the loss of a strong group of seniors while under a new head coach. Joel Herrig has taken over the helm for the Rebels after previously serving on the softball staff as an ...

Frost kick off postseason in search of three-peat

So much for the complaints raised last summer about the PWHL's expansion process favoring the league’s newest franchises in Seattle and Vancouver. After a five-month, 120-game regular season featuring record crowds, women’s hockey enjoying a significant post-Olympic boost and with more ...