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RTR shuts down E/SWC behind Schreurs’ 15 strikeouts

RTR 3, E/SWMC 1 RUTHTON — Gavin Schreurs had an impressive performance on the mound Monday night, tossing 15 strikeouts while allowing just one hit to prevail the Russell-Tyler-Ruthton baseball team to a 3-1 win over Edgerton/Southwest Minnesota Christian. Schreurs’ near no-hitter came through nearly a complete game, pitching six innings. RTR held E/SWMC off nearly the entire game, and allowed one run in the top of the seventh. The Knights got on the board in the first inning after Tyler Wichmann scored with bases loaded on a Kolby Louwagie walk. RTR added on two more ...

Tiger track sweeps home opener

MARSHALL — The Marshall boys and girls track and field teams each earned first-place finishes at the Tigers’ home meet Monday afternoon. The Marshall boys finished with 172 points in a seven-team meet while the girls earned 159 points in an eight-team meet. Lakeview also finished third on both sides, with 118.5 points for the girls and 102 for the boys, and Tracy-Milroy-Balaton placed sixth for boys at 41.5 and eighth for girls with 12. Worthington was the meet runner-up on the boys side with 136.5 points and Redwood was the girls runner-up with 127. Colton Lindquist earned a pair ...

Marshall’s offensive strides not enough vs. St. Peter

MARSHALL — A strong offensive showing wasn’t enough to match the St. Peter bats in the Marshall softball team’s home opener Tuesday night. The Tigers rattled off five runs in the final two innings, but still fell 16-5 to the Saints in Big South Conference play. The Tigers trailed 8-0 ...

Winn, Wing top leaderboard as Tigers win home invite

MARSHALL — The Marshall boys golf team made a statement at its 18-hole home invitational meet Monday afternoon, taking first place as a team powered by Elijah Winn and Deacon Wing’s first and second-place finishes. Marshall had two teams competing, Marshall Black and Marshall White. ...

RTR walks-off Blackjacks in final inning comeback

RTR 8, Dawson-Boyd 7 RUSSELL — The Russell-Tyler-Ruthton baseball game went into the final inning facing a 7-2 deficit, but exploded for six runs in the bottom of the seventh to come back, tie and walk-off for an 8-7 thriller against Dawson-Boyd Friday night. Garrett Elton scored the first run of the comeback rally off a Tyson Burns hit, who reached base on an error. Brayden Chandler then hit a two-run RBI double on a line drive to center field to run in Burns and Tyler Wichmann to cut into a 7-5 deficit. Chandler scored the next run as the result of a Blackjacks’ error, and ...

Panthers rout RRC/WWG in 20-0 win

FRIDAY TMB 20, RRC/WWG 0 (4 inn.) TRACY — The Tracy-Milroy-Balaton softball team was firing on all cyclinders behind an 11-run second inning to pick up a dominant 20-0 mercy-rule win over Red Rock Central/Westbrook-Walnut Grove on Friday. Braelynn Kirk, Alli Dolan and Melaina Ankrum all shared a team-high four runs. The Panthers were also walked a total of 11 times. Gretchen Lanoue pitched a complete no-hitter with six strikeouts in TMB’s four innings. The Panthers got hot right away, scoring five runs promptly in the first inning, followed by 11 more in the second and capped ...