SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — After suffering its worst loss of the season 22-1 in five innings, the Southwest Minnesota State University softball team responded for a 2-1 win in the second of a doubleheader against the University of Sioux Falls on the road Wednesday. Both matchups were Northern Sun ...
WILLMAR — The Dawson-Boyd girls golf team opened up the 2026 spring season with a third-place finish at the Willmar Girls Early Season Invite Wednesday morning. The Blackjacks finished with a team score of 365 out of the eight competing teams. Senior Alyssa Swedzinksi was the lead individual for Dawson-Boyd, taking third in the meet with a 9-over 81. She carded an eagle on hole 3 with a birdie on the 18th hole. Swedzinkski finished one stroke behind first place, as Lac qui Parle Valley’s Molly Halvorson and New London-Spicer’s Rylie Harrier shared the top finish after both ...
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — The Southwest Minnesota State University baseball team came up short in a pair of Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference games on Wednesday against Sioux Falls on the road. The Mustangs dropped the first game 6-2, and fell in the second of the doubleheader, 12-11. The ...
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Wild have added a Viking. No, not a player from the local NFL team, but a defenseman named Viking Gustafsson Nyberg, a native of Sweden and former University of Connecticut standout who signed a two-year, entry-level contract Thursday that begins with ...
MANKATO — The Southwest Minnesota State women’s and men’s track & field teams put together several top marks and times, including one school record, competing at the Stomper Open hosted by Minnesota State on Wednesday afternoon. SMSU closed the day with four first-places finishes. Logan Smidt, competing in just her second collegiate meet, set a school record in the javelin with a first-place toss of 37.83m. The mark broke the previous school record of 36.06m set in 2024. Colton Johnson had big day for the men’s team winning the long jump with a distance of ...
TYLER — A handful of strong swings weren’t enough to put the Russell-Tyler-Ruthton softball team on top in its Red Rock Conference opener against Adrian/Ellsworth on Thursday afternoon. The Knights got a home run from Laken Baartman and loaded the bases in the other inning, but they ...
