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Panthers make progress behind core of juniors

TRACY — Gretchen Lanoue and Melaina Ankrum each showed tremendous growth in increased roles for the Tracy-Milroy-Balaton girls basketball team over the course of the season, helping the Panthers add four more wins to their total from last year as well as a postseason victory. The Panthers ...

Defense-oriented Chargers keep finding ways to win

WESTBROOK — Despite losing some key pieces from last year’s strong season, the Westbrook-Walnut Grove girls basketball team found a way to continue to win games. Led by the continued growth of Leah Carter, the Chargers persisted and remained one of the stronger teams in the Red Rock ...

Rabbits’ rebounding dominance leads to wins uptick

WABASSO — The Wabasso girls basketball team was a force to be reckoned with on the glass this season, leading them to an eight-win increase from last year and their first postseason win since 2019. “The difference from last year to this year is that we really wanted to focus on ...

Mustangs finish 9th at SMSU Challenge

LITCHFIELD PARK, Ariz. — The Southwest Minnesota State University golf team placed ninth out of 10 teams at the SMSU Challenge on Friday, compiling a team score of 129-over during the two-day tournament. Meghan Pundsack led SMSU in the tournament, building on her 12-over performance on ...

Tigers take on Raiders in state third-place game

MARSHALL — Despite falling out of contention for a state title, the Marshall girls basketball team still has plenty left to play for at the Class AAA state tournament. The third-seeded Tigers fell to No. 2 Benilde-St. Margaret’s in Thursday’s semifinals, and now Marshall will take on No. ...

SMSU baseball’s win streak ends vs. CSP

MINNEAPOLIS — The Southwest Minnesota State University baseball team wasn’t able to carry the magic of its eight-game Arizona winning streak into its return to Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference play on Friday. The Mustangs returned to conference play with a doubleheader against ...