MARSHALL — Selfless play and relentless defense allowed the No. 3 Marshall girls basketball team to live up to its preseason ranking when it kicked off the season against New Ulm on Tuesday in Big South Conference play. The Tigers forced 24 turnovers and led by as many as 66 points before ...

ST. PAUL — After trailing by a pair of points at halftime, the Southwest Minnesota State University mens basketball team staged a second-half comeback to pick up a 69-66 overtime win over Jamestown on Sunday in a non-conference matchup between two Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference ...

TYLER — Two of the past three Class A state champions met to open the 2025-26 season with the reigning Dawson-Boyd boys basketball team visiting Russell-Tyler-Ruthton, 2023 title winners. This time around, Dawson-Boyd came away with a 79-76 comeback victory powered behind senior Gunner ...

COTTONWOOD — Cody Helmke and Braylon Breyfogle combined for 41 points for the Lakeview boys basketball team on Monday, leading the Lakers to a 94-56 non-conference win over Red Rock Central to kick off the season. Helmke scored a game-high 26 points in the win, including 15 in the second ...

MARSHALL — The Southwest Minnesota State University’s comeback bid against No. 18 Northern State fell just shy in the Mustangs’ home opener on Sunday. The Mustangs outscored the Wolves in three of the first four quarters of regulation, including a plus-11 margin in the second half to send ...

MARSHALL — A career day by goaltender McCoy Guenther wasn’t enough to lift the Marshal boys hockey team to victory against Litchfield/Dassel-Cokato on Saturday in Marshall’s Thanksgiving tournament. Guenther logged a career-high 39 saves, including 31 of the first 32 shots he faced, but ...