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Local Sports

Gravley named boys COTY after RTR threepeats as 3A champs

TYLER — After its state championship run last season, the Russell-Tyler-Ruthton boys basketball team graduated three of its top four scorers and eight of its top 10. Nobody would have blamed the Knights if they took a year to rebuild. Instead, they rallied through the home stretch to claim ...

Wichmann’s 12 Ks lead RTR past Lakers in home opener

RUTHTON — Coming off a section runner-up finish last year, the Russell-Tyler-Ruthton baseball team looked like it hadn’t lost a step in its 2024 season-opener on Friday. Tyler Wichmann was nearly unhittable on the mound as the Knights shut out Lakeview for a 10-0 win in six innings. ...

Rebels walk off Panthers, 6-5

SLAYTON — Peyton Degreef took an advantage of a Tracy-Milroy-Balaton error in the bottom of the seventh inning on Friday night to drive in the game-winning run and give the Murray County Central softball team a 6-5 win. The game was tied when the Rebels came up to bat in the seventh. Atalie ...

Tauer, Haase’s walk-offs lead Mustangs past Golden Bears

MARSHALL — The Southwest Minnesota State baseball team gutted out a pair of walk-off wins over Concordia-St. Paul in a Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference matchup at Legion Field on Saturday afternoon. The Mustangs came up with a walk-off walk from Haase to secure a 3-2 win in extra ...

Mustangs bounce back with St. Cloud sweep

MARSHALL — On a windy Saturday afternoon in Marshall with winds hitting upwards of 35 miles per hour, the Southwest Minnesota State softball team blew away the St. Cloud State Huskies in its home opener. The Mustangs strung together a third-inning rally to pull out a 2-1 win in the first game ...