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Strong rebounding lifts Vikings in win over YME

Minneota 86, YME 50 MINNEOTA — The Minneota girls basketball team dominated the glass in its Camden Conference matchup against Yellow Medicine East Thursday night. The Vikings built up a 22-6 edge on the offensive boards as they cruised to an 86-50 win. Bayli Sneller scored her 1,000th career point for YME in the loss. She finished the night with 9 points, second on the team behind Bailey Mortenson’s 17 points on 8 of 14 shooting. Jaylyn Coequyt and Jayla Jerzak led the Vikings’ efforts on the offensive glass with four offensive rebounds each, followed by another three apiece ...

Swanson’s milestone night falls short in St. Cloud

ST. CLOUD — Audrey Swanson had a record night scoring a career-high 31 points along with scoring her 1,000th point, but the Southwest Minnesota State University womens basketball team came up short on the road in an 82-67 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference loss to St. Cloud State Thursday night. Swanson became the 26th player in the SMSU women’s program to reach the 1,000-milestone mark in the third quarter following a 3-pointer from the left wing. She finished the night shooting 11 of 18 from the floor. Nicole Maenke followed with 11 points with a team-high trio of ...

SMSU getting back in the saddle

MARSHALL — The Southwest Minnesota State University mens basketball team’s winning streak came to an end last weekend with back-to-back Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference losses to Jamestown and Northern State. The Mustangs will look to bounce back this weekend when they go on another ...

Blackjacks’ upset bid falls short vs. CMC

No. 6 CMC 53, Dawson-Boyd 44 DAWSON — A strong defensive performance against one of southwest Minnesota’s top teams wasn’t enough to get the Dawson-Boyd Blackjacks into the win column on Tuesday. The Blackjacks held the sixth-ranked Central Minnesota Christian Bluejays to 21 points in the first half, earning Dawson-Boyd a 6-point lead at halftime, but CMC rallied after the break to down Dawson-Boyd 53-44. Tuesday’s game marked the second-fewest points in a game scored by CMC this season, the lone lower mark being a 52-42 win over MACCRAY on Dec. 4, the Bluejays’ second ...

GET TO KNOW: Brook Gunlogson

Brook Gunlogson Senior, Lakeview Brook Gunlogson is a starting guard for the Lakeview girls basketball team, and is also a track and field athlete for the Lakers. Gunlogson has played a crucial role in Lakeview’s impressive 2025-26 season campaign on the scoring and faciliating ends of ...

Vikings get their ‘mojo’ back

MINNEOTA — A big game from Jase Sorensen and some timely shooting from the free-throw line allowed the Minneota boys basketball team to pull out a non-conference win over Russell-Tyler-Ruthton on Monday night. The Vikings held off a strong push from Russell-Tyler-Ruthton starting late in the ...