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 ...
TYLER — The Russell-Tyler-Ruthton girls basketball team’s tenacious efforts on defense and on the glass helped the team continue to make progress this year. After finishing last season 11-16, the Knights got up above .500 this season at 14-13, eventually earning a No. 4 seed in the 3A South tournament. On average, the Knights limited their opponents to just 48.1 points per game. Much of their defensive success came due to their ability to generate turnovers; Paisley Thooft and Ava Guida led the charge with 3.2 and 2.9 steals per game, and Ava Karbo set the tone on the defensive ...
An updated version of this story will run in Tuesday's edition of the Independent ST. PAUL — The well-rounded scoring effort of the Marshall girls basketball team led the third-seeded Tigers to a win in the Class AAA state third-place game Saturday at the Gangelhoff Center. Taking on No. 4 ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 Thursday with a 10-over on Friday to move up into a tie for 18th. She was particularly strong on the back 9, shooting a 3-over with a birdie on hole 15. Allie Nedved and Carly Hamman also placed in the top 50 for the Mustangs, finishing 42nd and 48th. Nedved shot a 13-over to finish the tournament at ...
