MARSHALL — Coming off a dominant junior season, Marshall’s Liam Kruse continued to showcase his abilities as one of the premier prep pitchers in southwest Minnesota in his senior season. He limited opposing teams to a total of two earned runs over the course of the entire season while on ...

Marshall Black 8, Chisago Lakes 0 ALEXANDRIA — The Marshall Junior Legion Black baseball team opened play at the Alexandria tournament on Friday with an 8-0 win over Chisago Lakes. Leading the way, Tyler Kraft threw a complete-game shutout and drove in a pair of runs to set the tone in ...

BROOKINGS — Carson Mensink helped lead the Marshall VFW Orange 15U baseball team to a pair of wins on the first day of a weekend tournament in Brookings, S.D., behind a strong batting performance in the first game followed up with competitive pitching the second game. Marshall won the first ...

An updated version of this story with quotes will be available in Tuesday's edition of the Independent EDIT: Marshall’s next game will be played at Willmar on Sunday, July 13 at 1:30 pm HADLEY — Connor Neubeck and Ryan Schwagel each hit home runs in the eighth inning of the Marshall A’s ...

WABASSO — Breaking past sections and into the Class A State Tournament for the first time in 15 years while finishing with a 19-8 overall record, Wabasso’s Tiffany Eichten has been named the Independent’s 2025 Softball Coach of the Year. “[Competing at state] was really fun. I asked ...

RUTHTON — For the past few years, Laken Baartman has been one of the most dominant hitters in Class A for the Russell-Tyler-Ruthton softball team. Baartman was named to the Minnesota Fastpitch Coaches Association’s All-State second team as an eighth grader and the first team each of the ...