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Blackjacks’ season comes to an end with loss to A/E

MILROY — The Dawson-Boyd baseball team’s season came to an end Tuesday night after the top-seeded Blackjacks came up short to No. 2 Adrian/Ellsworth 4-2 in the Section 3A elimination final, fighting for a spot in the championship game. Dawson-Boyd put together another winning season, ...

Eleven area individuals qualify for Class A state track meet

PIPESTONE — The Murray County Central boys and Canby/Minneota girls each finished fifth at the Section 3A track and field championships on Thursday. Each of the two schools earned a handful of state qualifiers to continue their season for another week. Canby/Minneota had state qualifiers in five girls events and a boys event. MCC, meanwhile, had two individuals and a relay team qualify for state. Mya Pesek was the individual runner-up for the Lancers in the girls 1600 meter race, setting a new personal record of 5:27.90 in the event to return to the state meet. She also placed fifth ...

Irish show stark advantage in win over Longhorns

MILROY — Early offense and a strong finish led the Milroy Irish to a 14-4 mercy-rule win over the Stark Longhorns, Friday in non-conference amateur baseball play. The Longhorns got on the board early with a first-inning run, but the Irish answered right away to take the lead for the ...

RTR’s season ends on late Dragon rally

MILROY — A sixth-inning rally wasn’t enough to put the Russell-Tyler-Ruthton baseball team on top in its Section 3A elimination bracket matchup against Adrian/Ellsworth on Saturday. The Knights scored a go-ahead run in the sixth, but the Dragons rallied in the bottom of the frame to hand the Knights a 5-3 loss to end their season. “[In the postgame huddle, I] just wanted to say thank you for our season, everybody putting in the hard work and staying focused,” RTR head coach Danny Moffitt said. “Really going to miss our seven seniors. They were great guys. They’ve been here ...

Marshall sends six individuals, relay team to state track meet

ST. PETER — The Marshall track and field team qualified six individuals and a relay team for the state track and field championships at Friday’s Section 2AA championships at Gustavus Adolphus College. The Tigers will now be represented in 10 different events at this weekend’s Class AA ...

Weedman's walk-off leads Tigers to 2AAA semis

NEW ULM — Eli Weedman played the hero for the top-seeded Marshall Tigers in their Section 2AAA baseball tournament quarterfinal matchup against No. 4 New Ulm, Saturday at Johnson Park. The Tigers trailed heading into the sixth and were tied heading into the seventh, but they came out on top ...