GIRLS NLS GIRLS INVITATIONAL GRANITE FALLS — Kylar Hjelmeland and Claire Stratmoen both finished in the top 5 of Thursday’s New London-Spicer Girls Golf Invitational, leading the Dawson-Boyd Blackjacks to a first-place finish in the 15-team field. Hjelmeland placed third with a ...
TYLER — The Russell-Tyler-Ruthton softball team’s offensive explosion resulted in the Knights’ first win of the year when they hosted Heron Lake-Okabena/Fulda in Red Rock Conference play on Thursday afternoon. Paisley Thooft and Laken Baartman led a group of four Knights with three or ...
COTTONWOOD — Makenna Anderson pitched a complete-game shutout with 14 strikeouts and also helped lead the offense to power the Lakeview softball team to a 9-0 Camden Conference win over Dawson-Boyd Thursday night. “Her [Anderson’s] mental toughness has come a long way, and continues to ...
COTTONWOOD — The MACCRAY baseball team had 10 stolen bases and a four-hit advantage that was ultimately too much for Lakeview to overcome in a 14-3 loss Thursday night in six innings. The Wolverines put the dagger on the win behind a six-run fourth inning, and scored in every frame except ...
MARSHALL — The Winona State baseball team won a pair of tight ballgames to sweep a doubleheader over Southwest Minnesota State on Wednesday at Legion Field in Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference action. WSU, which improves to 17-19 overall, 12-11 NSIC, won the opener 4-3 and then ...
As a sports correspondent for the Independent the last three years, I have had the chance to watch several state championship teams from this area. A Facebook friend of mine put together some interesting stats that reminded me of all of the Section games I have watched in various gyms in the ...