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Lakers' hold heads high after multi-win postseason

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MARSHALL — The Lakeview softball team’s season came to an end on Saturday after the program reached new heights in the Section 3A tournament. The South’s fifth-seeded Lakers picked up a 5-0 win over No. 6N Benson in its first elimination bracket game of the day, marking the first time the program won multiple postseason games in a single year, but they fell to No. 2S BOLD 11-0 to end their season in the next game. “It’s been so fun, I was on the original team that made it part the first round like five years ago, so it’s really fun to see us grow throughout the season and ...

No. 1 Sting semifinal-bound after 1-0 win over No. 2 BOLD

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MARSHALL — An Alana Almich fifth-inning RBI double and a strong cohesive defensive effort including two double plays helped send the top-seeded Yellow Medicine East softball team to the Section 3A semifinal after taking down No. 2 BOLD 1-0 in the quarterfinals Saturday afternoon. “It ...

Rabbits rally past LQPV in 3A quarterfinals

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MARSHALL — Despite a slow start to the game, the Wabasso softball team’s pitching and bats prevailed in their Section 3A quarterfinal matchup against No. 2S Lac qui Parle Valley on Saturday. The Rabbits trailed 3-0 after the top of the second, but they responded with 10 unanswered runs ...

MCC wins 3A South meet behind 15 championship qualifiers

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LUVERNE — The Murray County Central boys track and field team dominated the 3A South Subsection Championships on Thursday. The Rebels will now send 15 individual boys and three relay teams to next week’s Section 3A championship meet. The Rebels paced the eight-team boys field with 186 points, beating out Luverne’s 108 and Southwest Minnesota Christian/Edgerton’s 104 to top the podium. Tracy-Milroy-Balaton also placed fifth with 77 points and Russell-Tyler-Ruthton placed seventh with 35.5 points to edge out Pipestone by a half-point. On the girls side, Luverne topped the team ...

Marshall softball season ends with loss to Albert Lea

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NORTH MANKATO — The Marshall softball team wasn’t able to bounce back from its opening-round loss in its elimination bracket game against Albert Lea on Thursday. After falling to No. 3 Mankato West in the opening round, the No. 6 Marshall Tigers got off to a hot start against the No. 7 ...

Big fifth inning paces Tigers past St. Cloud

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ST. CLOUD — The Marshall baseball team erupted for five fifth-inning runs in its non-conference matchup against St. Cloud Crush on Thursday, riding that momentum to a 6-2 victory in its regular-season finale. The Tigers trailed 1-0 heading into the fifth, but a walk to Andrew Lee and a ...