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Blackjacks dominate top of leaderboard at Benson Invite

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BENSON — All four scorers for the Dawson-Boyd girls golf team finished tied for fourth or better, along with another top-10 finish, as the Blackjacks ran away with a win at the Benson Invitational on Wednesday. Alyssa Swedzinski led the sea of black and yellow atop the 32-player leaderboard with an individual first-place finish. She senior Blackjack shot a 7-over 79 on the day, including a pair of back-9 birdies and nine pars. Just behind her, Kylar Hjelmeland tied for second with an 81 and Laura Schreier and Claire Stratmoen tied for fourth with an 84. Hjelmeland carded four ...

Velde, Lakers walk off RTR 5-4

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COTTONWOOD — Despite falling into an early hole, the Lakeview softball team stepped up when it mattered most to claim a walk-off win over Russell-Tyler-Ruthton on Wednesday. The Knights trailed by three runs entering the final frame, but a Kendra Velde RBI single put the finishing touches on ...

Vikings top MACCRAY behind Jerzak, Antony's HRs

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Minneota/Canby 16, MACCRAY 2 (5 inn.) MINNEOTA — Jayla Jerzak and Courtney Antony each homered for the Minneota/Canby softball team on Tuesday, leading the Vikings in their 16-2 Camden Conference rout of MACCRAY via five-inning mercy rule. Leading 3-0 entering the second, Emily Walker hit a triple and scored when Joelle Otto reached on an error. Mckenzie Bednarek hit another triple to drive in Otto, and Jerzak followed up with a two-run inside-the-park homer. It didn’t take long after Jerzak’s four-bagger for the Vikings to get back on the scoreboard again. Facing a full ...

Kluis, Behrends toss combined no-hitter for MCC

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MCC 12, E/SWC 0 (5 inn.) SLAYTON — Teague Meyer’s second-inning home run sparked a nine-run rally in the second inning of the Murray County Central baseball team’s Red Rock Conference matchup against Edgerton/Southwest Minnesota Christian Tuesday night. The Rebels’ pitching took care of the rest from there, with Dugan Kluis and Tristan Behrends pitching a combined no-hitter in a 12-0 win in five innings. Kluis threw the game’s first three innings, with just one batter reaching base but quickly getting thrown out by MCC catcher Dane Larson as he tried to steal second. ...

MCC boys place first in Trojan Relays, Marshall boys take AA runner-up

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WORTHINGTON — The Murray County Central boys track and field team took first place in the Class A division of the Trojan Relays on Tuesday night. The Rebels’ girls team also placed sixth, while Marshall’s boys finished as runners up in the Class AA division and the Tiger girls placed third. MCC’s boys finished with a team score of 189.5 points, blowing out runner-up Southwest Minnesota Christian/Edgerton’s 103.5. Westbrook-Walnut Grove/Red Rock Central also placed sixth with 58 points. On the girls side, WWG/RRC took fourth with 104 points and MCC tallied 73 points. ...

RTR records 14 hits, no errors in rout over Sting

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RUTHTON — Everything was going right for the Russell-Tyler-Ruthton baseball team as a 10-run opening inning sparked the Knights to a 23-0 mercy-rule win over Yellow Medicine East, Tuesday night in a non-conference matchup. Levi Tommeraasen shined on offense with two doubles, eight RBIs and ...