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All-Conference duo leads Marshall girls to BSC title

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MORTON — The top-10 finishes of Dayton Webskowski, Maddi Panka and Anna Thor helped the Marshall girls golf team eke out a first-place finish at the Big South Conference Championship Tournament, Monday at Dacotah Ridge Golf Club. As a team, Marshall tallied a team score of 377 to edge out Fairmont by a single stroke, and Blue Earth Area placed third at 400 in the 14-team event. Webskowski was first on the Big South All-Conference list after finishing the championship meet tied with Katherine Zelaya for first place with a 9-over 81. Webskowski was particularly strong on the back 9, ...

Tigers step up in the clutch vs. Mankato, Monte

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MARSHALL — A pair of hard-fought non-conference wins on Saturday helped the Marshall baseball team further make its case for the top seed in the upcoming section tournament. Trae Bailey drove in the go-ahead runs in both games, coming on a bases-loaded walk against Mankato East for a 2-1 ...

Wichmann's slam helps A's stave off Yankees

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MARSHALL — Cody Wichmann came up big for the Marshall A’s in their season opener against Corn Belt League-foe Milroy on Sunday. The Russell-Tyler-Ruthton graduate and current Southwest Minnesota State University pitcher hit a grand slam in the seventh inning to help the A’s outlast the ...

Tiger baseball splits with TCU

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TCU 4, Marshall 2 MONTGOMERY — The Marshall baseball team’s bats fell short after a strong first inning against Tri-City United, Friday in the first game of a Big South Conference doubleheader. The Tigers put up a pair of runs in the first but were shut out for the remainder of the game, falling 4-2. TCU took advantage of a pair of beaned batters with a pair of RBI singles in the third to tie up the game. An inning later, they scored the game’s final runs when they loaded the bases on an error and two singles. The Tigers got consecutive strikeouts to nearly keep the tie intact, ...

RRC/WWG gets back in the win column vs. HLOF

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RRC/WWG 21, HLOF 11 (5 inn.) WALNUT GROVE — Kendall Jenniges had a pair of doubles and drove in a team-high six runners off two hits to highlight the Red Rock Central/Westbrook-Walnut Grove softball team’s 21-11 mercy-rule win over Heron Lake-Okabena/Fulda Friday night. The win snapped a seven-game losing streak for the Falcons. Bats became contagious and hits kept coming for RRC/WWG, and ultimately ended the game on an eight-run fifth inning. Natasha Wahl and Leah Carter shared a team-high three runs, while Kendra Schroeder went 3 for 5 at the plate along with two RBIs and ...

Blackjacks flood top of the leaderboard at Knight Invite

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GIRLS KNIGHT INVITE TYLER — The Dawson-Boyd girls golf team accounted for four of the top six finishers at the Russell-Tyler-Ruthton Knight Invitational on Friday, helping the Blackjacks run away with a first-place finish in the nine-team event. Alyssa Swedzinski led the charge for Dawson-Boyd, posting a 13-over 84 to finish as the individual runner-up to Lac qui Parle Valley’s Molly Halvorson’s 82. Swedzinski carded a birdie and three pars on the front 9, along with another pair of pars on the back 9. Dawson-Boyd finished with a team score of 346, beating out LQPV’s 372 and ...