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Marshall shuts out Benilde-St. Margaret’s to end regular season

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ST. LOUIS PARK — The Marshall football team delivered a dominant performance on the road, shutting out Benilde-St. Margaret’s 38-0 to close out the regular season and build momentum heading into the playoffs. The Tigers set the tone early, scoring seven points in the opening quarter before breaking the game open with 21 points in the second quarter. Marshall added 10 more points in the third to extend its lead to 38-0, then kept Benilde-St. Margaret’s off the scoreboard in the fourth. Sam Meier led Marshall’s rushing attack with 112 yards and three touchdowns on 14 carries. ...

No. 1 Minneota holds off No. 9 Dawson-Boyd for 28-21 road win

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DAWSON — In a matchup between two of Minnesota’s top-ranked Class A football teams, No. 1 Minneota remained unbeaten with a 28-21 road victory over No. 9 Dawson-Boyd. The Vikings improved to 8-0 on the season, while the Blackjacks fell to 6-2 in a competitive battle between two of southwest Minnesota’s top programs. Both teams scored seven points in each of the first two quarters, sending the game into halftime tied at 14-14. Minneota then scored the only touchdown of the third quarter to take a 21-14 lead before the teams traded touchdowns in the fourth. Dawson-Boyd struck ...

RTR sweeps Canby on senior night, enters playoffs as No. 1 seed

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TYLER — The Russell-Tyler-Ruthton volleyball team celebrated its six seniors with a dominant performance in its final home match of the regular season, sweeping Canby 25-6, 25-6, 25-15 on senior night. The Knights made the occasion special by starting the opening set with all six seniors on the floor, giving the group one final opportunity to play together at home. The lineup change did little to slow RTR, which controlled the match from the start. “They played really, really well tonight,” RTR head coach Britany Moser said. “They wanted it. It was their last game, with six ...

Stotesbery leads Dawson-Boyd in loss to Border West

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DAWSON — The Dawson-Boyd volleyball team wasn’t able to pick up a win in its penultimate home match of the season on Tuesday, falling 25-8, 25-23, 25-15 to Border West in non-conference play. Emma Stotesbery contributed across the box score for the Blackjacks. Her 11 digs, 15 set assists and four service aces were all team highs, and she also contributed three kills. Kadyn Perkins and Lilly Lee tallied seven and five kills, respectively, and Perkins’ eight digs tied Claire Stratmoen for second on the team. Dawson-Boyd falls to 5-18 and looks to close out its home schedule on a ...

Kruse throws three TDs as TMB rallies past BOLD

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TRACY — The Tracy-Milroy-Balaton football team bounced back from a scoreless first half with a second-half offensive explosion to down BOLD 26-8 in its final regular-season tilt on Tuesday. Jackson Kruse ran in a 1-yard touchdown and completed a 2-point conversion to Ty Yackley in the third quarter to open the night’s scoring, though BOLD quickly tied the game back up. Still, Kruse ended the third quarter with a 33-yard touchdown to Yackley to enter the final frame with a 14-8 lead. Kruse finished the night completing 14 of his 19 pass attempts for 242 yards, three touchdowns and ...

Kosel, Herrick power Lakeview past MACCRAY in regular season finale

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COTTONWOOD — A trio of first-quarter touchdowns set the tone offensively for the Lakeview football team on Tuesday night as the Lakers cruised past MACCRAY for a 42-28 win in its regular-season finale. Chance Kosel got the game’s scoring started by running in an 8-yard touchdown, as well as the 2-point conversion. MACCRAY answered with a touchdown of its own, but Lakeview quickly re-extended its lead with a 42-yard touchdown pass from Teagan Neuman to Cooper Klinghagen and a 23-yard touchdown run by Logan Herrick to finish the first quarter up 20-6. Kosel and Herrick each had big ...