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Long Sox lose on walk off in state tournament

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GAYLORD — Despite losing an early lead at Walsh Field, the Lamberton Long Sox were able to tie things up thanks to a wild pitch in the sixth inning of Friday night’s Class C Minnesota State Amateur Baseball Tournament game with the Paynesville Pirates. Unfortunately for the Long Sox, a ...

Milroy falls to Windom in 10C championship, earns 2-seed at state

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MILROY — The Milroy Irish have earned the second seed out of Region 10C for the upcoming Class C State Tournament after falling to the Windom Pirates in a nailbiting 3-1 loss Friday night in the region championship due to a Pirates’ late offensive surge in the ninth. With the victory, ...

SMSU ranked 13th in NSIC preseason poll

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BURNSVILLE — The Northern Sun Intercollegiate released its preseason football coaches poll on Tuesday, with Southwest Minnesota State University ranked 13th out of 14 teams overall and last among the seven teams in the South Division. The NSIC will be split into two divisions this season ...

Irish eyeing a top seed

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MILROY — After locking up a Class C tournament appearance with a 2-0 sweep over Jackson last week, the Milroy Irish will try to take the top seed out of their region when they take on the Windom Pirates in a best-of-3 series in the Region 10C Championship, starting tonight. Windom will ...

Former SMSU WBB coach Kruger named interim head coach at BHSU

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SPEARFISH, S.D. — Former Southwest Minnesota State University womens basketball coach Kelly Kruger was announced as the interim head coach for the Black Hills State University women’s basketball team on Monday. This will be Kruger’s 35th season as a head coach, with a 531-446 record and ...