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Stelter’s leadoff triple carries Marshall past Fairmont

FAIRMONT – A seventh-inning leadoff triple from Marshall’s Andrew Stelter was the story of Thursday afternoon’s contest at Herb Wolf Field. The shot to the wall gave his offense the spark they needed, with an ensuing sacrifice flyout by Eli Weedman to left field breaking the one-score ...

Blackjacks walk off Vikings on Bothun single

Dawson-Boyd 3, Minneota 2 DAWSON — Colten Bothun’s seventh-inning single gave the Dawson-Boyd baseball team a walk-off win over Minneota in Camden Conference play Thursday. The Blackjacks trailed 2-1 heading into the bottom of the seventh when Kyan Moseng was hit by a pitch with one out, and Kameron Sather walked and Eli Olson singled to load the bases. Bothun capitalized on the opportunity, singling on an 0-2 count to score Moseng, and an error on the play allowed Sather to run home for the winning run. Sather earned the win on the mound for Dawson-Boyd, pitching two innings ...

Jenniges, Eis combine for 15 Ks in pair of mercy-rule wins

Wabasso 11, BLHS 1 (5 inn). WABASSO — Audrey Johnson rattled off three hits with three RBIs to help the Wabasso softball team defeat Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart 11-1 in five innings Thursday night in the first game of a doubleheader. Aylah Jenniges also pitched a complete game, throwing an impressive nine strikeouts to lead the Rabbits defensively. Wabasso got off to a quick start with a 4-0 lead following the first inning. Runs from Macy Rohlik, Delaina Eis, Sara Carlson and Ava Kodet got the Rabbits on the board. All of them scored on RBIs as well. Wabasso held BLHS ...

Knights' offense comes up short to Dragons

TYLER — A handful of strong swings weren’t enough to put the Russell-Tyler-Ruthton softball team on top in its Red Rock Conference opener against Adrian/Ellsworth on Thursday afternoon. The Knights got a home run from Laken Baartman and loaded the bases in the other inning, but they ...

Twins complete series sweep over Tigers

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Brooks Lee hit a tiebreaking two-run single in the eighth inning for the Minnesota Twins in a 3-1 victory to complete a four-game sweep of the Detroit Tigers on Thursday. Mick Abel pitched six scoreless innings and Josh Bell went 3 for 4 with a home run for the Twins, who ...

Smidt sets SMSU javelin record in Mankato meet

MANKATO — The Southwest Minnesota State women’s and men’s track & field teams put together several top marks and times, including one school record, competing at the Stomper Open hosted by Minnesota State on Wednesday afternoon. SMSU closed the day with four first-places finishes. Logan Smidt, competing in just her second collegiate meet, set a school record in the javelin with a first-place toss of 37.83m. The mark broke the previous school record of 36.06m set in 2024. Colton Johnson had big day for the men’s team winning the long jump with a distance of ...