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Deutz goes DI with SDSU cross country

MARSHALL —Sam Deutz signed his letter of intent to continue his cross country career with the South Dakota State University mens team, Wednesday morning at Marshall High School. The Tiger senior is a state individual medalist in cross country and track and field, as well as a cross country ...

Marshall football’s Maeyaert, Vierstraete commit to SMSU

MARSHALL — JR Vierstraete and Levi Maeyaert both finalized their commitment to play football with the Southwest Minnesota State University Mustangs on Wednesday morning. The pair of Marshall High School seniors helped the Tigers to the state tournament each of their last two seasons with ...

Former Tigers Allex, Rhea among SMSU football’s 43-player signing class

MARSHALL —The Southwest Minnesota State University football team announced its 2026 recruiting class on Wednesday, including a blend of 34 graduating high schoolers and nine players who either transferred in or took a gap year after graduation. “We are excited about adding this talented 2026 signing class of incoming freshmen and semester transfers to the Mustang family,” Underwood said. “Our staff looks forward to the arrival of the freshmen to campus in August and adding their skills to our program as we look to develop them on the field and in the classroom. The size of this ...

GET TO KNOW: Brook Gunlogson

Brook Gunlogson Senior, Lakeview Brook Gunlogson is a starting guard for the Lakeview girls basketball team, and is also a track and field athlete for the Lakers. Gunlogson has played a crucial role in Lakeview’s impressive 2025-26 season campaign on the scoring and faciliating ends of ...

Blackjacks’ upset bid falls short vs. CMC

No. 6 CMC 53, Dawson-Boyd 44 DAWSON — A strong defensive performance against one of southwest Minnesota’s top teams wasn’t enough to get the Dawson-Boyd Blackjacks into the win column on Tuesday. The Blackjacks held the sixth-ranked Central Minnesota Christian Bluejays to 21 points in the first half, earning Dawson-Boyd a 6-point lead at halftime, but CMC rallied after the break to down Dawson-Boyd 53-44. Tuesday’s game marked the second-fewest points in a game scored by CMC this season, the lone lower mark being a 52-42 win over MACCRAY on Dec. 4, the Bluejays’ second ...

SMSU getting back in the saddle

MARSHALL — The Southwest Minnesota State University mens basketball team’s winning streak came to an end last weekend with back-to-back Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference losses to Jamestown and Northern State. The Mustangs will look to bounce back this weekend when they go on another ...