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Sports Columns

Dunwa Omot: Mankato-made with Mustang pride

Coming off an incredible weekend of basketball Southwest Minnesota State University guard Dunwa Omot set a career-high in points on back-to-back games scoring 27 points against St. Cloud State and 28 points against University of Minnesota Duluth. Omot credited his teammates and coaches for ...

Big game Brooklyn

The Marshall girls hockey team has found its stride late in the season after a sluggish start. After dropping six of its first seven games, Marshall has rocketed to third place in the Big South standings with a 9-4-1 conference record. While wins are a team stat and come from improvements and ...

Nathan Fenske: Earned, not given

In 2022, the Lakeview football team had one of its most impressive seasons. The Lakers started the season 9-1, reached the 5A Section Championship and defeated Minneota for the first time in program history. The Lakers boys basketball team has continued the theme of Lakeview athletic ...

Examining emergency sports medicine at the local level

On Dec. 2, in the first quarter of the Monday Night Football game between the Buffalo Bills and Cincinnati Bengals, Bills safety Damar Hamlin made a routine tackle on Bengals receiver Tee Higgins. Hamlin stood up for a moment after the play before collapsing to the ground. Moments later, the ...

A purpose bigger than herself

It’s a Tuesday afternoon and Kate Bucher is walking her dog down the street before she has to go in to work. Bucher is now settled back home in Marshall and works two jobs. She finds time to do all this and runs 70-80 miles per week. This is a journey that started long ago to promote good ...

Mallory Evans: Raising the bar

It’s an early Saturday morning in Montgomery when Tri-City United’s Olympic weightlifting competition kicks off. Too early for Mallory Evans’ liking, but still, she shows up looking to compete. One by one, athletes take center stage in front of the black and blue bleachers for their ...