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Vikings’ bats catch fire in sweep of Lakeview

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MINNEOTA — The Vikings’ offense has been on a roll all season and that didn’t change on Thursday night. Minneota/Canby pulled away late in its first game against Lakeview for a 7-4 win before cruising to a 10-0 victory in five innings in the second game of the doubleheader. The Vikings ...

McDaniel sets SMSU season hits record in losses to Augustana

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MARSHALL — Chase McDaniel set a Southwest Minnesota State program record on Wednesday. The senior shortstop hit an RBI single in the seventh inning of game 1 of the Mustangs’ doubleheader against Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference foe Augustana to reach 71 on the year, a single-season ...

‘A reason for everything’

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Next year’s state wrestling tournament is going to be missing a familiar face. Dylan Louwagie has been a Class AA state medalist five times since he joined the Marshall wrestling team as a seventh grader. The senior Tiger capped off his prep career in style, setting a series of school records ...

Riess’ five hits lead Marshall past Worthington

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MARSHALL — Brielle Riess was perfect at the plate for the Marshall softball team on Tuesday afternoon. The senior center fielder went 5 of 5 at the plate to lead the Tigers to a 12-2 victory over Worthington. Two of Riess’ hits were extra-base hits. She hit an RBI double in the top of the ...

‘The defense played really well’

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NEW ULM — Marshall’s Liam Kruse pitched the Tigers to a 3-1 win over New Ulm Tuesday in a Big South Conference baseball game at Mueller Park. “He’s getting better and better each outing,” Marshall head coach Chace Pollock said of Kruse. “He threw a no-hitter earlier this year with ...

‘We’ve gotten into a good groove’

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MARSHALL — Lindsey Lund and Alyssa Swedzinski tied for second place out of 47 golfers in the field at the Marshall Class A Girls Invitational on Tuesday afternoon. The Dawson-Boyd dynamic duo led the Blackjacks to a first-place finish at the event, beating out runner-up Lac qui Parle Valley ...