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Minneota sweeps Adrian/Ellsworth to claim Section 3A championship

MARSHALL — The Minneota volleyball team is headed back to the state tournament after sweeping Adrian/Ellsworth 25-18, 25-14 and 25-14 to win the Section 3A championship Saturday at Southwest Minnesota State University. The Vikings improved to 29-4 overall with the victory and earned the No. 1 seed in the Class A state tournament. Minneota will open quarterfinal play Thursday, Nov. 12, at 5 p.m. at Grand Casino Arena in St. Paul against No. 8 seed Pine River-Backus, which finished the regular season with a 29-3 record. The Vikings won the Class A state title in 2022 and reached the ...

Sports schedule

MONDAY, NOV. 9’S GAMES SMSU: WBB vs. Bethany Lutheran, 11 a.m. TUESDAY, NOV. 10’S GAMES SMSU: No. 3 VB vs. No. 6 UMD, 6 p.m. (NSIC quarterfinals) WEDNESDAY, NOV. 11’S GAMES STATE VOLLEYBALL: No. 2 Marshall vs. No. 7 Totino-Grace, 7 p.m. SMSU: S/D at MSU-Moorhead, 1 p.m. THURSDAY, NOV. 12’S GAMES STATE VOLLEYBALL: No. 1 Minneota vs. No. 8 Pine River-Backus, 5 p.m. SMSU: Wrestling at Dakota Wesleyan, 6 p.m. SWIM AND DIVE: Marshall, Montevideo/DB 3A prelims at Hutch, noon FRIDAY, NOV. 13’S GAMES STATE VOLLEYBALL: No. 1 MIN vs. 4Sacred Heart/5Chisholm, 1 p.m.; No. 2 ...

Regional Calendar

The Independent calendar lists upcoming meetings, facility hours and events in and around Marshall. To have your group’s events listed, email the information to news@marshallindependent.com or submit the information to our virtual newsroom. Today Household Hazardous Waste Facility, open 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Public Works Building, Marshall. Call 532-8210 for more info. Marshall Area Fine Arts Council gallery 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 344 West Main Street, Marshall. SW MN Arts Council Gallery, 9 a.m.-noon and 1-4 p.m., 509 West Main Street, Marshall. Marshall-Lyon County Library hours, ...

SMSU Chorale to perform

The SMSU Chorale will present their annual fall concert at 2 p.m. Sunday at the First Lutheran Church of Marshall. Entitled "The Promise of a Nation," the program explores the American experience from a variety of different perspectives. According to Dr. Stephen Kingsbury, SMSU director of Choral Activities, "The genesis of the performance came from Randall Thompson’s dramatic ‘Testament of Freedom,’ which sets of the words of Thomas Jefferson as he expressed his thoughts about the creation of our nation, both in letters and more formalized writings. Over the course of the ...