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2026 All-Sentinel Volleyball Team announced

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Area volleyball is officially complete. It was a successful season, with many athletes finishing with impressive team and individual statistics. Now, it’s time to reveal my selections for the 2026 All-Sentinel Volleyball Team. All names on the 2026 All-Sentinel Volleyball Team and Honorable Mentions are listed alphabetically. The All-Sentinel Volleyball Player of the Year will be announced in Saturday's edition of The Sentinel. Brynlee Haukoos, Jr., Martin County West Martin County West carried firepower at the net. Maverick head coach Kari Brolsma consistently mentioned her team ...

2026 All-Sentinel Football Team announced

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Now it’s time to reveal some postseason honors. It was a fantastic year for many area athletes who strung together multiple strong performances on the football field. Many area athletes displayed their skills in a variety aspects. With that being said, here are my selections for the 2026 All-Sentinel Football Team. All names on the 2026 All-Sentinel Football Team and Honorable Mentions are listed alphabetically. The All-Sentinel Football Player of the Year will be announced in Saturday's edition of The Sentinel. Aaron Becker, So., Linebacker, Fairmont Fairmont’s defense ...

Six Cardinals sign to continue athletic careers

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FAIRMONT – Six Fairmont High School students signed their Letters of Intent on Wednesday morning inside the Cardinal gymnasium. Jensen Livesay and Joey Crissinger will continue their baseball careers with Johnson County Community College and Iowa Central Community College. JCCC is located in ...

Area roundup: Christenson cracks top 40 in state race

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PREP CROSS COUNTRY HAM LAKE – Fairmont’s Cole Hanson and Martin County West/Butterfield-Odin’s Evelynn Christenson finished their prep cross country seasons at Saturday’s MSHSL State Cross Country Championships at the Majestic Oaks Golf Club in Ham Lake. Christenson ran first in the Girls Class A competition. She finished in 39th place with a time of 19:47.9, five-tenths of a second behind St. Cloud Cathedral’s Rosalie Schad. It’s the second-fastest time Christenson recorded this fall. Hanson was a part of the afternoon’s final race, Boys Class AA. There, the freshman ...

Fairmont Area players named to BSC All-Conference team

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FAIRMONT – Five players from Fairmont Area boys' and girls' soccer were named to the Big South Conference All-Conference Soccer team. Starting with the boys, goalkeeper Brody Deuel and forward Nathan Paris earned all-conference selections. Defenders Vaughn Thompson and Jackson Henning made the honorable mention category. Midfielders Mollie Leiding and Abbie Simpson, and defender Audrey Nemmers, highlighted the Cardinal girl representatives on the all-conference team. Defender Lauren Zarling and midfielder Olive Kawecki got nods in the honorable mention category.

'They were ready for it'

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TRIMONT – Martin County West’s preseason scrimmage showed head football coach Tom Elliott and his staff that this season’s team could be special. Flashback to July. Elliott and his Mavericks were set to face Sibley East and Atwater Cosmos Grove City in a pair of organized scrimmages. ...