NEW PRAGUE — Mankato West senior midfielder Rachel Luedtke demonstrated why she’s a Ms. Soccer finalists in the Minnesota prep soccer ranks. Luedtke delivered two long-distance assists, Ali Rutz made a breakaway-stopping defensive gem and keeper Claire Hemstock netted a shutout to help ...
FAIRMONT — Six consecutive victories — including back-to-back shutouts — to close out the regular season, a first-ever share of the South Central Red District crown, and now, the No. 1 seed and a first-round bye in the Section 3AAA football playoffs. Despite producing those impressive ...
FAIRMONT — The Blue Earth Area Bucs will face their toughest section quarterfinal challenge since entering Section 2AA four years ago. BEA comes into the section playoffs as the No. 8 seed and faces the No. 1-seeded Waterville-Elysian-Morristown Buccaneers — a rematch of last year’s ...
FAIRMONT — Tri-South Central Red District football champions. Fairmont quarterback Garrett Myren rushed for two touchdowns and passed for two more scores, while the Class AAA No. 6-ranked Cardinals’ defense limited New Ulm to a miniscule 12 yards of total offense during a 56-0 ...
ST JAMES — Turnovers, turnovers, turnovers. The Blue Earth Area Bucs rolled the St. James Area Saints 35-0 in a South Central White District football clash Wednesday night in St. James. Blue Earth Area (3-5, 3-4 South Central White) and St. James Area (2-6, 2-5) will find out today their ...
FAIRMONT — On the road or staying home? That’s the question on everybody’s mind when awaiting the Minnesota sectional volleyball postseason brackets. Here are the answers. The Fairmont Cardinals netted the No. 5 seed in the Section 2AA, South Sub-Section tournament when the Minnesota ...
FAIRMONT — The Fairmont Area girls soccer team just keeps rewriting the 13-year varsity program’s record books this fall. Junior striker Isabelle Lenort delivered two precision assists and scored a goal for good measure, while freshman goalkeeper Cadence Becker made a game-best nine saves ...
REDWOOD FALLS — The Fairmont girls ran to third place in the big schools division, while the Cardinal boys hustled for fifth at the Big South Conference Meet in Redwood Falls on Tuesday. The Fairmont boys finished with 102 points, five behind fourth-place St. Peter. Andrew Moeller led the ...
SIOUX RAPIDS, Iowa — The Sioux Central Rebels swept the North Union Warriors, 25-20, 25-18, 25-22, during the opening round of the Iowa Class 2A, Region 1 volleyball playoffs on Tuesday night in Sioux Rapids, Iowa. Sioux Central (10-14) moves on to the Region 1 quarterfinals against ...
FHS tailgate BBQ tonight FAIRMONT — The Fairmont Booster Club, Chevy Cade-ering and Hawkins Chevrolet will sponsor tonight’s Cardinal Tailgate BBQ prior to No. 6-ranked Fairmont’s regular-season football finale against New Ulm at 7 p.m. at Mahoney Field. Smoked babyback ribs, ...
FAIRMONT — Points scored per game, points allowed, consecutive wins, consecutive losses, passing yards, rushing yards, positive turnover ratios, negative turnover ratios, etc. The numbers behind the scenes of the Class AAA, No. 7-ranked Fairmont Cardinals’ 7 p.m. regular-season football ...
FAIRMONT — The No. 3-seeded Fairmont Area Cardinals girls soccer team squares off against the No. 7-seeded Holy Family Catholic Fire in a 7 p.m. Section 2A semifinal tonight at Jeffery Kot Soccer Complex. Fairmont Area enters tonight’s postseason clash with a 13-2-2 record on the heels of ...
FAIRMONT — A single-season record 13th victory established on the 13th of October during the program’s 13th year. Jenna Lee Gustafson’s decisive second-half goal, Joni Becker’s first-half score and Cadence Becker’s game-high 23 saves propelled No. 3-seeded Fairmont Area to a 2-1 ...
FAIRMONT — The Fairmont 5th- and 6th-grade cross country run has been rescheduled for 3:44 p.m. today at the Fairmont Elementary School. Runners should bring their registration forms or fill one out when you arrive at the north side of the elementary school. Participants will run a ...
BELLE PLAINE — Dustin Schultz could be the next spokesman for Allstate Insurance after delivering a ‘good hands’ performance Friday night in Belle Plaine. Schultz created three of Class AAA, No. 7-ranked Fairmont’s four turnovers – two interceptions and a fumble recovery – from his ...
ARMSTRONG — Tucker Kroeze bulldozed the Warriors. The Belmond-Klemme Broncos beat North Union 39-14 in a Iowa Class A district football matchup in Armstrong on Friday night. Kroeze carried the ball 21 times for the Broncos and amassed 203 yards on the ground and four touchdowns. Kroeze ...
MARSHALL — One goal ended the Cardinals’ season. The Marshall Tigers beat Fairmont Area, 1-0, during second-round Section 2A soccer playoff action at Mattke Field on the Southwest Minnesota State University campus in Marshall on Thursday night. The loss ended No. 12-seeded Fairmont ...
FAIRMONT — St. Peter senior middle hitter Claire Nuessmeier presented 20 good reasons on Thursday night why she’ll be playing volleyball for an NCAA Division I program next season. Nuessmeier utilized an impressive vertical leap in conjunction with her 6-foot-2 frame to pound out ...
ELMORE — The Buc cross country invitational moved 14 miles south of its usual location — Riverside Town & Country Club — to the Minn-Iowa Golf Course in Elmore on Thursday due to recent weather-related damage to the golf course north of Blue Earth. Unfortunately, the 5K run — 3.1 ...
ST. PETER — On paper, No. 3-seeded singles player Te’a Armstrong and the No. 5-seeded doubles team of Macie Stevermer and McKenna Dutton were not expected to reach the Section 3 individual tennis meet’s finals, let alone qualify for the Class A state meet. But that’s exactly what the ...