FAIRMONT — After the close loss Wednesday, the Fairmont Martins left nothing to chance and crushed Heron Lake 20-1 in seven innings of an amateur baseball game Friday. The game ended in the seventh due to the 10-run lead rule. The game was put away in the first with 17 Fairmont runs ...
FAIRMONT — A goal of Fairmont track and field head coach Jesse Walters since he started as an assistant coach in 2017 has been to bring a bus full of athletes to the State Track and Field Tournament. There are 20 athletes competing in 17 different events. Some, like Oliver Tordsen and ...
The Big South Conference released its All-Conference Softball teams on Friday, with three Fairmont Cardinals earning honors. In the Gold Division (Small Schools), Fairmont had junior Brylee Miller and freshman Gwyn Schultz make the team, while senior Gabbie Leiding finished as an Honorable Mention. Fairmont ended the season 15-9 overall and 10-3 in the Big South Conference Gold Division. The Black Division (Big Schools) champion New Ulm defeated the Gold Division champion Jackson County Central in the Big South Conference title game.
BECKER – Martin County West and Granada Huntley-East Chain/Truman/Martin Luther each have a representative looking to put themselves high on the leaderboard at the Class A State Golf Tournament Tuesday and Wednesday. The Class A tourney will take place in Becker at Pebble Creek. For GHEC, Landon Zimmer comes into the event with a nine-hole average of 39.6. For MCW, Knox Larson has a nine-hole average of 42.2. Zimmer will get his tournament started Tuesday, June 10 at 12:32 p.m. alongside Blake McMullen of Mahnomen-Waubun, Jack Abrahamson of Canby, and Kyden Kotrba of West ...
BANCROFT — The North Union Warriors took down nonconference opponent Manson-NW Webster 14-4 in five innings Thursday. After two scoreless innings, North Union opened up a 5-1 lead in the third. They would not let off the gas pedal, as it would be 11-4 in the fourth and they would get their final three runs in the fifth. Colin Kruse, Wiley Stevens, and Greyson Colegrove each had two RBIs. Kruse had three hits and one run, Stevens had one hit and one run, and Colegrove had a sacrifice fly. It was a two-pitcher effort. Colin Kruse had three strikeouts and no earned runs allowed in ...
FAIRMONT – In their first home game of the season on Wednesday, the Martins went up early but saw their lead trickle away as they lost to Jackson 3-2. It was a pitchers duel through four innings, with neither team either to develop any momentum. That changed on a dime in the fifth. Spencer ...
