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Area roundup: Cardinal tennis sweeps Luverne

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PREP TENNIS FAIRMONT: 7, LUVERNE: 0 LUVERNE – The Fairmont tennis team saw another victory when taking a trip to Luverne on Tuesday afternoon, beating the home team 7-0 and bouncing back from its previous defeat to St. James. Fairmont will take on Blue Earth Area on Thursday at 4:30 p.m. Singles Carly Gustafson took down Sophia Pemme, 6-0, 6-1. Ada Edmundson defeated Cameryn Schepel, 6-1, 6-1. Cadleigh Jobe breezed past Lauren Peters, 6-1, 6-2. Ellena Laven got the upper hand over Autumn DeCesare, 6-3, 6-0. Doubles Emelia Klanderud and Allison Slama took down Gracyn Woodley and ...

Area roundup: Fairmont boys soccer improves win streak to two

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PREP BOYS SOCCER FAIRMONT: 6, WINGS UNITED: 1 FAIRMONT – The Fairmont boys soccer team is on a two-game win streak. After starting the fall with consecutive losses, the Cardinals have evened their record with back-to-back wins, most recently a 6-1 domination over Wings United on Tuesday ...

Cardinals return to .500 with win over St. James

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FAIRMONT – Fairmont volleyball head coach Stacy Garbers didn’t want to see a fifth set. After the Cardinals took the first two game points in Tuesday night’s battle against St. James, the third went in the visiting team's favor to prevent the sweep. But it was the only set where the ...

Mavericks make statement in season opener

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TRIMONT – Four quarters were all it took to show that this year’s Martin County West football team was completely different from last fall. The previous season’s Mavericks had a plethora of new underclassmen, and even some juniors, who took on a bigger role. It forced many athletes to ...

Chirpich shuts the door, Martins capture fourth state title

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NEW PRAGUE – Spencer Chirpich had a feeling he would take the mound once more during Sunday night’s MBA Class C State Tournament Championship. Fairmont Martins manager Levi Becker couldn’t keep his ace out of such a high-stakes game against the Elrosa Saints. The question wasn’t ...

Martins continue postseason march, down Stars in semifinals

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NEW PRAGUE – The first inning has been vital for the Fairmont Martins march through this season’s Minnesota Baseball Association Class C State Tournament. Heading into Saturday’s semifinal matchup against the Starbuck Stars at New Prague Memorial Park, Fairmont had scored a combined ...