PREP GOLF

MORTON – Katherine Zelaya’s low score of 81 not only helped the Fairmont girls’ golf team place second in this year’s Big South Conference Championship, but pushed her to a first-place individual finish.

Fairmont fell to just Marshall in the team scores by one stroke, capping off the afternoon with a score of 378. Blue Earth Area and Worthington placed third and fourth, with scores of 400 and 405, respectively. St. Peter (415), Redwood Valley (425), Tri-City United (435), Luverne (440), New Ulm (445), Windom Area (451), Waseca (451), Jackson County Central (486) and Belle Plaine (488) were the rest of the team standings.

Leslie Zarling cracked the top five for Fairmont, placing fourth with her score of 89. Carly Gustafson rounded out the top 10 after shooting a 99. Joslyn Meyer (109), Ingrid Edman (117), and Annaliese Rahm (132) were the other Fairmont individuals’ scores.

WELCOME – The Granada Huntley East Chain/Truman/Martin Luther and Martin County West girls golf teams competed in the third leg of the Tomahawk Valley Conference meet on Monday afternoon in Welcome. The Jaguars placed eighth (452), while the Mavericks finished in 10th (471). Sleepy Eye United won the team title in the meet after shooting a 385. Springfield got second with their 397. Alden-Conger, St. James/Madelia and G-F-W finished in third, fourth and fifth with their scores of 420, 424 and 428, respectively. Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart and Wabasso each shot a 445 to tie for sixth. New Ulm Cathedral finished between GHEC/T/ML with their score of 461.

Charlotte Berhow was the highest Jaguar scorer with her 99, deserving a sixth-place finish. Meredith Miller got 21st with her 109. Josie Moeller and Phoebe Madsen got 120 and 124, respectively.

Clare Paulson and Clare Striemer were the Mavericks’ best finishers. Their scores of 114 and 116 earned 33rd- and 36th-place marks. Morgan McCorkell (120), Aaliyah Bolstad (121), and Mya Smith (123) were neck and neck with their scores.

PREP BASEBALL

REDWOOD FALLS – The Fairmont baseball team scored 22 runs during last Saturday’s doubleheader matchup against Redwood Valley at Memorial Field. Fairmont won the opening contest 12-7, before securing the sweep hours later with a 10-1 victory. Fairmont is not 13-4 on the season and has won its past five contests.

The first game of the day was all about Fairmont’s offense. After facing an early three-run deficit, Fairmont scored a run in each of the next five innings to power past its opponent. Joe Long and Jensen Livesay each hit a home run, while Brayden Williamson and Mason Bicknase each had two RBIs. Eight different Fairmont players recorded a hit while striking out just twice as a team. Joey Crissinger threw the first three innings for Fairmont, allowing four total runs, two of which were earned, and four hits. Merritt Pomerenke and Nolyn Goerndt tossed the rest of the contest for Fairmont, holding Redwood Valley to zero earned runs and striking out a pair.

Goerndt, Preston Geerdes and Joseph Hackett combined for a near shutout of the Redwood Valley offense during game two. Goerndt went for the opening four frames, while Geerdes threw two and Hackett threw the last. The staff surrendered two hits and one unearned run in their efforts. On offense, it was much of the same for Fairmont. Bicknase and Crissinger each hit one out of the park, while Livesay collected his second bomb of the afternoon. Long and Hackett each secured a double. Fairmont notched 14 hits and struck out three times. Fairmont’s offense has scored double-digit runs in each of the past five games.

Fairmont will take on Jackson County Central on Tuesday, starting at 5:30 p.m.

PREP SOFTBALL

WINDOM – Fairmont split their two-game tournament in Windom this past weekend, taking down Adrian Area 12-1 before losing to Minneota/Canby 8-7. The Cardinals’ offense combined for 25 hits, and has scored seven or more runs in six of the past seven contests. With the weekend split, Fairmont now holds a 14-4 record as they gear up to face Jackson County Central on Tuesday afternoon at Cardinal Park.

Lexi Sundeen, Bria Williamson, Avery Kurt, and Sydney York each had multiple hits during game one against the Dragons. Fairmont scored a run in all six innings and recorded 13 hits as a team. Sundeen, Kurt and Gwyneth Schultz each notched a double. Williamson and York had three and two RBIs. Brylee Miller threw five shutout innings while striking out eight Adrian Area batters to pick up the win.

The Cardinals’ comeback in game two of the afternoon came up just short against the Vikings. Fairmont used their four-run burst in the third and fourth innings to take a temporary 4-3 advantage. However, Minneota/Canby scored two runs in the fifth and three more in the seventh to ultimately pull away. Fairmont scored three runs of their own in the final inning, but came up just short of tying the contest and sending it to extras. Miller led the team with three powerful hits, two of which were a triple and a home run. Williamson also knocked one out of the park. Both Miller and Williamson had two RBIs. Sundeen had two RBIs as well and one double. Kurt had another multi-hit game. Miller tossed six and one-third innings while allowing five earned runs. She struck out 10 batters and gave up zero walks.

WALNUT GROVE – The Red Rock Central/Westbrook-Walnut Grove Invitational crown belongs to the Mavericks. Martin County West scored a combined 36 runs over their three tournament victories this past Saturday, taking down MACCRAY before defeating Lakeview and Yellow Medicine East. The team has won nine straight games and flexes an impressive 17-1 record on the 2026 spring season.

Courtney Anderson collected seven RBIs during the Mavericks 19-0 victory against MACCRAY. Her three-run home run in the second frame and double led to the impressive performance, as Anderson finished the game going a perfect 4-4 from the plate. Rowan Faber and Bailey Larson had two hits and one RBI each. Maddie Carlson had one hit and drew three walks. Addy Wohlhuter, Hayley Clarke and Stella Rohman had a hit and an RBI each. Martin County West pitcher Sydney Clow threw a rare perfect game over her four innings of operation, striking out five batters and not allowing a single hit or walk.

Game two saw the Mavericks’ offense score three runs in the first, second, and fourth innings, powering past Lakeview 9-2. Carlson threw all seven innings and racked up 12 strikeouts and zero walks. Ida Rohman went 3-3 with one RBI. Anderson had another blast over the fence with her two-run home run in the first inning. Carlson matched her teammate in the fourth with a three-run jack to extend the Mavericks’ lead. Larson had two hits that fueled two RBIs.

The championship game was another in which Martin County West controlled the whole way. Carlson and Clow combined for seven innings of one-run softball, while the Maverick offense scored six runs in the second frame to power an 8-1 victory. Carlson threw five innings, allowed two hits and struck out eight batters. Clow tossed the final two, picking up a walk and a strikeout each. Larson went 3-3 with her bat, one of her hits being a double. Emily Schettler recorded two hits and three RBIs. Schultz had two hits and two RBIs, as did Ida Rohman.