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Area roundup: Meade breaks program pole vault record

PREP TRACK AND FIELD WORTHINGTON – The Fairmont boys and girls track and field teams continued to show their dominance during Tuesday’s Trojan Relays in Worthington. The boys notched 174.5 points, while the girls finished with 179. Both teams beat the second-highest teams by at least 35 points. The biggest individual accomplishment came from Jase Meade in the pole vault. Meade’s height of 14’ 1” was not only good enough for a first-place finish at the meet, but is now the current program record for the Cardinals. Tavian Harvey placed third in the 100-meter dash behind Ehmu ...

JCC uses strong start to soar past Fairmont

FAIRMONT – Jackson County Central softball proved to everyone at Cardinal Park why they wear the title of No. 4 team in Minnesota High School’s Class AA rankings. Mady Wachal picked up 15 of her team’s 21 outs with her arm while the Huskie offense put up crooked numbers in the first ...

Area roundup: Fairmont baseball extends winning streak to six

PREP BASEBALL FAIRMONT 14, JCC 2 JACKSON – 12 runs in the fourth and fifth innings proved to be the difference during Fairmont’s 14-2 victory over Jackson County Central on Tuesday afternoon. The Huskies tied the game up at two apiece in the bottom of the third. But four scores in the fourth and eight in the fifth lifted the Cardinals for their sixth straight victory. Fairmont is now 14-4 on the season. Joey Crissinger had a home run and two walks. Merritt Pomerenke went 3-4 with a triple. Jensen Livesay had three hits as well, which helped bring in two Fairmont runs. Joseph ...

Jevin Garry places second in Tomahawk Valley Conference meet

FAIRMONT – The Sleepy Eye United boys golf team took home the Tomahawk Valley Conference title after another stellar performance during the third and final leg of the competition at Rose Lake Golf Club on Monday afternoon. Sleepy Eye United won the previous two conference meets, scoring 345 ...

Area roundup: Zelaya wins BSC Championship

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 ...

Hitting her spots

WELCOME – It was the quietest perfect game you will ever see. Back on April 16, Martin County West softball pitcher Maddie Carlson was in complete control of Madelia’s offense, dominating in the opening four innings with nine strikeouts and zero runners on base, all while using just 50 ...