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Area roundup: Zarling earns top 10 finish in New Prague

PREP GOLF NEW PRAGUE – The Fairmont girls' golf team placed sixth in the 2026 New Prague Trojan Invitational on Friday afternoon with a score of 388. Holy Family Catholic and New Prague took home first with their score of 330. Jordan earned third after shooting a 362, while Waconia and Glencoe-Silver Lake finished with a 366 and 370, respectively. Leslie Zarling finished ninth overall with an impressive score of 86. Katherine Zelaya’s 92 was good for 19th, while Carly Gustafson cracked the top 30 after her score of 99 placed 27th. The Cardinal girls will return to action next ...

Fairmont native Ross Bernstein remains busy, determined

NEW ULM — Fairmont native and author Ross Bernstein had a long seven days last week before speaking at the 72nd Annual New Ulm Club Athletic Banquet last Saturday at Martin Luther College. “This last week was rough — I had speaking engagements in New Jersey, New York, San Antonio, San ...

Cards cruise through lightning-delayed game

FAIRMONT – Though lightning postponed the game for nearly an hour, the Fairmont Cardinals kept their eye on the ball en route to a 13-0 win in five innings over Waseca. The game was moved up to 4:30 to get in as much game as possible, in case things took a turn for the worse with the ...

Fairmont uses strong seventh innings to sweep Redwood Valley

FAIRMONT – One phrase to use when describing Fairmont softball’s effort during Thursday afternoon’s doubleheader matchup against Redwood Valley is battling through adversity. On top of the Game 1 intermission caused by peculiar weather patterns, the home team was forced to score ...

Area roundup: Kester, Berhow place first in conference tournament

PREP GOLF Both Granada Huntley East Chain/Truman/Martin Luther and Martin County West boys and girls golf teams competed in the first leg of the Tomahawk-Valley Conference Golf Tournament on Wednesday afternoon. The boys' event took place at Mayflower Golf Club, while the girls' event was ...

Crissinger, Bicknase help take down JCC

FAIRMONT – Joey Crissinger made all the right adjustments. His first at-bat of the game wasn’t able to climb over the deepest part of Herb Wolf Field, resulting in a two-RBI triple rather than a complete jog around the base paths. Crissinger’s trip to the plate in the fourth inning ...