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Area roundup: Fairmont hits highs at state competitions

PREP TRACK AND FIELD ALBERTVILLE – Fairmont had their fair share of success during the first day of the Minnesota State AA Track and Field Championships Wednesday. Two events, the girls 3200 and boys shot put, had their finals Wednesday. Oliver Tordsen took second out of 21 competitors ...

Area roundup: Local boys faring well at state golf

BOYS GOLF BECKER – With Day 1 of the Class A State Boys Golf Tournament in the books, representatives from Granada-Huntley-East Chain/Truman/Martin Luther and Martin County West put in strong showings on Tuesday. There are 88 golfers vying for the top spot. The top score is currently a 72, ...

Cardinals boys tennis earns 3 Big South honors

The Big South Conference revealed its All-Conference Boys Tennis teams for the 2025 season. Making the East Division’s All-Conference Team from Fairmont was sophomore Anthony Stegge along with eighth-grader Tyler Slama, while junior teammate Wylie Frederickson was named Honorable ...

Area Roundup: North Union suffers first loss of the season

PREP SOFTBALL NEWELL-FONDA 19, NORTH UNION 5 FONDA – In their first defeat of the season, the North Union Warriors fell to nonconference opponent Newell-Fonda 19-5 in four innings in their second Saturday game. The game started off red hot with the score 10-4 Newell-Fonda after the ...

Martins bounce back, run over Heron Lake

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 ...

Zimmer, Larson prep for Class A State Golf Tournament

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, ...