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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, ...

Fairmont has 3 softball players honored by Big South

The Big South Conference released its All-Conference Softball teams on Friday, with three Fairmont Cardinals earning honors. In the Gold Division (Small Schools), Fairmont had junior Brylee Miller and freshman Gwyn Schultz make the team, while senior Gabbie Leiding finished as an Honorable ...

Fairmont sending bus full to state

FAIRMONT — A goal of Fairmont track and field head coach Jesse Walters since he started as an assistant coach in 2017 has been to bring a bus full of athletes to the State Track and Field Tournament. There are 20 athletes competing in 17 different events. Some, like Oliver Tordsen and Hank ...

North Union wins in five innings

BANCROFT — The North Union Warriors took down nonconference opponent Manson-NW Webster 14-4 in five innings Thursday. After two scoreless innings, North Union opened up a 5-1 lead in the third. They would not let off the gas pedal, as it would be 11-4 in the fourth and they would get their ...