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Mavs advance to 2A softball elimination finals

NORTH MANKATO — The third-seeded Martin County West Mavericks started their Saturday morning at Caswell Park by ending second-seeded New Ulm Cathedral’s 20-game win streak with a 3-0 win in the Section 2A Softball Tournament quarterfinals. The Mavericks couldn’t quite get by top-seeded ...

Fairmont fights back, moves on to elimination finals

NORTH MANKATO — After battling back to take down third-seeded Tri-City United 7-5 in a Section 2AA Softball Tournament elimination bracket game, the second-seeded Fairmont Cardinals took care of St. James Area in short order with a 12-2 win in five innings at Caswell Park. Fairmont (15-8) ...

No. 3 MCW powers past No. 6 Nicollet

WELCOME — The No. 3-seeded Martin County West Mavericks powered past the No. 6-seeded Nicollet Raiders Friday in the second round of the Section 2A Softball Tournament. The Mavericks (19-3) now move on in the winners bracket and play at 10 a.m. Saturday against No. 2-seeded New Ulm ...

Cardinals fall to Tigers in mercy-rule in regular season finale 

MARSHALL — The Fairmont baseball team faced defensive struggles in a 10-0 five inning loss to Marshall in a rematch of last weekend's Big South Conference Championship. The Tigers embarked on an eight-run fifth inning off a series of earned runs to end the game in mercy rule. “We were ...

Fairmont falls late to Jordan

FAIRMONT — After getting out to an early lead, the second-seeded Fairmont Cardinals fell to seventh-seeded Jordan in a Section 2AA Softball Tournament game 4-2 Friday. Brylle Miller took the loss for the Cardinals in a complete game, recording six strikeouts, gave up no earned runs, and had ...

Fairmont boys take 3rd at Big South Championship

ST. PETER — The Fairmont boys track and field team took third, while the girls team took fourth Thursday at the Big South Conference Championship at St. Peter High School. Marshall won the boys side with 152.5 points, followed by Belle Plaine (127), Fairmont (104), Worthington (95), St. ...