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Fairmont duo vying for state tournament appearance

Alison Slama (16-3) and Emelia Klanderud (13-5) joined forces on the tennis court in the Section 2A quarterfinals last Friday. They secured the No. 4 seed heading into the next round of the playoffs by defeating River Valley 6-2, 6-1, and took another victory in the second round over No. 5 seed ...

Area roundup: Hanson adds another win on the season

PREP CROSS-COUNTRY Jordan – The Fairmont cross-country team participated in the Jordan XC Invitational Tuesday. The girls took 10th overall and the boys secured a ninth-place overall finish. Leading the girls was Macy Hanson, whose time of 19:16 secured her first place, while Carys Gudahl ...

Cardinals fall in 4 sets behind TCU rally

FAIRMONT – The Fairmont Cardinals got off to a hot start Tuesday night, but a second-set rally by the Tri-City United Titans set in motion a three-set win streak to secure the victory over the Cardinals in four 19-25, 25-16, 25-18, 25-17 in Big South Conference volleyball match. “We ...

MCW puts away BEA in three

TRIMONT – The Martin County West Mavericks came out swinging on Monday night in a dominant win over the Blue Earth Area Buccaneers, winning 25-12, 25-7, 25-12 in a nonconference volleyball match. MCW head volleyball coach Kayla Zehms said much of the success just came from setting up the ...

MCW falls to SEU in back-and-forth shootout

SLEEPY EYE — Sleepy Eye United and Martin County West put in a contender for game of the year as United came away with a 36-30 win Friday night in the South District, West-South Subdistrict football game at Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s High School. While both teams came away with big play after ...

Cardinals stalled by Tigers in 1st defeat

FAIRMONT – The Fairmont Cardinals were unable to get the run game going against the Marshall Tigers on Friday night as the Tigers handed the Cardinals their first loss of the season with a 28-9 win in a South District, Central-Red Subdistrict football game. The Cardinals also had to deal ...