FAIRMONT — Luke Gilbertson is listed as an outfielder/pitcher on his bio on the Saint Mary’s University baseball team’s web site, but the former all-state high school selection from Windom is growing accustomed to life on the mound at the collegiate level. The Windom Pirates’ ...
FAIRMONT — The Car Parts Direct U13 girls soccer team of Fairmont posted three consecutive shutouts during recent Fairmont Soccer Association spring/summer traveling league action. Goalkeeper Madi Stromberg produced seven saves to pace Fairmont’s 1-0 victory over the Minnesota Rush on ...
TRUMAN — During his 17th season, John Miller wants two more. Miller plays amateur football for the South Central Hawgs. He’s an offensive lineman who has played the amateur game for 17 years and he’s 58 years old. “When I was, oh I wanna say, around 48, 49 years old, somewhere in ...
TRUMAN — Truman American Legion Post 115’s pitching trio of starter Cayden Fischer and relievers Zach Wolter and Owen Wolter combined to hold the Alden Post 404 batting order in check Thursday night. Fischer and the Wolter brothers amassed a total of 10 strikeouts and limited Alden to ...
FAIRMONT — Ethan Hurn made a run at the cycle, Matt Lytle notched his first win of the amateur baseball season and Sam Schwieger hurled three shutout innings of relief for the Fairmont Martins on Wednesday night. Hurn went 3-for-4 with a double and a triple en route to producing a ...
SWEA CITY — The North Union Warriors softball lineup posted its second consecutive victory in as many days on the Iowa prep diamond in Swea City. Cassie Beadle delivered a perfect 4-for-4 performance from the batter’s box to help North Union double the score on Garner-Hayfield/Ventura, ...
2019 INTERLAKEN GOLF CLUB Member/Guest Invite — Match Play Points (June 22-23) 1st Flight: 1. Kevin Pfingsten & Matt Pfingsten 32; 2. Ryan Stevens & Steven Geiger 28.5; 3. Tristan Rabbe & Thomas Havnen 25; 4. Rick Thate & Denver Diersen 24.5; 5. Michael Martinson & Brad ...
SWEA CITY — North Union senior shortstop Maddie Rolling tore both the ACL and meniscus in her left knee during the early stages of her junior season of volleyball in the fall of 2017. After more than 20 months of grueling rehab, Rolling’s powerful swing on the Iowa prep softball diamond ...
FHS football to hold golf event FAIRMONT — The 9th annual Fairmont Football Golf Open Tournament and Silent Auction will tee off Friday, Aug. 9, at Interlaken Golf Course. Players can register at noon that day, followed by a 1 p.m. shotgun start. A dinner will follow the round of golf at 6 ...
ST. PAUL — Hamline University forward Reilly Geistfeld has been selected to play for the Division 3 Team USA women’s basketball squad this summer in Brazil. Geistfeld will be one of two Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference players on the elite amateur lineup. The former Martin ...
NEW ULM — New Ulm Gold pitcher Aaron Portner got his run support early on Monday night and used it to coast to a 6-0 shutout victory over Fairmont Post 36 during American Legion baseball action at Mueller Park. After Gold struck for three runs in the second inning, Portner retired the next ...
FAIRMONT — The Fairmont 14U girls softball team rallied for a pair of comeback wins Saturday to capture the St. James Area tournament. By winning the tournament championship, Fairmont qualified for the Northern Nationals later this summer. Ahead 5-4 in a back-and-forth finale, Ashley ...
JACKSON — Spencer Chirpich produced a game-high five hits, including a pivotal RBI double in the top of the ninth inning, to help guide the Fairmont Martins to a 9-7 victory over the Jackson Bulls during Sunday afternoon amateur baseball action at Wacker Field. Knotted at 7-all after eight ...
FAIRMONT — The Fairmont American Legion Post 36 baseball team split a doubleheader with Le Sueur-Henderson on Saturday in Le Sueur. Dalen Keltgen and Jordan Wolter each produced three hits to help power Fairmont to a 13-2 run-rule rout of LSH in a six-inning opener. LSH, however, bounced ...
Joe Mauer, Glen Perkins, Kent Hrbek, Karson Legred. The first three represented their region in the Minnesota High School Baseball All-Star Series after they graduated from high school. Legred has been chosen to represent southern Minnesota on the South All-Star team this year. “I just ...
PRIOR LAKE — Back-to-back 100-target rounds of 99. Not a bad day’s work of double-duty shooting by Fairmont Area’s Jacob Bocock during both the team portion and individual competition of the Minnesota State High School League’s clay target state meet Friday at the Minneapolis Gun ...
FAIRMONT — The Associate Optometry U15 girls soccer team of Fairmont netted wins in three out of its last four games during recent Fairmont Soccer Association spring/summer traveling league action. Anna Utermarck generated a pair of goals and one assist to help Fairmont squeeze out a 3-2 ...
FAIRMONT — The Fairmont 14U softball team won four of six games during three doubleheaders throughout the week. Fairmont split two games with St. James on Monday. St. James won the first matchup 7-6, while Fairmont took the second game 9-1. Nevaeh Rahm had two doubles and a single during ...
BLUE EARTH — The Winnebago/Blue Earth American Legion Posts 82/89 baseball team stole so many bases Thursday night, it should have been charged with grand larceny. Winnebago/Blue Earth beat Minnesota Lake Post 287, 8-0, in game shortened to 5 1/2 innings due to lightning in Blue ...
FAIRMONT — Taking aim at a double-double. The Fairmont Area trapshooters clinched the Class 9A conference championship Tuesday while simultaneously earning a state team bid during the Minnesota State High School Target League Trapshooting Championship meet in Alexandria. Four of Fairmont ...