LE SUEUR — The No. 2-seeded Le Sueur-Henderson Giants proved too tall an order to overcome for the No. 7-seeded Fairmont Cardinals during Thursday night’s Section 2AA, South Sub-Section volleyball quarterfinals. The Giants posted consecutive wins of 25-7, 25-12 and 25-13 over the ...
FAIRMONT — Deja’ vu. Fairmont head football coach Mat Mahoney’s Class AAA No. 5-ranked Cardinals waited patiently for six days to find out which regular-season opponent they would host in Saturday’s 3 p.m. Section 3 semifinal at Mahoney Field. Ironically, Fairmont (7-1), which ...
MINNEAPOLIS — Playing for a team trophy on Wednesday at the Class A girls state tennis tournament, the Blue Earth Area Bucs fell short in a 4-3 loss to the Minnewaska Area Lakers in the consolation championship match at the Reed-Sweatt Family Tennis Center. While it was a disappointing end ...
FAIRMONT — Seven Fairmont Area Cardinal soccer players merited selection to this fall’s Big South Conference all-league teams. Senior striker Joni Becker and senior defender McKayla Chambers garnered first-team all-Big South accolades for the Fairmont Area girls lineup, while senior ...
SHERBURN — The Maverick defense swarmed to the ball, while the offense couldn’t be stopped. Martin County West beat the Sleepy Eye Indians 51-0 in a Section 3A football quarterfinal matchup Tuesday in Sherburn. No. 2-seeded MCW (6-3) moves on to host the No. 3-seeded Wabasso Rabbits (7-2) ...
BLUE EARTH — Blue Earth Area flanker Caelan Sanders celebrated his 18th birthday by scoring a pair of touchdowns Tuesday night, while teammate Max Ehrich returned to full-time duty at Wilson Field for the first time since the Bucs’ season-opener on Aug. 29. Sanders and running back Koby ...
EDGERTON — Less than one week after the Edgerton/ Ellsworth Flying Dutchman ran through the Granada-Huntley-East Chain/Truman Jaguars for 634 yards in a 56-36 win, the Jaguars reversed the script and won in the final minutes of the Section 3, 9-Man quarterfinals. The upset-minded Jaguars ...
MINNEAPOLIS — Blue Earth Area Bucs head girls tennis coach Konny Wolff says her team has done a good job all season of staying focused. That ability was on display on Tuesday at the Class A state tournament at the Reed-Sweatt Family Tennis Center. After losing to No. 2-ranked Rochester ...
TRIMONT — Jenna Clow stands a mere 5 foot, 3 inches tall, but Martin County West’s senior libero made a huge impact in Monday night’s Section 2A, South Sub-Section volleyball play-in match. Clow delivered a pivotal nine-point service run to shift the momentum in the hometown ...
NORTHROP — A play-in upset to start the Section 2A, South Sub-Section tournament. After finishing the regular season with a 4-23 record, including being swept in their final three matchups, Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial earned the 11th seed and a spot in a play-in game. The Knights ...
ST. JAMES — All-state choice. All-star catcher. All-section selection. All-conference’s top hitter. Even after earning all of the above high school baseball honors during his senior season, Fairmont Cardinal standout Jon Wilson still had some doubts about his ability to play at the ...
BLUE EARTH — For the second time in three years, the Blue Earth Area Bucs girls tennis team is headed to the Class A state tournament. Blue Earth Area and St. James Area have traded off the past four years at the Section 3A tennis championship. Blue Earth Area head coach Konny Wolff said ...
North Union girls runners place 11th at league meet MASON CITY, Iowa — Hannah Morphew and Nick Schiltz led the North Union Warriors during the Top of Iowa Conference cross country meet Thursday at North Iowa Area Community College in Mason City. Morphew led the North Union girls to an ...
FAIRMONT — The strength of Fairmont’s regular-season football schedule proved a pivotal factor behind the Class AAA No. 5-ranked Cardinals (7-1) edging the No. 2-ranked and undefeated Jackson County Central Huskies for the No. 1 seed in the Section 3 playoffs. “At the end of the day, it ...
FAIRMONT — This season saw a reversal of fates for multiple area football teams. Last season, the Blue Earth Area Bucs went into the Section 2AA playoffs as the eighth seed, going up against the No. 1-seeded Waterville-Elysian-Morristown Bucs. This year, BEA goes into the playoffs with the ...
NEW PRAGUE — There’s a good reason why Waconia has not been scored against during the last six games, including all three of its Section 2A soccer playoff outings. Wildcats head coach Ivan Woyno’s midfielders rarely allow the ball to reach their defensive zone, and the entire team’s ...
ARLINGTON — Class AAA No. 5-ranked Fairmont made a clean sweep of its five-game district schedule to capture the first-ever South Central Silver football championship Wednesday night. Sophomore quarterback Zach Jorgensen eclipsed the 1,000-yard seasonal passing plateau by completing 10 of ...
SHERBURN — The Maple River defense stifled the Martin County West run game to end the Mavericks’ winning streak. MCW entered its non-district matchup with the Eagles on a four-game winning streak, but the Eagles had a four-win streak of their own to contend for. Maple River walked off ...
NORTHROP — The Martin Luther/Granada-Huntley-East Chain/Truman Jaguars and the Martin County West Mavericks open the Section 2A volleyball playoffs at home, while the Fairmont Cardinals and the Blue Earth Area Bucs hit the road in Section 2AA postseason action. The No. 6-seeded Jaguars play ...
ST. PETER — The second and the third times proved the charms. No. 3-seeded Fairmont Area avenged its only two losses of the regular season, while Cardinals’ sophomore striker Rayah Quiring converted her second penalty kick in as many playoff games Tuesday night at Floyd B. Johnson Field in ...