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Area roundup: Mavericks down Madelia in 4

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PREP VOLLEYBALL MCW 3, Madelia 1 MADELIA – The Martin County West High School volleyball team defeated Madelia in four sets on Friday night on the road, 24-26, 25-22, 25-17, 25-18. The Mavericks now improve to 16-6 on the year. Maddie Carlson had a team-high 18 kills and 24 digs. Rowan Faber led all Mavericks with 38 digs. Emily Schettler, Brynlee Haukoos, and Courtney Anderson had 19, 15, and 13 digs, respectively. MCW finishes the 2025 regular season this Monday against Sleepy Eye on the road. The first set is slated to begin at 7 p.m. Late Thursday Fairmont 3, Worthington ...

Fairmont quarterback Joe Long earning his keep

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FAIRMONT – The Fairmont High School football program has seen its fair share of talented quarterbacks under center during the dedicated tenure of head coach Mat Mahoney. Whether it was the big-play ability of Spencer Chirpich or the dominating presence of Nate Kallenbach, Mahoney has been ...

Cardinals take care of Wings United in first round

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FAIRMONT – There wasn’t much head coach Matt Nielsen could complain about following his No. 2 Fairmont Area girls soccer team’s 6-0 victory over No. 7 St. James/Windom/Madelia during Thursday night’s first-round matchup in the Section 2A bracket. The two-seeded Cardinals held their ...

AED machine installed at Fairmont concessions

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FAIRMONT – On Thursday night, before the 2025 Section 2A Girls Soccer Tournament first round matchup between No. 2 Fairmont Area and No. 7 Wings United kicked off at 7 p.m. at the Jeffery Kot Soccer Complex, a new AED Smart Monitoring Cabinet was celebrated and installed by the concession ...

Klanderud, Slama advance to state tennis tournament

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ST. PETER – Fairmont’s Emelia Klanderud and Alison Slama became the 2A section champions in doubles Wednesday. It started with a defeat of Ellie and Alivia Romsdahl of St. James 6-1, 6-0. They had to face Macy Sohre and Madison Ward of Maple River, who defeated a second St. James doubles ...

Fitzgerald shines in first varsity season

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FAIRMONT – Taking part in her first season as head coach of the Fairmont High School volleyball team, Stacy Garbers didn’t know what to expect with some of the returning players in the Cardinal program. However, one of the first things she noticed during this past summer and fall ...