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Area roundup: Cardinals down Worthington

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PREP BASEBALL FAIRMONT 8, WORTHINGTON 2 WORTHINGTON – The Fairmont Cardinals won their nonconference game versus Worthington 8-2 Thursday. Jensen Livesay led the Cardinals, going 3 for 4 with three RBIs, one run, and a home run in the third inning. Joseph Crissinger, Luke Haefner, and Vincent Schultz each went 1 for 2 with one RBI. Mason Bicknase had three strikeouts and gave up only five hits in four innings of work. In relief, Haefner had two strikeouts and gave up no hits. The Cardinals (17-2) play their final regular season game in Marshall Friday at 5 p.m. at Marshall ...

Mavericks’ season ends at hands of MVL

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NEW ULM — Josh Vander Plas allowed just one hit — a leadoff single in the top of the fourth inning — and struck out seven as the fifth-seeded Minnesota Valley Lutheran hammered out 14 hits and downed 12th-seeded Martin County West 10-0 Thursday afternoon in a Section 2A opening round ...

Shutout advances Cardinals in 2AA tourney

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FAIRMONT — The second-seeded Fairmont Cardinals started the Section 2AA Softball Tournament with a 7-0 shutout of 15-seeded Sibley East Wednesday. The game was meant to be played on Tuesday but was postponed due to rain. Besides the rain, conditions were fairly similar, with temperatures in ...

Area roundup: Cardinals girls golf advances to section finals

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GIRLS GOLF MINNEWASKA AREA 321, NEW LONDON-SPICER 371, MARSHALL 383, FAIRMONT 402, LITCHFIELD 408, PAYNESVILLE AREA 410, MORRIS AREA-CHOKIO ALBERTA 411, JACKSON COUNTY CENTRAL 420, REDWOOD VALLEY 425, LUVERNE 434, NEW ULM 440, MONTEVIDEO 443, MINNESOTA VALLEY LUTHERAN 516. BUFFALO LAKE – ...

BEA, SJA to join South Central Conference

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NEW ULM— The Big South Conference and the newly-formed South Central Conference will see some changes to the face of their conferences in two years. Both St. James Area and Blue Earth Area will depart the Big South Conference and join the South Central Conference for the 2027-28 school year. St. James and Blue Earth will join Minnesota Valley Lutheran, Le Sueur-Henderson, Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial, Maple River, St. Clair and Sibley East. St. James Athletic Director Jared Schwanz said that the move is a better fit for St. James. “It is a better fit for schools our size,” he ...

Cardinals fall to Tigers in Big South championship game

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MARSHALL — Despite a series of fielding errors, the Marshall baseball team put together enough offense in the first inning of its Big South Championship game against Fairmont on Saturday to capitalize on a stellar pitching performance from Liam Kruse. The Tigers were shut out after the first ...