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Panthers get defensive in hoops win over Bucs

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BLUE EARTH— The Blue Earth Area Bucs girls basketball team had their hands full Thursday night with the visiting New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva Panthers in Blue Earth. The Panthers came out on top 60-40 in a nonconference game they seemed to control from the jump. It was NRHEG ...

Red Bulls to open wrestling season at Maher Invitational

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FAIRMONT — Prep wrestlers are accustomed to cutting a pound or two to make their weight class, but the Minnesota State High School League cut an entire weight class during the offseason. “It’s a big change to go from 14 to 13 weight classes this season, but it’s a good and much needed ...

Pendergast sinks last-second game-winning 3-pointer for Fairmont

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FAIRMONT — Four seconds ... three ... two. Grace Pendergast elevates, releases her 3-pointer. ... Back rim, front rim, the shot clock’s edges glow fluorescent red and the last-second shot trickles through the Cardinal Gym net. Pendergast’s buzzer-beating trifecta erased a two-point ...

Bulldogs collar Cardinals in 5-1 hockey clash

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FAIRMONT— The Fairmont Area girls hockey team lost to Minnesota River, 5-1, Tuesday night. The Bulldogs were propelled to victory by freshman forward Mckenna Andresen, who scored a goal and assisted on another. The Cardinals fell to 0-4 on the young season and look to make adjustments in ...

Warriors’ balanced effort ignites 28-point triumph

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ARMSTRONG — With North Union senior point guard Kyan Jones sitting in street clothes on the bench with an ankle injury, Dan Fothergill and his Warrior teammates picked up the passing slack on Monday night. Fothergill distributed a game-best seven assists, Grady Madden doled out four more, ...

MCW opens basketball season with back-to-back wins

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WINSTED — Two for two on the road. Martin County West teammates Emily Anderson and Ella Carlson proved double-double trouble for the Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop Thunderbirds during Monday night’s nonconference basketball clash in Winthrop. Anderson produced game-leading totals of 19 points ...