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2024 MNA Award winner for sports reporting, covering Marshall, Canby, DB, Lakeview, Minneota, MCC, RRC, RTR, TMB, Wabasso, WWG and YME. #swmnsports

[Samantha Davis @Davis98Samantha]

Minneota’s Owen Dalager led the area at the boys Class A State Tournament with a 24th-place individual finish, while Dawson-Boyd’s Evan Mork and Canby’s Lane Citrowske followed close behind. https://t.co/lSWLdTLu0i

[Samantha Davis @Davis98Samantha]

The Dawson-Boyd girls golf team showed no signs of setback, surging ahead to lead the Class A State Tournament by 21 strokes after the first day. MCC’s Rachael Huso is also climbing the leaderboard after an impressive opening day and sits in second place. https://t.co/wnZLadqFZW

[Samantha Davis @Davis98Samantha]

A handful of area golfers put together a competitive opening day at the Class A boys state tournament on Tuesday after carding scores in the 70s. https://t.co/f3b4Rtt8Dg

[Samantha Davis @Davis98Samantha]

Kaden Christensen connected for the game-winning hit that sent home Brody Larson to give the Minneota Mudhens’ a walk-off 3-2 victory against the Appleton A’s Friday night in Minneota’s home opener. @MinneotaMudhens

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[Jake McNeill @JakeMcNeill_]

Marshall's Colton Lindquist earned a fourth-place finish in the boys triple jump and Katelyn Leibfried earned an eighth-place medal in the girls 3200 meters to kick off the Class AA track and field championships on Friday
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[Samantha Davis @Davis98Samantha]

For the first time in a quarter-century, the MCC baseball team are section champions and are headed to the Class A State Tournament. The top-seeded Rebels got hot early and never let up to claim the Section 3A title on Thursday with a 7-0 shutout over No. 2 Adrian/Ellsworth. @MCCSchools

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[Samantha Davis @Davis98Samantha]

The Dawson-Boyd baseball team’s season came to an end Tuesday night after the top-seeded Blackjacks came up short to No. 2 Adrian/Ellsworth 4-2 in the Section 3A elimination final, fighting for a spot in the championship game. Dawson-Boyd put together another winning season, finishing 15-7 overall, and graduate seniors Eli Olson, Holland Schacherer, Nathan Hansen and Kameron Sather.

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[Samantha Davis @Davis98Samantha]

The Murray County Central baseball team is advancing to the section championship for the first time in over 20 years after the Rebels defeated Dawson-Boyd 4-0 on Saturday in the Section 3A semifinals. https://t.co/T4AAKFXzTC

[Samantha Davis @Davis98Samantha]

Despite a high-hitting effort and a back-and-forth battle, the Raymond Rockets scored the go-ahead run in the seventh inning and hung on from there to hand the Milroy Yankees a 4-3 loss Friday night. David Schmidt hit a two-run homer in the third inning. https://t.co/kA0tS5uOvg

[Jake McNeill @JakeMcNeill_]

The Russell-Tyler-Ruthton baseball team put together a six-run rally in the first inning of its elimination bracket matchup against Yellow Medicine East, claiming a 9-5 win to advance in the 3A tournament.
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[Samantha Davis @Davis98Samantha]

The Yellow Medicine East softball team’s memorable 2026 season came to an end Thursday night, finishing as Section 3A runners-up. The Sting came up short to BOLD, 2-1 and 8-1 in the section championship. YME finishes with a 20-win season. https://t.co/Ijt6lkGARC

[Jake McNeill @JakeMcNeill_]

Elijah Winn earned an individual runner-up finish while Deacon Wing and Carter Manthei each medaled for the Marshall boys golf team, leading the Tigers to their second state tournament berth in the last three years.
https://t.co/W9Rd7M0yFE

[Samantha Davis @Davis98Samantha]

For the first time in over 40 years and second time in program history, the Minneota boys golf team are section champions and are moving onto the state tournament. The MCC girls are also returning to state for the third straight season. https://t.co/oj1AZieagD

[Samantha Davis @Davis98Samantha]

Teague Meyer connected for three hits and two RBIs while he and Krew Schneider combined for a 12-strikeout shutout pitching performance to lead the top-seeded MCC baseball team to an 8-0 win over No. 2 YME on Tuesday to advance to the section semifinals. https://t.co/o4wLxAJMuq

[Samantha Davis @Davis98Samantha]

The top-seeded Dawson-Boyd baseball team booked its ticket to the Section 3A semifinals after defeating No. 2 Adrian/Ellsworth 8-3 on Tuesday in the quarterfinals behind a tenacious defensive effort, as its offense followed. https://t.co/rHKPQoQOYn

[Samantha Davis @Davis98Samantha]

An Alana Almich fifth-inning RBI double and a strong cohesive defensive effort including two double plays helped send the top-seeded YME softball team to the Section 3A semifinals after taking down No. 2 BOLD 1-0 in the quarterfinals Saturday afternoon. https://t.co/mIVpBDxBKV

[Jake McNeill @JakeMcNeill_]

The Wabasso softball team closed out its 3A quarterfinal matchup against Lac qui Parle Valley with 10 unanswered runs, claiming a 10-3 win to return to the section semifinals.
https://t.co/P2DjCB5ttA

[Independent Sports @SWMNSports]

RTR, Minneota/Canby, TMB, RRC/WWG and Dawson-Boyd each saw their softball seasons come to an end in Tuesday's prep roundup
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[Samantha Davis @Davis98Samantha]

The No. 1 YME softball team opened up the postseason with two victories in the Section 3A Tournament on Tuesday. The Sting took down No. 8 Ortonville 11-0 in mercy-rule in the first round, and defeated No. 4 MACCRAY 15-4 in the second round behind a pair of six-run innings.

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[Jake McNeill @JakeMcNeill_]

The top-seeded Wabasso softball team started off its quest to repeat as section champions in style, earning a pair of mercy-rule wins over MCC and Lakeview behind an Aylah Jenniges perfect game and a Sara Carlson home run.
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