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1 week ago | 
sports.yahoo.com | Joe Brown |Tom Elliott |Michael Lyne
Apr. 14—GRANITE FALLS — The Montevideo baseball team crushed the ball in the bottom of the fifth inning. Up 5-4 through four innings, the Thunder Hawks put up seven runs on six hits in the bottom of the fifth in the non-conference game against Yellow Medicine East on Monday. That helped propel Montevideo to a 14-4 win in six innings at Richter Field. AdvertisementThe game was originally scheduled to play in Montevideo, whose field is not yet playable.
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1 week ago | 
sports.yahoo.com | Michael Lyne |Tom Elliott |Joe Brown
Apr. 14—NEW LONDON — The cold, windy weather did not cool the New London-Spicer softball team's bats on an overcast Monday evening. NLS lashed out 11 hits in its 15-2 five-inning victory against Watertown-Mayer in the Wright County Conference game. The Wildcats are 1-1 in conference play and 2-3 overall. The Royals are 0-1 in the conference and 0-3 overall. AdvertisementMallory Johnson went 3-for-4 with two RBIs, a run and one steal for the Wildcats, who had three other hitters finish with two hits.
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2 weeks ago | 
sports.yahoo.com | Michael Lyne |Tom Elliott |Joe Brown
Apr. 8—RAYMOND — Errors hurt the MACCRAY baseball team late as Adrian/Ellsworth broke a 4-4 tie in the top of the seventh inning to beat the Wolverines 8-6 on Tuesday evening. MACCRAY, needing one out, had a pair of errors that helped the Dragons (1-2) score four runs in the final inning in the non-conference game. It's Adrian/Ellsworth's first win and the Wolverines' season opener.
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1 month ago | 
sports.yahoo.com | Tom Elliott |Joe Brown |Michael Lyne
Feb. 28—MONTEVIDEO — Things started well for the Montevideo boys basketball team and then got better in the Thunder Hawks' Section 3AA-North playoff game. Top-seeded Montevideo beat eighth-seeded New London-Spicer 70-29 Friday night. Montevideo got off to a 15-0 start and never looked back, leading 42-10 at halftime. "Our defense was outstanding for the game," Montevideo head coach Derek Webb said. "We just played tremendous defense the whole night.
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1 month ago | 
sports.yahoo.com | Tom Elliott |Joe Brown |Michael Lyne
Feb. 27—MARSHALL — The Minnewaska girls basketball team relied on its offensive rebounding and gritty, aggressive defense to knock off New London-Spicer in the Section 3AA-North semifinals Thursday night. The second-seeded Lakers improved their record to 26-3 with a 42-36 victory over top-seeded NLS at the R/A Facility at Southwest Minnesota State University. NLS (27-2) beat Minnewaska 54-57 Dec. 10 in New London.
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1 month ago | 
sports.yahoo.com | Tom Elliott |Joe Brown |Michael Lyne
Feb. 25—MARSHALL — The Marshall boys basketball team made quick work of Willmar on Tuesday night, beating the Cardinals 75-55 in a non-conference game. Marshall led 38-16 at halftime. The Tigers improve their record to 18-8. Willmar falls to 9-17. Next up for Willmar is the Section 8AAA playoffs. Pairings have yet to be announced. JR Vierstraete led Marshall with 16 points. Alex Franson and Cooper Mensink each had 12 points for the Tigers, who had 12 players score in the game.
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1 month ago | 
sports.yahoo.com | Tom Elliott |Joe Brown |Michael Lyne
Feb. 24—BIRD ISLAND — The BOLD girls basketball team is off to a good start in Section 2A. The Warriors beat Cleveland 92-36 in the teams' first-round game Monday night at BOLD Elementary School. BOLD (18-9), which led 65-11 at halftime, is the No. 2 seed. Cleveland (5-19) was the No. 15 seed. BOLD plays No. 7 Cedar Mountain at 6 p.m. Thursday at Sibley East High School in Arlington. Cedar Mountain beat No. 10 Mankato Loyola 66-55 also on Monday.
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1 month ago | 
sports.yahoo.com | Michael Lyne |Joe Brown |Tom Elliott
Feb. 24—WILLMAR — Hudson Sjoberg knocked down a career-high 22 points to highlight the Willmar boys basketball team's strong shooting night in its win against Rocori on Monday. The sophomore made 11 of 14 field goals and the Cardinals shot 60%, including 50% from beyond the arc, in their 74-61 Central Lakes Conference victory. Willmar, which has won three of its last four games, is 4-12 in the CLC and 9-15 overall. The Spartans are 4-13 in the conference and 8-17 overall.
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2 months ago | 
sports.yahoo.com | Tom Elliott |Michael Lyne |Joe Brown
Feb. 20—WILLMAR — The Willmar girls basketball team moved closer to securing a No. 3 seed in the upcoming Section 8AAA playoffs Thursday by beating the St. Cloud Crush, 54-29. Willmar is now 7-3 in the section and has a 13-12 overall record. The Cardinals close out the regular season at 7:15 p.m. Friday at Fergus Falls with another Central Lakes Conference game with 8AAA implications. The Otters are the likely second seed after beating Willmar 47-37 on Jan. 16 at the Big Red Gym.
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2 months ago | 
sports.yahoo.com | Tom Elliott |Joe Brown |Michael Lyne
Feb. 11—GROVE CITY — The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa boys basketball team used a strong first half to hang on and beat Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 80-77 Tuesday night. BBE led 34-23 at halftime. The Jaguars are now 4-7 in the Central Minnesota Conference and 6-15 overall. ACGC is 5-6 in the conference and 10-10 overall. The Falcons beat BBE 65-38 on Jan. 9 in Belgrade. Junior guard Taylor Pieper led BBE with 19 points.
