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Arlington Raceway hosts Back-to-School Kids Night

Courtesy of Arlington Raceway ARLINGTON — A beautiful night for racing action found lots of happy kids for the Back-to-School Kids Night, as backpacks and school items were dispersed throughout the night to over 140 kids. There were three different leaders in the 12-lap Jerry’s HQ Foods Auto Cross feature with Riley Bussler taking the lead. Soon Mitchel Boese was on his tail and the two raced around lapped traffic but by Lap 5 Bussler got caught up in a caution flag and ended his night. Then Boese was the new leader but Colten Landwer was making strides behind him and staying out ...

Kopacek, Stark shut out Milroy

SLEEPY EYE — Jon Kopacek never considered himself a strikeout pitcher, and with his experience and location on Sunday afternoon, he didn’t need to be. The righty fanned three and held the fourth-seeded Milroy Yankees to six hits as he pitched the eighth-seeded Stark Longhorns to a 4-0 ...

Orioles hold off Long Sox in 2C eliminator

SLEEPY EYE — After losing his no-hitter in the sixth inning and seeing the Lamberton Long Sox start to rally late, Leavenworth Orioles right-hander Mark Anderson’s game plan changed to simply buying his team enough time. Anderson surrendered three runs during his final two innings ...

Drama, rollovers and dominant sweeps highlight action in Redwood Falls

By Trackside Mayhem REDWOOD FALLS — Sunday night at Redwood Speedway proved once again why they call it the “Big House,” serving up a full program of high-octane dirt track action loaded with hard-fought passes, wild scrambles, and late-race fireworks across six competitive divisions. Danube Auto Works Sport Mods A stacked 17-car field kicked off the night’s feature racing. Youth led the way to the green as teenagers Indy Ragan (17) of Eagle Lake and Slade Fitzgerald (4) of Sherburn brought the pack to speed. Ragan jumped out to the early lead with Fitzgerald tucked in ...

Giefer lifts Cubs to 4th straight state appearance

NEW ULM — Josh Giefer’s bases-loaded sacrifice fly with one out in the bottom of the 10th inning lifted the Courtland Cubs to a 7-6 win over the Granite Falls Kilowatts Saturday afternoon in a Region 2C Amateur Baseball Tournament semifinals game at Johnson Park. The sac fly scored ...