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Wild beat Panthers on Eriksson Ek's late goal

By ALANIS THAMES AP Sports Writer SUNRISE, Fla. — Joel Eriksson Ek scored the winning goal with 4.4 seconds left to lift the Minnesota Wild past the Florida Panthers 3-2 on Thursday night. Marcus Foligno and Ryan Hartman also had goals for the Wild and Jesper Wallstedt made 18 ...

MLC softball wins UMAC opener Wednesday

ST. BONIFACIUS — The Martin Luther College softball team opened up play in the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference with a big 10-2 win over the Crown Polars on Wednesday. The Knights finished with a season-high 15 hits to go with the season-high 10 runs. Kieghtan Rank (2-8) got the win in ...

Walks, errors hurt MVL in softball opener against Madelia

NEW ULM — Minnesota Valley Lutheran had no problem getting its bats going in its season opener against Madelia Thursday, but the Chargers’ 14 hits weren’t enough to offset the damage the Blackhawks did with free passes and MVL errors. The Blackhawks (1-1) drew 11 walks and took ...

Rogers throws 7 shutout innings, carries Orioles past Twins

By David Ginsburg Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Trevor Rogers pitched seven shutout innings and Colton Cowser and Blaze Alexander had seventh-inning RBIs to give the Baltimore Orioles a 2-1 win over the Minnesota Twins on opening day Thursday. Following a stellar 2025 season in ...

Errors doom Chargers in loss to Blackhawks

NEW ULM – The Madelia Blackhawks used eight hits and the same amount of Minnesota Valley Lutheran errors to down the Chargers 10-3 Thursday in a nonconference baseball game at Mueller Park. Dalton Daltro — the second of four pitchers used by the Blackhawks in the game — got the ...

What to know about the 16 women's teams left in March Madness

By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer This could be a familiar Final Four in the women's NCAA Tournament. UConn, South Carolina, UCLA and Texas reached the Final Four last year. They're the top four seeds this season. And they've all won convincingly through the first two rounds of this tournament. That creates the possibility of the first repeat Final Four since 1996, when Tennessee, UConn, Georgia and Stanford all made the national semifinals for a second straight year. UConn captured the title in 1995, while Tennessee won it all in 1996. While the results have been relatively ...