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Area cross-country roundup: Wolverine boys on to state

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PREP CROSS-COUNTRY WOLVERINES WIN 2A MEET NORWOOD YOUNG AMERICA – The Sibley East boys cross-country team placed first in the Section 2A Boys Cross-Country Meet on Thursday, qualifying as a team to advance to the Class A State Cross-Country Meet. Gage Horstman led the Wolverines, placing first in the meet with a time of 15:30.3. Julio Alejandro placed third (16:32.9), while Aiden Christenson placed sixth (16:47.7). Jackson Pomplun placed eighth (16:49.5), and Jesse Ballalatak (17:09.2) and Elliott Allen (17:12.7) took 15th and 16th, respectively. Also in the boys race advancing as ...

Area roundup: Chargers end season with loss to SW Christian

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THURSDAY PREP VOLLEYBALL SOUTHWEST CHRISTIAN 3, MVL 0 CHASKA — Top-seeded Southwest Christian swept ninth-seeded Minnesota Valley Lutheran 25-9, 25-18, 25-12 in a Section 2AA Volleyball Tournament match on Thursday.  Jenna Bates had six kills and a block for MVL, while Olivia Hammer had ...

LCWM serves up four-set loss to TCU in 2AA tourney

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LAKE CRYSTAL — Down 10-16 in the first set of a Section 2AA Volleyball Tournament match against fifth-seeded Tri-City United on Thursday, Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial called a timeout to regroup. The Knights came out of that timeout with a 5-0 run, including three consecutive aces by libero Gretta Munson, to take an 11-10 lead. The Knights continued to pressure the Titans with the serve for the rest of the match, riding the momentum to a 25-23, 25-18, 17-25, 25-22 victory. “It means a lot,” LCWM head coach Kim Thorson said. “The girls have worked a lot all season to get ...

Amped-up Knights sweep Cougars in quarterfinals

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SLEEPY EYE – For a pair of teams focused on getting each other out of system Thursday night in a Section 2A Volleyball Tournament quarterfinals match, the Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s Knights and Cedar Mountain Cougars both did a good job of doing that. But after eking out a pair of ...

Eagles look to build on improved season

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NEW ULM — New Ulm Eagles head football coach Derek Lieser said that his team left some wins on the field this season after the Eagles season came to a close with a 35-0 loss to Hutchinson in a Section 2AAAA playoff game Tuesday. “But when I look through the lens as a head coach and you ...

Brewers win first World Series title in franchise history

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By ROB MAADDI AP Sports Writer ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The small-ball Milwaukee Brewers playing in the smallest market in the majors are World Series champions for the first time in franchise history. Hey, Milwaukee: grab a brat, raise a beer and prepare for that parade. Young ace ...