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WILLMAR — The Willmar boys soccer team dominated Hutchinson, allowing just one shot on goal — which led to an own-goal in the first two minutes — and won 3-1 in a non-conference match on Saturday in Hutchinson. Willmar’s Nick McLouth scored the tying goal in the 26th minute...

ROSEN — Montevideo lost in the Region 9C championship game Sunday but had already secured a berth in the Class C State Amateur Baseball Tournament with a victory over Madison earlier in the day. Montevideo opens the tournament against Howard Lake, the 12C third-place finisher,...

MILROY — Another close game between Milroy and Bird Island went in the Yankees’ favor Friday as the No. 4 seed rallied from an 8-3 deficit with six late runs to beat the visiting Bullfrogs 9-8 in the championship game of the Cornbelt League playoffs. It was the third one-run...

GOLDEN VALLEY -- Willmar’s Andy Jacobson again played a steady, even-par round on Tuesday and remains four shots off the lead after round two of the 111th Minnesota Golf Association Amateur Championship at the Golden Valley Golf and Country Club. Jacobson, playing out of Eagle...

GRANITE FALLS — Logan Swan drove in runs in the fourth and sixth innings and Shawn Dollerschell provided the topper with a three-run home run in the eighth inning as Bird Island defeated Granite Falls 6-1 on Wednesday. Swan, Elliot Serbus and Jake Marcus all had two hits for Bird...

GRANITE FALLS — Blake Lindstrom’s single to center field brought home the winning run in the bottom of the 10th inning as the Granite Falls Legion team defeated Sacred Heart/MACCRAY 4-3 on Tuesday. In the bottom of the 10th Zach Fischer drew a walk, was sacrificed to second,...

MADISON — Brandon Hill tossed a five-hit shutout, which was backed by a 13-hit attack, to help Madison topple Granite Falls 10-0 in five innings Monday. Madison scored in every inning and Hill, helping his own cause, invoked the 10-run rule with a one-out single to center that...

SUNBURG — Jonah Johnson pitched an 11-inning complete game and Jordan Engler hit a walkoff single as Norway Lake-Sunburg took an 8-7, extra-inning win over Starbuck Sunday in the County Line League. The win secures the Lakers the No. 2 seed for the league playoffs that start...

MONTEVIDEO — Colton Vien tossed a two-hitter Wednesday with nine strikeouts and no walks to spark Land O’ Ducks South Division-leading Montevideo to a 10-0 win over Minneota. Mitch Christensen’s two-run single in the first inning was just the start for Montevideo (8-2 in...

MARSHALL — Cornbelt League frontrunner Marshall needed only eight hits Tuesday to thrash Willmar 17-5 and clinch at least a share of the league title. The A’s are 9-1 in the Cornbelt and have a two-game lead in the loss column with just two league games remaining. The A’s...

GLENWOOD — Starbuck enjoyed a sizeable lead for the first half of its County Line League game with Atwater Sunday, but the visiting Chuckers rallied to collect a 9-8 win. Thanks to an 11 at bat frame in the second, Starbuck (2-7 in CLL) plated six runs, highlighted by Jake Amundson’s...

WATKINS — The Eden Valley-Watkins Legion team scored the game’s only runs on a passed ball and a suicide squeeze in a 2-0 victory over Hector on Tuesday. Hector pitcher Tate Lange and EVW winner Logan Linn were front and center throughout the game. Lange allowed just one hit...