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GLENWOOD — Two close games for Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City Friday didn’t go the Falcons’ way as they fell 6-5 to Eden Valley-Watkins and 15-14 to Osakis to get knocked out of the Section 5A-West playoffs. The Falcons started the day sporting an 11-5 record after winning their...

Brett Buckingham tied for medalist honors in both West Central Conference meets on Friday and helped lead the Minnewaska boys golf team to two victories in Olivia and Granite Falls. The two wins puts the Lakers into a first-place tie with Benson/KMS in the conference standings...

The Minnewaska girls golf team won a pair of nine-hole West Central Conference meets on Friday. The Lakers shot 149 to win in Granite Falls and had the top four scorers, led by Jenna Janu’s 35. BOLD was second at 198 and Sauk Centre was third at 203. In Olivia, the Lakers...

Led by 39s from ninth-grader Bret Buckingham, eighth-grader Esten Stensrud and senior Austin Lieser, the Minnewaska Lakers prevailed in the second round of a West Central Conference twin bill at Morris on Tuesday. The Lakers’ 159 put them four shots up Benson/KMS and Morris Area,...

Morris/CA easily wins own tournament MORRIS — McKenzie VanBatavia struck out 21 in 17 innings of work and gave up just one earned run Saturday to help Morris/Chokio-Alberta win three games at its home tournament. The Tigers, who opened their season Saturday, toppled both West...

Thanks to D&D Ventures, a fan bus will available at no charge for persons interested in watching the Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City boys basketball team play a playoff game Thursday in Mankato. The bus will depart the ACGC Junior-High School in Grove City at 3 p.m. on Thursday for...

GROVE CITY — Taylor Larson netted 26 points, including a big three-pointer down the stretch, and Jacob Belgum added another 25 points to help No. 4-seed Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City outlast No. 5 Southwest Christian 70-66 Monday in the Section 2A-North quarterfinals. The Falcons (17-10)...

RENVILLE — Dawson-Boyd won the battle of the 3-point line and defeated ACGC 69-66 in the Camden/West Central Challenge on Saturday. Joey Lee hit five of the Blackjacks’ 11 3-pointers and finished with 26 points, and Nathaniel Huot drilled four 3s and scored 23 points. ACGC hit...

GROVE CITY — The top-seeded Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City Falcons nearly posted a shutout in the quarterfinals of the Section 5A team tournament Tuesday on their home mat. The Falcons used six falls and four forfeits from Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted to collect a 70-3 win that propelled...

JACKSON — Two pins late in a non-conference dual Friday allowed Class A top-ranked Jackson County Central to edge Class AA No. 11 New London-Spicer 42-33. The Wildcats led 24-12 halfway through the dual after Tom Stageberg at 106 pounds, Jakob Stageberg at 113 and Jared Travis at...