2024 MNA Award winner for sports reporting, covering Marshall, Canby, DB, Lakeview, Minneota, MCC, RRC, RTR, TMB, Wabasso, WWG and YME. #swmnsports
Marshall, Minn.
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Murray County Central’s Krew Schneider has been named the Independent’s Baseball Player of the Year after an exceptional season, being the area’s best pitcher and among the top batters, while built with a new resilience that is hard to shake. marshallindependent.com/spor…
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Murray County Central’s Paul Counter has been named the Independent Baseball coach of the Year after leading the Rebels to a section championship and third-place finish at the state tournament. marshallindependent.com/spor…
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MCC earned a trio of first-team selections while Marshall and YME each had another two in the Independent’s All-Area Baseball team, announced Wednesday. Dawson-Boyd also had a handful of All-Area selections. marshallindependent.com/spor…
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A fast start with three runs in the opening inning and efficient defense with a trio of double plays helped the Marshall A’s even up its record with a 7-3 defeat over Volga, South Dakota, Sunday evening.
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The Marshall Mudcats split its annual Wood Bat Tournament over the weekend, picking up a pair of wins while dropping two. Marshall opened up the tournament with a 10-0 mercy-rule win over Kasson-Mantorville and then took down Jamestown 5-3, before coming up short Dakota Valley and Renner.
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Dan Westby has been named the All-Minnesota Girls Sport Coach of the Year after he led Marshall volleyball to a historic 10th state title and the basketball team to a third-place state finish through the 2025-26 seasons. marshallindependent.com/spor…
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Following five scoreless innings, Bennett Graven connected for a three-run RBI triple to help lead the Marshall Junior Legion 17U baseball team to a 5-1 win over Springfield Thursday night. Carson Mensink also pitched an efficient complete game to highlight the victory.
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Yellow Medicine East's Jen Sneller has been named the Independent's Softball Coach of the Year after the Sting's breakout season that led to a section runner-up finish. marshallindependent.com/spor…
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Continuing to be one of the most dominant hitters in all of Class A with the RTR softball team, Laken Baartman again led the area by a sizable margin at the plate. As such, Baartman repeats as the Independent’s Softball Player of the Year. marshallindependent.com/spor…
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YME, Minneota/Canby, Wabasso and RTR each earned multiple first team selections to the Independent's All-Area Softball team, announced on Wednesday. The Player and Coach of the Year will be announced in Thursday's edition of the Independent.
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After almost four years working as the sports editor of The Independent, I’m stepping down on Wednesday to move back to the East Coast. Thank you to all the athletes, coaches and other community members that have made this job such a joy
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Gabe Tentinger played the hero for MCC as it snatched victory in the state quarterfinals on Thursday. The Rebels faced a four-run deficit against Ogilvie before forcing extra innings, and Tentinger blasted the game-winning RBI to seal a walk-off 9-8 win. marshallindependent.com/news…
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For the third consecutive year, the Dawson-Boyd girls golf team is the Class A state champion. Also like the past two seasons, the Blackjacks ran away with the victory, winning the title by 26 strokes. marshallindependent.com/news…
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Minneota’s Owen Dalager led the area at the boys Class A State Tournament with a 24th-place individual finish, while Dawson-Boyd’s Evan Mork and Canby’s Lane Citrowske followed close behind. marshallindependent.com/spor…
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The Dawson-Boyd girls golf team showed no signs of setback, surging ahead to lead the Class A State Tournament by 21 strokes after the first day. MCC’s Rachael Huso is also climbing the leaderboard after an impressive opening day and sits in second place. marshallindependent.com/spor…
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A handful of area golfers put together a competitive opening day at the Class A boys state tournament on Tuesday after carding scores in the 70s. marshallindependent.com/spor…
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Kaden Christensen connected for the game-winning hit that sent home Brody Larson to give the Minneota Mudhens’ a walk-off 3-2 victory against the Appleton A’s Friday night in Minneota’s home opener. @MinneotaMudhens
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Marshall's Colton Lindquist earned a fourth-place finish in the boys triple jump and Katelyn Leibfried earned an eighth-place medal in the girls 3200 meters to kick off the Class AA track and field championships on Friday
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For the first time in a quarter-century, the MCC baseball team are section champions and are headed to the Class A State Tournament. The top-seeded Rebels got hot early and never let up to claim the Section 3A title on Thursday with a 7-0 shutout over No. 2 Adrian/Ellsworth. @MCCSchools
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The Dawson-Boyd baseball team’s season came to an end Tuesday night after the top-seeded Blackjacks came up short to No. 2 Adrian/Ellsworth 4-2 in the Section 3A elimination final, fighting for a spot in the championship game. Dawson-Boyd put together another winning season, finishing 15-7 overall, and graduate seniors Eli Olson, Holland Schacherer, Nathan Hansen and Kameron Sather.
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