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GIRLS' STATE CROSS COUNTRY: ML/B-O girls claim third

NORTHFIELD — “I am so happy,” exclaimed Mountain Lake/Butterfield-Odin senior cross country runner Sierra Harder Saturday afternoon after looking at the official result sheet of the Minnesota State High School League’s Class A girls’ state cross country meet.

• Adrian's Kopplow
• ML/B-O's Fast
• ML/B-O team
• State Cross Country 2009

BOYS' STATE CROSS COUNTRY: Adrian edges JCC to finish eighth at state

NORTHFIELD — All season long, Jackson County Central and Adrian have been the top two high school boys’ cross country teams in the area.

• Troe and Feit
• Wieneke and Strom
• State Cross Country 2009

CROSS COUNTRY: Teams set for state cross country meet today

NORTHFIELD — All four teams representing Section 3A at today’s state cross country meet have a solid chance to compete well and contend for a trophy-winning finish, to cap splendid seasons.

MW BASKETBALL: Minnesota West men fall to Wolfpack

WORTHINGTON — A strong defensive effort by visiting Madison Area Tech (Madison, Wis.) was too much for the Minnesota West Bluejays to overcome Friday night in an opening round game of the Sanford Regional Worthington Basketball Classic.

• MW's Akoi

MW BASKETBALL: Madison Area Tech edges Lady Jays, 72-64

WORTHINGTON — Effectively countering the runs made by Minnesota West Friday night, the nation’s No. 2-ranked NJCAA Division III Wolfpack — representing Madison Area Technical College of Madison, Wis. — claimed a 72-64 victory over the Lady Jays in an opening round game of the Sixth Annual Sanford Regional Worthington Basketball Classic.

• MW's Smith

BLAST FROM THE PAST: Remembering the Mustangs — C-LW’s 1972 Football team

CHANDLER — When the season opened, Mark Spitz was making a “splash” in the Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany and when the campaign was reaching its end — South Dakota Senator George McGovern was finishing up his campaign for the presidency.

PREP VOLLEYBALL: Second-seeded Eagles soar past Rebels, 3-0

LUVERNE — Despite playing without its outstanding senior middle hitter Emily Bose, Murray County Central battled defending Class A state champion Windom to an exciting high school volleyball match Monday night in the semifinals of the Section 3A South tournament.

• Windom's Ysker
• MCC's Giese

SECTION 3AA FOOTBALL: Full steam ahead for JCC

JACKSON —- Driving for touchdowns on back-to-back possessions Saturday afternoon, the top-seeded Jackson County Central Huskies advanced to the finals of the Section 3AA high school football playoffs with a 30-3 victory over Windom in the semifinals.

• JCC's Zach Copley, Windom's Levi Gotto
• Windom's Lee Holt, Jared Peterson and JCC's Steven Salzwedel

PREP VOLLEYBALL: SWC edges W-WG, 3-1

WINDOM — Southwest Christian’s tall tandem of Kara Van Dyke and Jada Vander Veen combined for 23 kills Friday night, leading the Eagles to a hard-fought 3-1 victory over an ever-scrambling Westbrook-Walnut Grove team in the quarterfinals of the Section 3A South high school volleyball tournament.

• W-WG's Elzenga
• SWC's Vander Veen

GIRLS PREP CROSS COUNTRY: Kopplow, Slater, Sauer finish 1-2-3 to lead AHS victory

ADRIAN — As was expected, the chase for the team championship of the Section 3A high school cross country meet was a close one Thursday afternoon.

• Adrian's Sauer, ML/B-O's Herrig
• WHS' Gerber and Windom's Olson
• Girls start

Columns

BLAST FROM THE PAST: Ellsworth baseball team edges Edgerton in 1959 District 8 championship

WORTHINGTON — It has been mentioned several times in this feature that the calendar in 1959 was the same as 2009, meaning that June 10, 1959 was a Wednesday.

BLAST FROM THE PAST: 50 years ago today, Trojans baseball team wins ‘59 conference championship

WORTHINGTON — Fifty years ago, as school was finishing in the last week of May in 1959, a couple of governors with similar names were making front-page news — and one area school was acting independently on the subject of time.

BLAST FROM THE PAST: As planters roll through fields, spring sports are in full swing

WORTHINGTON — Three weeks ago, I wrote about how winter was still lingering on. That “blast” ran in the April 3 issue.

As McLean served up American Pie,’ Sioux Valley hoops delivered hot results on the court

“But February made me shiver with every paper I delivered,” sang Don McLean in his 1972 classic “American Pie.” Well, it’s February and it is shivering cold — just like it was 35 years ago.

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