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BOYS' BASKETBALL: Windom pulls away late for 52-42 win against JCC

LUVERNE — In typical fashion, the Windom Eagles and Jackson County Central Huskies battled in a highly-competitive basketball game Thursday evening.

• JCC's Schwarting
• Windom's Lee Holt

BLAST FROM THE PAST: Lakefield plays in Region 2 girls’ tournament 30 years ago this week

LAKEFIELD — Just nine days ago, the tall and athletic Pipestone Area Arrows defeated Jackson County Central (52-36) in the semifinals of the Section 3AA South Sub-Section high school girls’ basketball tournament.

SECTION 3AA BOYS BASKETBALL: Huge night for Holt Twins carries Windom into 3AA South semis

WINDOM — Combining size, strength and quickness, the Holt twins were simply too much for Murray County Central Saturday night.

• MCC's Kyle DeLong
• Windom's Jake Holt

SECTION 3A BOYS BASKETBALL: H-BC pulls away from Fulda, 62-42

WORTHINGTON — Fulda’s Nate Fremstad knocked down a wide-open shot from the top of the key with 10:54 to play in the first half Saturday afternoon, giving his seventh-seeded Raiders an impressive 16-8 lead on highly-regarded Hills-Beaver Creek in the quarterfinals of the Section 3A South high school boys’ basketball tournament.

• H-BC's Travis Helgeson
• Super Saturday

3A SOUTH BOYS BASKETBALL: Dutchmen fly past Quasars 53-46 and into quarterfinals

EDGERTON — Overcoming the sizzling first-half shooting performances of Southwest Star Concept senior guards Octavio Jimenez and Brady Hall Thursday night, the Edgerton Flying Dutchmen changed their defensive focus after intermission and earned advancement to “Super Saturday” with a hard-fought, 53-46, victory over the Quasars in the opening round of the Section 3A South high school boys’ basketball tournament.

• SSC's Alex Meyer
• Edgerton's Menning & DeKam

BLAST FROM THE PAST: ‘Packed House’ watched Dragon/Trojan duals in 1980’s

WORTHINGTON — “It was crazy,” remembers former Worthington High School state wrestling champion Lance Rogers, when asked to remember the evening of Thursday, Jan. 27, 1983. “It was hot in there, the place was full and it was loud, very loud. It was just crazy.”

3AA SOUTH GIRLS BASKETBALL: Arrows headed back to subsection title after 52-36 win over JCC

WINDOM — After a closely-contested first half Tuesday night, the tall and athletic Pipestone Area Arrows stepped up their defensive intensity and earned their way back to the Section 3AA South championship game with a hard-fought, 52-36, victory over the hustling Jackson County Central Huskies.

• PA's Bree Woelber
• JCC's Kaylee Benson

3AA SOUTH GIRLS BASKETBALL: Fairmont ends MCC’s season with 68-52 win

WINDOM — Utilizing some incredible free-throw shooting Tuesday evening, along with the deadly 3-point accuracy of senior forward Ariel Berhow, top-seeded Fairmont advanced to the championship game of the Section 3AA South girls’ basketball tournament with an impressive 68-52 semifinal victory over fourth-seeded Murray County Central.

BOYS BASKETBALL: Mankato East topples Trojans in OT

WORTHINGTON — During the game’s first 35 minutes and 57 seconds Monday night, the visiting Mankato East Cougars had made just two shots in 15 attempts from three-point range.

• WHS's Travis Meinders
• WHS's Lucas Henning

3AA GIRLS SUBSECTION QUARTERFINALS: Huskies advance past Windom

JACKSON — In an extremely well-played game that featured tremendous intensity by both squads, third-seeded Jackson County Central outscored sixth-seeded Windom by a 13-2 margin in the final 10 minutes Saturday evening and the Huskies prevailed, with a 63-54 victory over the Eagles in the quarterfinals of the Section 3AA South girls’ basketball tournament.

• JCC's Mollie McClure
• Windom's Sierra Even

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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