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Softball: Blossoms survive in the rain to get past Randolph

Softball: Blossoms survive in the rain to get past Randolph

Blooming Prairie pitcher Shelbi Swenson was knocked off her game by heavy rains in the seventh inning, she regrouped as the Awesome Blossoms held on ... Read more | Add your comment

Riege: Looking for summertime weedline bass

Once you’ve cast the worm up onto the weeds, allow it to sink until it stops. Read more | Add your comment

Baseball: Packers fall to Tigers

ALBERT LEA — The Austin baseball team mustered just four hits as it lost 2-1 to Albert Lea (8-10 overall, 8-10 Big Nine) on the ... Read more | Add your comment

Austin boys golfers take second in home meet

Austin boys golfers take second in home meet

The Austin boys golf team finished second in its final home triangular of the season at Austin Country Club Tuesday. Read more | Add your comment

Athletics finish off SEC title with sweep of Mabel-Canton

Athletics finish off SEC title with sweep of Mabel-Canton

The Lyle-Pacelli baseball team shook off a couple of slow starts as it wrapped up its second straight Southeast Conference championship with a sweep over ... Read more | Add your comment

  1. Two Austin All-Star teams win tournaments  | Add your comment
  2. Hart tallies five homers and 13 RBIs as Lyle-Pacelli sweeps Houston  | Add your comment
  3. Wagner homers as Vikings blast Bucs  | Add your comment
  4. Packer baseball team falls to Northfield  | Add your comment
  5. Southland baseball team tops Dover-Eyota  | Add your comment
  6. Blossoms cruise past Wolverines in playoff opener  | Add your comment
  7. Southland softball team knocked off by Kenyon-Wanamingo  | Add your comment
  8. Playoff softball games moved up  | Add your comment
  9. A community game: Annual Latino basketball tourneys tip off  | Add your comment
  10. Lyle-Pacelli baseball team sweeps Schaeffer  | Add your comment
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