The Free Press, Mankato, MN High School Sports 2012-02-11T03:37:58-06:00 urn:uuid:885e8c0f-fa70-4965-b4e7-324f7dc8f136 (VIDEO) West football going back to state By Shane Frederick urn:uuid:62a977db-b05e-46f5-8c7f-90ee036cddb9 2011-11-06T14:43:33-06:00 <p> The Mankato West football team crushed Hutchinson 55-13 in the Section 2AAAA championship game Friday night.</p> Loyola volleyball team hopes to become a winner Tige Hutcheson urn:uuid:8b601d3f-77a0-44e5-84ba-6ac71b5cfaa9 2011-08-25T23:12:24-05:00 <p> The Crusaders have won just three games in the last two seasons.</p> Mankato West soccer team opens season with win By Jim Rueda urn:uuid:e54b080f-0154-44da-bf55-d2ac449f1782 2011-08-25T23:06:37-05:00 <p> Bill Leitch scored two goals in Mankato West&#39;s 2-1 season-opening victory over St. Peter Thursday.</p> East/Loyola tennis player is healthy and it shows By Jim Rueda urn:uuid:d28bab66-678c-4207-8952-0ec05ee6c769 2011-08-23T23:14:44-05:00 <p> Anna White and seven other Cougars tennis players went 5-0 in Tuesday&#39;s East/Loyola Invitational.</p> St. Clair to drop varsity football for '11 By Jim Rueda urn:uuid:cf7d0080-1a8a-4424-b2b0-f2b2b2e8c17a 2011-08-23T23:09:14-05:00 <p> <br /> The hope is that, after a year of junior varsity play, the numbers will grow enough to enable the Cyclones to reinstate the varsity program for 2012-13.</p> Mankato swim teams ready to make a splash By Jim Rueda urn:uuid:b737b07e-a7d0-4373-8e07-a44df3701bbe 2011-08-22T21:56:19-05:00 <p> The Mankato West and Mankato East/Loyola girls swim teams will open the season Saturday at the Hutchinson Invitational.</p> Fairmont runs over Waseca 41-21 By Chad Courrier urn:uuid:3c92e57a-fe8a-498d-9e40-fc2bb700e69d 2010-10-02T01:32:04-05:00 <p> Fairmont bullied their way past Waseca 41-21 in a South Central Conference football game Friday.</p> East falls to Rochester Mayo in double overtime urn:uuid:377bd9bc-70db-4398-812e-e84f8b22d8cc 2010-10-02T01:29:57-05:00 <p> Sophomore Maurice Cain&#8217;s interception in the second overtime Friday night at Wolverton Field capped a torrid Rochester Mayo comeback and sealed a thrilling 38-35 Big Nine Conference win over Mankato East.</p> Kaus on pace to challenge records at West By Chad Courrier urn:uuid:52ac8030-13af-48a2-ae80-752265c994aa 2010-10-01T00:41:01-05:00 <p> Mankato West senior Nick Kaus has been on a tear, scoring nine touchdowns in the last two weeks, and he&#8217;s starting to get within range of some program records for receiving and scoring.</p> Team play powers East to comeback win over Faribault By Chad Courrier urn:uuid:7967986d-4fb6-48c1-889c-c28460b203d4 2010-10-01T00:38:47-05:00 <p> Mankato East fought back from losing their opening set to Faribault to earn&#160; a 3-1 victory in a Big Nine Conference volleyball match Thursday at the East gym.</p>