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  • Author Friedlander to cover Mavericks

    It's not often a distinguished author will offer to cover a college baseball team for the local newspaper but that's just what Brett Friedlander has agreed to do for The Free Press. Read more at Jim Rueda's blog here.

    May 25, 2012

  • Loyola b track5-25.jpg Loyola helps Cleveland find track home

    When Cleveland junior Bryce Omtvedt realized his school would have fewer than 20 kids out for boys track this spring, he knew the Clippers would have a tough time being competitive. Thanks to a co-op with Mankato Loyola, Omtvedt and his teammates are doing just fine.

    May 24, 2012 1 Photo

  • LCWM g track5-25.jpg Denn's seconds help LCWM/Nicollet finish first

    Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial/Nicollet’s Breanna Denn failed to win a single event in Thursday’s Subsection 7, Section 2A girls track and field meet, but she was anything but disappointed. The senior ended up second in four events, advancing her to the section meet in all of them.

    May 24, 2012 1 Photo

  • courrier, chad.jpg Courrier: Sum greater than parts for MSU baseball team

    Past Minnesota State baseball teams have had a lot of high-end talent, and you could see future professional players pitch and hit. But those teams didn’t win 48 games in a season. And most of those team didn’t advance to the Division II World Series.

    May 24, 2012 1 Photo

  • frederick, shane.jpg PucKato by Shane Frederick

    Ryan Carter, No. 1 star

    Former Minnesota State standout was the unlikely No. 1 star for the New Jersey Devils on Wednesday night, scoring the game-winning goal late in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference semifinals and giving his team a 3-2 series lead over the New York Rangers.

     

    May 24, 2012 1 Photo

  • Chris_Reed_Drake_2.jpg Minnesota State thrower is a real big shot

    Chris Reed and four other MSU athletes will compete in the NCAA Division II track and field meet, starting today in Pueblo, Colo.

    May 23, 2012 1 Photo

  • rueda, jim.jpg Rueda: ‘Lefty’ wins adapted bowling title

    Colby Tolzmann of Mankato East won the state adapted bowling title, and Mikala Sexson placed ninth in the tournament.

    May 23, 2012 1 Photo

  • st peter-saulnier.jpg St. Peter falls in Section 2A tennis final

    Mound Westonka avenged a regular-season loss to St. Peter by winning the Section 2A team tennis final on Wednesday.

    May 23, 2012 1 Photo

  • Loyola softbl5-23.jpg Loyola cruises into subsection semifinals

    The Madelia/Truman softball team was on a roll when it took the field against Class A’s No. 1-ranked Mankato Loyola Tuesday in the Section 2A playoffs.
    The Jayhawks had won four straight games, including an extra-inning win against Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton in the first round of the tournament.

    May 22, 2012 1 Photo

  • player_Brown_Lucas-11-web.jpg Minnesota State coach Margenthaler adds another D-I transfer

    Minnesota State men's basketball head coach Matt Margenthaler has overhauled his roster from a season ago.

    May 22, 2012 1 Photo

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