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Tomahawk-Valley, All-Tomahawk Division Volleyball announced

The Tomahawk-Valley Conference, All-Tomahawk Division volleyball honors were announced this past Friday, with Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart’s Lily Hubin taking Player of the Year honors. The unanimous junior setter was joined by teammates Chloe Schultz and Kelsey Ulrich on the All-Tomahawk ...

Springfield secures section three-peat

By Jake McNeill jmcneill@marshallindependent.com MARSHALL — After facing an early deficit, the top-seeded Springfield football team scored 13 unanswered points to defeat the No. 3 Murray County Central Rebels in the Section 3A championship game at Mattke Field on Friday morning. The win ...

Tigers talk section title win over MCC

SPRINGFIELD — Three different opponents, three similar results. Friday’s Section 3A Football Tournament Championship game at Southwest Minnesota State University saw the Springfield Tigers defeat the Murray County Central Rebels 20-10, giving the Tigers the section title and a Class A ...

Greyhounds downed in defensive battle

COTTONWOOD — Two second-half touchdowns for Renville County West was all the scoring that the Section 2, Nine-Man Football Championship game had to offer as the Jaguars defeated New Ulm Cathedral 12-0, ending the Greyhounds’ season. “Defensively, they were really, really putting ...

Tigers draw Goodhue to open state tourney

The Springfield Tigers drew the third seed in the south side of the Class A State Football Tournament this year and will take on second-seeded Goodhue in a quarterfinals matchup at 7 p.m. Friday in Rochester. The game will take place at Rochester Mayo High School.

Secret to standout

NEW ULM — For someone who sat out his freshman year of college football by choice, Martin Luther College defensive end Andrew Esmay is no longer the Knights’ best kept secret. Long gone are those days for the 6-foot-6 defensive end as he’s now arguably the team’s top defensive ...