INFORMATION CALENDAR Thursday, Oct. 23  Cross Country 4 p.m., Pipestone Area, Southwest Minnesota Christian/Edgerton and Russell-Tyler-Ruthton at Section 3A meet, Madison Country Club (Lac qui Parle Valley/Dawson-Boyd serves as host) Footb...

Both the Edgerton Public and Elkton-Lake Benton football teams prepared for the postseason with convincing wins. Edgerton downed New Ulm Cathedral, 52-7, on a woefully foggy Wednesday, Oct. 15, in this Minnesota Educators Association week speci...

WORTHINGTON — Minnesota West Community & Technical College is currently seeking a new athletic director. Minnesota C&TC is currently running an advertisement for the open position on its Facebook page, and on the school’s website, mnwes...

GARRETSON, S.D. — Elkton-Lake Benton freshman runner Adam Kinner has punched his ticket to the Class A state cross country meet. Kinner placed 17th in a time of 17 minutes, 24.68 at the Region 2A meet on Wednesday, Oct. 15 at River Ridge Golf C...

LUVERNE — Three Pipestone Area Schools cross country runners earned honorable mentions from their performances at the Big South Conference meet Tuesday, Oct. 14. Runners battled wet grounds and chilly and blustery conditions for the first time ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Pipestone Area Schools’ senior Vivian Brockberg is making a return trip to the Minnesota State High School League Class A tournament. Teammate Jasmine Boeke, a junior, will be in Brockberg’s spot from the 2024 event as a first-tim...

COLMAN, S.D. — Elkton-Lake Benton runner Adam Kinner has finished in the top-11 of every single meet during the 2025 season. Kinner added to his resume with a second-place finish at the Dakota Valley Conference meet on Wednesday, Oct. 8, at Sun...

LOCAL SCOREBOARD Monday, Oct. 6 Girls Tennis Section 3A Team Tournament Montevideo 4, Pipestone Area 3 Volleyball Garretson d. Elkton-Lake Benton, 29-27, 25-21, 21-25, 25-21 Tuesday, Sept. 7 Volleyball Russell-Tyler-Ruthton d. Red Rock Central,...

Short memories sure would serve the Pipestone Area Schools football team well Tuesday night. The No. 4 Arrows (4-4) are coming off a 61-point shellacking from Mid-South District, Brown subdistrict foe Le Sueur-Henderson. But, tonight’s Section ...

There were plenty of things to like about the Pipestone Area Schools’ football team’s performance on Friday, Oct. 10. The Arrow offense bounced back from a 14-point performance versus Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial to generate 413 yards en rout...

INFORMATION BOWLING SCORES From Bole-Mor Lanes Pipestone Lynnette’s Ladies Standings American Legion 11-5, The Bowling Stones 10-6, B&B RV Service 10-6, Rock Lobsters 10-6, Dolls w/Balls 8-8, Gutter Gals 7-9, JBS 4-12, Stay In Your Lane 4-1...

BRITTON, S.D. — Elkton-Lake Benton football players and coaches wonderfully handled a week with an unplanned alteration to its schedule. In the end, the South Dakota Class 9AA third-ranked Elks defeated Britton-Hecla, 36-13, on Friday, Oct. 10,...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Pipestone Area Schools’ tennis players Vivian Brockberg and Jasmine Boeke advanced to the second day of the Section 3A individual tournament. (Editor’s Note: A recap from the second day of the tournament will be found in the...

For a brief spell during the second set, the Pipestone Area Schools’ volleyball team had the lead. That was much to the delight of first-year head coach Shelly Hennager. “We passed well, and that allowed us to run our big offense,” Hennager com...

ST. PETER — The Southwest Minnesota Christian School boys’ soccer team saw its season come to a close Saturday. St. Peter downed SWC, 3-1, in the Section 2A semifinals. The Saints will take on top-seeded Tri-City United (14-5) in the 2A champio...

The Little Arrows youth wrestling program will be conducting sign-ups on two days, Monday, Oct. 20 and Monday, Oct. 27. Sign-up sessions will run from 6-7 p.m. both nights in the Pipestone Area Schools middle school/high school commons area (14...

CORALVILLE, Iowa — Former Luverne and University of Minnesota hockey player Jaxon Nelson has a new home. Nelson will be playing for the Iowa Heartlanders, a member club of the East Coast Hockey League (ECHL) affiliated with the National Hockey ...

Pipestone County Pheasants Forever chapter will present its 17th annual youth/mentor hunt on Saturday, Oct. 25. The hunt will run from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The event offers youth ages 11-17 the opportunity to learn safe hunting practices and gai...

MARSHALL — Malayna Hemmen is currently a sophomore on the Southwest Minnesota State University women’s cross country team. Hemmen was a standout multi-sport athlete at Elkton-Lake Benton. This past weekend, Hemmen ran for the Mustangs at the Do...

The Elk Nation Hall of Fame banquet was conducted at the Elkton (S.D.) Community Center on Saturday, Oct. 4. Several athletes were inducted into the Elkton School hall of fame that evening. Here’s the group (from left), Lisa (Koch) Nicholas, co...

INFORMATION CALENDAR Friday, Oct. 17 Football    7 p.m., Elkton-Lake Benton at Hamlin, Hayti, S.D.  Marching Band 8:30 a.m., Elkton-Lake Benton at Sioux Valley Marching Festival, Volga, S.D. Saturday, Oct. 18 Marching Band All Da...

The Pipestone Area Schools football and volleyball teams learned their playoff fates on Thursday. The Arrows (4-4), after a rough loss to Le Sueur-Henderson on Wednesday evening, have been seeded fourth in Section 3AA. That means PAS will serve...

Last year, the Pipestone Area Schools and Southwest Minnesota Christian volleyball teams played a five-set classic. Fast forward to the 2025 encounter, with the Arrows sweeping the Eagles 25-20, 25-11, 25-23. In all fairness, scrappy SWC made P...

MARSHALL — The Russell-Tyler-Ruthton volleyball team capped a historic week by winning the Jimmy John’s Classic championship. But, Central Minnesota Christian made the Class A fourth-ranked Knights work for it. In the end, RTR downed CMCS in th...

LOCAL SCOREBOARD Monday, Sept. 29 Boys Soccer Southwest Minnesota Christian 7, Fairmont 0 Volleyball Jackson County Central d. Southwest Minnesota Christian, 25-10, 23-25, 25-20, 25-14 Luverne d. Edgerton Public, 25-20, 25-16, 22-25, 25-16 Tues...