The Starbuck Stars amateur baseball team is still alive in the playoffs after splitting their first two County Line playoffs games Saturday and Sunday. The Stars, who were seeded fifth of six teams in the County Line League, won at fourth-seeded Norway Lake-Sunburg, Saturday, by a 10-5 score, but the Stars were sent into the consolation… Read More

Glenwood is set to host a Waterama Pickleball Tourney, Thursday and Friday of Waterama weekend. The event is open to all skill levels and players will have a chance to join women’s doubles (4-8 p.m., Thursday, July 27), men’s doubles (9 a.m.-1 p.m., Friday, July 28) or mixed doubles (1-5 p.m., July 28) with an upper… Read More

The Starbuck Jr. Legion is having a great season this year, finishing the regular-season with a 9-6 record, including a 9-3 record in league play.  That earned the team the second seed for the upcoming playoffs, which are set to begin Tuesday (tomorrow). Starbuck is set to host a game between #7-Long Prairie and #10-Benson at… Read More

The Starbuck Stars ended the regular-season with a 7-7 record after losing a 5-3, 15-inning game at home to Atwater Sunday afternoon.  The Stars, who also fell to NLS, Friday, June 30 (4-3), finished 4-6 in the County Line League while Atwater earned the regular-season title and NLS finished second. The Stars will open up the… Read More

The Glenwood-Lowry Legion baseball team is hitting its stride at the right time.  The team has won eight of its last 10 games after splitting a doubleheader at Parkers Prairie, June 29 (10-6 loss and 4-3 win) and sweeping a twinbill with Brooten last Wednesday (9-1 and 7-2).  Glenwood-Lowry, which ended the regular-season 12-5, also swept… Read More

The Minnewaska Area softball team announced its season-ending awards recently.  The Lakers finished 2-14 overall this season, which included a 2-10 mark in the WCC to tie with Montevideo and Benson for sixth place. The Lakers beat Montevideo and Benson by identical 8-7 scores for their only wins.  Morris Area won the league title with a… Read More

Four members of the Minnewaska Area boys golf team earned All-Conference honors this spring.  The Lakers won another WCC team title, winning the final meet at Morris to earn the title by one point over West Central Area. Earning All-Conference honors for the Lakers were Riley Larson, Zach Gugisberg, Thatcher Sherlin and Blake Nelson. Minnewaska Area won… Read More

(Correction:  Last week’s story about the Minnewaska Area Trap team contained an incorrect name.  Because of that, we are running most of the info again). Representing the team at the State Trap Shoot this year for Minnewaska Area were August Reichmann, Levi Schultz, Dylan VanZee, Mason Reichmann and Kyler Anderson, while alternates were Isaac Hennen and… Read More

The All-Area first and second team baseball squads for 2023 includes four players from Paynesville, two each from Minnewaska Area, YME, KMS and Montevideo and one each from LQP, Litchfield, Willmar, NLS, BBE and BOLD. Earning recognition from the Lakers were PJ Johnson on the All-Area first team and Dylan Alexander on the second team. Overall, the… Read More

The West Central Tribune (WCT) recently announced its All-Area softball teams for 2023.  Of the 18 players on the first or second All-Area team, nine are seniors, three are juniors, three are sophomores, two are ninth-graders and one is a seventh-grader. KMS and RCW/BOLD lead the way with three players each named to the teams, while… Read More