Pipestone County Star

MONTEVIDEO — The Pipestone Area Schools’ girls tennis team suffered an early Section 3A team tournament exit on Monday, Oct. 12. No. 2 seed Montevideo proved too strong in a 6-1 victory. “We knew they would be as good as they were,” PAS head coach James Skyberg said. Jasmine Boeke earned the Arrows’ lone victory at No. 1 singles, defeating Nora Mages 6-3, 2-6 and 10-6 in the tie-breaker.  This marked Boeke’s second straight match featuring a tie-breaker, and this time Jasmine came out on top.  Skyberg said Boeke’s win over Mages will help with seeding for next week’s individual...

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MARSHALL — The Russell-Tyler-Ruthton volleyball team earned fifth place in the competitive Jimmy John’s Classic on Saturday, Oct. 10. After falling in three sets to Redwood Valley, 15-25, 28-26, 15-12, the Knights bounced back to sweep both Windom and Lakeview at Marshall High School gymnasium.  RTR is now ranked No. 3 in Class A, per the Minnesota Volleyball Coaches Association, poll, with a 21-4 record.   The Knights are one year removed from winning the same tournament, capped by a thrilling three-set victory over Central Minnesota Christian — when previous head coach Daynica Brown notched her 200th career victory.  RTR...

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Area wrestlers Miklo Hernandez and Brayden Chandler both met with success at state and regional competitions last weekend.  Hernandez, of Pipestone Area Schools, earned a 4-2 decision over Oleksandr Havrylkiv from Illinois Sunday, Oct. 11 in the championship at the Premier National League fall championship in Des Moines, Iowa.  Hernandez wrestled in the junior 132-pound division. He advanced with a 7-2 decision over Abraham Coronado during the semifinals.  During his scholastic career, Hernandez has earned many state championships and participated in national-level competitions to gain experience. Chandler on Saturday, Oct. 10, a student-athlete from Russell-Tyler-Ruthton who competes for Marshall High,...

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The Pipestone Area Youth Football team features student-athletes from fourth through sixth grade. Here’s the group. Front row (from left), Cameron Bonine, Junior Cardenas, Brooks Beyers, Everett Mathews, Ashton Carpenter, Eduardo Cazares, Alejandro Puente, Mays Stout, Isaiah Sanchez and Zane Johnson. Second row, Lincoln Baatz, Gregorio Rosales, Guillermo Cazares, Mason Stugelmeyer, Lukas Steele, Caleb Ossefoort, Tyson Faber, Aydrien Delatorre-Carver, Anderson Revolorio, Briggan Dykstra and Raiden Derby. Back row, Uriel Asencio, Boyer Heidebrink, Ty Bauman, Kendrick Winter, Charlie Folkerts, Joshua Blaue-Valdez, Coyer McCorquodale, August Freeman, Rylan Copetillo, Kevin Perez, Jackson Koprek, Owen Behan and Kasey Burke. Lokene Siegfried, Lincoln Oluna and...

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ST. PAUL — The Minnesota 2026 pheasant season began on Saturday, Oct. 10. It certainly was a warm and windy opener for the southern two-thirds of the state. The season runs through Jan. 3, 2027, with shooting hours from 9 a.m. to sunset daily, per the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.  The DNR reported there will be a public lands celebratio n this Saturday in conjunction with the opening. These events will be at wildlife management areas throughout Minnesota. Throughout Pipestone, Murray, Rock and Nobles Counties, the DNR reports pheasant hunting prospects will be fair to good based on birds...

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The Pipestone Area Marching Arrows concluded the 2026 competition season Saturday, Oct. 17 with a first place finish in Class AA at the Quad States Regional Championships in Vermillion. The Arrows were the only band in Class AA and, as such, they also won all the caption awards including Best Music, Best Visual, Best Overall Effect, Best Percussion and Best Color Guard. Overall, the band finished 10th out of 18 bands in eight classes with a score of 82.1. Director Zach Ploeger said the Arrows once again scored well in marching execution, ranking fifth out of 18 bands overall. With...

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Members of the Pipestone City Council and Pipestone Planning Commission met Thursday evening, Oct. 8 to begin the process of updating the city’s zoning code. Guiding them in that process was Mojra Hauenstein, senior planner with Bolton & Menk. The process to update the zoning code will address issues that Hauenstein said she’d already heard about from city representatives, make required code updates and address other topics. Some of the topics Hauenstein said she’d heard about so far were set back issues, residential structures on nonresidential lots, oversized garages, accessory structure heights, lot size standards, manufactured housing, solar regulations, aesthetic/design...

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LUVERNE — The Pipestone Area Schools football team returned the “Battle Axe” to Luverne on Friday, Oct. 2. What’s more, it was in the worst way possible.  Luverne topped PAS, 42-0, in what’s regarded as the most lopsided outcome in the history of this glorious southwest Minnesota series.  The Cardinals have shut out three opponents in five games this season. Meanwhile, the injury-depleted Arrows have been blanked in three straight contests.  “Luverne is big up front and they fly to the football,” PAS head coach Scott Boomgaarden said. “They are one of the hardest hitting teams we will see this...

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EDGERTON — An Edgerton Public special teams miscue helped Heron Lake-Okabena-Fulda to a 19-18 victory on Friday, Oct. 2. It was a dreadful end to what was the Flying Dutchmen’s Homecoming game.  Edgerton dropped to 3-2 heading into a Friday, Oct. 9 clash with 9-Player No. 1 ranked Hills-Beaver Creek. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. Edgerton’s Reece Gilbertson knotted the score at 6-all in the second quarter with a 20-yard TD before the Coyotes took the halftime lead on a 3-yard pass from Kaston Clarke to Abel Collin.  Tucker Arp raced in with a 19-yard TD during the third...

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MINNETONKA — Marshall High School senior wrestler Brayden Chandler is set to compete at the prestigious MN#1 Classic set for Saturday, Oct. 10.  Chandler, a student-athlete from Russell-Tyler-Ruthton, will square off against Cade Walz from Mahnomen/Waubun.  The match will take place at The Shop (physical address is 15400 Minnetonka Industrial Road). Doors for the one-off event will open at 3:45 p.m. — with wrestling to follow at 5 p.m.   Both Chandler and Walz possess outstanding pedigrees.  Chandler finished third in Class 2A at 160 pounds last year. Walz was third in Class A at 172.  “I’m really excited to...

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