Pipestone County Star

BROOKINGS, S.D. — Pipestone Area Schools’ graduate Brooklyn Goelz competed for the South Dakota State University rodeo team during the 2025-26 season. Goelz specialty was breakaway roping, competing on her “handsome boy” Hashbrown. Breakaway roping is a fast-paced, timed rodeo event where a mounted rider attempts to rope a calf around the animal’s neck. The rider doesn’t dismount to tie the calf. Goelz was an animal science (pre-veterinary medicine track) major at SDSU, following into the family business. She also had minors in chemistry and animal health. During her time as a student at SDSU, Goelz served as the 2025...

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This weekend, the region will celebrate the life and times of Joseph Douty with the third annual #LiveLikeJoe Memorial Golf Tournament. The event will begin at 8 a.m. Saturday, June 13 at the Pipestone Country Club. There will be two 9-hole rounds with 18 teams per session. The first round will begin at 9 a.m. with a shotgun start. The second round starts at 2 p.m. The scramble-formatted tournament is mostly full, organizers reported. Douty will be remembered as a “founding father” of the Southwest Minnesota CEO program, a year-long course designed to encourage high school students in entrepreneurship. Pipestone...

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Participation numbers continue to grow for the Pipestone Area Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Bureau golf tournament. Chamber executive director Erica Volkir reported 26 teams vied for the 20th annual championship on Thursday, June 4 at Pipestone Country Club. “That’s 104 golfers,” Volkir said in a press release. “It’s the largest number of golfers to date.” The tournament featured a scramble format. Players hit the best shot and combined their strokes for the lowest score possible. Rooted and Fruited, a new business venture on W. Main Street in downtown Pipestone, won the championship with a 28. The business — which...

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The Pipestone Area Schools shooting sports program conducted an awards program at Pizza Ranch on Tuesday, May 19. The team will compete in the Minnesota State High School Clay Target League Championships on Monday, June 15 in Alexandria. Here are the award winners. Torin Schroyer was named Best Shot. Keely Burke earned the most valuable shooter honor. Jonah Basche was tabbed as the most improved shooter. Ethan Faber won the Annie Oakley Award. Lucas Faber earned outstanding achievement. Colin Bucher won the Rookie Award. Look for a recap on how the Arrows fared at the state competition in a future...

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Pipestone City Council members during their June 1 meeting voted not to extend a land lease and solar easement as requested by New Energy Equity LLC. The company had originally entered into a lease with the city in 2021 and planned to build a 1-megawatt solar garden on about 8.5 acres of city-owned land east of the city’s water treatment plant north of Pipestone. In 2024 the City Council approved an amendment to the lease that relocated the yet-to-be-built solar garden to an area near the existing solar array on North Hiawatha Avenue and east of the city’s tree dump,...

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Pipestone City Council members during their June 1 meeting voted not to extend a land lease and solar easement as requested by New Energy Equity LLC. The company had originally entered into a lease with the city in 2021 and planned to build a 1-megawatt solar garden on about 8.5 acres of city-owned land east of the city’s water treatment plant north of Pipestone. In 2024 the City Council approved an amendment to the lease that relocated the yet-to-be-built solar garden to an area near the existing solar array on North Hiawatha Avenue and east of the city’s tree dump,...

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The Pipestone Area Schools’ boys tennis team conducted its season-ending awards program on Wednesday, May 27 at Pizza Ranch in Pipestone. Arrow head coach James Skyberg reported Brady Dunn was named the most valuable player. Mathew Swenson earned the prestigious most valuable teammate honor. Joel Cardenas was named most improved player. Mikah Weets was tabbed as Mr. Hustle. In addition, Dunn was named to the all-Big South Conference team. Look for a complete story on Big South Conference boys tennis accolades in the Thursday, June 11 edition of the Pipestone County Star.

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MARSHALL — Jackson County Central senior Mady Wachal tossed 16 strikeouts in eliminating Pipestone Area Schools during the Section 3AA championship game. “Mady was effective,” PAS head coach Robert Petersen said. “She was able to get us to swing on pitches outside the strike zone. We couldn’t lay off them. Good pitching defeated good hitting.” Despite the loss, PAS returned to the section title round for the first time since 2023. The Arrows finished with a respectable 18-12 record, including victories over New London-Spicer and Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta on Tuesday, May 26. Petersen said the girls grew in confidence throughout the...

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MILROY — The Adrian-Ellsworth baseball team proved to be Russell-Tyler-Ruthton’s kryptonite all season long. And the Dragons earned their fourth win of the season over the Knights, 5-3, in the Section 3A Tournament elimination bracket semifinals on a cool, cloudy Saturday, May 30 at Irish Yard. With the exception of the Section 3A South subsection contest between A-E and RTR on May 23, an 8-0 Dragon shutout, the rest of the games were quite competitive. “Adrian-Ellsworth has a bunch of senior experience,” RTR head coach Danny Moffitt said, “and they capitalized on it. They’re a good team, and it was...

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MARSHALL — Bird Island-Olivia-Lake Lillian pitcher Kaitlyn Flann threw a complete-game four-hitter to eliminate Edgerton/Southwest Minnesota Christian during a Section 3A elimination game on Tuesday, May 26. Flann struck out 10 and allowed just one walk in 93 pitches, 69 of them for strikes (74.2 percent efficiency). Cara Ruiter went 2-of-2, Cali Wagner doubled, Kaya Voge singled and Liana Bloemendaal walked; but that was the only offense to show for the Flying Dutchmen (15-12). Presley Van Dyke allowed four runs (two earned) on seven hits. Van Dyke allowed eight walks and seven hits with just five strikeouts in 142 pitches...

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