Pipestone County Star

The Pipestone Area Schools’ boys tennis team opens the 2026 regular season at home versus Milbank on Thursday, April 16. In Milbank, the Arrows will face a stern test straight away since the Bulldogs are considered one of the better teams in South Dakota. Matches will begin at 4 p.m. at the PAS Courts. Weather has limited outdoor practice time, another concern. Thankfully for PAS, there are still several more days to hone those skills. As has typically been the case in recent years, PAS lacks numbers. Junior Brady Dunn, who teamed up with Makhi Winter during the 2025 campaign...

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INFORMATION ATHLETICS CALENDAR Thursday, April 9 Baseball 4:30 p.m., Russell-Tyler-Ruthton at Adrian-Ellsworth (Adrian) 4:30 p.m., Red Rock Central/Westbrook-Walnut Grove at Edgerton/Southwest Minnesota Christian Boys and Girls Track and Field 4 p.m., Russell-Tyler-Ruthton at Lakeview Invitational 4:30 p.m., Pipestone Area at Luverne, “C” squad meet Boys and Girls Golf 4 p.m., Russell-Tyler-Ruthton at Sleepy Eye Softball 4 p.m., Pipestone Area at Redwood Valley (Redwood Falls) 4:30 p.m., Adrian-Ellsworth at Russell-Tyler-Ruthton (Lincoln County Fairgrounds, Tyler) 4:30 p.m., Edgerton/Southwest Minnesota Christian at Red Rock Central/Westbrook-Walnut Grove (Plum Creek Park, Walnut Grove) Friday, April 10 Boys Golf 1 p.m., Pipestone Area and Russell-Tyler-Ruthton at...

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In his first match as Pipestone Area Schools head boys’ golf coach, McCaden Biever was ultimately triumphant. The Arrows needed just 177 strokes to beat Russell-Tyler-Ruthton by 11 shots on Monday, March 30 at Pipestone Country Club. Fresh off its state Class A boys basketball championship two days earlier, Hills-Beaver Creek was a distant third (193). “It’s very fulfilling,” Biever said. “The boys have put in the time, and it paid off very quickly. It’s awesome to have a group of guys that are working hard and showing they can win.” After an errant first shot, senior Matthew DeBates bounced...

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LAKE CRYSTAL — The Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial softball team finished as consolation runner-up in Minnesota State High School League’s Class AA last year. So Pipestone Area Schools knew it would be a tall task to compete with the Knights. LCWM swept PAS in the season-opening doubleheader for both schools, blanking the Arrows in Game One, 7-0, and taking Game Two, 11-6. Jadyn Kor and Avery Reinhard split time inside the circle during Game One. Reinhard fared better, allowing just one hit in three innings while recording one strikeout. The Arrow defense didn’t help matters much with three errors. Northwestern College...

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SIOUX CENTER, Iowa — Former Southwest Minnesota Christian/Edgerton standout athlete Grant Busker is competing for the Dordt University men’s track and field squad. During the indoor season, Busker claimed the high jump title at the Great Plains Athletic Conference meet during the third weekend of February. Busker recorded a mark of 1.99 meters (6-feet, 6-1/4 inches) for the top spot in the event, which took place at the Dordt Recreation Center. More recently, Busker grabbed third place at the Wayne State College (Neb.) Wildcat Classic — as the season changes from indoors to outdoors. Busker marked at 1.97m (6-5 1/2)...

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RIVER FALLS, Wis. — Pipestone Area Schools’ senior sprinter Aurora Winsel has found the right fit. Winsel on Wednesday, April 1 in the PAS Library signed an NCAA Letter of Intent to join the track and field program at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls. “I looked at a few colleges, and UWRF really had the whole package,” Winsel said, “the major I wanted, a great track team and a beautiful campus. I met with the coaches, and felt it would be a great fit. “I feel blessed to do what I love at another level,” Winsel continued. “I am grateful...

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RUTHTON — Now this was a shrewd scheduling move. Both the Pipestone Area Schools and Russell-Tyler-Ruthton baseball teams agreed to move up their game to Monday, March 30 to take advantage of the mild and windy conditions. The Knights dispatched the Arrows, 11-1, in a game reduced to five innings due to the state-mandated mercy rule. “The guys were itching to play a game,” RTR head coach Danny Moffitt said. Moffitt said he wanted to see how the Knights would fare both hitting and fielding. RTR looked very much like the team that was the 2025 Class A consolation champion....

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The Pipestone Area Schools’ boys basketball team concluded the 2025-26 season with an ice cream social on Wednesday, April 1. Three team awards and three more statistical accolades were presented. Austin Musch was named the Arrows’ most valuable player as PAS finished the season with an 8-19 record. Musch totaled a team-best 484 points and 266 boards — earning the rebounding award at the social — to lead the Arrows in both categories. (Read an additional story on Musch in this edition of the Pipestone County Star.) “Top to bottom, it was a fun year,” PAS head coach Michael Slaba...

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HARRISBURG, S.D. — Former Pipestone Area Schools student Chloe Lear recently added a new title for the Harrisburg school district. Lear has been named new head wrestling coach for the middle school program in Harrisburg. Currently, Lear also serves as special education teacher at Endeavor Elementary School (the school has a Sioux Falls address but sits in the Harrisburg district). Lear has a long association with wrestling, serving as PAS manager. She also served in the same capacity at Minnesota State University Moorhead. In Harrisburg, one of the fastest growing districts in South Dakota, there are three middle schools (East,...

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Pipestone Area Schools’ senior boys basketball player Austin Musch was named to the all-Big South Conference Gold Division team. Musch joins a list of recent yearly honorees including current University of Minnesota-Morris player Makhi Winter, Bethany Lutheran College’s Rysley Borman and Tagon Woelber. “It feels great to be selected, and it’s an honor to have been chosen,” Musch said in an email to The Pipestone County Star. This was a banner season for Musch, and he established new school records for rebounds in a single season with 266 — and for a career with 581 caroms. Landon Quist was the...

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