Pipestone County Star

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 4-12 Scores High game: Amanda Olberding (Rock Lobsters) 220, Nancy Terry (American Legion) 204, Ashly Bainbridge (Dolls w/Balls) 197 High series: Amanda Olberding (Rock Lobsters) 514, Tami Miller (The Bowling Stones) 493, Julie Bauer (American Legion) 484 High team game: American Legion 507, Rock Lobsters 501, B&B RV Service 460 High team game: American Legion 1,354, Rock Lobsters 1,278, The Bowling Stones 1,268 Three...

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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 Thursday, Oct. 23, edition of the Pipestone County Star.) The top-seeded Arrow tandem of Brockberg and Boeke dispatched their first-round and quarterfinal opponents, yielding just five games en route to the semifinals at Huether Family Match Pointe. “Vivian’s been here before, obviously,” PAS head coach James Skyberg noted. “She knows what it takes.” Skyberg also complimented Boeke’s low-key, laid-back...

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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 championship at 5 p.m. Thursday from the Wescott Sports Complex in Austin. The winner will advance to the 2A state quarterfinals. “St. Peter is a well-disciplined, well-coached team,” SWC head soccer Brian Busker said in an email to the Pipestone County Star. “We made a few mistakes that came back to bite us.” The Eagles (9-6-1) reached the second...

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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, at Hugh Schilling Field. On Monday, Oct. 6, Deubrook Area informed the Elkton school district it wouldn’t be able to field a team for what would have been an Elks’ home game — as well as Senior Night. “Due to a combination of injuries and unavailable players, we will be unable to field a full team for Friday night’s scheduled game against Elkton-Lake...

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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 League’s Minnesota Wild. The ECHL is a developmental league. Earlier this year, Nelson was not tendered a qualifying offer from the NHL’s Boston Bruins. As a result, the former Bruins prospect became an unrestricted free agent on July 1. Nelson, a native of Magnolia in Rock County, eventually signed with the Heartlanders on Aug. 6. During his time with the...

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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 (1401 Seventh Street SW). A membership fee is , with a maximum of for an entire family with three or more wrestlers. There is a deposit for a singlet — with a new design this year. Parents/guardians are asked to bring two different checks for the membership and singlet deposit. There also is limited gear available to try on...

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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 as host for a home game versus No. 5 Windom Area at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 21, at Paulsen Field. The Arrows will face the Eagles in the playoffs for the first time since 2023 when Windom Area came out on top. PAS won this year’s regular-season contest, 26-7, on Sept. 5. The PAS-Windom winner will face top-seeded, defending Class AA...

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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 Dordt University Classic in Sioux Center, Iowa. She recorded a time of 29:38 in the women’s varsity 6,000-meter race, and SMSU placed 16th in the Gold Division with 443 points. Minnesota State was the overall champion, and Bellevue’s Grace Steinmetz took top honors in 20:40. Earlier this season, Hemmen clocked in with a time of 18:38 in the women’s 3,600-meter race during the...

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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 gain hands-on experience in the field while preserving Minnesota’s hunting heritage. Participants will meet at 9 a.m. at Luann’s Gas & More — followed by a gun safety presentation and trap shooting at 9:30 at an acreage west of Pipestone near State Highway 30.  Pheasants Forever will provide lunch at Pizza Ranch, and a discussion period on safety, etiquette, tradition,...

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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 Day, Pipestone Marching Arrows at Quad City Marching Competition, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, S.D. Volleyball All Day, Elkton-Lake Benton at Dakota Valley Conference Tournament, at Arlington, S.D. Monday, Oct. 20 Volleyball 7 p.m., Section 3A south sub-section playoffs, Red Rock Central at Southwest Minnesota Christian, Edgerton 7 p.m., Section 3A south sub-section playoffs, Edgerton Public at Tracy-Milroy-Balaton, Tracy Tuesday, Oct. 21 Football  7 p.m., Section...

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