SIOUX CENTER, Iowa — Dordt University student-athlete Micah Schaap has been listed as an alternate for the upcoming NAIA national outdoor track and field meet. The event is set for Wednesday through Friday, May 21-23, at Indiana Wesleyan University in Marion, Ind. The Defenders have qualified for all three relays: the 4x100-, 4x400- and 4x800-meter contests. Kaden Van Wyngarden, the Great Plains Athletic Conference champion and school record-holder, will compete in the 1,500 run to wrap up the Defenders’ contested events. Schaap is an alternate for the 4x400 relay, which came in with the 18th-best seed time, clocking in at...

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HIGH SCHOOL TRACK AND FIELD Big South Conference Small School Meet Saturday, May 10 At Paulsen Sports Complex, Pipestone Team Scores Boys  1, Jackson County Central, 151; 2, Redwood Valley, 143.5; 3, Luverne, 135; 4, Windom Area, 98.5; 5, St. James-Madelia, 63; 6t, Pipestone Area, 46; 6t, Blue Earth Area, 46  Girls       1, Luverne, 202.5; 2, Redwood Valley, 151; 3, Jackson County Central, 124; 4, St. James-Madelia, 75.5; 5, Pipestone Area, 60; 6, Blue Earth Area, 36; 7, Windom Area, 33 Complete Pipestone Area Results Boys  100-meter dash: 4, Americ Suvandy, 11.72; 19, Xavier Banjoko, 12.41 200...

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She sprinted to glory. That’s what Pipestone Area Schools’ Aurora Winsel accomplished last Saturday during the Big South Conference small schools track and field meet at Paulsen Athletic Complex. Winsel claimed gold in the 100-meter dash as well as the 200 dash and the open 400. She clocked in with a time of 12.91 in the 100, 25.82 in the 200 and 1:01.24 (400). “Aurora is simply a lot stronger compared to her prior years,” PAS head coach Mark Moeller said. “Her durability gives her the ability to bounce back faster between those races.” Winsel established a new league record...

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Home cooking. That’s what the Pipestone A’s amateur baseball team enjoyed in its season-opening victory over the Flandreau Blue Teal, 9-4, on Wednesday evening at City Field. “They were a young, energetic team,” Pipestone A’s manager Avery Ploeger said of the Blue Teal, one of two summer baseball teams based in Flandreau. Ploeger said the Blue Teal featured challenging pitchers — starter Emmet Nathan settled down after a wild first inning allowing the A’s six runs. Speaking of pitching, five different A’s shared in the win, starter Carson Frank, Riley Bosma, Mitchel Carson, Mitchell Biever and Mark Abrahamson. Ploeger said...

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BROOKLYN CENTER — The Minnesota State High School League has posted playoff draws for softball. And the Section 3AA seeding is quite surprising — considering Windom Area swept Pipestone Area Schools in a doubleheader on Tuesday. The Arrows are a No. 2 seed, and have been given a first-round bye. Meanwhile, Windom is seeded fourth and plays Minneota/Canby in the opening round. PAS (9-9) will face the winner of a game between No. 3 Luverne and sixth-seeded Redwood Valley on Tuesday, May 20, at the Paulsen Sports Complex. The winner of the game between Minneota/Canby and Windom will take on...

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MARSHALL — Pipestone Area Schools rallied from down 2-0 to beat Marshall in Game One of a Big South Conference doubleheader on Saturday. Avery Reinhard and Josie Danks crossed home plate on Kaysa Douty’s two-run, line drive double to center field. Addison Draper then added an insurance run on Sienna Rieck’s sacrifice fly, properly tagging up from third base to score. So it was the unsung Arrows who came through in a pinch, and eventually PAS swept the host Tigers during a warm day at the Marshall Softball Complex. The Arrows took Game One, 4-2, and followed with a run-rule...

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INFORMATION CALENDAR Sunday, May 18 Amateur Baseball 2 p.m., Pipestone A’s at Fairmont 5 p.m., Pipestone A’s at Fox Lake Music 2 p.m., Pipestone Area Schools’ spring band concert, PAS Performing Arts Center Special Event 7 p.m., Russell-Tyler-Ruthton Senior Awards Night, RTR Performing Arts Center Monday, May 19 Baseball 4:30 p.m., Pipestone Area at Tracy-Milroy-Balaton, Tracy 4:30 p.m., Canby at Russell-Tyler-Ruthton, Ruthton 4:30 p.m., Dawson-Boyd at Edgerton/Southwest Minnesota Christian Softball All Day, Elkton-Lake Benton at Dakota Valley Conference Tournament, Field of Dreams, Colman, S.D. Tuesday, May 20 Baseball 4:30 p.m., Edgerton/Southwest Minnesota Christian at Wabasso Boys and Girls Golf 9...

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The Pipestone Area Schools’ baseball team faced its most daunting task of the season last Friday at City Field. Fairmont provided the opposition. The Cardinals entered play with the second-highest Quality Results Formula (QRF) used by minnesota-scores.net (105.1) in Class AA. Fairmont is 33rd overall among the 359 baseball-playing schools in the state. What’s more, Fairmont (13-1) was fourth overall in Minnesota High School Baseball Coaches Association polling. The Cardinals’ lone loss was to Esko, 6-2, on Friday, April 11. “I looked at their QRF,” PAS head coach Rick Zollner noted. “They are very athletic, and they hit the ball...

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INFORMATION LOCAL SCOREBOARD Monday, May 5 Baseball Russell-Tyler-Ruthton 10, Adrian-Ellsworth 5 Edgerton/Southwest Minnesota Christian 12, Mountain Lake Area-Comfrey 3 Softball Big South Conference Pipestone Area 16, Luverne 6 (5) Also Russell-Tyler-Ruthton 8, Yellow Medicine East 7 Adrian-Ellsworth 9, Edgerton/Southwest Minnesota Christian 8 Tuesday, May 6 Baseball Big South Conference Pipestone Area 3, Windom 0 Also Murray County Central 9, Russell-Tyler-Ruthton 7 Red Rock Central/Westbrook-Walnut Grove 6, Edgerton/Southwest Minnesota Christian 3 Edgerton/SWC 12, Heron Lake-Okabena-Fulda 4 Boys Tennis Worthington 4, Pipestone Area 3 Softball Edgerton/Southwest Minnesota Christian 14, Red Rock Central/Westbrook-Walnut Grove 0 Adrian-Ellsworth 12, Russell-Tyler-Ruthton 2 Thursday, May 8 Baseball...

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SPEARFISH, S.D. — Caden Strasser is currently wrapping up his sophomore season as a member of the Black Hills State University track and field program. Strasser placed 24th in the 1,500-meter run at the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference track and field championship conducted in Golden, Colo., in late April. He clocked in with a time of 4:22.14. The RMAC features such universities as Colorado School of Mines, University of Colorado-Colorado Springs, Colorado Mesa, Chadron State (Neb.), Colorado State-Pueblo, Western Colorado, Fort Lewis State, and South Dakota School of Mines. This season, Strasser posted a best time of 4:00.64 in the...

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