ORANGE CITY, Iowa — Pipestone Area Schools’ senior Haylie Tripp has signed with Northwestern College. Tripp made it official during a special signing ceremony on Friday, April 25, in the PAS school library. “I had been following their program for a couple of years, and when I met with coach (Scott Bahrke), and detailed it for me, I felt like it would be a great fit.” PAS head track and field coach Mark Moeller cited Tripp’s willingness to try new events as a reason why colleges were attracted to her.  “She was willing to try the sprints,” Moeller said. “We’ve...

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The Pipestone Arrows Summer Acceleration program will begin on Tuesday, June 3, at the school. This program, sponsored by the Pipestone Arrows Athletic Booster Club, is for boys and girls entering seventh through 12th grade. Students are asked to use their school emails when signing up, and there is a QR Code available on the flyer. The cost is , and make checks payable to PAS. Make payment to either coaches or the office staff. Financial assistance is available through the activities office. The tenants of the acceleration program are: strength training, conditioning, speed and agility work. Sessions will be...

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WOODSTOCK — The Woodstock Community Club will be conducting sports programs this summer. Youth T-ball will take place on four straight Monday nights beginning June 16, with game time at 6:15 p.m. The games are 45 minutes long. Coaches are sought as well. There will be a youth fundamentals camp for kindergartners through fourth graders on June 9. There will be an introduction to T-ball session from 6-7 p.m. for kindergartners and first graders, followed by fundamentals session for second through fourth graders from 7-8 p.m. There is a fee each for both youth T-ball and the fundamentals camp....

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ST. JAMES — The St. James school district has announced it plans on leaving the Big South Conference. St. James’ school board officially approved the measure, 4-1, during a meeting with a “full house” in attendance, per a story written in the St. James Plaindealer newspaper. “The vote was an important one, with strong support for the change demonstrated throughout the process,” St. James superintendent Steve Heil said in a statement. School officials and coaches cited the district’s small enrollment size. Blue Earth Area officials also have discussed possibly leaving the Big South Conference as well, with the topic on...

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The Pipestone Area Schools boys tennis team began the playoff push this past Tuesday with a Section 3A team tournament match at Montevideo. The Arrows came into the tournament seeded sixth, and the Thunderhawks No. 3. Other first-round matches took place Tuesday, too, with fourth-seeded Lac qui Parle Valley at No.  5 Yellow Medicine East in Granite Falls and No. 2 Benson/Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg versus seventh Luverne. Redwood Valley drew the No. 1 seed, and opening-round bye. “Like most of the other teams, they will have more depth and experience,” PAS head coach James Skyberg noted regarding Montevideo. Skyberg said there was...

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INFORMATION GIRLS GOLF Monday, May 5 Big South Conference Division Meet No. 3 At Jackson Golf Club    Par-74, 5,180 yards  Team Scores 1, Blue Earth Area, 395; 2, Fairmont, 425; 3, Jackson County Central, 427; 4, Luverne, 451; 5, Redwood Valley, 485 Pipestone Area Scores    6, Vivian Brockberg, 100; 20, Olyvia Weber, 119 Note: Brockberg parred Hole No. 7/16 and birdied Hole No. 2/11 during her round. Top-Six Individual Scorers (And ties)  1, Katelyn Storbeck, Blue Earth Area, 81 (7-over par); 2, Madison Ehrich, BEA, 93; 3t, Leslie Zarling, 99; 3t, Ingrid Mostad, Luverne, 99; 3t, Katherine Zelaya,...

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INFORMATION CALENDAR Monday, April 28 Baseball 4:30 p.m., Canby at Edgerton/Southwest Minnesota Christian Boys and Girls Golf 4 p.m., Pipestone Area at Big South Division Event, Minn-Iowa Golf Course, Elmore (girls) 4 p.m., Pipestone Area at Big South Division Event, Redwood Falls Golf Club (boys) 4:15 p.m., Southwest Minnesota Christian/Edgerton vs. Hills-Beaver Creek, at Larchwood, Iowa Track and Field 4 p.m., Tal Farnham Pole Vault Invitational, Elkton Athletic Complex, Elkton, S.D. Tuesday, April 29 Baseball 4:30 p.m., Edgerton/Southwest Minnesota Christian at Mountain Lake Area-Comfrey 4:30 p.m., Red Rock Central/Westbrook-Walnut Grove at Russell-Tyler-Ruthton, Ruthton 5:30 p.m., Luverne at Pipestone Area, A’s...

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Golf duals can be competitive. That was certainly the case last Thursday, April 17, as Pipestone Area Schools boys defeated Big South Conference foe Worthington by one stroke. The Arrows finished with 178 strokes, and the Trojans 179 per results gleaned from iWanamaker. (Readers, take a look at statistics accompanying this story for the explanation.) “We’ve lost by a single stroke several times, or we’ve had ties,” said PAS head boys golf coach Craig Boeddeker, happy to be on the right side of a final result this go round. These tournaments matter because of a point system in Big South...

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LOCAL SCOREBOARD Monday, April 14 Baseball Red Rock Central/Westbrook-Walnut Grove 9, Edgerton/Southwest Minnesota Christian 1 Softball Lac qui Parle Valley 13, Russell-Tyler-Ruthton 0 (5) Tuesday, April 15 Baseball Pipestone Area 9, Windom Area 4 Adrian-Ellsworth 6, Russell-Tyler-Ruthton 3 Softball Flandreau 14, Elkton-Lake Benton 2 Edgerton/Southwest Minnesota Christian 12, Red Rock Central/Westbrook-Walnut Grove 2 Adrian-Ellsworth 10, Russell-Tyler-Ruthton 5 Wabasso 8, Edgerton/Southwest Minnesota Christian 2 (10) Thursday, April 17 Baseball  Pipestone Area 10, Jackson County Central 6 (5) (official) Edgerton/Southwest Minnesota Christian 3, Minneota 2 Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 5, Russell-Tyler-Ruthton 4 Softball Minneota 10, Russell-Tyler-Ruthton 6 Hanson 16, Elkton-Lake Benton 0 Elkton-Lake Benton 17,...

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TRACY— Tracy-Milroy Balaton pushed across five runs in the bottom of the fourth, and the Panthers made that hold up in a 5-4 victory over visiting Russell-Tyler-Ruthton Thursday, April 15. RTR’s rally in the top of the fifth fell short. Brayden Chandler scored on an Eli Determan RBI double. Sean Griesse then pushed across a run on a Drew Chandler ground out. Tyler Wichmann drove home Determan with a single. The Knights (8-2 before Monday’s doubleheader) were set down in order in both the sixth and seventh innings. Wichmann absorbed the loss, throwing four innings with the following linescore: five...

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