Pipestone County Star

NEW PRAGUE — The Russell-Tyler-Ruthton volleyball team opened the 2025 season at The 12th Annual Sideout Classic Saturday, Aug. 23. In a contest of teams ranked in the Minnesota Volleyball Coaches Association preseason poll, No. 2 Mayer Lutheran defeated No. 5 RTR in four sets, 25-21, 24-26, 25-14, 25-20. Laken Baartman, who just celebrated her 17th birthday Monday, paced the Knights defense with 30 digs and Sara Thooft added 10. Dru Ellefson distributed 23 assists and Brezlyn Buchert 10 as four different players scored in this statistical category. Ava Karbo pounded down 11 kills and Sara Thooft nine. Brynn Borresen...

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WORTHINGTON — Pipestone Area Schools’ seniors Vivian Brockberg and Kate Hanson were paired together for a doubles tournament Saturday, Aug. 23. And the new tandem was successful, feeding off their success from a doubles match versus Lac qui Parle Valley/Dawson-Boyd Thursday, Aug. 21. “They did really well together,” PAS assistant coach Tanya Schroyer said. “They both stepped up and scored a lot of points.” The Worthington Tournament has a non-traditional format, with two PAS doubles teams in each one of three flights. Winning a single game in a match was worth one point. Yellow Medicine earned the overall team title...

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LAKE BENTON — The 30th Annual Buffalo Ridge Pheasants Forever banquet has been set for Saturday, Sept. 13. The Lake Benton Events Center will be the site. The physical address is 114 Center Street South. Happy hour and drawings will take place from 5-7 p.m., with the dinner and live auction to follow. Doors open at 4:30 p.m.

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ROCHESTER — Minnesota West Community & Technical College football opens the season this Saturday, Aug. 30. And the Bluejays have been picked to finish third in the Minnesota College Athletic Conference’s preseason poll. Head coaches from all the member schools cast ballots, sharing their thoughts on the 2025 season. Minnesota West will play NJCAA Division III national champion College of DuPage (Ill.) at 1 p.m. Saturday from Trojan Field in Worthington. Jermaine Smith, the ex-Green Bay Packer, begins his second season as Minnesota West’s head coach. Former Pipestone Area Schools offensive coordinator Ryan Koopman will be quarterback coach/special teams coordinator...

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Football helmets gleamed from bright, morning sunlight. Such was the atmosphere as Pipestone Area Schools and Russell-Tyler-Ruthton conducted a scrimmage on Saturday, Aug. 23, at Paulsen Athletic Complex. Both PAS’ head coach Scott Boomgaarden and RTR head coach Ted Kern were mostly satisfied with what transpired. “It was good to see live reps,” Boomgaarden noted. Making tackles in this live setting was just one positive takeaway. “I was pleased with our physicality,” Kern said. “I thought the kids responded well.” The Arrows and Knights varsity and junior varsity units took turns on offense and defense. Series were scripted with 15...

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WAUBAY, S.D. — And the beat goes on for the Elkton-Lake Benton football team. The Elks scored 28 first-quarter points en route to thrashing Waubay-Summit, 59-8, in the season-opening game for both schools on Friday, Aug. 22. ELB (1-0), ranked No. 1 in South Dakota Class 9AA preseason poll, lived up to the hype. But, the Elks will face a stern test with No. 4 Viborg-Hurley coming to town Friday, Aug. 30. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. at the Elkton Athletic Complex. ELB defeated the Vikings by 16 points last year. Colt Beck scored the first three Elks’ TD...

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The Pipestone Parks and Recreation Department is offering plenty of fall youth programs. Here’s a little rundown on each program offered: Flag football will take place Monday, Sept. 8, Sept. 15, Sept. 22, Sept. 29 from 5:30-6:30 p.m. and 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 4 from the Paulsen Athletic Complex. The cost is . Pipestone Area Schools football coaches will serve as instructors. Volleyball is for players from five years old through sixth grade at PAS Gymnasium. The program runs on Friday, Sept. 5, Sept. 12, Sept. 19, Sept. 26 and Oct. 3 from 3:30-4:15 p.m. The cost is . Tennis...

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The Pipestone Parks and Recreation Department conducted its annual trip to see a Minnesota Twins game on Thursday, Aug. 21. Forty-four youth and seven adults boarded a motorcoach for Target Field bright and early that day, Parks and Recreation department director Robert Petersen reported. The Athletics defeated the Twins, 8-3, as Tyler Soderstrom went 4-for-4 and Nick Kurtz blasted a home run with an exit velocity of more than 111 mph. Brooks Lee, Kody Clemens and Luke Keaschall scored runs for Minnesota, and Jose Urena absorbed the loss.

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INDIANAPOLIS — While there are no sweeping rules changes in football this season, the National Federation of High Schools and Minnesota State High School League are looking at several points of emphasis. A main point concerns the defenseless player/targeting issue. A defenseless player is one, who because of physical position and concentration, proves vulnerable on a given play. The NFHS says this is not determined by another player’s actions, and the organization moved the matter from one section to another in the national rule book. Illegally and improperly worn player equipment will be scrutinized, including jewelry, tinted visors, towels, non-compliant...

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EDGERTON — Results from the Rock River Rodeo Days event on Saturday, Aug. 16, have been released. Chaz Carda from Hartford, S.D., was tops in bull riding, with Keagan Deuschle, a contestant from Iowa, second. John Thelen from Pierre, S.D., was the overall saddle bronc champion. Owen Mason, of Cannon Falls, took top honors in the ranch bronc competition. Scores from bull riding, saddle bronc and ranch bronc were not provided to The Pipestone County Star. Ranch bronc and saddle bronc are not the same. In ranch bronc riding, the contestant uses a standard working saddle and rides may use...

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