INFORMATION CALENDAR Saturday, Feb. 1  Boys Basketball 5 p.m., Great Plains Lutheran at Elkton-Lake Benton, Elkton, S.D. Girls Basketball 3:30 p.m., Great Plains Lutheran at Elkton-Lake Benton, Elkton, S.D. Gymnastics 11 a.m., Pipestone Area at Worthington Invitational, junior varsity, Worthington Learning Center Music All Day, Quad State Honor Band, Vermillion, S.D. One-Act Play 10 a.m., Sectional Meet, RTR Performing Arts Center, Tyler Speech 9 a.m., Pipestone Area at Worthington Invitational, WHS Monday, Feb. 3  Boys Basketball 7:30 p.m., Minneota at Russell-Tyler-Ruthton, Knights Gymnasium, Tyler Girls Basketball 7:30 p.m., Mountain Lake Area-Comfrey at Edgerton Public 7:30 p.m., Red Rock Central at...

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ELKTON, S.D. — The Elkton School District played host to the Dakota Valley Conference Classic on Saturday, Jan. 25. In the one-day event, schools from the DVC were matched up with a non-league foe. Games were played using both gymnasiums. And the Elks faced two Minnesota-based schools. Edgerton Public girls basketball player Reese Vande Griend tallied the game-winning shot as the Flying Dutch downed Elkton-Lake Benton 48-46 — a contest with several tie scores and lead changes until the bitter end. Meanwhile, winless Canby gave the ELB boys all it could handle early before the Elks eventually established a double-digit...

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EDGERTON — Dynamic Pipestone Area Schools junior combination guard/forward Jadyn Kor made a 3-pointer to cut the Arrow deficit to six points, 57-51. That was with 2:23 remaining in the second half. However, Southwest Minnesota Christian scored seven of the game’s final 10 points as the Eagles defeated the Arrows, 64-54, at home on Thursday, Jan. 23. PAS head coach Grant Everson was optimistic his team could have at least forced overtime, but to no avail. “Absolutely, I thought we did,” Everson said regarding that potential comeback bid. “The girls never gave up, and kept battling, which lead us to...

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WINDOM — Pipestone Area Schools’ Makhi Winter connected on a 3-pointer from the wing with 59.4 seconds left, knotting the score at 69-all. However, Windom Area responded as Carter Rossow made a corresponding 3-ball on the baseline and Charles Erickson added an insurance free throw as the Eagles defeated the Arrows 73-69 in Big South Conference action at The Nest Tuesday, Jan. 21. The Arrows had chances to score, but the shots didn’t fall. “We were trying to get Makhi a chance at a 3 or something going to the basket,” PAS head coach Michael Slaba explained. PAS showed the...

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BALTIC, S.D. — Two Elkton-Lake Benton powerlifters competed in a meet on Saturday, Jan. 18, at Baltic High School. Elk senior  Logan Miller and junior Taiton Boersma both earned first place in their respective weight classes. In powerlifting, athletes score points based on their performances in three basic events: squat, bench press and dead lift. Boersma, in the 220-pound class, totaled 1,205 pounds from three lifts — including a 500-pound dead lift. He also recorded a squat of 445 pounds. Miller, at 198 pounds, totaled 1,480 pounds in lifts for the top spot. He produced a whopping 570-pound dead lift...

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Two area women’s basketball players are participating at the junior varsity level in college. Ana Veldkamp, a former standout at Southwest Minnesota Christian, is playing both JV women’s basketball and softball at Dordt University in Sioux Center, Iowa. The Defenders are 11-3 on the season, including a 95-65 thrashing of Briar Cliff at DeWitt Gymnasium on Thursday, Jan. 23. They will play at Morningside in Sioux City on Thursday. Veldkamp played 13 minutes in the win over Briar Cliff, scoring eight points, recording three steals and grabbing an offensive rebound.  She connected on three field goals and went 2-of-2 from...

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ST. PAUL — The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has issued a report regarding the 2024 deer harvest. The numbers proved to be a “good news, bad news” scenario. Hunters across the state harvested more than 170,000 deer during the year, up seven percent from figures the year before. However, it was still three percent lower than the five-year average. “We still have a long way to go in parts of northern Minnesota,” said Minnesota DNR big game program spokesperson/coordinator Todd Froberg. “But, it seems like we are moving in the right direction.” Weather during peak hunting instances — such...

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INFORMATION SCOREBOARD Tuesday, Jan. 21 Boys Basketball Windom Area 73, Pipestone Area 69 Russell-Tyler-Ruthton 61, Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 58 Hills-Beaver Creek 80, Southwest Minnesota Christian 76 Elkton-Lake Benton 67, Canton 49 Girls Basketball Windom Area 71, Pipestone Area 66 Hills-Beaver Creek 62, Southwest Minnesota Christian 59 Adrian-Ellsworth 53, Edgerton Public 48 Russell-Tyler-Ruthton 68, Mountain Lake Area-Comfrey 36 Canton 58, Elkton-Lake Benton 25 Wrestling Windom Area-Mountain Lake Area 38, Pipestone Area 29 Redwood Valley 42, Pipestone Area 26 Thursday, Jan. 23 Boys Basketball Elkton-Lake Benton 70, Colman-Egan 65 Edgerton Public 69, Red Rock Central 38 Russell-Tyler-Ruthton 55, Westbrook/Walnut Grove 52 Southwest Minnesota Christian...

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INFORMATION From Bole-Mor Lanes Pipestone From Jan. 22-23 Lynnette’s Ladies Standings Team W-L The Bowling Stones          8-0 American Legion          7-1 Sister Chicks                           6-2 Stay In Your Lane                   5-3 High Kickers                           5-3 Dolls With Balls                      4-4 JBS                       ...

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The Pipestone Parks and Recreation Department has a batting cage located in the blue building at the Pipestone County Fairgrounds. The physical address for the fairgrounds is 10th Avenue SE. To use the batting cage, a key is available at the Ewert Recreation Center during open hours. It must be returned 15 minutes prior to the center closing. The recreation center is open 5:30 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday through Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. on Saturday and from 1-5 p.m. Sundays. Only parents/adults are allowed to check out the key, and he or she must be present in the blue building at...

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