MANKATO — Arinn McGee is currently enjoying her freshman season as a member of the Bethany Lutheran College women’s basketball team. Bethany Lutheran is an NCAA Division III school playing in the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference. McGee, a 6-foot-2 center, joined the team during the summer after transferring from the University of Minnesota, where she played intramural sports. This season, McGee is averaging 4.4 points and 2.9 rebounds per contest for the Vikings — who are enduring a tough season at 1-12, including a 64-63 loss to Wisconsin-Superior. McGee is playing on the same squad with former Pipestone Area Schools...

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MINNEAPOLIS — The 63rd Annual Minnesota Twins’ Winter Caravan is scheduled to make a stop in Sioux Falls on Tuesday, Jan. 21. The event will take place at the Elmen Center on the campus of Augustana University. The center is located at 2505 S. Grange Avenue in Sioux Falls. Tickets will be distributed through KSOO-AM 1000 AM. MIDCO also sponsors this event. The following Twins will be a part of the caravan: radio play-by-play broadcaster Kris Atteberry, left-handed pitcher Glen Perkins, rising shortstop Brooks Lee, right-handed pitcher Louie Varland and mascot T.C. Bear.  This same group will be present fort...

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TYLER — Russell-Tyler-Ruthton School will be the site of a youth basketball tournament on Jan. 25-26. Fourth- through-sixth grade boys will play on Saturday, Jan. 25. The following day, Sunday, Jan. 26, will be the fourth- through sixth-grade girls tournament. The event features a pool play format. Both gymnasiums will be in use. A full concession stand will be offered. For interested teams, the entry fee is 0. For information, call RTR at 1-507-247-5911.

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INFORMATION BOWLING From Bole-Mor Lanes Pipestone From Jan. 8-9 Lynnette’s Ladies Standings Team W-L American Legion       41-15 The Bowling Stones       38-18 B&B RV Service       36-20 Lady Blue Jays                   32.5-23.5 Stay In Your Lane              29.5-26.5 JBS                                       27-29 High Kickers                         23-33 Dolls With Balls      ...

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Two more Pipestone Area Schools wrestlers received their rightful enshrinement in the program’s Hall of Fame Thursday. Longtime PAS head wrestling coach Brian Bos served as the emcee, inducting both multi-time state champion Hudson Burnett and state qualifier Jackson Melcher. The ceremony took place between the Arrows’ matches versus Fairmont/Martin County West and Worthington. “They both did so much in their high school careers,” first-year PAS head coach Paul Young noted. “They’ve both turned into great young men.” Burnett, currently wrestling for St. Cloud State University, finished his scholastic career scoring 912 team points — good enough for second place...

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INFORMATION SCOREBOARD Monday, Dec. 30 Boys Basketball Fastbreak Club Holiday Tournament At Marshall, R/A Facility Renville County West 68, Red Rock Central 30 Murray County Central 63, Lac qui Parle Valley, 60 Hills-Beaver Creek 76, Minneota 54 Jackson County Central 63, Montevideo 55 Pipestone Area 57, Minnewaska Area 36 Marshall 58, Tea Area (S.D.) 56 Tuesday, Dec. 31 Boys Basketball Fastbreak Club Holiday Tournament At Marshall, R/A Facility Windom Area 105, MACCRAY 72  Murray County Central 68, Minneota 31 Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 56, Pipestone Area 52 Jackson County Central 71, Marshall 67 (2OT) Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025 Boys Basketball Elkton-Lake Benton 57,...

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INFORMATION CALENDAR Local Schedule Friday, Jan. 10, 2025 Boys Basketball 6:30 p.m., Florence/Henry at Elkton-Lake Benton 7:30 p.m., Blue Earth Area at Pipestone Area, PAS Gymnasium 7:30 p.m., Mountain Lake Area-Comfrey at Russell-Tyler-Ruthton, Knights Gymnasium, Tyler  Girls Basketball 6 p.m., Blue Earth Area at Pipestone Area, PAS Gymnasium 7:30 p.m., Westbrook/Walnut Grove at Edgerton Public 7:30 p.m., Southwest Minnesota Christian at Heron Lake-Okabena-Fulda, Fulda 7:45 p.m., Florence/Henry at Elkton-Lake Benton Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025 Wrestling 10 a.m., Pipestone Area at Big South Conference Tournament, Jackson County Central Monday, Jan. 13, 2025 Boys Basketball 7:30 p.m., Heron Lake-Okabena-Fulda at Russell-Tyler-Ruthton, Tyler...

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MARSHALL — Pipestone Area Schools’ multi-time state-qualifying gymnast Kaysa Douty earned a third-place finish at the Winterfest Invitational Saturday. The competition was conducted at Marshall Middle School, which provides for a unique environment. The Arrow rotation went floor exercise followed by vault, uneven bars and balance beam. “Kaysa had a few glitches on her first two events, but her maturity as an athlete showed in the way she finished the meet,” PAS head coach Stacie Wallace noted. Douty, a sophomore, had the spotlight to herself in the balance beam, and she produced a winning event score of 8.85. That helped...

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