MANKATO — Mikayla Nachazel has shown flashes previously this season, but on Sunday afternoon at Minnesota State's Bresnan Arena, she put everything together. The 5-foot-11 junior forward came off the bench to spark the MSU women's basketball team to an 84-71 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conf…
In August, 1980, I was subscribing to three newspapers: The Free Press, The Star Tribune, and Pioneer Press.
MANKATO -- Mankato West's Damian Riewe and Gannon Rosenfeld each went 2-0 at a wrestling triangular meet Saturday at the West gym.
ROCHESTER — Mackenzie Schweim had 19 points and eight rebounds to lead Mankato East past Rochester John Marshall 62-56 in a Big Nine Conference girls basketball game Saturday.
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SAULT STE. MARIE, MICH. — For the Minnesota State men’s hockey team, it’s generally not the same players every night.
MANKATO — Some rugged play inside kept the Minnesota State women’s basketball team in the game against Wayne State on Saturday, but a lack of production from the perimeter proved fatal in an 84-79 loss in the North Sun Intercollegiate Conference game at Bresnan Arena.
MANKATO — Dave Wedzina and Logan Gustufson each won four events as Mankato East/Loyola defeated Mankato West 95-87 in a season-opening Big Nine Conference boys swimming and diving meet Saturday at the East pool.
Some boys meets will still be done virtually, with teams in different pools, just like during the girls’ swimming and diving season.
SAULT STE. MARIE, MICH. — When Dryden McKay gets in a zone, it’s usually bad news for opponents.
WAYNE, NEB. — Wayne State opened a big lead early, then shot 60.7% from the field to defeat Minnesota State 85-68 in a Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference men’s basketball game Friday.
MANKATO — Mankato Area Public Schools will be allowing limited spectators at athletic events during the winter season.
MANKATO — Minnesota State football coach Todd Hoffner announced Friday that Collin Prosser has been named offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach after serving as the team’s offensive line coach since 2017.
On the golf course, at the ballpark or in the arena ... if Fred Roufs was there, you usually knew it.
In this pandemic-shortened college wrestling season, with only six duals, it’s important to have a few high-quality matches before the postseason begins.
MANKATO — Minnesota State’s women’s basketball games this week have been delayed one day because of COVID-19-related protocols at Wayne State.
When it comes to big-time sports, we generally just take the athletes’ conditioning for granted.
The high school hockey season isn’t going to look or feel normal, but it’s finally arrived, and there’s plenty of local talent.
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After more than 40 years, there will be some changes coming to the Mankato/North Mankato Youth Football League.
MANKATO — There’s only one football, and for the last few seasons, it was Joe Beschorner’s job to decide where it went in the Minnesota State offense.
MANKATO — No weekend tournaments, no postseason ... no problem.
Going into each season, Minnesota State men’s hockey coach Mike Hastings has players he knows will likely spend most of the year on the lineup bubble.
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As an on-the-move ice angler, I’m loving this warm winter.
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Brady Williams started Saturday’s game on the bench, as he has all four games this season, and watched Minnesota State get off to a slow start.
Devonte Thedford only has three games in his career at Minnesota State, but already, he’s the guy with the ball in his hands, late in a tight game.
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MARSHALL — The Minnesota State women’s swimming and diving team opened the season by winning all 16 events in a 205-73 win over Southwest Minnesota State on Thursday.
Minnesota State men’s basketball coach Matt Margenthaler said he’ll never forget the day he drove to the doctor’s office with Quincy Anderson, who was about to have knee surgery that would end his sophomore season.
When reflecting on two games against Bemidji State last weekend at Bresnan Arena, Minnesota State men’s basketball coach Matt Margenthaler said he expects a lot of splits in this new style of scheduling in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference.
MANKATO — The coronavirus pandemic has touched the Minnesota State men’s hockey team yet again.
MANKATO — The Minnesota State women’s basketball team’s games against Augustana this weekend at Sioux Falls, South Dakota, have been pushed back one day.
So often in sports, we try to put labels on teams.
When high school athletes return to competition next week, they won’t be alone.
MANKATO -- Bri Stoltzman played plenty of basketball this summer. She's also been doing individual workouts and conditioning to get ready for her senior season.
MINNEAPOLIS — After switching schools during the pandemic lockdown and stepping up to high major competition, Liam Robbins was going to need some time to find his rhythm with Minnesota.
MARQUETTE, MICH. — The Minnesota State men’s hockey team’s power play looked the part throughout the first half of the season.
For the rest of his career, Minnesota State men’s basketball coach Matt Margenthaler will have a key piece of training video: play good defense, win games.
Mavericks women fall in overtime
MANKATO — The Minnesota State women’s hockey team suffered it’s fourth one-goal loss of the season, falling to No. 1 Wisconsin 1-0 in a WCHA game Sunday at the Mayo Clinic Health System Event Center.
Eleven hours to paradise.
Minnesota State made about one-third of its shots and committed 12 turnovers, but Minnesota State men’s basketball coach Matt Margenthaler isn’t worried about the offense.
MARQUETTE, Mich. — In the Minnesota State men’s hockey team’s first five games of the season, coach Mike Hastings hasn’t always been happy with the starts.
No. 1 Wisconsin edges Mavericks
BEMIDJI — Rachel Shumski scored a pair of close-range baskets in the final minute, helping the Minnesota State women’s basketball team defeat Bemidji State 63-62 in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference opener Saturday.
MANKATO — By most standards, a winning record and a berth in the championship game of the conference tournament would be considered an OK season for a men’s basketball team.
MINNEAPOLIS — Bradley Beal had 31 points and seven assists, and the Washington Wizards beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 130-109 on Friday night without Russell Westbrook for their first win of the season.
It’s finally time to start playing some college basketball.
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