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Pipestone County Star

Pipestone Publishing Co.

Local news & features for Pipestone, MN. Community journalism brought to audio from the pages of the Pipestone County Star. Government, business, features, and sports all available here.

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1:19

LOCAL: Pipestone Country Club sets summer schedule

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2025/04/17

The Pipestone Country Club has announced its 2025 summer schedule, including tournament dates. Men’s league will begin on Tuesday, May 13, with the women’s league opening on Wednesday, May 28. The Pipestone Area Chamber of Commerce will have its golf tournament on June 5, with two additional events that month: Glo-Ball (June 7) and a couples tournament (June 21). The 2nd annual #LiveLikeJoe tournament has been scheduled for July 12. Other events that month are a women’s invitational (July 16)...

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1:50

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL: Adrian-Ellsworth downs PAS in...

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2025/04/17

ADRIAN — Pipestone Area Schools’ Landon Quist smacked his first home run of the season, but it wasn’t enough as Adrian-Ellsworth defeated the Arrows, 13-8, last Friday. The Dragons took control of the game early, pushing across seven runs for a 7-0 lead. The Arrows responded with three runs in the third, but they couldn’t close the deficit to less than three runs. PAS fared well at the plate; however, the Arrows had trouble squelching the Dragon offense. Weston Reinhard went 3-for-5, Landon J...

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0:24

THE GREAT OUTDOORS: Putting some 'stock' in the lake

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2025/04/17

Five Southwest Minnesota Christian students participated in a trout stocking event — in conjunction with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources — at Camden State Park in Lynd on Tuesday, April 8. The students who assisted in stocking were Tyson Bleyenberg, Cash Decker, Nathan Hoekman, Nilson Van Hulzen and Case Van Dyken. Article Link

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1:44

HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS: Milbank blanks PAS

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2025/04/17

MILBANK, S.D. — The Pipestone Area Schools boys’ tennis team traveled to face Milbank on Thursday, April 10. South Dakota has a different format from Minnesota, allowing for repeats along with six singles and three doubles matches to be played. Here are the results: INFORMATION BOYS TENNIS Thursday, April 10 Results At Milbank, S.D. Milbank 9, Pipestone Area 0 Singles No. 1: Charles Whitesitt, M, d. Makhi Winter, 6-2, 6-4 No. 2: Greg Grabow, M, d. Brady Dunn, 6-1, 6-0 No. 3: Will Muellenbach,...

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1:49

COLLEGE SPOTLIGHT: Alderson faring well for Minnesota...

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2025/04/17

WORTHINGTON — Former Russell-Tyler-Ruthton standout Kya Alderson is dazzling so far at the junior college level for Minnesota West Community & Technical College. For the second straight period, the Minnesota College Athletic Conference has named Alderson its South Division pitcher of the week. Alderson appeared in two games last week, with one start and one in relief. She was the winning pitcher of record in both games as the Blue Jays defeated Rochester Community & Technical College ...

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6:03

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL: Three Elks earn all-DVC honors

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2025/04/11

ELKTON, S.D. — Three Elkton-Lake Benton basketball players were named to Dakota Valley Conference teams. And those honors were distributed during the Elks’ winter sports awards program conducted on Monday, March 24, in the Elkton High School North Gymnasium. E-LB senior Tanner Drietz was named to the DVC first team while Joseph Nibbe, a sophomore, was honorably mentioned. On the girls’ side, Andrea Renkly earned an honorable mention nod as the Elks finished with a 7-14 record. Head boys baske...

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5:29

HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP: Arrows' Brockberg shoots 94 for 3rd

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2025/04/11

Both the Pipestone Area Schools girls golf and boys tennis teams opened the season with matches last week. PAS junior Vivian Brockberg recorded a 23-over par 94 for third place overall at the Worthington Invitational last Friday, April 4, at GreatLIFE Golf & Fitness Club. Arrow head coach Grant Everson was encouraged by the results. “I was really proud of how both girls played,” Everson remarked. “We hadn’t even played a full nine holes this year, so jumping into it and playing 18 Friday ...

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2:50

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL: South Dakota state...

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2025/04/11

INFORMATION BASKETBALL South Dakota High School Activities Association GIRLS State Tournament Event conducted Thursday-Saturday, March 13-15 Class AA: Summit Arena The Monument, Rapid City Class A: Donald E. Young Center, Black Hills State University, Spearfish Class B: Huron Arena, Huron Class AA State championship: Bishop O’Gorman 47, Brandon Valley 46 Third-place game: Sioux Falls Washington 67, Rapid City Stevens 64 Consolation championship: Mitchell 49, Spearfish 38 Seventh-place g...

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2:30

LOCAL: Bole-Mor bowling results

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2025/04/11

INFORMATION At Bole-Mor Lanes, Pipestone From April 2-3 Lynnette’s Ladies Standings Team W-L American Legion 31-17 The Bowling Stones 31-17 JBS 31-17 Stay In Your Lane 28.5-19.5 Dolls With Balls &nb...

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3:52

CALENDAR: Schedule from April 12-19

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2025/04/11

INFORMATION CALENDAR SCHEDULE Saturday, April 12 Baseball 1 p.m., Russell-Tyler-Ruthton at Dawson-Boyd, Dawson Boys Tennis 9 a.m., Pipestone Area at Worthington Invitational, Worthington Middle School courts Speech 9 a.m., Pipestone Area, Edgerton Public and Russell-Tyler-Ruthton at Section 3A Meet, Redwood Valley High School, Redwood Falls Softball 9 a.m., Elkton-Lake Benton at Avon Tournament, Avon, S.D. Track and Field 10 a.m., Vince Relays, Elkton Athletic Complex, Elkto...

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4:07

AMATEUR BASEBALL: A's open with Flandreau team

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2025/04/11

The Pipestone A’s amateur baseball team will open the 2025 season with a home game on Wednesday, May 7, against nearby Flandreau Blue Teal. First pitch is set for 7 p.m. at A’s City Field. A’s head coach Avery Ploeger said the customary opener versus Minneota couldn’t happen this year. “They weren’t going to be able to get enough guys,” Ploeger said. “We wanted to find someone to play.” Additionally, Ploeger said he wanted to “get a game in with live pitching” before opening Gopher League pla...

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3:44

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL: PAS weathers through the week

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2025/04/11

Somehow, some way, the Pipestone Area Schools baseball team played three games last week. The Arrows split Big South Conference games on Thursday, April 3, at the Sanford Sports Complex Diamonds, defeating Redwood Valley 6-2 and falling to Luverne, 9-1. “We had the opportunity to play a conference doubleheader there,” PAS head baseball coach/activities director Rick Zollner said. “The weather was nice, and it was a great environment (for baseball).” The complex opened in 2012, complete with f...

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1:44

LOCAL: Scoreboard from March 31-April 5

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2025/04/11

INFORMATION SCOREBOARD Monday, March 31 Schedule Changes Softball: Wabasso at Edgerton/Southwest Minnesota Christian, no make-up date announced Softball: Hanson at Elkton-Lake Benton, postponed, make-up date, Tuesday, April 15 Tuesday, April 1 Schedule Changes Baseball: Dawson-Boyd at Edgerton/Southwest Minnesota Christian, moved to Monday, May 19 Track and Field: Luverne Invitational No. 1, moved to Monday, April 21 Thursday, April 3 Baseball Luverne 9, Pipestone Area 1 Pipestone...

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3:26

HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL: Fey, Caspersen are Dordt bound

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2025/04/10

SIOUX CENTER, Iowa — Southwest Minnesota Christian volleyball players Madyson Fey and Hannah Caspersen will both continue playing the sport they love on the collegiate level. Fey and Caspersen in late January both signed NAIA National Letters of Intent to play for Dordt University in the competitive Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC). Dordt, under head coach Jacki Smith, finished with a 14-16 overall record (8-8 in the GPAC) during the 2024 season. With the move to Dordt, Fey and Caspers...

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1:27

YOUTH WRESTLING: Little Arrows earn pair of 2nd-place...

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2025/04/10

ROCHESTER — The Pipestone Little Arrows wrestling program competed at the Northland Youth Wrestling Association state tournament last weekend at the Mayo Civic Center. The Little Arrows returned with a pair of second-place finishes. Briggs Evans earned second in the third- and fourth-grade 72-pound division. Evans reached the final with a major decision over Davis Artmann from New Prague, a technical fall versus Maverick Miner of Westfield and Lola Barrett of St. James Area. Colter Wilhelmi f...

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3:39

SHOOTING SPORTS: PAS fields first-ever clay target team

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2025/04/10

For the first time ever, Pipestone Area Schools will be fielding a sporting clays target shooting team. The Arrows will join other local schools — Southwest Minnesota Christian, Edgerton Public and Russell-Tyler-Ruthton — with this offering. The Minnesota State High School League has sanctioned this activity for a number of years, administered by the Minnesota State High School Clay Target Shooting League. The PAS school board officially approved the sport at a previous meeting. The Arrow squ...

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1:53

COLLEGE SPOTLIGHT: Draper ready for Sioux City Relays

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2025/04/10

SIOUX CITY, Iowa — For the second time in her collegiate career, Morningside University sprinter Meredith Draper will compete in the famous Sioux City Relays. Morningside serves as the host for the annual event set for Elwood Olsen Stadium. The Sioux City Relays are both a regional track and field tradition and celebration, featuring colleges and high schools. Draper is set to run in both the open 100- and 200-meter dashes. Recently, Draper ran at the Central Methodist University meet in Faye...

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3:03

HIGH SCHOOL BOYS TENNIS: Arrows battling numbers game

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2025/04/03

This Saturday, the Pipestone Area Schools’ boys tennis team embarks on the 2025 season with a pair of matches on the road. The Arrows will face Section 3A champion Montevideo at 10 a.m., followed by the short jaunt to Granite Falls to face Yellow Medicine East at 1 p.m. — weather permitting. As has been in the case in recent years, PAS has struggled with numbers. PAS head boys tennis coach James Skyberg said the Arrows will need to field a full varsity roster. What’s more, the Minnesota State...

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5:21

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL: Winter, Woelber earn...

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2025/04/03

Two Pipestone Area Schools’ boys basketball players have received all-Big South Conference accolades. Senior shooting guard/swing forward combination Makhi Winter was named an all-league first-team selection in the Big South’s Blue Division. Senior point guard Tagon Woelber was honorably mentioned. “It is always awesome to have kids selected to the all-conference team for the Big South,” PAS head coach Michael Slaba said. “We have a very competitive conference with a ton of talent and big sch...

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0:37

COLLEGE SIGNING: Larson joining Augustana cheer squad

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2025/04/03

Keira Larson, a senior on the Elkton-Lake Benton cheerleading squad, has signed to continue cheering on the collegiate level at Augustana University in Sioux Falls, S.D. Larson, a basketball cheerleader, is shown here with E-LB cheer coach and sponsor Nicole Bye. She received the Determination Award during the winter sports awards program on Monday, March 24, in Elkton School's North Gymnasium. Augustana fields both cheer and dance squads, under the direction of head coach Betzi Plucker and a...

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