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Pipestone County Star

Pipestone Publishing Co.

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3:56

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL: Fairmont flexes its muscles,...

Pipestone County Star ·

2025/05/16

The Pipestone Area Schools’ baseball team faced its most daunting task of the season last Friday at City Field. Fairmont provided the opposition. The Cardinals entered play with the second-highest Quality Results Formula (QRF) used by minnesota-scores.net (105.1) in Class AA. Fairmont is 33rd overall among the 359 baseball-playing schools in the state. What’s more, Fairmont (13-1) was fourth overall in Minnesota High School Baseball Coaches Association polling. The Cardinals’ lone loss was to...

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3:17

HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL: Playoff draws have been released

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2025/05/16

BROOKLYN CENTER — The Minnesota State High School League has posted playoff draws for softball. And the Section 3AA seeding is quite surprising — considering Windom Area swept Pipestone Area Schools in a doubleheader on Tuesday. The Arrows are a No. 2 seed, and have been given a first-round bye. Meanwhile, Windom is seeded fourth and plays Minneota/Canby in the opening round. PAS (9-9) will face the winner of a game between No. 3 Luverne and sixth-seeded Redwood Valley on Tuesday, May 20, at ...

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4:10

HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL: A rally and a blowout for PAS

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2025/05/16

MARSHALL — Pipestone Area Schools rallied from down 2-0 to beat Marshall in Game One of a Big South Conference doubleheader on Saturday. Avery Reinhard and Josie Danks crossed home plate on Kaysa Douty’s two-run, line drive double to center field. Addison Draper then added an insurance run on Sienna Rieck’s sacrifice fly, properly tagging up from third base to score. So it was the unsung Arrows who came through in a pinch, and eventually PAS swept the host Tigers during a warm day at the Mars...

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3:38

LOCAL: Scoreboard from May 5-11

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2025/05/15

INFORMATION LOCAL SCOREBOARD Monday, May 5 Baseball Russell-Tyler-Ruthton 10, Adrian-Ellsworth 5 Edgerton/Southwest Minnesota Christian 12, Mountain Lake Area-Comfrey 3 Softball Big South Conference Pipestone Area 16, Luverne 6 (5) Also Russell-Tyler-Ruthton 8, Yellow Medicine East 7 Adrian-Ellsworth 9, Edgerton/Southwest Minnesota Christian 8 Tuesday, May 6 Baseball Big South Conference Pipestone Area 3, Windom 0 Also Murray County Central 9, Russell-Tyler-Ruthton 7 Red Rock Central/Westbroo...

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0:49

LOCAL: Woodstock Community Club offers youth sports

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2025/05/15

WOODSTOCK — The Woodstock Community Club will be conducting sports programs this summer. Youth T-ball will take place on four straight Monday nights beginning June 16, with game time at 6:15 p.m. The games are 45 minutes long. Coaches are sought as well. There will be a youth fundamentals camp for kindergartners through fourth graders on June 9. There will be an introduction to T-ball session from 6-7 p.m. for kindergartners and first graders, followed by fundamentals session for second throu...

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2:15

COLLEGE SPOTLIGHT: Strasser keys Black Hills St....

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2025/05/15

SPEARFISH, S.D. — Caden Strasser is currently wrapping up his sophomore season as a member of the Black Hills State University track and field program. Strasser placed 24th in the 1,500-meter run at the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference track and field championship conducted in Golden, Colo., in late April. He clocked in with a time of 4:22.14. The RMAC features such universities as Colorado School of Mines, University of Colorado-Colorado Springs, Colorado Mesa, Chadron State (Neb.), Colora...

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2:13

ACROSS THE REGION: St. James to leave Big South, is...

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2025/05/15

ST. JAMES — The St. James school district has announced it plans on leaving the Big South Conference. St. James’ school board officially approved the measure, 4-1, during a meeting with a “full house” in attendance, per a story written in the St. James Plaindealer newspaper. “The vote was an important one, with strong support for the change demonstrated throughout the process,” St. James superintendent Steve Heil said in a statement. School officials and coaches cited the district’s small enr...

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5:13

HIGH SCHOOL BOYS TENNIS: PAS embarks on playoffs

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2025/05/15

The Pipestone Area Schools boys tennis team began the playoff push this past Tuesday with a Section 3A team tournament match at Montevideo. The Arrows came into the tournament seeded sixth, and the Thunderhawks No. 3. Other first-round matches took place Tuesday, too, with fourth-seeded Lac qui Parle Valley at No. 5 Yellow Medicine East in Granite Falls and No. 2 Benson/Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg versus seventh Luverne. Redwood Valley drew the No. 1 seed, and opening-round bye. “Like mos...

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4:39

HIGH SCHOOL GOLF: DeBates, Brockberg earn medalist...

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2025/05/15

INFORMATION GIRLS GOLF Monday, May 5 Big South Conference Division Meet No. 3 At Jackson Golf Club Par-74, 5,180 yards Team Scores 1, Blue Earth Area, 395; 2, Fairmont, 425; 3, Jackson County Central, 427; 4, Luverne, 451; 5, Redwood Valley, 485 Pipestone Area Scores 6, Vivian Brockberg, 100; 20, Olyvia Weber, 119 Note: Brockberg parred Hole No. 7/16 and birdied Hole No. 2/11 during her round. Top-Six Individual Scorers (And ties) 1, Katelyn Storbeck, Blu...

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1:07

LOCAL: Acceleration program begins June 3

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2025/05/15

The Pipestone Arrows Summer Acceleration program will begin on Tuesday, June 3, at the school. This program, sponsored by the Pipestone Arrows Athletic Booster Club, is for boys and girls entering seventh through 12th grade. Students are asked to use their school emails when signing up, and there is a QR Code available on the flyer. The cost is , and make checks payable to PAS. Make payment to either coaches or the office staff. Financial assistance is available through the activities office....

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2:59

COLLEGE SIGNING: Tripp opts for Northwestern

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2025/05/15

ORANGE CITY, Iowa — Pipestone Area Schools’ senior Haylie Tripp has signed with Northwestern College. Tripp made it official during a special signing ceremony on Friday, April 25, in the PAS school library. “I had been following their program for a couple of years, and when I met with coach (Scott Bahrke), and detailed it for me, I felt like it would be a great fit.” PAS head track and field coach Mark Moeller cited Tripp’s willingness to try new events as a reason why colleges were attracted...

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2:04

LOCAL: Scoreboard from April 14-19

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2025/04/25

LOCAL SCOREBOARD Monday, April 14 Baseball Red Rock Central/Westbrook-Walnut Grove 9, Edgerton/Southwest Minnesota Christian 1 Softball Lac qui Parle Valley 13, Russell-Tyler-Ruthton 0 (5) Tuesday, April 15 Baseball Pipestone Area 9, Windom Area 4 Adrian-Ellsworth 6, Russell-Tyler-Ruthton 3 Softball Flandreau 14, Elkton-Lake Benton 2 Edgerton/Southwest Minnesota Christian 12, Red Rock Central/Westbrook-Walnut Grove 2 Adrian-Ellsworth 10, Russell-Tyler-Ruthton 5 Wabasso 8, Edgerton/Southwest M...

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6:36

HIGH SCHOOL TRACK AND FIELD: Arrow sprinters...

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2025/04/25

MARSHALL — The Pipestone Area Schools boys and girls track and field teams had their best success in the sprints during the Marshall Invitational on Monday, April 14. The Arrow girls scored 42 points for sixth place and the boys compiled 30 for seventh in the meet, which was conducted at Southwest Minnesota State University. Aurora Winsel was the gold standard in the 200-meter dash, clocking in at 27.79. She also was second in the 100 (12.84). Haylie Tripp placed second in the high jump, mark...

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5:59

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL: Reinhard, Boelman fuel PAS

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2025/04/25

WINDOM — Pipestone Area Schools’ Weston Reinhard nearly pitched a complete game. And Windom Area’s defense proved charitable with several errors as the Arrows downed the Eagles, 9-4, in Big South Conference action at Island Park on Tuesday, April 15. Reinhard surrendered four runs (only three earned) on five hits while striking out seven and walking seven. Trevor Chaulsett came in to pitch, and struck out Charles Erickson to end it. “Weston threw really well,” PAS head coach Rick Zollner said...

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4:54

HIGH SCHOOL TRACK AND FIELD: Continuing the legacy

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2025/04/25

Mark Moeller was officially approved as the third Pipestone Area Schools’ head track and field coach earlier this year. The first was Robert “Bob” Nangle. PAS coaches and athletes will continue Nangle’s tradition with the 49th Annual Arrow Relays on Tuesday, April 29, at Paulsen Sports Complex. The event was named in honor of Bob beginning with the 2004 meet. Nangle died on Nov. 9, 2016, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester, the same city he was born. He was 77. “Bob left a remarkable legacy,”...

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2:09

REGIONAL ROUNDUP: TMB nips RTR by a single run

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2025/04/25

TRACY— Tracy-Milroy Balaton pushed across five runs in the bottom of the fourth, and the Panthers made that hold up in a 5-4 victory over visiting Russell-Tyler-Ruthton Thursday, April 15. RTR’s rally in the top of the fifth fell short. Brayden Chandler scored on an Eli Determan RBI double. Sean Griesse then pushed across a run on a Drew Chandler ground out. Tyler Wichmann drove home Determan with a single. The Knights (8-2 before Monday’s doubleheader) were set down in order in both the sixt...

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3:58

LOCAL: Schedule from April 28-May 3

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2025/04/25

INFORMATION CALENDAR Monday, April 28 Baseball 4:30 p.m., Canby at Edgerton/Southwest Minnesota Christian Boys and Girls Golf 4 p.m., Pipestone Area at Big South Division Event, Minn-Iowa Golf Course, Elmore (girls) 4 p.m., Pipestone Area at Big South Division Event, Redwood Falls Golf Club (boys) 4:15 p.m., Southwest Minnesota Christian/Edgerton vs. Hills-Beaver Creek, at Larchwood, Iowa Track and Field 4 p.m., Tal Farnham Pole Vault Invitational, Elkton Athletic Complex, Elkton, S.D. Tuesda...

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5:17

HIGH SCHOOL GOLF: Every stroke matters for PAS boys

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2025/04/25

Golf duals can be competitive. That was certainly the case last Thursday, April 17, as Pipestone Area Schools boys defeated Big South Conference foe Worthington by one stroke. The Arrows finished with 178 strokes, and the Trojans 179 per results gleaned from iWanamaker. (Readers, take a look at statistics accompanying this story for the explanation.) “We’ve lost by a single stroke several times, or we’ve had ties,” said PAS head boys golf coach Craig Boeddeker, happy to be on the right side o...

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2:02

LOCAL BOWLING: American Legion wins Three Eye Mixed

Pipestone County Star ·

2025/04/24

INFORMATION BOWLING At Bole-Mor Lanes, Pipestone From April 16-117 Lynnette’s Ladies Standings Team W-L The Bowling Stones 38-18 American Legion 35.5-20.5 JBS 35-21 Stay In Your Lane 30.5-25.5 Dolls ...

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2:01

COLLEGE SPOTLIGHT: SDSU's Voss will return for 2025-26

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2025/04/24

BROOKINGS, S.D. — Former Pipestone Area Schools track and field standout Aiden Voss will return for South Dakota State University’s 2025-26 indoor and outdoor seasons. Voss told the Pipestone County Star of his plans during a short telephone interview last Friday afternoon. He said he will be ready before the first indoor meet in 2025. Aiden was unable to compete this season due to an unspecified injury. The injury reportedly occurred during a training session before the Jackrabbits’ first me...

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