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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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6:36

HIGH SCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY: Salazar paces PAS boys

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2024/09/20

WORTHINGTON — First-year Pipestone Area Schools runner Leo Salazar appears to be a quick study in cross country. Salazar raced in with a time of 18:44.91 for 34th place at the 57th Annual Turkey Trot, which was conducted at Prairie View — the former golf course located two miles north of Worthington. “I was impressed,” PAS head coach Mark Moeller said. “He was able to go out there and press to the best of his ability and piece it together.” This marked the first meet of the season the PAS boy...

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6:09

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: A defensive-minded victory for PAS

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2024/09/20

MAPLETON — Lean on that defense. Such words continue to fuel the Pipestone Area Schools’ football team this season as the Arrows surrendered just 150 yards in total offense — downing Maple River 13-7 at Swanson Field in a thrilling South District contest Friday, Sept. 13. Maple River’s final drive of the game served as a microcosm of PAS success. On four straight downs, Tagon Woelber recorded a tackle for loss and Nehemiah Ostermeier and Makhi Winter joined forces for three passes defensed as...

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2:23

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL ROUNDUP: Elks remain undefeated

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2024/09/20

DE SMET, S.D. — The Elkton-Lake Benton football team continued its winning ways last Friday with a convincing 42-0 victory at Wilkinson Field. The Elks scored five first-half TD as Tanner Stein rushed for four scores and 146 yards. He also had three receptions for 42 yards and another TD. Blake De Vries added 129 yards on nine carries and a score. Quarterback Colt Beck also accounted for 129 yards passing and rushing. Stein also propelled the Elk defense to a shutout with 11 tackles, includin...

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3:54

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Lundeen legacy visits Pipestone

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2024/09/20

The last name Lundeen is synonymous with high school football in the state of Minnesota. Pipestone Area Schools fans will see that legacy firsthand again Friday — during Homecoming no less — as Redwood Valley head coach Matt Lundeen brings his Cardinals for this pivotal rivalry game. Matt Lundeen is the son of Dwight Lundeen, who is the only football coach Becker (a suburb of St. Cloud) has ever known. The Lundeens are known for football and ministry through the Fellowship of Christian Athlet...

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2:21

LOCAL: Activities calendar from Sept. 22-28

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2024/09/20

INFORMATION CALENDAR Sunday, Sept. 22 Special Event 7 p.m., Russell-Tyler-Ruthton National Honor Society, Induction, RTR Performing Arts Center Monday, Sept. 23 Boys Soccer 7 p.m., Southwest Minnesota Christian at St. James Area, St. James Football 5 p.m., Redwood Valley at Pipestone Area, Paulsen Field (subvarsity) Cross Country 2 p.m., Elkton-Lake Benton at Dell Rapids Invitational, Rocky Run Golf Course Volleyball 7:15 p.m., Edgerton Public at Pipestone Area 7:15 p.m., Great Plains Luthera...

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5:27

VOLLEYBALL NOTEBOOK: Serving woes doom PAS in...

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2024/09/20

The Pipestone Area Schools volleyball team is still learning how to win, so that concept remains a work in progress. The Arrows pushed Windom Area and Jackson County Central to four sets in last week’s Big South Conference contests, but ultimately the visitors prevailed. Windom Area won by scores of 25-23, 6-25, 25-16, 25-16 while Jackson County Central took the Arrows, 16-25, 25-23, 28-26, 25-20. In the loss to the Eagles on Tuesday, Sept. 10, serving efficiency proved to be the difference a...

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1:35

Marching Arrows take third at King Turkey Day parade

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2024/09/20

The Pipestone Area Arrow Marching Band took third from among six bands at the King Turkey Day Parade in Worthington on Saturday, Sept. 14. Director Zach Ploeger said shortly after the parade that he thought the band did well in its first competition of the season. “We’ve got some marching technique things that we need to clean up, [such as] keeping the lines really straight,” Ploeger said. “There were a few lines that weren’t quite right. But, for the most part, I saw them roll stepping and t...

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0:49

LOCAL: Elementary school fun run in Edgerton Friday

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2024/09/19

EDGERTON — The Southwest Minnesota Christian-Edgerton cross country team is serving as host of an elementary school fun run. This free event will take place at Rock River Park on 16th Street. Registration is set for 4 p.m. Here’s the rest of the schedule in table form: 4:30 p.m., Pre-kindergarten and kindergarten run, one-quarter mile 4:40 p.m., First- and second-grade run, one-half mile 4:50 p.m., Third- and fourth-grade run, three-quarters of a mile 5:05 p.m., Fifth- and sixth-grade r...

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4:46

PUC approves pipeline route permit

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2024/09/19

The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) during a Sept. 12 meeting approved with a 3-2 vote a pipeline route permit allowing Magellan to install a pipeline to the west and north of Pipestone. The pipeline will replace a line under the Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge – Pipestone Creek Unit and the Pipestone National Monument that was decommissioned in 2022. The PUC approved Route Alternative 1, which was one of four routes under consideration. The route was suggested...

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4:28

HIGH SCHOOLS: Local scoreboard

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2024/09/19

LOCAL SCOREBOARD HIGH SCHOOLS Monday, Sept. 9 Boys Soccer Marshall 4, Southwest Minnesota Christian 1 Girls Tennis Fairmont 5, Pipestone Area 2 Volleyball Hamlin d. Elkton-Lake Benton, 25-23, 25-15, 16-25, 17-25, 15-9 Tuesday, Sept. 10 Girls Tennis Pipestone Area 4, Redwood Valley 3 Volleyball Windom Area d. Pipestone Area, 25-23, 6-25, 25-16, 25-16 Russell-Tyler-Ruthton d. Heron Lake-Okabena-Fulda, 25-15, 25-13, 25-19 Adrian-Ellsworth d. Edgerton Public, 25-22, 25-21, 26-24 Southwest Minneso...

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0:38

LOCAL: Pipestone Area Youth Softball sets clinic this...

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2024/09/19

Pipestone Area Youth Softball youth fastpitch will have a clinic in conjunction with Southwest Minnesota State University. Mustangs head coach Bailey Bouman and SMSU players will administer the clinic set from 1-4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 22, at the Paulsen Softball Complex. Everyone is welcome, from second through 12th grade. The clinic will concentrate on hitting and fielding. Cost is , and day-of-registration is accepted. Cash, check or Venmo are accepted forms of payment. For information, email...

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2:02

Two more paved miles added to Casey Jones Trail

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2024/09/16

The Friends of the Casey Jones State Trail held a ribbon cutting ceremony Sunday afternoon, Sept. 8 in recognition of two miles of recently paved trail to Woodstock from the west. The newly paved miles create 10 continuous miles of paved trail from Pipestone to Woodstock. Myron Koets, Friends of the Casey Jones State Trail president, welcomed about 30 people to the ribbon cutting, Pipestone County Commissioner Dallas Roskamp said a few words, and Rep. Joe Schomacker spoke about the funding it...

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1:55

HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL: PAS, SWC compete at Wabasso...

Pipestone County Star ·

2024/09/14

WABASSO — Both the Pipestone Area Schools and Southwest Minnesota Christian volleyball teams compete today at the Wabasso Tournament. The Arrows are set to square off with Bird Island-Olivia (BOLD), Springfield and Central Minnesota Christian. SWC takes on MACCRAY (Clara City), host Wabasso and Redwood Valley during the event. Results will be available in the Thursday, Sept. 19, edition of the Pipestone County Star. R-T-R places 20th at SW Challenge MARSHALL — Defending Class A state champion...

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2:23

HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL: PAS stops SWC in five sets

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2024/09/14

Coming into last Tuesday’s home opener versus Southwest Minnesota Christian, the Pipestone Area Schools’ volleyball team had yet to win a single set. That all changed as the Arrows found a way to beat the Eagles in a five-set thriller by scores of 19-25, 25-16, 25-16, 24-26, 15-13 at PAS gymnasium. What’s more, PAS equaled last year’s win total. “It was great to see the girls work extremely hard to earn their first win,” PAS head coach Dave Dulas said. “We can move forward.” Camren Wiese and ...

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4:40

HIGH SCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY: A strong start for Danks

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2024/09/14

TRACY — Pipestone Area Schools freshman Josie Danks raced in with a time of 22:13.87 for 17th place at the Panther Invitational last Thursday at Tracy Country Club. PAS head cross country coach Mark Moeller was pleased with Danks’ performance. “Every course’s distance is measured a little differently,” Moeller said. “She was more than one minute faster (than any of her times) last year. It was a surprise.” Varsity runners traveled 5,000 meters. Danks is a competitive student-athlete, paraphra...

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4:15

HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS TENNIS: Haack, Draper honored

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2024/09/14

Senior Pipestone girls’ tennis players Alicia Haack and Addison Draper were both celebrated during last Thursday’s 4-3 victory over River Valley at the PAS Courts. River Valley is a combination of players from both Sleepy Eye and Springfield High Schools. Draper has been associated with the program since she was in eighth grade, while Haack joined one year later. “They’ve both come up this year and did pretty well,” PAS head girls’ tennis coach James Skyberg said. Because of last year’s losse...

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2:48

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Knights win, Dutch falter on road

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2024/09/13

TYLER — The Russell-Tyler-Ruthton football team fared well in all three phases en route to a 29-0 drubbing over Wabasso in the Knights’ home opener Friday. Sean Griesse returned a punt 82 yards for a score. Teammate Luke Schreurs raced in with a 77-yard kickoff return for a TD. And the Knights’ defense recorded a shutout. “It was good to get in the win column,” RTR head coach Darren Baartman said. “We had a good week of practice, and did some good things in the game.” Baartman was pleased wit...

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3:23

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: For success at Maple River, PAS...

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2024/09/13

MAPLETON — The Pipestone Area Schools’ football team found itself on the business end of a 20-0 shutout loss to Maple River last year at Paulsen Field. The Arrows mustered just 121 yards passing and completed just 16-of-41 attempts (less than 39 percent accuracy), and the Eagles scored all of their points in the final 17 minutes. What’s more, PAS was just 3-of-14 on third-down conversions. It’s a game all Arrow fans would like to forget. Maple River, under longtime coach Dusty Dreger, uses a ...

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0:29

LOCAL: Pipestone Youth Football adds Sept. 26 games

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2024/09/13

Pipestone Area Youth Football has added another game set for Thursday, Sept. 26. This will be a home date at Paulsen Field against Windom. The fourth-, fifth- and sixth-grade squads all will have games. This means the Arrows will be playing seven games total this season, including this weekend at Canby. The fifth-, and sixth-grade contests are set for 10 a.m., with fourth grade playing at noon.Article Link

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5:59

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Out of necessity, Musch delivers

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2024/09/13

In football, quarterbacks call audibles at the line of scrimmage to change a play on offense. But, what if that audible involves changing the quarterback out of necessity? That’s what happened to Pipestone Area Schools during its home-opening 19-7 victory over Le Sueur-Henderson last Friday at Paulsen Field. Landon Quist, who serves a dual role as both the Arrows’ starting quarterback and safety, was injured early in the first quarter while playing defense. In stepped junior Austin Musch, who...

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