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Pipestone County Star

Pipestone Publishing Co.

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2:51

HIGH SCHOOLS: Seeds set for section softball, boys...

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2024/05/17

BROOKLYN CENTER — The Minnesota State High School League has set upcoming Section 3AA and 3A tournaments. Sections conducted seeding meetings, and pairings were released on Friday morning. Tournaments feature a double-elimination format. In Section 3AA, 2023 state qualifier Pipestone Area (11-7 record) has been seeded fourth, and they will play No. 5 Minneota/Canby in the opening round at 4 p.m. Tuesday, May 21. The winner of that game will face top-seeded Luverne, who topped the Arrows 7-6 t...

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6:34

TRACK AND FIELD: Weekly honor roll, team scores

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2024/05/17

Editor’s Note: At the Section 3A True Team meet, every athlete scored points for his or her team. We will be listing the placements for only the top-10 due to space constraints. Thank you for understanding. INFORMATION TRACK AND FIELD TEAM SCORES Tuesday, May 7 Section 3A True Team At Luverne Boys 1, Luverne, 722; 2, Windom Area, 584; 3, Redwood Valley, 575.5; 4, Southwest Minnesota Christian/Edgerton, 567; 5, Hills-Beaver Creek, 541.5; 6, Heron Lake-Okabena-Fulda, 514.5; 7, Murray Coun...

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2:36

SCOREBOARD: Recent baseball, softball and boys tennis...

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2024/05/17

INFORMATION SCOREBOARD Monday, May 6 Baseball Edgerton/SW Minnesota Christian 14, Russell-Tyler-Ruthton 4 (6) Luverne 4, Pipestone Area 0 Softball Russell-Tyler-Ruthton 10, Yellow Medicine East 0 Tuesday, May 7 Baseball Windom 11, Pipestone Area 10 Dawson-Boyd 6, Edgerton/SW Minnesota Christian 0 Softball Game One: Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial 6, Pipestone Area 1 Game Two: Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial 8, Pipestone Area 0 Edgerton/SW Minnesota Christian 8, Russell-Tyler-Ruthton 2 Thursday,...

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4:53

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL: PAS wraps week with a split

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2024/05/17

BLUE EARTH — The Pipestone Area Schools baseball team wrapped up a tough week salvaging a split at Blue Earth Area on Saturday. The Arrows (8-8) claimed the first game, 6-2, but dropped the second, 7-1. PAS didn’t commit a single error in the doubleheader, much to the delight of head coach Ryan Koopman. “The fielding was impressive,” Koopman noted. “Zero errors over 14 innings should lead to wins. Unfortunately, we stranded a lot of hitters on base in game two.” Riley Bosma, Weston Reinhard a...

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4:40

Tinklenberg to retire after three decades of teaching

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2024/05/17

Pipestone Area Schools (PAS) sixth grade teacher Todd Tinklenberg plans to retire at the end of the school year, bringing an end to a teaching career that spanned over 33 years, all of it in Pipestone. The Woodstock native didn’t always know he wanted to be a teacher. He went to college for a year and a half after graduating from Southwest Christian in Edgerton, but wasn’t sure what he wanted to do, so he ended up working in construction with his father, Darrel. In 1985, former PAS Athletic D...

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4:00

HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS: Pipestone deadlocks MACCRAY on road

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2024/05/16

CLARA CITY — Pipestone Area Schools senior Lucas Zupp earned a win at No. 1 singles as the Arrows earned a 3-all tie at MACCRAY last Thursday. Zupp defeated Matt Wadsworth, 6-4, 6-1. Junior Makhi Winter also was victorious for the Arrows, downing Andy Osario, 6-1, 6-3, at No. 2 singles. Freshman Avery Gutierrez and seventh-grader Joel Cardenas won for PAS at No. 2 doubles. This past weekend, PAS traveled to Benson for a triangular against Benson/Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg and Lac qui Parle Val...

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5:46

HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL: Arrows bounce back for sweep

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2024/05/16

When playing the very best competition, an athlete or team is bound to improve. That was the lesson learned for the Pipestone Area Schools softball program last week, in which the Arrows split four games. Class 2A state-ranked Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial swept PAS on Tuesday by scores of 6-1 in the first game and 8-0 in the second. “We lost two games, but we got better,” PAS head coach Robert Petersen said. “We hit the ball right at them. But, I think we were able to stick with them. They ...

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5:45

STORM CENTER: Douty's philanthropy lives on in Pipestone

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2024/05/16

Oxford’s english dictionary defines philanthropy as “the desire to promote the welfare of others.” No one lived that more than the late Joe Douty, who died unexpectedly on Sept. 3, 2023, aged 47 years young. Douty’s zest for life was celebrated during a Big South Conference softball game between rivals Pipestone and Luverne on Monday, April 29, at Paulsen Field. The scoreboard was dedicated in Douty’s honor, with his son, Greyden, throwing out the first pitch and Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless th...

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4:32

HIGH SCHOOL GOLF: PAS scores improve at tri

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2024/05/16

Pipestone Area Schools’ sophomore Vivian Brockberg earned medalist honors during a triangular on Thursday. Brockberg carded 41 — her best-ever effort for a nine-hole meet — as players took advantage of the prevailing weather. Temperatures were in the 60s, and winds were less than 15 mph. “Both girls played well, I thought,” PAS head coach Grant Everson said. “We finally had a nice day with limited wind.” Paraphrasing Everson, Brockberg is striking the ball well off the tee — it’s a matter of ...

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2:16

HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL: Walhof homers as Edgerton/SWC...

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2024/05/16

The Edgerton/SW Minnesota Christian softball team employed a different strategy to beat Russell-Tyler-Ruthton in Tyler on Tuesday, May 7. After the Knights’ Laken Baartman slugged a first-inning home run, E-SWC head coach Andrew Fleischman intentionally walked her in two successive plate appearances. Then the Dutch rallied to beat R-T-R, sparked by a pair of Alyda Vande Griend doubles and a screaming home run from Reagan Walhof in the fourth inning. R-T-R head coach Darren Baartman elected to...

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2:31

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL: Edgerton/SWC blasts R-T-R in...

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2024/05/16

Edgerton/Southwest Minnesota Christian and Russell-Tyler-Ruthton squared off on back-to-back days in baseball and softball, respectively, last week. Dutch hitter Josh Groen doubled on a line drive to in front of R-T-R’s Eli Determan to score Nathan Hoekman, who was hit by a pitch to open up the sixth inning. That Hoekman run induced the state-mandated mercy rule, propelling the Dutch to their 10th win of the season, 14-4, over the Knights in Edgerton on Monday, May 6. Edgerton/SWC simply had ...

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3:03

LOCAL: Sports calendar through Wednesday, May 22

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2024/05/16

INFORMATION Schedule Thursday, May 16 Baseball 4:30 p.m., Murray County Central at Russell-Tyler-Ruthton, Ruthton 4:30 p.m., Heron Lake-Okabena-Fulda at Edgerton/SW Minnesota Christian, Edgerton 5:30 p.m., Pipestone Area at Marshall, American Legion Field, Marshall Boys and Girls Golf 4:15 p.m., Windom Area and Russell-Tyler Ruthton (boys only) at Pipestone Area, Pipestone Country Club 4:15 p.m., SW Minnesota Christian/Edgerton at Murray County Central, Slayton (boys only) Boys and Girls Trac...

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3:46

AMATEUR BASEBALL: Fuller roster provides hope

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2024/05/16

Pipestone A’s head coach Avery Ploeger said the way the team won its season-opener versus Minneota was a boost of confidence. Three A’s pitchers combined to allow one run, and they scored five runs in the ninth inning to beat the Mudhens, 6-1, on Saturday, May 4. The A’s will have their Gopher League opener at 2 p.m. Sunday in Heron Lake. “It’s good to open up at Heron Lake,” Ploeger said. “We’ve gone there in years past.” Ploeger hopes the A’s can earn a win — especially noting the schedule ...

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1:27

HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING: Guillotine honors Arrow academics

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2024/05/16

ST. LOUIS PARK — The Guillotine amateur wrestling website has named Pipestone Area Schools’ seniors Brayden Burmeister and Jackson Melcher as academic all-state selections. Thirty student-athletes were named to the first team and 62 were honorably mentioned, including Melcher. The list features 156 wrestlers in all representing 73 high school squads across the state of Minnesota. “Brayden is the first Arrow wrestler named to the first team academic all-state by the Guillotine,” PAS head wrest...

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1:36

COLLEGE SPOTLIGHT: Southwest Minnesota State's Paris...

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2024/05/16

MARSHALL — Paris Van Dyke, a native of Luverne who played softball for Edgerton/Southwest Minnesota Christian, just wrapped up her freshman season at Southwest Minnesota State University. Van Dyke was named to the 2024 All-Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference defensive team, as reported in a SMSU press release from Tuesday, April 30. For the Mustangs, Van Dyke recorded a quite precise .997 fielding percentage while starting 43 games at first base. That was the top fielding percentage this ...

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5:32

Candidate filing period opens May 21

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2024/05/16

The first filing period for candidates in the Nov. 5, 2024 election opens Tuesday, May 21 and ends on Tuesday, June 4 at 5 p.m. This filing period is for federal, state, county and city of Pipestone offices. There is a second candidate filing period for all other cities, townships that hold elections in November and school districts in the county, which will open Tuesday, July 30 and end Tuesday, Aug. 13 at 5 p.m. All candidates must be eligible to vote in Minnesota, must have not filed for a...

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4:24

A glimpse into the newsroom

Pipestone County Star ·

2024/05/15

At the Pipestone County Star, we regularly discuss potential news stories and how to report on them. Based on some recent newsroom discussions, I would like to take the time to explain a little bit about what we do and how we do it. One recent topic of discussion was the public hearings that have been held regarding the proposed Magellan pipeline reroute project. Four public hearings have been held about the proposed project over the course of two months. The hearings lasted around seven hour...

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2:38

It is that time of year: Celebration and transition...

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2024/05/15

By Klint W. Willert, PAS Superintendent of Schools Now that we are into the heart of May, it brings with it the scents of freshly tilled fields, cut grass, and blooming lilac bushes. May also brings the excitement of high school graduation. On May 26, Pipestone Area Schools will celebrate the class of 2024. For many of these soon-to-be graduates, this marks the end of one chapter and the beginning of another filled with endless possibilities and opportunities. As we celebrate the accomplishme...

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7:34

New state flag and seal took effect May 11

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2024/05/15

Minnesota’s new state flag and seal took effect on Saturday, May 11, which is Statehood Day, commemorating the day Minnesota was admitted to the Union on May 11, 1858. On Tuesday, May 7, Anita Gaul, vice chair of the State Emblems Redesign Commission (SERC) and a history professor at Minnesota West Community and Technical College, spoke about the process used to adopt the new flag and seal at the Pipestone County Museum. About a dozen people attended the presentation. The reasons Gaul said th...

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2:14

Seniors get a reality check

Pipestone County Star ·

2024/05/14

Just weeks before receiving their diplomas and stepping out into adulthood, Pipestone Area Schools (PAS) seniors received a dose of reality on Thursday morning, May 2. The Reality Check event was first held at PAS last year. Like a large-scale version of “The Game of Life,” the event gives students a taste of what it’s like to have a family, earn a living and pay bills. To start out, students played games to determine their marital status and whether they had children. They were then assigned...

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