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Fairmont summer soccer continues

FAIRMONT - The Fairmont Soccer Association league action spring/summer season continued last week with gams played at the Kot Soccer Complex in Fairmont and away. U18 Girls Division Mississippi Valley Storm 5, Associate Optometry 1 – Elayna Anderson scored Associate Optometry’s lone ...

North Union’s Fraker a dual threat

ARMSTRONG - North Union’s Shelby Fraker has a unique quality that isn’t usually associated with softball catchers – blazing speed. The recent high school graduate is an all-state 100-meter dash sprinter, taking sixth in the 1A state meet with a time of 12.92. She was also the anchor ...

Pytleski powers Fairmont 18U to win

FAIRMONT — Mandy Pytleski combined stellar starting pitching with run-producing offense from the batter’s box to power the Fairmont 18U girls fastpitch softball team to a 7-1 triumph over Blue Earth on Thursday night in Blue Earth. Pytleski hurled four scoreless innings from inside the ...

North Union’s Meyer wins career No. 100

SWEA CITY — North Union’s Emily Meyer won her 100th career game in the pitching circle, helping the Warriors’ sotball team beat Bishop Garrigan 2-0 on Friday in Swea City. She now had 54 career shutouts. North Union also beat Bishop Garrigan 2-0 on June 2. “My curveball and rise ball ...

All-Conference baseball players

FAIRMONT — The Fairmont baseball team followed up its Class AA third-place finish with a plethora of post-season honorees. Landen Meyerdirk, Nate Soelter, Lincoln Becker, Levi Pooley, and Brendan Schmidtke made the Big South All-Conference team, while Ben Moeller made All-Conference ...

Warriors use perfect game in win

SWEA CITY — Emily Meyer and Ainsley Ulrich combined on a three-inning perfect game, leading the Iowa Class AA No. 6-ranked North Union Warriors to a 21-0 run-ruled Top of Iowa Conference win over the West Hancock Eagles on Monday in Swea City. Meyer went the first two innings, striking out ...