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School Board approves letter committing support to new ice arena
Before moving into a closed session to discuss the sale of property, the Northfield School Board Monday approved a letter of support to the Northfield City Council affirming its intent to continue leasing a new Northfield Ice Arena annually for the foreseeable future. Before a roll call vote was taken to approve the letter, which was drafted by District Schools Superintendent Matt Hillmann and Board chair Claudia Gonzales-George, an animated discussion ensued about the total costs to taxpayers of a new ice arena. ...
Softball Recap: Owatonna wins going away against Northfield
Owatonna stacked a tenth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Tuesday. They blew past the Northfield Raiders 16-3. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for Owatonna considering their two-run performance the matchup before. For Northfield's part, they saw six different players step up and record at least...
Kenyon locals finding new recreation opportunities with pickleball
Dee Kimmel has never considered herself as an athlete. “I have no athletic cell in my body. I’ve never been into sports at all,” she said. That might be changing, however, thanks to the rapidly growing sport of pickleball. A newcomer to the area, Kimmel recently started a pickleball group with the support of Kenyon-Wanamingo...
Yetzer, Sietsema, Steinberg, Reuvers and Leichtnam honored for athletic accomplishments
Faribault High School honored a handful of top athletes on the same night as the rest of the senior awards May 8. Along with numerous scholarships and academic accomplishments, a handful of prestigious Falcon honors were handed out to four hard-working athletes, who have excelled on and led their respective teams. Rylee Sietsema was the Female Athlete of the Year. Sietsema was a captain on all three teams she played...
Notebook: Coaches ask to move softball finals to U of M
The Minnesota State High School League last year went along with a request from softball coaches to extend the state tournament to three days. The first edition of the expanded tournament will be next month at Caswell Park in North Mankato. A new request might require a little more persuasion. The Minnesota Fastpitch Coaches Association is asking to move the state softball championship games from North Mankato to Jane Sage Cowles Stadium at the University of Minnesota. Farmington coach Paul Harrington and Rosemount coach Tiffany...
Northfield girls golf remains undefeated in conference
The Northfield High School girls golf team (19-0) remained undefeated in Big 9 Conference play as the Raiders gained two more league wins on Thursday, May 9 at the Eastwood Golf Course in Rochester. The Raiders scored a season-best 334 to win the Big 9 triangular as Owatonna placed second with a 342 and Rochester Mayo was third at 356. NHS senior Emerson Garlie, who is currently ranked 17th in...
‘I’M SWINGING:’ Huskies answer Northfield’s late rally with Beyer’s 2-out walk-off single
Sometimes the common cliche, “It’s not over until it’s over,” can be hard to believe when things are looking bleak, like while you’re down one run in the bottom of the seventh with two outs and no runners on against one of your rivals. But thanks to Ethan Armstrong, Tyler Sheehan, Mitch Seykora and Owen Beyer, the Owatonna Huskies have proof that it truly wasn’t over until a two-out, walk-off RBI single from Beyer made it officially over in a 6-5 victory over Northfield Tuesday. ...
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