Jackson Lacek was crowned Minneota's King earlier in the day for its Spring Fling event, then was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the eighth inning to force home the winning run in a 6
The Canby/Minneota girls swept the four relay races, while Nohemi Diaz won the 100 dash and Braelyn Merrit came in first in the 1600 run in the eight-team Al Handahl Meet last Tuesday in Montevideo
Junior right-hander Ryan Dalager tossed a no-hitter in his first mound outing of the season, striking out 13 batters as Minneota routed Renville County West 18-2 at K.P.
Brooke DeSmet drove in three runs with a pair of doubles and pitched five innings for the win as Minneota/Canby upended Montevideo 8-5 on Monday in Montevideo.
The Minneota Mudhens will have a diamond full of familiarity as they are expected to field nearly the identical team of a year ago.
The Minneota Clay Target team was finally able to get outdoors and practice at the Southwest Sportsmen's Club a week ago. There are 35 members on this year's team.
Several individual wrestlers were honored Saturday during the Minneota Wrestling Banquet held at the Heritage Event Center in rural Taunton.
Braelyn Merritt won the 800 run and was part of the winning 4 x 800 relay team as the Canby/Minneota girls finished fifth among 10 teams at the Luverne Invitational last Tuesday.
Minneota/Canby opened the season on Friday by splitting a doubleheader, falling to Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley 8-7 in the first game, and beating Ortonville 8-1 in the second game.
Minneota exploded for 10 runs in the first inning en route to a 12-2 victory over Canby in the season opener Thursday at K.P. Kompelien Field in Minneota.