Zach Nuy captured a lot of first when he came in to pitch five innings and get the win in the Mudhen Classic baseball tournament on Saturday over Searles, 5-4.
Adam Durfee recently graduated from Canby.
So his transition to the Minneota Mudhens meant a lot of new things for the talented, all-area baseball player.
The youngest of them all came up BIG at the Minnesota Class A State Track Meet.
The first Paul Larson Memorial Minneota Mudhen Classic was won by the Mudhens.
The Minneota Junior Legion unvieled a new name and new uniform Friday night.
In the first inning, it appeared the Cottonwood and Minneota Legion teams were off to the races.
Even competitors have their emotional side. When Heidi Guttormsson (above) graduated recently, she invited her arch-rival for years, Rachel Halvorson of Lac qui Parle Valley, to her graduation.
It’s been 20 years since Minneota hasn’t had a team in the state tournament. Count them — 20 years with AT LEAST one team making the state in any given year.
A year ago, Nolan Boerboom spent the golf season trying to recover from injuries.
Ever since Isaac Hennen included long jump in his track and field arsenal this season, he has literally been improving by leaps and bounds.