Pipestone Area School head softball coach Robert Petersen and Russell-Tyler-Ruthton skipper Darren Baartman were Viking teammates back when Ruthton was on its own. The pair also won a national fastpitch softball title (sanctioned by the Amateur Softball Association) together as the Ruthton Rookies in 1986 at Sioux Falls, S.D. Both coaches have carried this love of fastpitch to a couple […]
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HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL: PAS trims R-T-R in an instant classic
Arrows finish week with three wins, improve to 5-2
HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL: Ding, dong, the streak is dead
Pipestone hadn’t beaten Luverne since the 2016 seasonThe Pipestone Area Schools baseball program finally put some demons to bed during an 11-6 victory over Luverne in Big South Conference action Monday, April 15. Nohel Vivanco pitched well enough for the win and the triumvirate of Landon Quist, Weston Reinhard and Xavier Banjoko all scattered two hits as the Arrows generated 12 of them in an 11-6 conquest […]
STORM CENTER: Hansen cycling to hear lush concerto in Philadelphia
Pipestone Class of 1993 graduate has turned long-distance bicycling into a passionLush music and bicycling can have a strange yet symbiotic relationship. While watching the 1979 cycling movie, “Breaking Away,” there’s a breathtaking soundtrack featuring Felix Mendelssohn and Giachino Rossini. Dave Stohler (played by Dennis Christopher), the lead character in “Breaking Away,” is obsessed with cycling — mainly the Italian team because he won a Masi-brand bicycle. Stohler serenades his girlfriend, […]
SPEECH: Three R-T-R performers earn medals at state
Thirteen students from the region qualified for the grand stageSHAKOPEE — Three Russell-Tyler-Ruthton students earned medals at the Minnesota State High School League state speech tournament last Friday. Junior Andrew Harper was the area’s top finisher, grabbing a second-place finish in storytelling. There are typically 15 different stories to choose from in this category. Two of Harper’s classmates, senior Joe Dagel and Addison Bedow, finished fourth in their respective […]
Graduation rates drop at PAS and Edgerton, rise at RTR
The graduation rate at Pipestone Area Schools (PAS) dropped from 84 percent in 2022 to 80.8 percent in 2023. That’s according to information released by the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) at the end of March. According to MDE, 63 PAS students graduated in 2023, nine dropped out, five were continuing to work toward their diplomas and the status of […]
Food shelf kicks off senior day
Fifty-seven senior citizens representing 42 households visited the Pipestone County Food Shelf Friday, April 12 during its inaugural senior day. Food Shelf President Roger Raschke said the number of seniors exceeded his expectations. Of those served on senior day, over half of the households had never been registered at the food shelf before and 34 had not been there yet […]
WEB EXCLUSIVE: Arrow athletes prepare for busy Saturday
Track and field, baseball, boys tennis and boys golf on docketFour Pipestone Area Schools sports will be in competition Saturday, with three events scheduled at home. All of these events will be conducted, weather permitting. The PAS boys and girls track teams will serve as host for the 49th Annual Pipestone Relays at Paulsen Field. The Arrows will welcome Adrian-Ellsworth, Hills-Beaver Creek, Heron Lake-Okabena-Fulda, Morris Area, Murray County Central, Pillager, […]
Edgerton Public referendum approved
Voters in the Edgerton Public School District approved $16.3 million in building projects on April 9. About 69 percent of voters voted yes to the first question, with an unofficial vote total of 424 voting for it and 187 voting against it. That authorizes the school district “to issue general obligation school building bonds in an amount not to exceed […]
HIGH SCHOOL SPEECH: Baker’s dozen from area qualify for state
State speech contest is set for Friday in ShakopeeREDWOOD FALLS — Speech students gathered in the rotunda at Redwood Valley High School around 1 p.m. Saturday. These students were anxiously awaiting to see who would make the Section 3A finals, and tournament officials then dramatically unfurled long white sheets of paper indicating those who attained such a standard. Cheers for the finalists were loud and boisterous. But, then came […]
HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL: PAS splits twice on week
Douty winning pitcher of record in Game Two vs. MarshallPipestone Area Schools’ freshman athlete Kaysa Douty is used to the spotlight. Douty smacked what proved to be a game-winning double, scoring Sienna Rieck, as the Arrows salvaged a Big South Conference split against a rapidly-improving squad from Marshall. “She kept her composure,” said PAS head coach Robert Petersen. “She’s been in high-pressure situations before at state tournaments in softball […]
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