Sports

On Saturday, May 20, Redwood Falls is hosting the Special Olympics Southwest Regional Track and Field. Opening ceremony will begin at 8:45 a.m. The event ranges from walks, runs, relays, running/ standing long jump, shot put, tennis and softball throws. Come and cheer on all the athletes who have worked very hard getting ready to compete. If any organization, group, club or individuals would like to assist we are in need of volunteers. Come and show your support for the Redwood Falls team.

It was a memorable Monday for Wabasso’s Adryen Tietz as he recorded a no-hitter in the Rabbits twinbill split with Springfield Monday afternoon. The Rabbits dropped game one 9-2 but Tietz dominated the Tiger line-up, going seven hitless innings and striking out 15 batters to earn the nono and the win in a 2-0 victory.

In a good early season test the Redwood Valley baseball team split a Big South Conference road doubleheader with Blue Earth Area. The Cards would fall 3-2 in nine innings in game one but answered back with a solid 3-0 win in game two to earn the split.

It was a record setting day for Redwood Valley junior McKenna Flinn and sophomore Will Ahrens as both established new school records at the Sibley East Track Invitational. Flinn broke her own record in the pole vault as she cleared 8’9” to better her previous mark of 8’4” set a year ago.

Winning by forfeit in all three doubles matches and taking three of the four singles matches the Redwood Valley Cardinals topped Pipestone Area 6-1 in recent Big South Conference tennis action. Andrew Muetzel would roll to a 6-1, 6-1 win at first singles.

Anyone with a 2023 Minnesota fishing or hunting license can receive a free special edition orange Minnesota Twins logo cap and a ticket discount thanks to a special ticket offer from the Twins. That’s right — Minnesota DNR Days are back at Twins games this season, through a partnership between the Twins and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.

With a walk-off run in the bottom of the seventh the Windom Area Eagles held off visiting Redwood Valley 6-5 Monday in Big South baseball action. The Cardinals (1-2) trailed 3-0 after one but would take the lead in the fifth thanks to a three-run outburst that put them up 4-3.

The Redwood Valley tennis team dropped a pair of recent duals with Waseca and St. James Area.