MN state high school cross country meet will take place Saturday

The Minnesota State High School cross country meet will take place Saturday at Majestic Oaks Golf Club in Brooklyn Center.

In Class A, boys teams qualifying for the meet from the region include Section 3 runner-up Windom Area and Section 2 runner-up Mountain Lake Area-Comfrey. Girls teams advancing to state are Section 3 runner-up Luverne and Section 2 runner-up Mountain Lake Area-Comfrey.

In Class AA, the closest team of either boys or girls to qualify for the state meet was the Marshall boys team.

Individual qualifiers from southwest Minnesota in Class A include: sophomore Naiya Ayers of Jackson County Central and eighth-grader Lainey Jackels of Tracy-Milroy-Balaton/Westbrook Walnut Grove among the girls; and freshman David Botello Ramos of Jackson County Central and senior Marcus Papik of Luverne among the boys.  

Saturday's meet begins with the Class 3A girls running at 10 a.m. The Class A girls race starts at 12:15 p.m., and the boys start at 1 p.m.

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The Minnesota West men's basketball team will play its second game of the 2026-2027 season on Friday night when the Bluejays play host to the Dordt University JV. Tip-off time is scheduled for 8 p.m.

Minnesota West competed in its first game of the year this past Sunday at the Center for Health & Wellness and defeated Minnesota North College-Vermillon 81-74, with new Bluejay head coach Brody Anderson getting a win in his debut outing.

Dhimani Tucker, a freshman 5-foot-11 guard from St. Paul, led Minnesota West offensively with 23 points. He shot 6-of-9 from the floor and went 11-of-15 from the free-throw line. Tucker also contributed six rebounds and four steals for the Jays.

Jackson Donahue, a sophomore 6-3 guard from Des Moines, added 19 points along with seven rebounds. Vermilion led 41-35 at the half, but the Bluejays outscored their guests 46-33 over the second 20 minutes.

The Minnesota West Lady Jays basketball team was also supposed to take on Minnesota North College-Vermilion on Saturday, but that matchup was postponed. The Lady Jays will play their 2026-2027 opener — and their first game with Bryan Reimers as head coach — at 6 p.m. Friday against the Dordt JV.

Both the men and women will be back in action Saturday in the Minnesota West gym as they take on the Northwestern College JV. 

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In Class A volleyball Thursday night, Adrian-Ellsworth will take on Russell-Tyler-Ruthton for the Subsection 3A South title at 5:30 p.m. at Southwest Minnesota State University. The Knights, who are ranked third in the state, topped the Dragons 3-0 in their lone 2026 meeting back on Sept. 17.

In Class AA volleyball, Jackson County Central will face Windom at 7 p.m. Thursday in Springfield. The fifth-ranked Huskies beat the Eagles 3-1 on Sept. 22.