Veteran coach Alex Fodness has joined Minnesota State Community and Technical College as head coach of the Spartan men’s basketball team.
CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. — After four days of play at the NJCAA Div. III National Championship at Chautauqua Golf Course, M State’s Wyatt Blomseth claimed the individual championship as the Spartan men’s golf team finished in third.
CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. —The M State men’s golf team took the early lead after one day of play at the NJCAA Div. III National Championship at Chautauqua Golf Club Tuesday.
The M State baseball team closed out its season Saturday as it participated in the Region XIII tournament.
The M State men’s golf team advanced to the NJCAA Division III national tournament Thursday after firing a two-day total of 614 for their 10th consecutive Region XIII championship at Pebble Lake Golf Course in Fergus Falls.
The M State baseball team closed out its regular season at home Saturday as they hosted the Rochester Yellowjackets. The visitor would overwhelm the Spartans early as Rochester claimed a 13-3 victory.
The M State baseball team rebounded for a doubleheader sweep Wednesday to get a sweep of their own Thursday as the Spartans defeated visiting Rainy River 13-12 and 11-4.
The M State men’s golf team hosted Alexandria Technical College Friday in a dual meet at Pebble Lake Golf Course in Fergus Falls.
GRAND RAPIDS — The M State baseball team had a hard fought battle with the Itasca Vikings in a doubleheader Friday, but the Spartans could only come out with a split, falling in Game 1 11-10, but winning the second game 17-10.
The M State baseball team picked up their fourth and fifth consecutive victories Wednesday as the Spartans topped Northland Community and Technical College in both games of a home doubleheader.
The M State Lady Spartan softball team played Rochester Community and Technical College Tuesday on their home field and lost Game 1 16-0 and Game 2 12-2. The Spartans have a very inexperienced team this year and are still searching for their first win.
Minnesota State Community and Technical College has begun the search for a men’s basketball coach to succeed Shawn Sorenson, who has announced his resignation after coaching the Spartans for four seasons.
The M State baseball team settled for a doubleheader split with the visiting Itasca Vikings Thursday.
INTERNATIONAL FALLS — The M State baseball team recorded a doubleheader split with Rainy River Community College Wednesday.
MOORHEAD — The M State men’s golf team competed in a dual meet against Concordia College Wednesday at Moorhead Country Club.
The M State baseball team snapped a nine-game losing skid Tuesday as the Spartans upended the North Dakota State College of Science Wildcats 10-6.
The M State Spartan softball team opened their season against the No. 10 ranked team in the nation, the St. Cloud Technical and Community College Cyclones, and dropped a pair of games. Game 1 ended 27-3 and Game 2 score was 26-2.
AUSTIN — The M State baseball team struck early in both games of Wednesday’s doubleheader against Riverland Community College, but it would be the Blue Devils that picked up the sweep of the Spartans 11-4 and 10-3.
The M State baseball team took on the St. Cloud Technical and Community College Cyclones in a pair of doubleheaders over the weekend. The Cyclones would come away with a 4-0 record after the series.
WHITE BEAR LAKE — The M State baseball team traveled Saturday for a doubleheader against the Century College Ducks. The Ducks would claim both games 3-1 and 12-1.
ELBOW LAKE — On short notice, the M State men’s golf team grabbed their clubs and headed to Tipsinah Mounds Golf Course Monday for a dual against the University of Minnesota Morris. Despite a winter layoff, the Spartans were up to the task as they saw five members card scores in the 70s and …
The M State women’s basketball team celebrated a 73-62 victory over Riverland Community College for the NJCAA Div. III Region XIII title game Saturday.
The M State Spartans baseball team (1-3) hit the field Thursday for its home opener against the Minnesota West Community College Blue Jays. The Spartans got control of the game early on as the home team picked up a 12-2 victory.
The M State men’s basketball team closed out their season at home against Riverland Saturday. But it would be the guest that left the court with the win as Blue Devils claimed an 88-60 victory.
The M State women’s basketball team found a second-half scoring surge as the Spartans downed the Minnesota West Blue Jays 68-57 Wednesday.
The M State men’s basketball team held on to a 76-74 victory over visiting Sisseton-Wahpeton Wednesday.
The M State men’s basketball team got up on the visiting Minnesota West Blue Jays Wednesday and held off a late surge to pick up a 62-59 victory.
With stifling first half defense, the M State women’s basketball team claimed a 67-41 victory over Sisseton-Wahpeton Wednesday.
A rough first half allowed the visiting Riverland Riverland Community College Blue Devils to upend the M State men’s basketball team Saturday 88-47.
The M State women’s basketball team celebrated its first win of the season Saturday as the Spartans held on to defeat the Riverland Community College Blue Devils 56-54.
WORTHINGTON — The M State women’s basketball team saw a Southern Division game slip away Wednesday as the hosting Minnesota West Blue Jays flew off with a 68-64 victory.
The M State women’s basketball team was in search of its first win Saturday as it began Minnesota College Athletic Conference (MCAC) play against the Rochester Yellowjackets. But a hiccup in the second quarter gave the visitor the opportunity to gain the lead and pick up a 78-65 win.
The M State men’s basketball team (0-1) welcomed in the Rochester Community College Yellowjackets for an Saturday afternoon tilt. The visiting Yellowjackets used a 29-point first half lead to coast to a 92-55 victory.
The M State women’s basketball team kicked off their 2021 season Saturday as the Spartans welcomed in the Jamestown JV. It was a back-and-forth battle, but the visiting Jimmies edged the Spartans 60-56.
Zach Stich
Editor
Basketball players are back on the court at Minnesota State Community and Technical College (M State) as practice resumed Jan. 11 and the men’s and women’s teams start their home seasons on Saturday, Jan. 30, in Fergus Falls.
The M State men’s golf team came away from hosting a tournament and a triangular feeling good as the Spartans won Sunday’s Spartan Invite and followed with a triangular victory over Dickinson State and Valley City State at Pebble Lake Golf Course.
ROCHESTER — The M State men’s golf team claimed a dual meet win over hosting Southwest Tech 336-343 Tuesday at Maple Valley Golf and Country Club.
While many college sports have been canceled or moved from the fall slate, the defending Region XIII/MCAC champion M State men’s golf team will be back on the links and looking to once again repeat.
JAMESTOWN, N.D. — The M State men’s golf team kicked off their 2020 season with a second-place finish at the Jimmie Invite Sunday and Monday.
Despite an athletic season cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic, Minnesota State Community and Technical College coaches carried on the tradition of honoring excellence by Spartan athletes during the 2019-20 sports year.
New this fall at Minnesota State Community and Technical College is the sport of clay target, which became a varsity sport in the Minnesota College Athletic Association in 2019.
MacKenna Kehoe of Morris and Madisyn Missling of Henning have signed letters of intent to play softball for the M State Fergus Falls Spartans.
The M State women’s basketball team added two more recruits for the 2020-21 season as Ashby senior Kalista Aamot and Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg graduate Maddy Rohner have decided to play basketball for the Spartans.
Fergus Falls senior Sabrina Fronning signed her national letter of intent to play for the M State Spartans women’s basketball team in 2020-21.
The M State Spartans made a splash recruiting locally in both volleyball and women’s basketball as Rothsay senior Jayna Gronewold signed a letter of intent to play for the Spartans.
All M State Spartan spring sports have been canceled following the NJCAA’s announcement Monday that it was ending competition for the remainder of the academic year due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Following the recent recommendations from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the NJCAA has made the difficult decision to cancel all upcoming basketball championships as well as spring competition, effective immediately.
Kaia Strom, senior setter from Kennedy Secondary School, has signed a national letter of intent to play volleyball for the Minnesota State Community and Technical College Spartans.
Jodi Holleman, who has more than 20 years of experience coaching at the high school and college levels, has been named head coach of the Minnesota State Community and Technical College women’s basketball team.
The M State men’s basketball team could not sneak past No. 3 ranked St. Cloud Technical College Cyclones Wednesday as the Spartans fell 90-78.
Nogales High School senior Jose “Panda” Jimenez chased his dream of playing college football. Or as NHS coach Jake Teyechea said: “He took a shot.”
ROCHESTER — The hosting Rochester Yellowjackets coasted to a 91-53 victory over the M State men’s basketball team Saturday.
The M State men’s basketball game against Minnesota West in Worthington has been rescheduled for 6 p.m. Thursday.
The visiting Riverland men’s basketball team made life difficult for the M State Spartans Saturday as the Blue Devils notched a 110-65 victory.
COON RAPIDS — The M State men’s basketball team made over 57% of its shots in Wednesday’s road game against Anoka-Ramsey, but the Golden Rams would do just enough to hold off the Spartans for a 99-89 victory.
The M State men’s basketball team stopped its recent losing skid Saturday as the Spartans topped Western Tech 75-64.
WILLMAR — The M State men’s basketball team fell 109-78 to Ridgewater Wednesday.
The visiting Rochester Community and Technical College men’s basketball team posted a 98-72 win over the M State Spartans Saturday.
M State men’s basketball game at Riverland on Saturday has been moved to Sunday at 3 p.m.
The M State men’s basketball team ran away with a 89-66 victory over Western Technical College Saturday.
The M State men’s basketball team kicked off its MCAC Southern Division schedule at home against Anoka-Ramsey Community College Wednesday. The visiting Golden Rams would run away with the game in the second half as they defeated the Spartans 84-64.
Zach Stich
Editor