Sports

The Benson wrestling team won its fourth match of the season last Tuesday night in Benson with a 47-25 victory over BOLD.  The win also raised the Braves’ WCC record to 2-4.
 

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After scoring eight goals in its previous game, an 8-0 victory over Worthington, the MBA Storm were shut out for the fourth time this season during a 7-0 loss at Windom Area, Saturday.  MBA, which dropped to 2-10 overall and 2-3 in the Southwest Conference, has scored 11 goals during its two wins, but only 13 in its 10 losses combined.
 

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The Lady Storm picked up its third conference win of the season with a 2-1 overtime victory at Windom Area, Saturday.  Earlier in the week, MBA dropped a 12-0 decision at Detroit Lakes last Tuesday night and lost by an 8-1 score to Luverne, Friday night in Benson.
 

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A week that started off with a tough 51-50 loss to Tracy Area ended on a high note as the Saints rebounded with a 60-57 win at RTR, Thursday followed by a 80-31 rout of Hope Academy, Saturday at home.

The Saints improved to 7-5 overall and 4-3 in the Camden North Conference with the two wins and now head into the meat of the conference schedule.  This week, KMS was set to host Minneota, Tuesday (yesterday), followed by a game at YME, Friday.

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The Benson-KMS-Montevideo gymnasts improved to 6-0 overall with a pair of wins over Litchfield-Dassel-Cokato and Long Prairie-GE-Browerville last week.

The Fighting Braves scored 133.2 points last Tuesday night during the win at Litchfield-DC, and then scored 131.725 points in easily beating LPGE-Browerville, Thursday night in Benson.
 

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The Benson girls basketball team went 0-3 to start the New Year, losing home games to Sauk Centre last Tuesday night (70-25) and to Atwater-CGC, Thursday (47-32) before losing at Minnewaska Area, Friday, 71-36.
 

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The Benson boys basketball team split its games at the Redwood Valley Invitational, last Wednesday and Thursday at Redwood  Valley High School where former graduate Aaron Lindahl coaches the Redwood boys basketball team...
 

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The Lady Storm snapped a six-game losing streak with an 11-1 victory at Worthington, Saturday.  Kelsey Rajewsky and Hallie Watzke had three goals each to lead the Lady Storm, who had nine different skaters earn at least one point each...
 

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The Benson wrestling team had three individual champions and two runners-up on the way to winning the 8-team Benson Braves Wrestling Classic, Saturday...
 

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It was another great season of sports for Benson, KMS, Benson-Hancock, Benson-KMS, and Morris-Benson Area in 2015, including several individual state berths, conference team titles, rare individual achievements, and records.

There were no state team berths in 2015 as that remains one of the toughest things to do in high school sports, but there were four KMS wrestlers, one Benson cross-country runner, and one Benson-KMS 800 meter runner who did qualify to state.  They are among the top five stories of 2015.....

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