Deagan Maurice's three hits and stellar pitching from Liam Kruse and Clayton Jones helped the Marshall Mudcats claim their fourth win in their last five games on Tuesday, defeating Springfield 10-2. marshallindependent.com/sports/local-s…

Pitching shines across all levels for the Marshall Legion teams on Tuesday, with the Mudcats, Junior Legion and VFW teams each picking up wins. Read more on page 10A of tomorrow's Independent

Tyler Maeyaert's seven quality innings on the mound and clutch game-tying hit in the ninth weren't enough for the Milroy Irish to snag a win over Fairmont on Friday, falling 5-3 in extra innings. marshallindependent.com/sports/local-s…

Hadley and the Milroy Yankees each picked up pitcher's duel wins over the Milroy Irish and Marshall to headline Tuesday's Independent sports section

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Brayson Boike led the Dawson-Boyd boys basketball team to its 1st state title, earning him our Player of the Year selection. He was also a 1st-team All-Area wide receiver and a state track medalist, earning our inaugural 3-Sport Athlete of the Year. marshallindependent.com/sports/local-s…

Dawson-Boyd's championship trio of Brayson Boike, Drew Hjelmeland and Gunner Liebl, as well as TMB's dynamic duo of Trevor Smith and Alex Munson, highlight our All-Area boys basketball team, announced last week. marshallindependent.com/sports/local-s…

Lincoln Swanjord fanned 11 batters while the Buttermakers' batters churned out 12 hits to Marshall's three in Hadley's 6-3 non-league win over the A's on Wednesday night. marshallindependent.com/sports/local-s…

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2025 Independent Player of the Year Laken Baartman put together another softball season with eye-popping numbers — including a 2.070 OPS, a .772 OBP and 5 HR — and showed off her defensive versatility by playing everything from catcher to shortstop. marshallindependent.com/sports/local-s…

YME and MCC each earned a pair of first-team All-Area selections, with Bayli Sneller and Alana Almich getting the nod for the Sting and Thea Schneider and Kate Blankenship being selected for MCC, in the Independent's 2025 All-Area softball team marshallindependent.com/sports/local-s…

Connor Neubeck and Ryan Schwagel each hit solo homers in the eighth inning of the Marshall A's game against Hadley on Saturday. Neubeck finished the day with two home runs and eight hits as the A's topped the Buttermakers 12-8. marshallindependent.com/sports/local-s…

Liam Kruse struck out eight batters over four shutout innings, limiting Worthington to a single and no walks, and hit his first Legion Field home run for a three-run blast in the Marshall Mudcats' 14-2 win in five innings. marshallindependent.com/sports/local-s…

Flip to page A9 of Tuesday's edition of the Independent to read our sports section, with coverage of amateur and Legion baseball

Mitch Bouwman threw 14 strikeouts in a complete-game shutout on Wednesday night to lead the Marshall A's in a pitcher's duel win over Granite Falls marshallindependent.com/sports/local-s…

Bouwman put together a dominant mound performance for the A's to lead off Thursday's Independent sports section

Liam Kruse put together an eye-popping 0.32 ERA on the mound as well as a 1.024 OPS for the Marshall baseball team in 2025. His two-way talents earned him our selection for Baseball Player of the Year. marshallindependent.com/sports/local-s…

A well-balanced crop of two-way stars paved the way for seven different schools to be represented on the 2025 Independent All-Area Baseball first team marshallindependent.com/sports/local-s…

Marshall Junior and Senior Legion each finished their regular season with road doubleheader splits on Thursday to headline Friday's Independent sports section