Jake McNeill

Another long weekend, another road trip out west

The Wabasso boys basketball team continued its rapid turnaround this season, going 26-4 to finish with 21 more wins than they had two years prior, earning Scott Leopold our selection for Boys Basketball Coach of the Year. marshallindependent.com/news/local-new…

Good day to have a press pass for a Wolves game

Caden Frericks, Brayden Guetter, Gunner Liebl, Henry Stavnes and Oliver Voigt make up the Independent’s Boys Basketball All-Area team. The Player and Coach of the Year will be announced in Thursday’s paper. marshallindependent.com/sports/local-s…

Minneota's Adam DeVlaeminck finished his prep career with five state tournament appearances, three state medals and our selection for Independent Wrestler of the Year marshallindependent.com/sports/local-s…

Madison Hennen's 13-strikeout shutout and some timely hits from Jayla Jerzak, Joelle Otto and Emily Walker helped the Minneota/Canby softball team kick off its season with a 2-0 win over RTR on Monday marshallindependent.com/news/local-new…

Marshall's Reese Drake finished her senior season as the area's leader in points and assists, helping the Tigers to a third-place finish at state and earning her second Girls Basketball and fourth overall Independent Player of the Year selection. marshallindependent.com/sports/local-s…

Taleigha Bigler, Leah Carter, Reese Drake, Bailey Mortenson and Anah Schmidt were named to the Independent's Girls Basketball All-Area first team, announced on Thursday, with three more Marshall Tigers and another Laker on the second and third teams. marshallindependent.com/sports/local-s…

Pick up a copy of Saturday's Independent to get our prep girls basketball tab, featuring recaps of all 12 of our area teams

The Marshall Tigers’ quest for revenge against No. 2 Benilde-St. Margaret’s fell short in Thursday’s Class AAA girls basketball semifinals in a 71-59 loss. The Tigers will take on CDH in Saturday's third-place game. marshallindependent.com/sports/local-s…

We’re two hours from tip off in the Class AAA girls basketball semifinals as No. 3 Marshall looks to avenge last year’s state championship loss to No. 2 Benilde-St. Margaret’s marshallindependent.com/sports/local-s…

The Marshall girls basketball team had three players score at least 16 points in its state tournament opener, running away with a win over Totino-Grace marshallindependent.com/news/local-new…

Seeing Bam Adebayo get 83 points is cool, but intentionally fouling up 30 in the fourth quarter might be the most unethical hoops I've ever seen

Marshall's Reese Drake and Taleigha Bigler were each named to the Minnesota Girls Basketball Coaches Association's Class AAA All-State team, and Lakeview's Brynn Stensrud was named a Class A honorable mention marshallindependent.com/news/local-new…

Patrick Morman snagged seven steals and tied Oliver Voigt with a team-high 17 points as the Marshall boys basketball team kicked off the Section 2AAA tournament with a win over Worthington on Tuesday. marshallindependent.com/sports/local-s…

A pair of late pins weren’t enough for the Minneota wrestling team to win its third-place match against JCC at the team tournament on Thursday, resulting in a fourth-place finish for the Vikings in their first team state appearance since 2016. marshallindependent.com/sports/local-s…

Nicole Maenke and Audrey Swanson each scored 17 points for the SMSU womens basketball team Wednesday night, along with 14 rebounds for Swanson, as the Mustangs advanced past Minnesota Crookston in their postseason opener. marshallindependent.com/sports/local-s…

The Minneota wrestling team started the Class A state tournament strong with a quarterfinal win over LeSueur-Henderson, but a run in the heavyweights wasn't enough for the Vikings to top Chatfield in the semifinals on Wednesday. marshallindependent.com/sports/local-s…

The Marshall girls basketball team made a statement in its seniors' final career home game, running away with a Section 2AAA quarterfinal win over Worthington with 9 Tigers contributing on the score sheet. marshallindependent.com/sports/local-s…

The Minneota wrestling team had six individual section champions at Saturday's 5A tournament, sending a total of eight Vikings to the state tournament as individuals after having already qualified as a team a week earlier. marshallindependent.com/sports/local-s…

@fury_paguy Normally laying out the pages is our responsibility. Ogden newspapers is shifting to a model where all of its papers are being designed at a pair of design hubs in Ohio, so since it’s just a few people assembling hundreds of pages a day, somebody has to go earlier

@JakeMcNeill_ What's the reason for this?

Starting Monday, the Independent’s sports team will be working on a 7 p.m. deadline, so print and e-edition will now be two days behind with most games. We’ll still work to get everything online day-of, but we’re sorry that we won’t be able to provide next-day print coverage