YME 42, LqPV 26
Yellow Medicine East stone-walled Lac qui Parle Valley at Espeland Gymnasium Tuesday night; allowing the Eagles to post just nine points in the first half, as they churned their way to a 42-26 West Central Conference victory.
MACCRAY 77, YME 48
Class A power MACCRAY, ranked fifth in the state, strode into Espeland gymnasium Monday night and handed Yellow Medicine East a 29-point loss.
Yellow Medicine East
Dance Team Invitational
The Yellow Medicine East Silhouettes hosted their Dance Team Invitational Saturday afternoon, packing Espeland Gymnasium with nine dance teams and their spectators. The Silhouettes were rewarded for their hospitality with two first place finishes over the two disciplines.
Staples-Motley Duals Tourney
“I think this was our best day of wrestling all year,” said Yellow Medicine East head wrestling coach David Wingert following his team’s performance Saturday at the Staples-Motley Don Davis Duals Tournament.
Paynesville 59, YME 55
In a back and forth battle that kept the game from being decided until the final minute, Yellow Medicine East lost a 59-55 thriller to Paynesville in Granite Falls Thursday night.
YME 68, KMS 49
Seniors Courtney Hinz and Emily Baker combined to score more than half of Yellow Medicine East’s points Thursday night as they led the Sting to a 68-49 victory over Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunberg.
YME triangular
Yellow Medicine East split Tuesday night; dropping a match to Dawson-Boyd/Lac qui Parle Valley before earning redemption with a victory over Tracy-Milroy-Balaton/Westbrook-Walnut Grove as they hosted a triangular at Espeland Gymnasium.
MACCRAY 56, YME 33
Yellow Medicine East dropped below .500 on the year with a 56-33 loss to MACCRAY Tuesday might in Clara City.
Marshall Tiger
Dance Team Invitational
The Yellow Medicine East Silhouettes again carried home the hardwear this weekend as they captured a first place and third place finish Saturday at the Marshall Tiger Dance Team Invitational.
Kimball Area Quadrangular
The Sting struggled through a Saturday quadrangular losing to Kimball Area, Staples-Motely and Hutchinson/Buffalo Lake-Hector in Kimball at the Kimball Area Quadrangular.
BOLD 63, YME 42
Yellow Medicine East suffered a 21-point West Central Conference loss Friday night; losing 63-42 to the BOLD Warriors in Bird Island.
YME 55, Benson 22
“It was a situation where the girls and the other coaches and I were sick of losing close games,” said Yellow Medicine East head girls basketball coach Scott Jans after YME battered Benson 55-22 Thursday night in Granite Falls.
Montevideo 81, YME 39
Yellow Medicine East suffered their first blow-out loss of the season as they faced one of the state’s top teams in Montevideo and were run off the Espeland court with a 42 point loss.
Montevideo 58, YME 57
Montevideo’s Kendyl Anderson nipped the Sting with a 4-point play and just five seconds remaining on the clock to lift Montevideo to a 58-57 conference victory Tuesday night in Montevideo.
It was a clean sweep for the Yellow Medicine East Silhouettes as they opened their season with the first contest of the year at Renville and placed first in each division: Junior varsity Jazz/Funk, JV High Kick, varsity Jazz/Funk and varsity High Kick.
BOLD 50, YME 45
It wasn’t a welcome homecoming for the Sting as they returned from winter break only to be broken 50-45 by BOLD at Espeland Gymnasium Friday night.
ACGC 64 YME 58
A lackluster first half from Yellow Medicine East and a hot shooting night from Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City’s Dylan Hoerchler equated to a loss for the Sting as they fell 64-58 in a conference tilt Thursday at Espeland Gymnasium.
YME 54, Marshall 21
Yellow Medicine East scored 26 consecutive points to break a deadlock with Marshall Thursday night and secure a 54-21 non-conference dual win on the Tiger’s home mat.
O-R/R 70, YME 53
A one-point halftime lead eroded into a 17 point loss with South Dakota’s Oldham-Ramona/Rutland buffeting the Sting like a westbound wind to gain a 39-21 advantage in the second half at the Southwest Minnesota State University Invite Tuesday night.