Ricky Devine has gone from no clue to really good in three years. The Little Falls senior joined the Flyers’ Nordic ski team as a sophomore and through hard work has become one of the top skiers in the Central Lakes Conference and Section 8. He proved it the last two weeks. Devine won the individu...

Rian Hutchison hadn’t exactly had rousing success at Afton Alps, site of the Section 5 Alpine skiing meet, placing 18th as a junior and 62nd as a sophomore. That cost him a trip to state on both occasions but he didn’t let that opportunity slip through his grasp Tuesday in his final high school ...

  A fluke accident wasn’t able to slow Kierra Howard’s success this season. The senior goalie for the Brainerd/Little Falls Flying Warriors suffered a concussion in warm-ups before the Jan. 4 game at Alexandria and was forced to miss a few games. “I was checking my angles,” Howard said....

He only needed three so Kurtis Moody scored 16 to make sure. The three-year varsity starter for the Pequot Lakes Patriots became the ninth player in program history to surpass 1,000 career points during Pequot’s 68-27 victory over the Aitkin Gobblers Jan. 20. Moody joins Matt Royer (1,464), Bob Bl...

Kylie Beltz is lucky No. 13. The Pequot Lakes senior dropped a career-high 31 points on the Grand Rapids Thunderhawks to lead Class 2A’s 10th-ranked Patriots to a 67-53 victory Jan. 20.  It also helped her reach 1,000 career points in her four-year varsity career. “It was bothering her I co...

Wrestlers who step onto the mat with Jessen Franzen are greeted by an opponent with a mohawk and/or colored hair. “I’ve had a couple different colors, I’ve got a mohawk now,” Franzen said. “I just tried it my 10th grade year and kept it going every year. It’s pretty intimidating.” The ...

A memorable week turned forgettable for Meredith Chaput. The Aitkin guard opened last week by helping the Gobblers' to a thrilling come-from-behind victory. She followed her heroics with what turned out to be a life-changing accident. First, the good news. Chaput tied a season high with 30 points in...

The No. 13 isn't unlucky for Connor Chambers. That's how many points the sophomore finished with in four games for the Northern Lakes Lightning last week. Chambers notched 10 goals and three assists as the Lightning finished the week 3-1. His offensive output jumped him from out of the top 10 in the...

It’s hard not to notice Kelsey Grider on a basketball court. At 6-feet tall, the Lake Region Christian School center towers over teammates and opponents. But the Hornets’ lone senior isn’t a statue on the hardwood. She comes with an attitude. “My mindset on defense is people don’t shoot th...

Hayden Zillmer has lost just once this year, but it may have made him even better. The defending Class 1A 112-pound state champion suffered his lone defeat this season to Big Lake’s Matt Nelson in the championship match of the Big Bear tournament Dec. 18 at Cass Lake. The loss set off a string of ...