No one could have blamed the Brainerd Lakes Area Lunkers for coming out Sunday a little flat in their game with the Willmar Stingers. On Saturday night, the Stingers scored three runs in the top of the eighth inning for a 4-3 comeback win over the Lunkers.  With Mankato pounding Rochester Satur...

 WILLMAR— A grueling pitching battle came to an unlikely end Friday night when Lunker reliever Tyler Harris hit Willmar’s Jake Stinnett with a pitch in the bottom of the twelfth inning allowing the winning run to score and give the Stingers a 2-1 win over Brainerd in Northwoods North Divisi...

Brainerd used the bats in the first game and a hot right arm in the second game to earn a doubleheader sweep over Little Falls on Thursday night. Brainerd scored nine runs on 13 hits in the first game, and Jack Hegarty pitched a complete-game two-hitter in the second game. Brainerd won by the scores...

  The Brainerd Lunkers took the bite out of the Duluth Huskies with two outs in the ninth when an errant throw allowed Matt Hillsinger to reach first safely while teammate Christian Stringer crossed home plate,  giving Brainerd a 2-1 victory in Northwoods League action Monday night. Casey ...

  FREEPORT — The Brainerd Bees left 12 runners on base as they lost to the Freeport Black Sox 4-1 in a Lakewood League game Sunday. Nate Smolke was 2-4 with an RBI, Tim Martin finished 2-4 and Joel Martin doubled for the Bees. Joel Martin pitched seven innings, allowing one hit and four unear...

With the postseason beginning in six days the Brainerd Warriors may have discovered another starting pitcher. Senior Mike Smith made his first varsity start Monday and gave the Warriors five shutout innings in an 8-1 win over the Princeton Tigers at Adamson Field. The left-hander exited with an 8-0 ...

Nathan Nelson had to be replaced after less than an inning of relief pitching in 2010 as the Brainerd Warriors scored five runs off of him. Nelson was much better  Thursday as he tossed a complete game, helping the Alexandria Cardinals to a 3-2 win Thursday at Adamson Field. Nelson allowed six ...

Stephanie Neugebauer was named player of the week in the Northern Division of the MCAC on Monday. On Tuesday she exhibited why she deserved the honor. Her game-winning double in the bottom of the eighth lifted the Central Lakes College Raiders to a 4-3 win over the Itasca Vikings in the division-ope...