RED LAKE — Autumn Ackerman walked two and struck out 10 as she shut down the Red Lake Warriors for a five-inning no-hitter in the Pine River-Backus Tigers’ 20-0 Upper Mississippi Conference victory Thursday....

ST. CLOUD — Two tie-breaker sets at No. 1 doubles was all that kept the Brainerd Warriors from shutting out the St. Cloud Apollo Eagles, settling instead for a 6-1 win in a Central Lakes Conference meet Tuesday. Trent Anderson and Gunnar Askegaard pushed both doubles sets to 6-6, losing the tie br...

PINE CITY — Alex Anderson defeated Zach Borich in a marathon match to lead the Aitkin Gobblers to their first ever win over Pine City, 4-3 Thursday. Playing in the Singles No. 1 match, Anderson won 6-4, 6-7 (9-11), 6-2. Aitkin’s Dan Klucas and Lyle Nyberg joined Anderson as winners in singles. K...

KIMBALL — Anna Poster carded a team-best 48 as the Pierz Pioneers finished fifth in Thursday’s Central Minnesota Conference meet at Kimball Golf Course. Sam Herold and Beth Woitalla each finished with 53 for the Pioneers. Team scores: 1-Osakis 189, 2-Rockford 197, 3-Maple Lake 199, 4-Kimball-Ed...

You know expectations are elevated when Nikki Anderson slings a one-hit shutout and she doesn’t think she pitched well. The Warriors’ left-hander hit three batters, two in the same inning, but struck out seven and issued no walks as Brainerd cruised to a 10-0 victory over the Willmar Cardinals o...

The Brainerd Warrior ninth grade baseball team split into three groups Tuesday and each team played a doubleheader against Rocori.   Brainerd Blue...

Baxter Parks and Recreation will conduct its skills clinic for new players in 10-U and 12-U fast-pitch softball and for 8-10-year-old Petite players in slow-pitch.  Registration and warm up will start at 10:30 a.m. at the Forestview Middle School softball fields in Baxter. Bring a glove and dre...

Area events Thursday HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL Brainerd at Willmar 5 p.m. Isle at Aitkin 4:30 p.m. Alexandria at Little Falls 5 p.m. Pine River-Backus at Bagley  Kimball at Pierz 4 p.m. (2) Ottertail Central at Staples-Motley 4:30 p.m.   HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL Willmar at Brainerd 5 p.m. Isle at A...

The Brainerd Jaycees will host a free Aquafina Major League Baseball Pitch Hit and  Run competition for area youths at 10 a.m. May 7 at Mills Field, 901 Q St. N.E., Brainerd. Pitch, Hit and Run is the official skills competition of MLB. The program is designed to provide youngsters with an opportun...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Two days after clocking the second-fastest steeplechase time in the nation this season, Air Force senior Justin Tyner of Brainerd was selected the Mountain West Conference Men's Outdoor Track and Field Athlete of the Week, the league office announced Tuesday. It is Tyner'...