Central Lakes College shortstop Stephanie Neugebauer was named player of the week and the Raiders’ Sam Harting was selected pitcher of the week ending April 2 in the MCAC Northern Division. Neugebauer, a sophomore from Brainerd, batted .773 for the week (17-for-22) with three home runs, three doub...

Lowell Scearcy can’t recall a season where he hasn’t had a full-time starter returning for the Brainerd Warriors. Brainerd graduated nine starters from last year’s Section 8-3A championship team but it does return six letterwinners as it prepares to open the season Thursday at Bemidji....

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Katy Etterman was named the Brainerd Warriors gymnastics team’s most valuable gymnast at the team’s season-ending banquet. Most improved awards went to Mikayla Cerney on the varsity and Kaylee Hoffman on the junior varsity. Olivia Elsenpeter was given the “True Grit” award and Jackie Caughey...

Devin Bertoch of Baxter, Jordan Sherwood and Colton Sturm of Nisswa had big weekends in the last MSRA snowmobile Hill-X event of the season at Giants Ridge in Biwabik last weekend. Bertoch scored a pair of first-place finishes on his Arctic Cat. He won Saturday’s Pro 700 class and Sunday’s Pro 6...

STORM LAKE, IOWA — Despite a few Web Gems in the field, the Central Lakes College Raiders lost four games over the weekend. On Sunday, the Raiders fell to Mesabi 8-0 and Minnesota West 5-2.  On Saturday, they lost to Rochester 7-1 and Mesabi 19-0. During Sunday’s loss to Mesabi, Cody Stange...

The Brainerd YMCA Dolphin Swim team placed 29th out of 69 teams from 11 states in the MYAS Midwest Region Meet at the University of Minnesota Saturday and Sunday. Bradyn Watson was the top individual point scorer for the Brainerd boys with 80 points.  Hannah Tatge was the top point scorer for B...

ST. PAUL — Brainerd High School graduate Nick Mangan ran a school-best 5,0000 meters to lead a group of St. Scholastica men’s track and field competitors at the Hamline Invite on Saturday. Mangan finished fifth in a field of 47 with his school-record time of 15:27.53 in the 5,000 meter run. Mang...

  Brainerd’s Ron Stolski was named 2010 state coach of the year at the Minnesota Football Coaches Association awards banquet Saturday at the Doubletree Hotel in St. Louis Park. Stolski, who will be one of the head coaches in the Minnesota High School All-Star Football Game June 25 at TCF Bank...

Central Lakes College’s Dani Thiesse fielded the ball at softball practice Monday at the college field. Even though snow banks line the outside of the field, the team is practicing for the Raiders’ season. ...