Goaltender Kierra Howard was named the most valuable player of the Brainerd/Little Falls Flying Warriors at the team’s end of the season banquet Thursday night. The Flying Warriors posted a 17-7-2 record overall and 10-1-1 conference record. They were conference champions for the first time in sch...

Snow still blankets much of the lakes area (that’s no April Fools’ Day joke), making me wonder, “Will the winter of 2011 ever end?” Spring sports are under way and chomping at the bit to get outside. Before spring shifts into high gear here’s an update on a few area sports personalities....

Area events Thursday college softball Central Lakes vs. Hibbing at Irish Dome, Rosemount, 7:15 a.m. Central Lakes vs. Itasca at Irish Dome, Rosemount, 9 a.m. Central Lakes vs. Mesabi at Irish Dome, Rosemount 10:45 a.m.   Friday college softball Central Lakes vs. Fond Du Lac at Irish Dome, Rosem...

The Inside the Warriors weekly luncheon, hosted by the Brainerd Sports Boosters Club, is scheduled Thursday at Jack’s House in Brainerd....

  It was a successful rookie campaign for Greg Medeck. The head coach of the Central Lakes College Raiders softball team is hoping for bigger and better things entering his second season. The Raiders open their season Thursday with three games at the Irish Dome in Rosemount. CLC will play three...

Pillager High School conducted its winter awards night this week.   Wrestling Jeff Flickinger, junior varsity hardest worker...

SHREVEPORT, La. — Brainerd High School graduate Sean Halverson shot the low round for the University of North Dakota men's golf team as the Sioux placed seventh in Tuesday’s final round of the Hal Sutton Intercollegiate. Halverson, a freshman, carded a team-best 76 in the final round. He tied fo...

Area events Thursday HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL Pillager at Menahga 4:30 p.m. Verndale at Sebeka 4:30 p.m.   college softball Central Lakes vs. Hibbing, Itasca, Mesabi at Irish Dome, Rosemount 7:15 a.m.   TV and radio Radio guide WYRQ-FM (92.1), KBLB-FM (93.3), KFML-FM (94.1), KKIN-FM (94.3), KS...

Greg Medeck of Central Lakes College recently completed his second week-long football coaching experience in the Virgin Islands, one he describes as “incredible.” In mid-March, Medeck was the only Minnesota coach invited to participate in the 2011 U.S. Virgin Islands High School Football Camp, a...

The NCAA Frozen Four is almost becoming a showcase for former Brainerd hockey players since each of the last four has included a former Warrior. Defenseman Carl Sneep played in three Frozen Fours as Boston College, winning two national titles and finishing second his freshman year....