REMER — The Pequot Lakes Patriots finally played their first game of the season and started  with a 14-7 win over Northland in a non-conference game Thursday. The Patriots’ first four games were postponed or canceled due to weather, but Pequot will make up for lost time as this was the firs...

Hannah Lundstrom felt the pressure. The Brainerd Warriors’ sprinter knew she had to step up her game in order to combat the absence of Brainerd’s top distance runners. Lundstrom went on to win the 100-meter dash and finish second in the 200 dash as the Warriors finished second Thursday in the Br...

AITKIN — Lyle Nyberg picked up the Aitkin Gobblers’ sole win during a 6-1 loss to the Grand Rapids Thunderhawks in non-conference action Thursday. “We’re playing with some of the more experienced teams,” Gobblers coach Joe Walz said. “We still have a little more work to do to break throu...

PIERZ — Kaylie Hanson erupted for six RBIs, five runs scored, two triples and a double as the Pillager Huskies defeated the Parkers Prairie Panthers 13-3 and 8-5 in Park Region Conference play Thursday. Hanson and Alexa Fletcher each finished 4-4 in Game One with Fletcher scoring twice and driving...

Brainerd’s 4x100- and 4x200-meter relays were plenty fast enough Thursday. On Friday, they’ll see just how fast they really are. The two squads, which consist of the same four sprinters, displayed their quick talents at the Brainerd Invite at Brainerd High School by winning both events with rela...

By MIKE BIALKA Sports Editor The Sauk Rapids-Rice Storm accomplished what no team had done against left-hander Nikki Anderson and the Brainerd Warriors this spring — they scored. But any Storm offense didn’t matter Thursday as Brainerd belted 13 hits, five for extra bases, and romped to a 12-3 C...

Sam Harting pitched two complete games without giving up any earned runs as the Central Lakes College Raiders finished their home schedule by sweeping Mesabi 6-0 and 6-1 in Thursday’s Northern Division doubleheader at Findorff Field in Brainerd. Harting gave up just six hits for the day while stri...

KIMBALL — Anna Poster finished with a team-low 97 as the Pierz Pioneers finished fifth with a score of 436 at Thursday’s Kimball Invite. Team scores: 1-Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 399, 2-Maple Lake 408, 3-Rockford 429, 4-Kimball Blue 430, 5-Pierz 436, 6-Kimball Black 501 Next: Pierz in Central Minne...

Jordan Shiltz, at No. 2 singles, was the lone winner for Brainerd as the Warriors fell 6-1 to the unbeaten St. Cloud Tech Tigers in Thursday’s Central Lakes Conference meet at Brainerd High School. Shiltz defeated Luke Zweiner 6-1, 6-2. “We weren’t pleased with Monday’s match with Fergus Fal...

Brainerd Warriors basketball camps have been moved back one day to June 7-10. For players going into grades 3-5 the camp is 8:30-10 a.m. at the Riverside Elementary gym. The cost is $30 and includes a T-shirt....