A Brainerd Warriors gymnast hasn’t stood on the podium as one of the top six finishers in a state meet for four years. Maggie Freiday, in 2007, was the last Warriors podium finisher, placing fifth on vault. That should change this weekend when Brainerd’s Katy Etterman and Mikayla Cerney compete ...

Brainerd High School graduate Jared Anderson placed 41st in the prelims of the 200-yard individual medley on the first day of the Big Ten Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships Thursday. The sophomore’s time was 1:51.81. Anderson was scheduled to compete in the 100 breastroke Friday and the 200...

Hamline University senior Robyn Wernberg of Brainerd turned in a strong performance at the University of Minnesota last weekend and is the MIAC women's field athlete of the week.  She finished third in the weight throw, setting a personal best and jumping to No. 2 in the MIAC this season. ...

LITTLE FALLS — Paige Beseman, who earlier in the season reached 1,000 career points in a game against the Brainerd Warriors, scored 28 points to go with seven rebounds Thursday to lead the Little Falls Flyers to a 63-56 Central Lakes Conference win over the Warriors. Whitney Weisz added 18 points ...

W-DC shots down Frazee FRAZEE — Evan VanErp drilled five 3s leading to a 23-point performance in the Wadena-Deer Creek Wolverines 69-47 non-conference win over the Frazee Hornets Thursday. Jordan Reed added 24 points for the Wolverines to lead all scorers....

Lemberg reaches 1,000, PR-B tops W-H-A PINE RIVER — Hannah Lemberg scored her 1,000th career point on her final basket of the night, a 3-pointer in the second half, as the Pine River-Backus Tigers defeated Walker-Hackensack-Akeley 65-32 in Thursday’s Northwoods Conference g...

Little Falls graduate track All-American Alex Farber, a 2007 Little Falls High School graduate, earned All-American honors for the second time by placing third in the long jump at the NCCAA Indoor Track and Field National Championships Feb. 19. Farber jumped 22-3.75 in the NCCAA Cha...

The Lakes Area Youth Soccer Association will offer its second open gym session on Sundays for interested soccer players who want to learn skills and play pick-up games. You do not have to be a LAYSA member to participate. All skill levels are welcome. Session Two will run Sundays, Feb. 27, March 6, ...

The “On Golden Pond” Pond hockey jamboree will take place from 5 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday at Brainerd Area Civic Center and Gold Medal Arena. Youth teams from Brainerd, Baxter and Nisswa will compete. Penguins and Ice Pups (ages 7-10) will play at Gold Medal Arena. The game schedule is: Brainerd vs...

  Brock Saatzer recorded one. Tyler Theien earned one, too. Wes Blomberg was one goal away from joining his linemates in getting a hat trick during the Brainerd Warriors 10-7 North Conference victory over the Maple Grove Crimson Thursday at Riverside Elementary. Saatzer, who scored the game’s...