The St. Cloud Apollo Eagles are unbeaten in the Central Lakes Conference and lead the race for the CLC championship. They’re ranked fifth in Class 3A and had trounced the Brainerd Warriors 74-48 at St. Cloud on Jan. 11. Nothing seemed to favor the Warriors entering Friday’s game, but they gave t...

PEQUOT LAKES — Kurtis Moody led all scorers with 22 points and Class 2A’s fifth-ranked Pequot Lakes Patriots made it three in a row defeating the Roseau Rams 90-46 in a non-conference game Friday. Nevin Greer scored 15, while Riley Johnson and Tomas Parker each added 9 for the 15-4 Patriots. &nb...

WADENA — Jana Anderson and Chelsey Bonsante combined for 30 of the Crosby-Ironton Rangers 39 points in a 39-37 Mid-State Conference victory over the Wadena-Deer Creek Wolverines Friday. Anderson finished with 16 and Bonsante added 14. The Wolverines were led by Avery Jackson’s 14 points. The win...

LITTLE FALLS — Adam Dougherty and Alex Nelson each scored twice leading Little Falls to their seventh straight win, a 7-1 triumph over the Alexandria Cardinals in Friday’s Central Lakes Conference game. The Flyers peppered the Cardinals with 53 shots while goalie Mike Stumpf faced only 19 shots ...

Area events Saturday BOYS BASKETBALL Roseau at Crosby-Ironton 2:45 p.m. Thief River Falls at Pequot Lakes 3:30 p.m. Braham at Pierz 7:30 p.m. Breckenridge at Staples-Motley 7:30 p.m.   GIRLS BASKETBALL Breckenridge at Staples-Motley 6 p.m.   BOYS HOCKEY Red Lake Falls vs. Wadena-Deer Creek...

A preseason baseball camp for pitchers, catchers and hitters is scheduled at Forestview Middle School in Baxter. Camps are scheduled Feb. 22 and 27 and March 1, 6, 9 and 16. The camp is for players in grades 8-12. The goal is to give high school players a jump on the seasons. Pitchers will concentra...

    Josh Archibald is one of 10 finalists for the state’s Mr. Hockey award and plans to sign with Nebraska-Omaha next season. The Brainerd Warriors senior center added another accomplishment to his resume Thursday night as he set the single-season program points record in a 7-3 victory o...

ST. CLOUD — Six Flyers merited pins as Little Falls came away with a 57-22 Central Lakes Conference win over the St. Cloud Tech Tigers Thursday.  Jack Jendro recorded a pin in 53 seconds followed by Connor Scherping at 1:12, Conor Swanson 1:26, Joe Tuholsky 2:41, Dillon Kifer 3:15 and Tyler G...

BLACKDUCK — Nathan Holm totaled 15 points and Beau Howard finished with 14 to lead Pine River-Backus to its fourth-straight victory with a 59-48 win over Blackduck in Northland Conference play.  The Tigers shot 40 percent from the field and had eight players in the scoring column. Blackduck ...

BREEZY POINT — Ray Nelson, Connor Chambers and Kyler Decent each scored twice in the Northern Lakes Lightnings’ 9-3 Mid-State Conference win over the Wadena-Deer Creek Wolverines Thursday. Also adding goals for the Lightning were Alec Fitch, Tyler Heinlen and Jacob Box. Lightning goalie Joey Ber...