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MONTEZUMA, IOWA -- Jordan Sherwood of Pine River raced his Ski Doo to a victory in Semi-Pro 900 and second place in Semi-Pro 700 and Semi-Pro 800 and the X Games Qualifier last weekend at the second round of the WSA Hillcross here.

Other results:

Semi-Pro 500: 4-Sherwood

Semi-Pro 1000: 4-Sherwood

Semi-Pro 600: 5-Sherwood

Vintage: 4-Steve Sherwood, Pine River (Doo)

40+: 5-Steve Sherwood

Ebert, Bertoch, Herheim post victories

DETROIT LAKES -- Dan Ebert of Lake Shore, Devin Bertoch of Baxter and Christina Herheim of Woman Lake posted victories in a WSA MN Regional round here last weekend.

Ebert on his Arctic Cat won Pro Stock and Semi-Pro Open, Bertoch also on an Arctic Cat won Sport Open and Herheim on her Polaris won the Womens class.

Bertoch also finished second in Sport Performance, third in Junior 16-17; Robert Herheim of Woman Lake on his Polaris placed second in Novice Sport and Novice Stock, Nathan Moritz of Emily on his Arctic Cat finished third in Sport Performance and April Moritz of Emily on her Arctic Cat placed second in Womens Stock.

Other results

Pro Open: 4- 4-Ebert.

Semi-Pro Stock: 4- Ebert.

Sport Stock: 10-Bertoch.

Junior 10-13: 11-Brandon Herheim (Pol).

Womens Stock: 5-Natalie Moritz, Emily (Cat).

Abrahamson leads local racers

Brett Abrahamson of Brainerd raced his Arctic Cat to a fourth place finish in Semi-Pro Stock to lead two other area racers in WSA Snocross Worldwide Championship Series racing last weekend.

The racers raced at Vernon, N.Y. Feb. 26 where Abrahamson finished fourth and Buffalo, N.Y. Feb. 27.

Results:

WSA Eastern National

Feb. 26

New York

Semi Pro Open: 13-Brett Abrahamson, Brainerd (Cat).

Sport Open: 13-Kylie Abrahmson, Brainerd (Cat).

Pro Open: 7-Trevor John, Crosslake (Doo)

Pro Stock: 13-John, Crosslake (Doo)

WSA New York National

Feb. 27

Buffalo, N.Y.

Pro Open: 11-John

Pro Stock: 14-John

Semi-Pro Open: 9-Brett Abrahmson

Semi-Pro Stock: 14-Brett Abrahamson

Sport Open: 11-Kylie Abrahamson

Registration set for Baxter spring soccer

Baxter boys' and girls' spring soccer will begin April 19.

The program is designed to teach fundamentals and sportsmanship and have fun.

The first two weeks will be played indoors at Forestview Middle School. Games and practices will be Tuesdays and Thursdays and will move outdoors May 3 to the Southdale Soccer Complex.

On April 19, grades K-1 will practice at 6 p.m. and grades 2-3 at 7 p.m. Grades K-1 are co-ed, grades 2-3 are separated by gender. Fee is $30.

To void a $5 late fee, register by April 8 at Baxter Parks and Recreation Office, 5086 Baxter Lions Rd, Baxter. Phone is 855-5086.

Sullivan to speak to boosters club

Central Lakes College softball coach Bob Sullivan will be the speaker at the Brainerd Sports Boosters Club meeting, which begins noon Thursday at the Moose Lodge.

Swimmer Andrew Mehr, the Warrior Athlete of the Week, will be honored.

Ruttger has fastest time at Lutsen

Brainerd's Tom Ruttger had the overall fastest time in giant slalom as the Ski Gull Alpine Club competed in the Northland Junior Race Series last weekend at Lutsen.

SKI GULL RESULTS

Girls 5-U: 1Alex Stone

Girls 8-9: 1Savannah Stone

Girls 10-11: 2Kenzie Ostrowski

Boys: 3Thor Linnerooth

Girls 12-13: 4Betsy Brueske

Boys 14-15: 1Tom Ruttger, 3Bror Linnerooth

Cuyuna Range Whitetails to host banquet

Tickets are available for the fourth annual banquet hosted by the Cuyuna Range Whitetails, a chapter of the Minnesota Deer Hunters Association.

The banquet is scheduled 5:30 p.m. March 12 at Gary's Pine Room in Ironton.

Tickets are $40 and available at JJ's Guns in Crosby, or by calling (218) 534-3620 or (218) 546-5655.

On March 2 a chapter representative will be at Gary's from 5 to 7 p.m. for ticket sales. Tickets will also be available at Gary's Sports Bar after March 2.

NHL and players hold separate meetings

NEW YORK (AP) -- The NHL board of governors made two things quite clear Tuesday: There will be hockey in the fall and commissioner Gary Bettman will still be in charge.

On a day when players regrouped in Toronto and executives from all 30 teams gathered in New York, both sides issued stern declarations that there is unity in the ranks.

Bettman said he plans to invite the players' association back to the bargaining table soon, but wouldn't reveal if he will present a new proposal.

If a deal can't be reached through negotiation, the league plans to explore all options -- including using replacement players next season.

"We discussed a variety of options and I don't want to focus on any one because it would seriously be misconstrued and be potentially inflammatory," Bettman said. "The fact is there are lots of options.

"We discussed everything. But again, everybody's first and primary focus is to make a deal with the union as quickly as possible."

There might be some differences in opinion among the players and the owners, but no cracks in the foundation even though the NHL recently became the first major North American sports league to lose an entire season to a labor dispute.