Metro Minny Red Division leaders Soderville handed first-year Anoka Bucs a 15-2 loss Wednesday (June 24) at Castle Field in Anoka. The Outlaws improved to 12-6 overall, 9-5 in the league and are 4-3 over the last seven games. The Bucs are tied with Andover at the bottom of the division (5-9), but remain just [...]
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Tollette to be inducted to Hall of Fame
The Minnesota Golf Hall of Fame’s Class of 2009 was announced June 25. Among those to be inducted is Bunker Hills Master Professional Dick Tollette who was a key figure in establishing the hall of fame, located at Bunker Hills Golf Course in Coon Rapids. http://tinyurl.com/ncae47
One area skater on NHL's Central Scouting radar
Anoka forward Berkley Scott was the only ABC Newspaper-area hockey player to make the final NHL Central Scouting reports. According to the midterm rankings he was the 94th American skater before dropping to 125 in the final rankings. Last season Scott tallied 32 points and 36 penalty minutes in 26 games. In 2007-08 he collected [...]
Two Ramsey junior golfers qualfy for MN PGA Jr. Championship
Ramsey’s Chase Hahne carded a two over par 74 to tie for third place (16-18 year olds) in the latest round of qualifying for the Minnesota PGA Junior Championship, June 13 at The Links at Northfork. Fellow Ramsey resident, Conrad Hahne tied Rogers’ Corey Muenzhuber with five-over par 77s in the boys 13-15 division. Those [...]
MSHSL meets…but not on conference realignment
Strib Prep’s Insider, John Milea blogged Monday morning from Edinburough USA in Brooklyn Center, the site of the latest state high school league meeting. Follow his posting here. Two of the voted upon items had to do with season schedules for golf and spring tournaments. Question 1: If the golf season is moved, which is [...]
Sherk talks to Fox 9 about upcoming UFC fight
St. Francis native and Mixed Martial Arts fighter, Sean Sherk, spoke with Fox 9 recently about his upcoming match against Frank Edgar at UFC 89. He also commented on the state of his 155-pound division and his thoughts about the other fights taking place May 23. http://preview.tinyurl.com/ojyrav
Running, running and more running
Kenyan native and Coon Rapids resident Geoffrey Kiprotich won the 10th edition of the Earth Day Half Marathon in St. Cloud on April 18. He won the 13.1 mile race that finished at Husky Stadium in one hour, eight minutes, 20 seconds. It was the second consecutive victory for the Dumar running club member. Elite [...]
Backes' big night catches the hockey world's attention
What makes Blaine-native David Backes’ career-high four goal-game on Thursday night even more impressive was who it came against. Click here for video highlights of the game. Sure, it was against a Detroit Red Wings squad that seems to be board with the rest of the season and is ready to move on to the [...]
Bochenski recalled to Tampa; Hendricks sent back to Lake Erie
Former Blaine hockey standout, Brian Bochenski has been recalled from Tampa Bay’s AHL affiliate, Norfolk Admirals for the final push to the end of the season. Check out the press release here. He has played in 69 games with the Admirals this season, recording 27 goals, 11 power-play goals and 53 points. He leads Norfolk [...]
Post season basketball honors given to area players
The Minnesota Basketball Coaches Association released its 2009 award winners. Among them was Spring Lake Park’s, Section 3AAA Coach of the Year, Grant Guzy. Some players were named to the coaches’ association’s All-Star Series and will play April 3-4. Spring Lake Park’s Shaun Scott and Blaine’s Dylan Rodriguez and Billy Giddings were named to seperated [...]
