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MINNEAPOLIS -- Red Lake saw its boys basketball season come to an end Thursday in the quarterfinal round of the Minnesota state Class A tournament as the Warriors dropped a 95-67 decision to Maranatha at Williams Arena on the University of Minnesota campus. Maranatha, which finished...

MINNEAPOLIS -- Red Lake saw its boys basketball season come to an end Thursday in the quarterfinal round of the Minnesota state Class A tournament as the Warriors dropped a 95-67 decision to Maranatha at Williams Arena on the University of Minnesota campus. Maranatha, which finished...

BURNSVILLE — Senior catcher Zach Braun hit .538 with three homeruns and nine RBI in BSU’s first four games of the season to help propel the team to a 3-1 start. The Beavers are beginning their season in Tucson, Ariz. They split a pair of games Saturday against Malone, before...

BEMIDJI — The playoff portion of the season for the BSU men’s hockey team begins Friday when the Beavers travel to Big Rapids, Mich. to take on Ferris State in their best-of-three WCHA series. Game times for Friday and Saturday are 6:07 p.m. CDT. If a third game is necessary,...

In spring optimism reigns supreme and the most optimistic people in northern Minnesota are the coaches and players of the high school sports programs. A year ago that optimism was countered by the reality of so much snow on the ground that the start of the spring sports seasons were...

BEMIDJI -- Minnesota scored two power play goals in the second period and made those goals stand up as the Gophers defeated North Dakota 3-1 Saturday night in the championship game of the WCHA Final Faceoff women’s hockey tournament at the Sanford Center. The Gophers held an...

THIEF RIVER FALLS —The Red Lake girls basketball team took another step towards its first-ever Class A state tournament appearance Saturday with a 67-59 win over Fosston in their Sub-Section 8A East semifinal game at Ralph Engelstad Arena. The Warriors will take on Clearbrook-Gonvick...

PHILADELPHIA -- Pete Fenson captured the USA National men’s curling championship Saturday as the skip from Bemidji and his teammates dominated the Craig Brown rink of Madison, Wis. 9-3 in the Page playoff final. The playoff win also gave Fenson enough order of merit points to secure...

RED LAKE -- The Red Lake boys basketball team will begin its state tournament experience 3 p.m. Thursday against Maranatha Christian Academy in the quarterfinal round of the Class A event at William’s Arena on the University of Minnesota campus. The Warriors, fresh off Friday’s...