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Josh Still hit two home runs in Perham's season opening doubleheader. Photos by Robert Williams/FOCUS

Perham splits conference opener double dip with Staples-Motley

PERHAM — After a lackluster performance in the season opener dropping the first game of a doubleheader 10-3 to the Staples-Motley Cardinals, the Perham Yellowjackets’ offense caught fire earning a...

sports / Yellowjacket Boys Wed, May 01, 2013 - 8:17am

Photo courtesy Perham Lakeside Golf Club

Area golf courses to open this week

PERHAM — According to golf course superintendentRyan Inglis, Perham Lakeside Golf Club will open Thursday, May 2, at noon. The driving range is currently open as of May 1. Thumper...

sports Tue, Apr 30, 2013 - 11:17pm

Drew Larson won two of his three matches in the opening week of tennis play for the Wadena-Deer Creek/Perham Wolverines. Photo by Robert Williams.

WDC/Perham lose three, Larson wins two

The Wadena-Deer Creek/Perham Wolverines boys tennis team dropped their first three matches of the season posting losses to East Grand Forks, Bemidji and Detroit Lakes. The Green Wave defeated the...

sports / Yellowjacket Boys Tue, Apr 30, 2013 - 4:32pm

Billy Beseman, left, battled food poisoning and along with the 4x800m relay team (Carignan, Coach Morris, Dahms, Speicher) finished runners-up. Submitted photo.

Hurley breaks school record, 4x800 relay team second at Hamline Elite Meet

ST. PAUL — Members of the Perham boys’ track and field team ran three remarkable races at the Hamline Elite Meet held this past weekend. Keeghan Hurley, Perham’s top distance...

sports / Yellowjacket Boys Tue, Apr 30, 2013 - 4:27pm

Stigman to play college baseball at Bemidji State University

BEMIDJI, Minn. – Bemidji State University head baseball coach Tim Bellew announced his NCAA regular signing period class Friday, as he inked 13 student-athletes, including Perham's Jack Stigman, to play...

sports / Yellowjacket Boys Mon, Apr 29, 2013 - 10:50am

Head Coach Madi Brantner keeps an eye on a Morgan Byer set during Thursday practice at PWMS. Photos by Robert Williams/FOCUS

15U Junior Jackets a perfect five for five

WEST FARGO — The 15U Jacket Juniors volleyball team recorded their fifth straight tournament victory this past weekend at the North Country Regional (NCR) tournament. Not only did the team...

sports / Yellowjacket Girls Fri, Apr 26, 2013 - 9:34am

Photo by Todd and Julianna Kuhn.

A Huckleberry Grouse tale

A river ride transforms teenage minds creating revelations on grouse, girls and more. *** It all started in a place where farmers tip their John Deere hats to strangers ...

sports / features Thu, Apr 25, 2013 - 3:35pm

Home plate at Krueger is guarded by thick, soggy mud and covered in a layer of slush. Robert Williams/FOCUS

Thursday look at area fields, courts and the track

Here is a look at the fields, courts and track awaiting a home spring athletic event in Perham. Each venue is guarded by a mote of standing water, plenty of...

sports Thu, Apr 25, 2013 - 3:15pm

Two individuals, one relay team sent to Hamline Elite Meet

ST. PAUL — Three individuals and one relay team will represent Perham track at the Hamline Elite Meet Friday in St. Paul. The 4x800m relay team of BillyBeseman,Dalton Dahms, Nick...

sports Thu, Apr 25, 2013 - 1:29pm

Gabriele Anderson fifth at USA 1 Mile Road Championship

DES MOINES, Iowa — According to a Tuesday report byUSA Running Circuit, Gabriele Anderson finished in fifth place in theUSA 1 Mile Road Championships in a time of 4:44.80. Kate...

sports Wed, Apr 24, 2013 - 2:09pm

Natalie Murphy and Olivia Nelson race in the 60m hurdles. Monte Draper/Bemidji Pioneer

Boys fourth, Girls tenth at Beaver Relays track meet

BEMIDJI — The Perham track teams have been the only Perham squads to get any action this season. Friday, both teams competed indoors at Bemidji State University with the girls...

sports Fri, Apr 19, 2013 - 3:20pm

Upper-Midwest boxing tournament - April 27-28

CASS LAKE— A Golden Gloves Upper-Midwest boxing tournament will be held at The Palace Casino, April 27-28, in Cass Lake, Minn. Top boxers from Minnesota, North Dakota and Wisconsin will...

sports Fri, Apr 19, 2013 - 11:47am

Norman County East/Ulen-Hitterdal softball field breaking through Mother Nature’s cold grasp

FARGO (WDAY TV) - We've done too many stories about games getting cancelled because of the bad spring weather; but there's one place that Mother Nature has been defeated. In...

sports Fri, Apr 19, 2013 - 9:30am

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Pictured, left to right, are: Ron Welle, the president and CEO of Midwest Outdoors Unlimited, Sam Hunter, Steve Melgard, and George Fresonke, behind the elk cow Fresonke shot on a recent hunting trip.

A fresh shot at hunting

George Fresonke, of Perham, recently got his hands on a gun with an entire new set of sights. Fresonke is blind. He lost his sight six years ago in a...

sports / features Thu, Apr 18, 2013 - 4:54pm

Rutten, Koljonen lead NY Mills girls track to eighth place finish at Little Amik

BEMIDJI — Eighth-grader Lydia Rutten captured the 400-meter dash title at the Little Amik meet atBemidji State University's Gillett Fitness and Recreation Center Tuesday, April 2. Rutten added a fourth-place...

sports Wed, Apr 17, 2013 - 12:53pm

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