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Upsala scoots past Battlers

MINNEAPOLIS – Battle Lake had an uphill challenge in the first round of the Minnesota Class 1A state boys basketball tournament against second-seeded and undefeated Upsala. The Cardinals had won...

sports Fri, Mar 22, 2013 - 12:23pm

Josh Nordick drives the hoop attempting a floater over Minnehaha Academy's Thomas Gedion at Target Center.
Photo by Robert Williams/FOCUS

Minnehaha Academy ends Perham's season 53-41

MINNEAPOLIS — Top-seeded Minnehaha Academy (24-6) was the benefactor of poor shooting by Perham and advance to the State Class 2A Semifinals with a 53-41 victory over the Yellowjackets in...

sports / Yellowjacket Boys Wed, Mar 20, 2013 - 8:04pm

Battle Lake boys basketball team excited for return to state

sports Wed, Mar 20, 2013 - 9:04am

Marcellous Hazzard, Minnehaha Academy, drives to the hoop during the two team's November meeting.
Photos by Robert Williams/FOCUS

State Quarterfinals preview: Minnehaha Academy vs. Perham

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnehaha Academy and Perham are no strangers to the Class 2A state tournament .Including this season, the Redhawks have been there three of the past four years, Perham,...

sports / Yellowjacket Boys Tue, Mar 19, 2013 - 6:26pm

Perham makes it back to the state tournament with players that waited for their moment

FARGO — It was four simple words Perham forward Josh Nordick stated to his team before the season started, which encompass the run of the Yellowjackets. The captain gave fellow...

sports / Yellowjacket Boys Tue, Mar 19, 2013 - 8:23am

Battle Lakes reaches Minnesota state tournament for first time since 2005

MORRIS, Minn. – Battle Lake lived up to its nickname against Ada-Borup when it needed to most. The Battlers fought back from a first-half, 10-point deficit and held off a...

sports Sat, Mar 16, 2013 - 9:10am

The Perham boys basketball team lines up for medals at the Subsection Championship.
Photo by Robert Williams/FOCUS

Perham, Battle Lake repeat as State Academic Champions

Perham High School has been named the Minnesota Class AA Boys Basketball Academic State Champions, the Yellow Jackets also won this distinction in 2012. Battle Lake was named the Class...

sports / Yellowjacket Boys Fri, Mar 15, 2013 - 10:23am

Shane Novak's bid to repeat as a two-time state champion was thwarted 9-7 by Louie Sanders in the final.
Photo by Robert Williams/FOCUS

Novak falls 9-2 in state championship final

ST. PAUL -- No. 2-ranked Louie Sanders, of Lake Crystal/Wellcome-Memorial, got up on New York Mill's No. 1-ranked Shane Novak early and stalled out late in the match for a...

state / sports Sat, Mar 02, 2013 - 8:11pm

Zach Langendorfer swims the freestyle portion of the Individual Medley at the University of Minnesota's Aquatics Center at the state swimming meet.
Photo by Brian Wierima/Forum News Service

Langendorfer in consolation finals in two events at state swim meet

MINNEAPOLIS -- Zach Langendorfer qualified for the second day of the State Class A Swimming and Diving Championships. Langendorfer swam 2:06.50 in the 200-Individual Medley to place 16th. His time...

state / sports Fri, Mar 01, 2013 - 7:36pm

Luke Sailer won his opening round match at the State Class 2A Individual wrestling tournament over Big Lake's Josiah Brown.
Photo by Robert Williams/FOCUS

Nylander, Sailer suffer losses in quarters

ST. PAUL -- In wrestlebacks, Cody Nylander defeated DJ Reker of Luverne 5-2 before being eliminated by Hutchinson's Jake Filk 5-3 in overtime. 138-pound Luke Sailer defeated Big Lake's Josiah...

state / sports Fri, Mar 01, 2013 - 11:23am

Brady Sazama got Perham on the board with pin at 5:24 of his 152-pound match.
Photo by Robert Williams/FOCUS

Yellowjackets finish with sixth place at state

ST. PAUL -- The Class 2A Consolation Final nearly had the same ending as Perham's victory in the semis, but the Yellowjackets came out on the short end of a...

state / sports Thu, Feb 28, 2013 - 10:43am

Shane Novak is on a quest for a third trip to the finals in his weight class at the Minnesota Class A State Individual tournament beginning Friday.
Photo by Robert Williams/FOCUS

There's a fine line between agony, elation at state wrestling meet

Moorhead - For such a macho testosterone-filled sport that wrestling is thought to be, there are few places where more emotion runs wild than the state tournament mat at the...

state / sports Thu, Feb 28, 2013 - 6:54am

Coalition seeks $9.50 state minimum wage

A coalition of children's groups, religious organizations and unions say Minnesota's poor would benefit from a higher minimum wage, more state child care support and a tax credit for parents...

news / state Thu, Feb 21, 2013 - 3:25pm

Wins by fall have been the norm for Cody Nylander since the HOL Conference tournament. He won all three of his Section matches by pin and sealed the semis and finals for Perham spending only 1:13 of mat time in two victories.
Photo by Robert Wiliams/FOCUS

Perham wrestlers defend 8AA title Saturday

THIEF RIVER FALLS -- The defending Section 8AA champions and No.

state / sports Mon, Feb 18, 2013 - 12:22pm

Dayton says Minnesota OK, but needs his budget

ST. PAUL -- Minnesota's financial picture is improving, Gov. Mark Dayton proclaimed in his Wednesday night State of the State address, but policies in the last decade have hampered progress...

news / state Fri, Feb 08, 2013 - 12:44pm

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