Area High School Sports

Having only 13 athletes put the Park Rapids boys track and field team in the bottom half of the team standings in most meets this season. However, the Panthers overcame a lack of depth with quality performances. "The only disappointing thing about the season was our lack of numbers,"...

When Jeremy Anderson took over as head coach of the Park Rapids baseball team the day before the first game of the season, he thought the Panthers...

Six Park Rapids players were selected to this year's Mid-State Conference baseball team. Senior Cody Schirmers and juniors Tucker Coborn and...

Cady Clinton, Danielle Dent and Maria Goetz combined to hit .451 with 31 runs and 38 RBI as the Park Rapids fastpitch softball team finished...

Compiling a winning record for the 11th time in the last 12 years was satisfying for Marion Goeden and the Park Rapids fastpitch softball team. However,...

Jim Weinzierl knew this would be a rebuilding year for the Park Rapids boys golf team. Of the 16 varsity golfers, there were no seniors and only five had limited varsity experience. That made it tough to compete against most of the teams in the area. On the positive side, the...

When Jeff Renner took over as head coach of the Park Rapids boys tennis team, he expected the Panthers to produce a .500 record and challenge to send a singles player or doubles team to the state Class A tournament. The Panthers fell just short of meeting those expectations. In...

Saturday's cold, rainy and windy weather didn't provide the ideal conditions to compete in the finals of the state Class A girls track and field meet at Hamline University in St. Paul. Despite the weather, Park Rapids' Rachel Thelen, Victoria Lutz, Hannah Wolff, Sophie Shogren and...

United North Central's Stephanie Paulson turned in another top-10 finish in her second trip to the state Class A girls golf tournament. Paulson,...

Nevis' Bryon Schuldt and Annessa Feder were favored to qualify for the state Class A track and field meet. Schuldt entered Saturday's Section 8A meet at Warren with the fastest time in the boys 3,200-meter run while Feder was the top seed in the girls high jump. Both Nevis athletes...

Corey Hill wasn't shocked when the Park Rapids girls track and field team qualified six individuals in four events for the state Class A meet. The Park Rapids head coach expected a solid performance at Saturday's Section 8A meet at Warren. The Panthers delivered by placing third...