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Despite a cold shooting night, the Park Rapids girls basketball team relied on defense to defeat Walker-Hackensack-Akeley 43-31 last Tuesday night at Walker. The Panthers made only 16 of 63 field goals and 9 of 27 free throws, but used 15 steals and 45 rebounds to pull off the win. Megan...

The Nevis girls basketball team rebounded from a close loss to Clearbrook-Gonvick to post a close win over Bertha-Hewitt and roll to an easy victory over Blackduck last week. Clearbrook-Gonvick prevailed 44-42 in a Northwoods Conference game last Tuesday night at Nevis before the...

Gavin Becker led the Nevis boys basketball team in scoring as the Tigers avenged two Northland Conference losses. Becker had 27 points, nine rebounds and four assists in leading Nevis to a 69-62 win at Blackduck last Friday night. Blackduck defeated the Tigers 61-58 earlier in the...

Tanner Schwartz led the Menahga boys basketball team in scoring as the Braves split games with Parkers Prairie and Bertha-Hewitt. Schwartz scored 31 points in the Braves' 85-73 loss at Parkers Prairie last Friday night and scored 28 points in leading the Braves to a 64-48 Park Region...

The Menahga boys basketball team dropped into a tie for third place in the Park Region Conference standings with a pair of losses to Henning. Tanner Schwartz tallied a double-double with 28 points and 10 rebounds in leading the Braves to a 63-61 win at Pillager on Feb. 8. Henning...

United North Central used wins over Fertile-Beltrami and Badger/Greenbush-Middle River to reach the championship match at Saturday's Section 8A wrestling tournament at Thief River Falls. The No. 3-seeded Warriors eliminated No. 6 Fertile-Beltrami 55-15 in the quarterfinals and No....

East Grand Forks won the final two matches to upset Park Rapids 47-36 in the first round of the Section 8AA wrestling tournament Saturday at Thief River Falls. Park Rapids, the No. 7 seed, held a 36-35 lead before the No. 10-seeded Green Wave used two pins in the final two matches...

GRAND FORKS - A Grand Forks boxer is in critical condition at Altru Hospital after collapsing during a boxing card Saturday. J.J. Moen suffered a severe brain injury, according to his uncle, Mike Sweeney, and, as of Monday morning, hadn't regained consciousness. The 29-year-old Moen...

Chris Duff scored 33 points to lead three players in double figures as Walker-Hackensack-Akeley defeated the Park Rapids boys basketball team 67-58 Tuesday night at Walker. Duff scored 11 points as the Wolves jumped out to a 17-5 lead before a basket by Cory Gartner, a three-point...

The Nevis boys basketball team rebounded from a loss to Walker-Hackensack-Akeley by defeating Sebeka. Chris Duff scored 31 points and had 12 rebounds in leading W-H-A to a 59-54 Northland Conference win at the Tiger Arena last Friday night. Taylor Chase scored 21 points and had...

Molly Lyngaas took first in all four events in leading Detroit Lakes to a 145.225 to 96.60 victory over the Park Rapids gymnastics team in the regular-season finale last Friday night. Lyngaas received high marks of 9.65 in floor exercise, 9.60 in vault, 9.55 on balance beam and...