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WHA girls close out week with one home win
Franchesca McGregor blasted two inside-the-park home runs and also had a triple to lead Walker-Hackensack-Akeley to a 27-6 win over visiting Red Lake Thursday night. McGregor drove in seven runs on the day, with all three hits coming in WHA’s 20-run first inning. Gretchen Turney and Charli Flesch both had two hits, with Sierra Wessels, Corah Meschke and Alexis Gardner collecting one. Flesch and Meschke each had two RBI’s, with...
Baseball Game Preview: Lake of the Woods on Home-Turf
The Lake of the Woods Bears will be playing at home against the Laporte Wildcats at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday. Given that the pair suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match. On Tuesday, Lake of the Woods came up...
Tianna Tee Time
18-Hole League by Bonnie Franke and Joyce Nelson Schuette On Thursday we had more of our snowbirds back and welcomed two new members for a fun dy of golf with plenty of sunshine. In total we had 12 members playing a game called Lucky 13. We only counted net scores for 13 holes. But each...
Running Wolves boys win conference; girls finish fourth
The Running Wolves boys’ team easily won the Northland Conference Meet held Thursday at Lake of the Woods Schools. Walker-Hackensack-Akeley won 10 events and finished second in four to earn 205 points. Finishing second was Pine River-Backus with 112 points, Northome-Kelliher-Blackduck was third at 109 and Nevis fourth with 93 points. In first place were Hayden Rettke in the 110 hurdles at 18.18 and the pole vault at 11 feet;...
Nevis baseball pounds Pine River-Backus 13-3; falls at home 13-6
The Nevis baseball team won their fifth straight and improved their record to 7-3 with a 13-3 home win over Pine River-Backus Thursday night. Marshall Kalm got the win, throwing five shut-out innings. He only gave up two hits, one walk and fanned eight. At the plate, Nevis belted out 13 hits with 11 RBIs. Christian Moe had four hits, Kalm had three, while Eli Klimek and Sam Ganley both...
Laporte girls close out week falling to Blackduck, Hill City-Northland
Laporte hit the ball hard against host Blackduck Thursday night but they just couldn’t string together enough hits in a 7-1. The Wildcats had 13 hits with Hannah Backus and Macey Morris leading the team with three each. Anna Katzenmeyer, Aubree Katzenmeyer and Lilly Ewert each had two. Backus also stole two bases and scored Laporte’s lone run in the seventh. Morris took the loss, allowing seven runs on 16...
Karch Frazier homers in WHA 11-4 home win over Laporte
Eight runs in the bottom of the first inning is all Walker-Hackensack-Akeley needed as they beat visiting Laporte 11-4 Friday night. The Wolves opened the inning with five straight hits, followed by a walk, a single and another walk. After two outs another a single scored the final two runs of the inning. Brad Hasse got the win with six solid innings of work. He allowed two unearned runs on...
WHA boys break course record at Arnold Palmer Invite; Elling takes medalist honors
The Walker-Hackensack-Akeley boys’ golf team set a tournament record when they shot a 302 and won the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Deacon’s Lodge May 7. Lake Elling also shot a tournament record 68 to win medalist honors and lead WHA. Parker Brock was fourth with a 74, Maverick Reed shot a 78, Michael Dascalos had an 83, Gus Pedersen an 86 and Logan Felton shot a 104. Eden Prairie took...
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