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Rochester Active Sports Club holds tour of trail at Northern Heights Park
ROCHESTER, Minn.-The Rochester Active Sports Club has been working on a proposal for a multi-use trail at Northern Heights Park. On July 13th, the club gave community members a chance to tour the proposed trail route. Rochester Active Sports Club board member Scott Hogen says, "We offered a tour, a...
Bombers 9U youth baseball team wins Kasson tournament
The Cannon Falls Bombers 9U youth baseball team won the tournament in Kasson the weekend of June 15 with a perfect record of 3-0. The Bombers beat the Byron Bears 9U ZVL 5-4, defeated the Rochester Tornadoes 9U 4-3 and were victorious over Kasson-Mantorville 7-5. The wins over Byron and Rochester were both on walk-offs. In the win over Byron, Vince Pagel singled to drive in the game-winning run and Kooper Taube drove in four runs. Against Rochester, Charlie Stark was the hero with the game-winning single. Stark hit an inside-the-park grand slam against K-M. Bennett Banks, Graham Rechtzigel, Stark and Taube all pitched against Byron while the combination of Banks, Rechtzigel and Stark earned the win on the mound against Rochester. Against K-M it was the duo of Banks and Rechtizgel who pitched. The little Bombers host Randolph at the Archie Swenson Fields on Tuesday, July 16, and then have their end of the season tournament in Stewartville on July 28. Pictured, from left to right, in back are coaches Theron Pagel, Brad Warm, Justin Rechtzigel, Josh Retterath and Dan Banks; in the middle are Vince Pagel, Bennett Banks, Knox Murphy, Graham Rechtzigel, Chris Thisius, Joey Chavis, Kooper Taube and Clark Pagel; kneeling are Bryce Warm and Charlie Stark and in the front is Keegan Retterath. Submitted photo.
Girls Flag Football Wraps Up their First Season
(ABC 6 News) — The Girls Flag Football Championships were held at TCO Stadium in Eagan this past weekend to mark the end of the season. Rosemount, Kasson-Mantorville, Pine Island, and La Crescent were the 4 core members of the league in its first year. Each team hosted a weekend of games over the summer. The league partnered with the Minnesota Vikings in order to get it off the ground, offering a unique opportunity of competition in Women’s athletics.
Pine Island girls' flag football team wraps up first season
PINE ISLAND, Minn. - For the first time ever, the Pine Island Panthers have a girls' flag football team. Head Coach Andrew Bowman says about twenty athletes were on the team and they are very young, with most of the competitors starting high school in the fall. The Panthers have...
Owatonna VFW baseball teams lose to Mayo in doubleheader
The Owatonna VFW baseball regular season is drawing to a close, as its last regular season game takes place Monday night. The VFW team had its final doubleheader of the season on Saturday, as they traveled to Rochester to take on the Mayo VFW baseball team. The Owatonna VFW 10 team played first and lost in a 4-3 walk-off victory for Mayo, while the VFW 9 team played in the second game of the doubleheader and lost 11-1 in six innings. ...
Duluth Huskies hang on to lead after near collapse
On Sunday, the Duluth Huskies held on to win a thrilling 9-8 matchup against the Rochester Honkers. Both teams scored in the first inning, but in the second, the Huskies put up five runs in the bottom half of the inning. However, the Honkers would put up runs in the...
Huskies Survive Hot Temps, Outscore First-Place Honkers
DULUTH, Minn.- The Duluth Huskies embraced the 90-degree temps at Wade Stadium on Sunday, defeating the Central Plains East-leading Rochester Honkers 9-8. Duluth came alive in the bottom of the second inning, scoring five runs to go ahead 6-1. Rochester would retake the lead in the sixth inning, but the Huskies re-gained control of the game in the seventh with three more runs.
Huskies offense disappears in big loss to Honkers
The Duluth Huskies weren’t able to complete the series sweep against the Rochester Honkers, as the Huskies fell 11-1. The Huskies were barely able to muster any hits, much less runs. The big blow came in the 6th, 7th, and 8th innings, as the Honkers scored two, three, and...
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