1964
July 16, 1964: “Siebert to head staff for baseball school”
Famed Gopher baseball coach Dick Siebert will conduct a baseball school for boots in the Grand Rapids area at Legion field on Friday, July 24.
Siebert will be assisted by Tom Warner, athletic director and baseball coach at St. Paul Cretin High School, and Hal Younghans, assistant principal at Minneapolis Edison and former baseball hockey coach at Patrick Henry.
Youngsters in nearby communities are urged to attend the school in the town nearest them.
All boys, 9-18 years old may take part in the school designed to increase baseball knowledge and enhance playing ability of participating boys. Youngsters wishing to take part should report at the time specified for their respective age brackets: 9-12 a.m. for boys 9-12 years old and 1-4 p.m. for boys 13 and over.
There will be no entry fee. Balls and bats will be provided but boys are asked to bring their own gloves. Fundamentals and individual instruction will be stressed, along with offensive and defensive play situations for the older group. This is the eighth year that Siebert, coach of three NCAA championship teams in Minnesota and has conducted the baseball school program.
1984
July 15, 1984: “Three area athletes competed”
Four hundred individuals and 50 teams participated in the St. Croix Valley Challenge Triathlon held in Stillwater on July 8.
The course was a 30 mile bike ride, a one-half mile swim and six mile run.
Ron Childs finished 28th in the individual category with a time of two hours and seven minutes. Bill reader came in 44th at two hours and ten minutes. Jim Henrichsen finished in two hours and 21 minutes for an 82nd place finish.
On July 21, the Turtleman Triathlon will be in Shoreview, Minn. on July 28, the Minneapolis Aquatennial Tri will be at Lake Harriet. Local triathlons include the Side Lake Tropical Tri near Hibbing Aug. 4, and the Timberman Tri at Sugar Lodge on Aug. 11.
1994
July 17, 1994: “Rapids soccer teams compete”
The U14 boys and girls from the Northwoods Soccer Association (NSA) traveled to Fridley Friendly Tournament recently. The boys combined their two teams and brought down about 16 boys who put in a marvelous showing for Grand rapids. The boys came in second in their division for the tournament.
The boys team started out with a tough game against Golden Valley and lost 2-0. But it must have just warmed them up for their second game against Prior Lake. They played one of their best games ever and won 2-1. Matt Bothma and Andrew Keller scored the goals for Grand Rapids.
On Sunday, the boys team faced a tough Fridley team but kept the score tied 1-1 for the majority of the game. Ryan Lahti had scored on a penalty kick but it wasn’t enough to prevent the 3-1 loss. All the players were in top form with exceptional performances from Andrea Threinen and Jonah Hietala.
The girls also combined their two teams but didn’t fare as well. They went down with only seven players total, but considering how they were outnumbered, did very well.
They played teams from Mankato, East St. Paul, and Woodbury. They had no wins for the weekend but did hold opponents’ goals to less than six and impressed many onlookers with good passing play. All seven girls showed great stamina with super performances by Sarah Krile, Libby Nelson, and Krista Ott. Katie Perrot shared goalkeeping with Lea Friesen and had some excellent saves. Most importantly, the girls had a lot of fun and enjoyed the experience.
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