Athletics

Jim Russell, Central Lakes College men’s basketball coach, welcomed two recruits for the 2012-13 season at the Brainerd school. Alex Stafford (left) from Henry Sibley High School, St. Paul, was an all-conference performer who averaged 10 points and seven rebounds. John Jedneak is a Princeton product with all-conference credentials and …

Derek Pihlaja of Central Lakes College was the Southern Division Pitcher of the Week in the Minnesota College Athletic Conference for the week of May 8. Derek, a sophomore right-hander from Menahga, threw a five-hit shutout vs. No. 2-ranked Riverland in the opening game of the conference play-offs to determine …

The Central Lakes College fast-pitch softball season ended at Grand Rapids Saturday, as the Raiders won one of three games in the Jennie Guyer tournament. The Raiders defeated Mesabi Range, 12-3 behind Nicole Marcy (shown) and Becca Anderson, who both belted home runs. Nicole drove in six runs. Sam Harting …

The Central Lakes College baseball team lost two at Riverland Saturday, 2-0 and 8-0. The Raiders were trying for a post-season berth despite their 9-40 record, based on the competition in the Southern Division of the Minnesota College Athletic Conference. In the first setback Saturday, CLC had but one hit. …

The Central Lakes College fast-pitch softball team split with Hibbing Wednesday in a make-up doubleheader from a weather postponement of April 21. The Raiders first lost, 8-3, and then won 14-4, to push their record to 14-17 overall and 11-9 in the Northern Division of the Minnesota College Athletic Conference …

Dustin Motschenbacher and Trevor Woodruff combined for a 4-hit shutout as the Central Lakes College Raiders ended the regular season Tuesday night with a 7-0 win over the St. John’s University junior varsity in the second 7-inning game of a doubleheader at Mills Field. Motschenbacher went four innings, with three …

CLOQUET — The Central Lakes College Raider softball team won two and lost two during last weekend’s Crossover tournament, which replaces the Minnesota College Athletic Conference state tournament. Kaylie Hanson, Jenni Smolke and Desirae Guscette added doubles for the Raiders as they lost, 11-3, to St. Cloud Technical & Community …

Derek Pihlaja was 1-1 with a double and an RBI for the Central Lakes College baseball team in a 13-3 and 10-0 sweep by St. Cloud Technical and Community College Saturday at Findorff Athletic Complex on the CLC campus. Pete Lukken was 2-2 with an RBI and Hunter Young was …

GRAND RAPIDS — Sixth-ranked Itasca (30-6) scored four runs in the bottom of the ninth to edge the Central Lakes College Raiders softball team, 10-9, in the second game of a doubleheader Wednesday. CLC led 9-6 into the bottom of the ninth but couldn’t protect the lead. The loss overshadowed …

FERGUS FALLS — After driving more than 1,000 miles in the last three days, the Central Lakes Raiders dropped a pair of road games to Minnesota State Community and Technical College Tuesday. In the first game, CLC’s Jared Hoemberg managed the Raiders’ only hit in a 9-0 loss. Peter Lucken …