Athletics

The Raider men’s basketball team finished their regular season with a decisive victory over the Northland Pioneers 83-62 at home on Saturday, February 23. The victory was the tenth straight win for  the Raider men’s team. Their last loss was against Vermilion on January 19. The Raiders enter the post …

The Central Lakes College men’s basketball team upset second-ranked Vermilion, 81-73, Saturday, Feb. 16 in Brainerd to complete a sweep begun by the Raider women, who came from behind to win over the visitors, 76-68. The Vermilion men (23-2) had held the NJCAA Division III ranking for several weeks and …

The Central Lakes College men’s basketball team won its seventh straight game Wednesday, Feb. 13 at Grand Rapids, defeating Itasca for the second time this season, 97-51. But the Raider women, who had defeated Itasca 81-54, on Jan. 26 in Brainerd, went cold in the second half and were upset, …

Carlie Sweet, a 5-11 Central Lakes College forward from Brainerd, was named Northern Division Player of the Week in the Minnesota College Athletic Conference for the week ending Feb. 9. Carlie tallied a double-double for the Raiders (9-12 overall, 8-2 in the Division) in a win over Hibbing. She scored …

In Northern Division basketball from the Minnesota College Athletic Conference Sat., Feb. 9, Central Lakes College defeated Hibbing  in the Brainerd campus gymnasium. The CLC women won, 81-67, and the Raider men triumphed, 80-56, to avenge their 54-53 loss at Hibbing Jan. 12. The scoring leaders for the women were Carlie …

The Central Lakes College men’s basketball team broke loose from a two-point halftime lead to escape Fond du Lac, 75-62, in Northern Division play Wednesday, Feb. 6 at Cloquet. Bryan Gichaba (shown) scored a team-high 17 and snared eight rebounds to lead the Raiders to their fifth straight win and …

Andre Thomas, a 5-foot, 8-inch Central Lakes College play-maker from Chicago, is the Northern Division Co-Player of the Week in the Minnesota College Athletic Conference for the week ending Feb. 2. Andre averaged 17 ppg, 5 rpg, 4.5 apg and 3.5 spg for the 2nd place Raiders while shooting 60% …

The Central Lakes College women’s basketball team on Sat., Feb. 2 avenged an earlier loss to Rainy River by winning, 63-56, in the Brainerd gym. Lindsay Monson finished with 19 points, while Ashley Arneson provided outside punch with 12 points. Jalynn Lamb (shown) scored 10 points as the Raiders won for …

The Central Lakes College men’s basketball team on Wed., Jan. 30 won its third straight game, 71-59, at Northland (Thief River Falls) to move the season record to 11-7 (5-2 in Northern Division). The CLC women bowed to the Division-leading Northland team, which is nationally ranked, 73-44, to end a …

Sierra Benning of Clarissa, a 5-4 sophomore guard for Central lakes College’s women’s basketball team, has been named Northern Division Player of the Week in the latest report from the Minnesota College Athletic Conference. Her effort in the week that ended Jan. 26 earned her the honor. She averaged 14 …