Athletics

The Central Lakes College Baseball Raiders Tuesday swept Hibbing in their 2012 home opener, a doubleheader at Findorff Field on the CLC campus. They did it with six hits in both games and some stand-up hurling. It was their first twinbill sweep since May 9, 2010 and their second and …

New Ulm sophomore Hayley Hornick (shown) scored four runs, drove in three more and stole five bases, but the Central Lakes Raiders had their softball home opener spoiled by  Itasca Tuesday at Findorff Field on the CLC campus. They dropped a the Northern Division games by scores of 8-7 and …

Itasca defeated the Raiders twice Tuesday, 4-3 and 15-8 at Grand Rapids, leaving CLC with a 1-19 record on the year. Jared Hoemberg (shown) hit a solo home run in the narrow loss and was 2-5 with RBI in the second game. The Raiders’ Trey Thompson pitched all seven innings …

The Central Lakes College Raiders completed their non-division, fast-pitch softball schedule with a doubleheader loss to St. Cloud Technical and Community College on Saturday morning in the Husky Dome at St. Cloud State University. CLC lost the first game 8-0 with Becca Anderson and Desirae Guscette doubling and Jenni Smolke …

The Central Lakes College fast-pitch softball team opened its 2012 season Friday, March 23 with one win and two losses. Rebecca Anderson collected four hits and Carlie Sweet slugged a 3-run homer in a 17-8  win over Mesabi Range at the Irish Sports Dome in Rosemount. Rebecca, a Cherry sophomore …

Pitcher Samantha Harting, a sophomore from Pillager, returns to the Central Lakes College fast-pitch softball team from her 19-win season last spring. But she is the only pitcher on the pre-season roster and one of just three sophomores anchoring the young 2012 Raider squad. The Raiders are inexperienced but athletic, …

The Central Lakes College Raiders (29-4) put together the best 20 minutes of the tournament and perhaps their best half of the season to defeat Brookdale, 85-75, outscoring the Jersey Blues, 51-32, to take fourth place in the championship meet today in New York. Brandon Davis was unstoppable inside, Ronnie Kornbaum cut …

The Central Lakes College baseball team played top teams from Texas and Oklahoma to start the 2012 season. Example: March 14 losses by scores of 4-3 and 8-0 to fourth-ranked Tyler, Texas while being outhit, 11-8, in those two battles. Fielding miscues plagued the Raiders (0-16) in most losses against …

The Raiders (28-4) defeated Milwaukee Area Technical College, 1-76, giving them a shot at fourth place in the NJCAA Division III tournament, which concludes tomorrow. Tought defense and fast breaks again lifted the Raiders, who moved the ball well and kept after it on the boards. Down the stretch they …

Fourth-ranked SUNY-Delhi, the only returning team in the tournament, today defeated the Central Lakes College Raiders, 62-61, in the opening round of the NJCAA Division III basketball tournament in Loch Sheldrake, N.Y. The Raiders had led, 58-57, with a minute and held a 31-28 halftime edge on the strength of …