Athletics

ROSEMOUNT — After wining two of three games in their softball season opener Thursday, the Central Lakes College Raiders lost two of three at the Irish Dome Friday. CLC lost the first game 11-7 to Fond du Lac. CLC’s Dani Thiesse tripled and Trisha Wippler went 2-for-4. Sam Harting pitched …

The Raiders softball team opens its 2011 season Thursday, March 31 with three games at the Irish Dome in Rosemount. CLC will play three more games Friday. The team includes 12 players, according to Greg Medeck, head coach. The Raiders return six players from last year’s squad that finished second …

CRESTON, IOWA — Brad Ellingson finished 2-for-3 with an RBI as the Central Lakes College Raiders ended its week-long, season-opening road trip with an 18-2 loss to Southwestern Community College Saturday, March 19. CLC was outscored, 143-7, in those first nine games. Tim Chandler went 1-1 with an RBI and …

WILLBURTON, Okla. — The Central Lakes College Raiders were outscored 42-1 in a doubleheader loss against Eastern Oklahoma on Wed., March 16. Pete Lucken had the only hit for CLC in a 28-1 loss in the first game. In the second game, Jon Rempel was 2-for-2, Tim Chandler and Ted …

MIAMI, Okla. — The Central Lakes College baseball team managed five hits in a doubleheader loss to Northeastern Oklahoma A&M on Tuesday, March 15. CLC lost the first game 19-0, with Cody Stange (left), Pete Lucken and Tony Madsen getting the only hits. Ted Rohr, who took the loss, Mike …

Nash Faulk scored 19 points and Marcus Ayala 14 for the Central Lakes College Raiders as their outstanding basketball season ended in the semifinals of the Minnesota College Athletic Conference tournament Feb. 26 with a 72-63 loss to the Anoka-Ramsey Rams on their home court. Maurice Hernandez added 13 points …

Five Central Lakes College basketball players have received post-season honors awarded by a vote of coaches in the Minnesota College Athletic Conference. Raiders earning a spot on the 15-person All-State Team were sophomores Marcus Ayala (repeating last year’s honor) and Nash Faulk, who led CLC in scoring with averages of …

The Central Lakes College Raiders are ranked fourth in this week’s National Junior College Athletic Association Division III men’s basketball poll. The team tied for the Southern Division regular-season title in Minnesota College Athletic Association competition, which concludes this weekend at the state tournament in Coon Rapids. The champion advances …

Men: Faulk leads winBehind Nash Faulk’s 28 points, the Central Lakes College men’s basketball team defeated Minnesota West 80-56 Feb. 19 at CLC. The nationally ranked Raiders are now 25-2 on the year. On the same day Rochester lost to Anoka-Ramsey 73-64 giving CLC a share of the Northern Division …

Missed free throws doom menThe Raider men’s basketball team (24-2) converted just 16 of 27 free throws and missed 11 second-half opportunities in a 83-76 loss to Anoka-Ramsey (18-7) in a Southern Division game Sat., Feb. 12 in Brainerd. A bright spot at the line was Kwamaine Johnson, who hit …