Athletics

The fifth-ranked Central Lakes College men’s basketball team improved to 10-0 behind 35 points by Howard Lake sophomore Nash Faulk on Sat., Dec. 4 in Brainerd. CLC defeate the Mesabi Range Norse, 83-74. Maurice Hernandez finished with 16 points, and Kendall Brown totaled 12. The Raiders shot 38 percent coming …

Central Lakes College’s women upset the nation’s sixth-ranked NJCAA Division III basketball team, Mesabi Range, on Sat., Dec. 4 to avenge a 53-50 loss to the Norse on Nov. 19. Behind 17 points from Nikki Pearson of Staples and stifling interior defense, CLC won 64-61. The loss was the first …

The Central Lakes College Raiders football team lost to Glendale Community College, 23-13, in the Valley of the Sun Bowl on Sat., Dec. 4 in Arizona. The 2010 CLC season record ends at 10-2 for the Minnesota College Athletic Conference runner-up. It was the 12th bowl victory for the Gauchos …

The 15th-ranked Central Lakes College Raider football team plays 19th-ranked Glendale (Az.) Community College in the Valley of the Sun Bowl on Saturday, Dec. 4 at 1 p.m. (2 p.m. Central) at Glendale’s field in the Arizona suburb. This is the longest-running community college bowl game in the U.S. at …

CLC 77, Northland 61Big contributions from the bench helped the unbeaten Central Lakes College men’s basketball team defeat Northland, 77-61, Sat., Nov. 27. While Marcus Ayala’s 21 points and Nash Faulk’s 16 points led the way, it was the bench that helped the Raiders improve to 8-0. Maurice Hernandez had …

Nash Faulk, the Southern Division Player of the Week in the Minnesota College Athletic Conference, poured in 26 points to lead the 7-0 Central Lakes College men’s basketball team to a 91-58 win over the St. John’s University junior varsity Tues., Nov. 22 at Collegeville. CLC is ranked seventh in …

Katie Hochsprung tossed in 12 points to lead the Raiders, but the Central Lakes College women’ basketball team (4-2) lost, 56-53, to the Concordia College junior varsity at Moorhead Tues., Nov. 22.The Raiders trailed 29-26 at halftime and by double digits in the second stanza before rallying. “We were down …

WILLMAR – The unbeaten Central Lakes College men’s basketball team lived up to its No. 7 national ranking with a 105-35 victory over Mesabi Range at the Ridgewater Classic on Sat., Nov. 20, to remain unbeaten at 6-0. Nash Faulk scored 19 points and hit four 3-pointers to lead the …

DECEMBER 4, 2010VALLEY OF THE SUN BOWLGame Location: Maricopa County Champion; Phoenix, Arizona#15 Central Lakes College, Minn. (10-1) vs. #19 Glendale Community College, Ariz. (6-4)The oldest continuous NJCAA football bowl game, The Valley of the Sun Bowl, will feature the Gauchos of Glendale Community College, Ariz. (6-4) for the second …

The Central Lakes College women’s basketball Raiders ran their record to 3-0 with an 80-61 victory over Itasca Tues., Nov. 16. Stephanie Neugebauer had 22 points, including 3-3 from beyond the arc, and Nikki Pearson added 17 points and eight assists against the young Vikings. Katie Hochsprung had 14 points …