Athletics

Ashly Erickson of Little Falls pitched back-to-back shutouts and Tika Nichols pitched a five-inning victory to help the Central Lakes College Raiders to three victories at the Itasca preseason tournament Saturday. Ashly pitched complete games in a 5-0 win over Hibbing and an 8-0 five-inning win over Riverland. She also …

Three Central Lakes College men’s basketball student athletes were named to the 2010 All-Northern Division Team. All three are freshmen. Nick Grewe, a 6-4 guard-forward from Berth-Hewitt, Nash Faulk, a 6-2 guard from Howard Lake, and Marcus Ayala, a 5-11 guard from Phoenix, Ariz., earned the honors, joining 12 other …

Minneapolis Community and Technical College, the nation’s No. 5 ranked team in Division III of the NJCAA, defeated Central Lakes College in overtime, 69-63, Saturday, Feb. 27 to advance to the championship game in the Minnesota College Athletic Conference tournament. MCTC led at halftime 35-19. While CLC experienced a low-shooting …

Central Lakes College, ranked 8th in the nation, defeated Minnesota State Community and Technical College (Fergus Falls), 100-75, in the first round of the Minnesota College Athletic Conference men’s basketball tournament in Minneapolis Friday night, Feb. 26. The Raiders had their largest lead of the first half with 7:53 remaining …

Minnesota College Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball Tournament pairingsAt Minneapolis Community and Technical College, Minneapolis, Feb. 26-28Feb. 26 – 1 p.m. Ridgewater (14-12) vs. Northland (21-6); 3 p.m. Rainy River (13-13) vs. Rochester (20-5); 6 p.m. M State (19-7) vs. Central Lakes (22-5); 8 p.m. Vermilion (19-8) vs. Minneapolis (22-5). Semi-final …

The Central Lakes College men’s basketball team finished its regular season at Grand Rapids Sat., Feb. 20 with a big win: 83-68, over the Itasca Vikings. It was CLC’s 22nd win in 27 games. Leading the way was freshman Nash Faulk with 24 points (with 9 from a trio of …

The Central Lakes College men’s and women’s basketball teams defeated their Fond du Lac opponents on Wed., Feb. 17 at Cloquet. The men were led by Marcus Ayala (pictured), who scored 17 points, in their 98-71 win. CLC (21-5, 11-2) is tied for the North Division lead going into the …

The Central Lakes College men’s and women’s basketball teams lost at Northland (Thief River Falls) on Wed., Feb. 10. The Raider men dropped a 95-73 game against the hot-shooting hosts, who outscored CLC in the second half, 56-39. Northland made 62 percent of its shots and went to the free …

The Central Lakes College men’s basketball team owns a 19-4 record heading into tonight’s (Feb. 10) game at Thief River Falls against Northland. More significantly, the Raiders are ranked 7th in this week’s National Junior College Athletic Association Division III poll, jumping ahead of Minneapolis Community and Technical College (19-5). …

MEN: In their last regular-season home games of the season, the Central Lakes Raiders defeated Vermilion 89-69 on Feb. 6 and Mesabi Range 90-61 on Feb. 5. Sophomore Erik Peeters (pictured) scored 22 points vs. Vermilion, while Amed Farah had 18, Nash Faulk 16, Nick Grewe 12, and Yasin Jama …