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It was the team's sixth-straight state tournament. Singles and duos from Rock Ridge and other rural Northland schools also hit the courts in tourney action.

Six rural Northland teams competed in state softball tournament in Mankato on June 2-5, 2026. The Barnum girls were consolation runners-up.

Minnesotans Cory Thiesse and Korey Dropkin are the first Americans to medal in the event, and Thiesse is the first American woman to ever medal in Olympic curling.

Grand Rapids curler Aileen Geving is a member of the U.S. Women's Olympic Curling Team and a member of the Itasca Curling Association. Club President Kelly Erickson also stopped by.

The Lakers won the 2025 Class A gymnastics title, and four student-athletes brought home an additional nine medals in individual competition.

In the legislative sessions since the Supreme Court effectively legalized the spread of sports betting, the Legislature has not repealed the state ban on the practice.

And: the Minnesota State High School League's state tournament for team girls tennis wrapped up Wednesday, and Minnesotans should weigh their options when choosing their insurance plans for 2025.

As fall sports wrap up, high school athletes are participating in section and state tourneys for soccer, tennis, cross country, football, volleyball and swimming and diving.

Ulmer began as the head coach of the BSU volleyball program in 2016. He was previously the head coach at Bethel College in Indiana.

The unauthorized painting of a pickleball court on the Grand Rapids School District's tennis courts is frustrating the girl's tennis team and may impact the school's ability to host tournaments.