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‘Off’ day still results in a win for Laker girls' golf team

Even on an “off” day, the Detroit Lakes girls’ golf team is better than the majority of the teams they face. That was proven Thursday, as the Lakers won the St. Cloud Invite for the second straight year, after shooting a 331 during very gusty conditions at the St. Cloud Country Club.

Swegarden piling up strikeouts

Lake Park-Audubon sophomore pitcher Mason Swegarden has a pet peeve — giving up walks. But the Raider pitcher has a remedy for his pet peeve, he simply throws strikes. A lot of them.

• Mason Swegarden

Lakers picking up steam

A good sign of a championship team is when one teammate stumbles, there is another one there to pick them up. The Detroit Lakes boys’ golf team put forth that exact virtue, as the Lakers won their 19th consecutive Mid-State Conference championship with a season-low 294 Monday in Pequot Lakes.

• Karter Smith chipping
• Tyler Baukol

Laker boys tennis takes bronze in Mid-State Conference

The Detroit Lakes boys’ tennis team proved to be overachievers in the Mid-State Conference meet by finishing ahead of their original seeds in seven positions to finish third as a team last Thursday in Park Rapids.

DL girls golf takes Mid-State with record low

Season goals have been dropping like lines during a fishing opener for the Class 2A top-ranked Detroit Lakes girls’ golf team, which notched another win by shooting under 310 to set yet another squad record with a 307 during the Mid-State Conference meet Monday in Pequot Lakes.

Frazee's Hanson shoots 4-under

Frazee senior Beau Hanson hooked up an anchor onto his score, shooting a four-under par 68 to easily win a Heart O’Lakes Conference meet, as the Frazee Hornets finished second overall with a 330 Monday at The Meadows in Moorhead.

DL girls track uses depth and talent to win M-S

The combination of quality top-heavy talent and depth of the Detroit Lakes girls’ track and field team overwhelmed the Mid-State Conference competition, as the Lakers ran away with the championship in Wadena-Deer Creek Tuesday.

Laker boy tracksters claim the Mid-State

It wasn’t only winning events which keyed the Detroit Lakes boys’ track and field team’s Mid-State Conference championship Tuesday in Wadena-Deer Creek.

Lakers’ hitting brigade pounds Vikes

Although the Detroit Lakes baseball team didn’t have an abundance of hits in its 13-0 home win over Pelican Rapids Friday, the ones the team did have were timely, and produced runs.

• Sliding safely
• Ben Gailfus pitches well
• One gets past Brian Labat

Streaking fireball witnessed by area residents

Some area residents received a spectacular taste of what outer space can provide when a fireball streaked across the celestial skies late Friday evening. Reports came across a vast area, ranging from Thief River Falls to Fergus Falls and from Park Rapids to Detroit Lakes.

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Fantasy football: Prepare for the dreaded ‘RBC’ syndrome

The letters "RBC" put a cringe in all fantasy football players. It’s the three-letter swear word in fantasyland. Running-back-by-committee is something which has caught on in the NFL and it will definitely affect every fantasy football draft from now on through to the season opener.