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The Granite City Lumberjacks, St. John's, NDSU, and U of M football teams, and Minnesota Wild and Timberwolves all earned wins on Saturday, while the St. Cloud Norsemen and Gopher men's hockey teams fell in close contests.

The Granite City Lumberjacks notched another dominant win on the road in New Ulm and the St. Cloud Norsemen pulled off an overtime win, and the No. 4 Gopher men's hockey team came up short on Friday night. Meanwhile, the St. John's, NDSU, and University of Minnesota football teams are gett…

The Tech boys soccer team defeated Rocori 1-0 in the Section 8-2-A final in Sauk Centre. The Tigers posted wins in the section playoffs over Little Falls 6-0 and Apollo 1-0. Tech was the #2 seed in the section with Rocori as the #4 seed.

The ROCORI Spartans snapped a two game skid with a convincing 34-6 win over Big Lake Wednesday night in Cold Spring. Brady Blattner and Luke Van Erp each ran for a pair of scores in the win.

Who is shelling out $1,000 for a family of four to attend a three hour hockey game outside in the freezing cold?!

The Cathedral boys and girls soccer teams both won section 8A finals in Sauk Centre Tuesday to advance to the Class A state tournament. The Crusader boys team defeated Pelican Rapids 2-1 in overtime. Cathedral got their only goal in regulation from Zach Plante and won 3-2 on penalty kicks in overt…

The Timberwolves are set to begin their season Wednesday night at 7 p.m. against Houston. Financebuzz.com's survey of NBA teams and their fanbase spending indicates that Timberwolves fans pay the least amount of all NBA teams.

Minnesota Vikings cornerback Patrick Peterson has been placed on injured reserve.

The Vikings improved to 3-3 Sunday with a 34-28 win at Carolina against the Panthers. Kirk Cousins connected with K.J. Osborn for the game-winning touchdown in overtime.

The Minnesota Wild will host the St. Louis Blues for the NHL's Winter Classic New Year's Day at Target Field in Minneapolis, following the 2021 cancellation.