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The St. Cloud Rox lost 9-4 at home against Willmar Tuesday night. The loss is the 10th straight for the Rox and they drop to 5-15 this season. Andy Henkemeyer went 2-4 with 1 RBI, Chris Paul was 2-5 with 1 RBI and Boo Vazquez went 2-5 with 1 run scored for the Rox. Billy Soule threw 6 innings with 7 hits and 6 earned runs allowed to take the loss.

Viking receiver Percy Harvin told reporters on the first day of mandatory minicamp that he hasn't "been real happy lately" and that a lot of things need to be sorted out before training camp begins. Harvin reportedly has now requested a trade. The trade request in not expected to be granted. Harvin has 2 years left on his 5-year $12.05 Million rookie contract. He didn't go into detail as to what his issues with the team were but did say it was multiple things.

The Minnesota Wild signed goaltender Josh Harding to a 3-year $5.7 Million contract extension Tuesday. Harding would have become a unrestricted free agent next month. The 28-year old Harding has been a backup throughout his NHL career behind 34-year old Niklas Backstrom. Backstrom is entering the final year of his contract and will turn 35 in February.

Foley Fun Days wraps up tonight (Wednesday) with the grande parade. They have 13 marching bands and over 100 units in this year's parade.

The Twins begin a 3-game series at Pittsburgh Tuesday night at 6:05, pregame on WJON at 5:35. Lefthander Scott Diamond (5-2) gets the start on the mound for the Twins and righthander Kevin Correia (2-6) toes the rubber for the Pirates. The Twins are 26-39 and trail the White Sox by 8 games for first place in the American League Central.

Norwood Teague starting his new job as Athletic Director at the University of Minnesota Monday and he said they are close to working out a long term contract for Men's basketball coach Tubby Smith. He says they may have an announcement soon. Teague inherits a department that has stability in his 3 revenue sports. Jerry Kill is locked up to a long term contract as football coach and Don Lucia is firmly entrenced as head men's hockey coach.

The St. Cloud Rox lost 9-6 at home against Willmar Monday night. The loss for the Rox is their 9th straight. Boo Vazquez was 3-5 with a run scored and 1 RBI and Carlos Lopez was 3-5 for St. Cloud. Alex Roberts threw 5 innings with 8 hits and 5 earned runs allowed to take the loss. Willmar scored 3 runs in the 2nd inning and added 2 more runs in the 3rd.

The Cathedral baseball team lost 5-0 to Holy Family Monday afternoon at Target Field in the Class AA state championship game. Kasey Ralston threw the complete-game 2-hit shutout with 7 strikeouts to get the win for Holy Family. Eric Pelant allowed 3 hits and 3 earned runs in 3 1/3 innings to take the loss for the Crusaders. Bo Schmitz and Tommy McMorrow each had 1 hit for Cathedral.

Family fun is planned for today (Tuesday) during the Foley Fun Days. The Kiddie Parade starts at 6:00 p.m.

The Twins downed Milwaukee 5-4 in 15 innings Sunday. Denard Span had the game-winning RBI single in the 15th inning to win in. Span was 4-8 with a run and 1 RBI on the day. Joe Mauer was 3-4 with 2 RBIs but left the game early with a bruised right quadriceps. Jame Carroll was 4-7 with 2 runs and 1 RBI for the Twins. Nick Blackburn started the game and allowed 9 hits and 4 earned runs in 6 innings and didn't figure in the final decision. Anthony Swarzak threw a scoreless 15th inning to get the win.