KOVAR: In sports or not, life is always what you make of it (With Videos)
There’s a vending machine in our office here at the Herald Journal. Sixty cents for a can of pop. Not a bad deal, right? Here’s the catch. You need exactly sixty cents in the form of two quarters and a...
View ArticleThe Beauty of High School Sports
This week I am going with a different angle. I’ve written about most of our Minnesota teams the past few weeks so I thought it’d be good to go down another avenue. (Plus, I really didn’t feel like...
View ArticleRadtke’s impressive season earns her HJ Girls Basketball Player of The Year
LESTER PRAIRIE – With zero seniors on the roster for the Lester Prairie/Holy Trinity Bulldogs, leadership might have been hard to come by for them this past season. That’s unless you have a Marissa...
View ArticleNoennig’s versatility, skill-set net him HJ Boys Basketball Player of The Year
MAYER — As the career for Mayer Lutheran’s Baden Noennig comes to an end, his impact never will. Not only will Noennig leave as the school’s all-time leading scorer, he’ll leave as one of the top...
View ArticleEntinger’s record season earns him HJ Wrestler of The Year
WATERTOWN – After getting a taste of the state tournament in his freshman season, Watertown-Mayer senior Carter Entinger was committed to get back. That goal became a reality for Entinger, but it...
View Article2018-2019 Herald Journal All-Area Girls Basketball First Team
The 2017-2018 girls’ basketball season in the area was exciting once again. Whether it was great games, or players reaching a career milestone, the season was filled with many moments to remember....
View ArticlePlenty of Reasons to Love March
There are many reasons to love March. March is when the snow melts away, the sun warms up and we can finally put our winter jackets away (hopefully I didn’t jinx it). Spring athletics can finally leave...
View ArticleMinnesota Twins Over/Unders for 2019
The 59th season of Minnesota Twins baseball has officially begun and I could not be more excited. After watching the Twins dominate the Indians yesterday afternoon 8-1 in the home opener of the 2019...
View ArticleMinnesota Twins are in for a fun Summer
With only 157 games to go, the Minnesota Twins are atop of the AL Central Division with a 4-1 record. At that rate, Minnesota is on pace to go 129-33, which would only be 13 more wins than the best...
View ArticleKOVAR: Dreams do come true
Each March, when you turn on the TV for the greatest sporting event in the world, you’re greeted by some popular phrases from March Madness history. Phrases like, As good as it gets, Oh my gosh, and...
View ArticlePREP BASEBALL: Hilten plays the hero as Royals top Chargers in dramatic fashion
WATERTOWN – The Watertown-Mayer baseball team wasted no time in their season to pull off a dramatic win. After Ansen Dulas kept the Royals in the game with a strong performance on the mound, it was...
View ArticleLester Prairie Sportsmen’s Club will be closed Wednesday, April 10
Due to the weather, the Lester Prairie Sportsmen’s Club will be closed Wednesday night. As we have done in the past, three league rounds will be needed to be shot over the next two weeks. It can be two...
View ArticleWhere do we go from here?
There are a lot of fun things going on in the Twin Cities right now that I could write about. First, we just hosted one of the more exciting Final Fours in recent memory. However, I figured I’d let Kip...
View ArticlePREP BASEBALL: New Life Academy sneaks past LP/HT
LESTER PRAIRIE – The chances and opportunities were there for the Lester Prairie/Holy Trinity baseball team. They simply just couldn’t take advantage. A rough start for the Bulldogs in the first inning...
View ArticleTiger’s Return to Glory
Rock bottom is not an easy place to rise out of; especially for someone who was on top of a mountain by himself so far above the competition that it was almost comical. How big was that mountain? In...
View ArticlePREP BASEBALL: Watertown-Mayer tops Annandale in walk-off fashion
WATERTOWN – In a low-scoring game, it’s the little things that matter. Those little things often determine the difference between a win and a loss. For the Watertown-Mayer baseball team, they did those...
View ArticleIowa Bets the House
Minnesotans really seem to enjoy making fun of Iowa. Ask a Minnesotan about Iowa, and their usual comment seems to be “There isn’t much there… just a lot of corn.” (which doesn’t seem to be entirely...
View ArticleAMATEUR BASEBALL: CRVL back to 13 teams after Norwood Indians forfeit 2019...
The season for the Crow River Valley League looked like a promising one with some big events and getting one of their original teams back. After being inactive for the past three seasons, the Norwood...
View ArticlePREP BASEBALL: Hot start leads Lakers to bounce-back win
WINSTED – There’s no sense in waiting until the last inning to get things going. The Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted baseball team learned that in their previous game against Watertown-Mayer. It resulted...
View ArticleSave the Tommies – From a Bethel Alum
The MIAC (Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) is a NCAA Division III conference that has been around since 1920. The original five members include: St. Thomas, St. John’s, Hamline,...
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