Erik Nelson
Sports Reporter at Elk River Star News
Contributor at Minnesota Hockey Magazine
Sports reporter for Elk River Star News and the Union-Times of Princeton, Minnesota. U of MN alum. I cover teen athletes for a living. Opinions are mine.
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1 week ago |
hometownsource.com | Erik Nelson
For the first time in Elk River boys tennis history, three different players won their 100th career match within the same week. Those three are seniors Jack Gangl, Myles Thompson and Aaron Zoubek. “It means a lot,” Gangl said. “I’ve been playing since eighth grade. The team built around me during those 100 wins is important to me.”kAm%96 t=<D 46=63C2E65 H:E9 2 4@?8C2EF=2E@CJ 42<6 2?5 4FA42<6D 5FC:?8 E96:C BF25C2?8F=2C 282:?DE sF=FE9 t2DE[ u@C6DE {2<6 2?5 {2<6G:==6 }@CE9 @?
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1 week ago |
hometownsource.com | Erik Nelson
It’s extremely rare for MLB pitchers in their 20s and 30s like Shohei Ohtani or Chris Sale to throw a perfect game. It’s only happened 24 times in the last 125 years of Major League Baseball. Domingo Germán of the New York Yankees was the last MLB pitcher to throw a perfect game on June 28, 2023, when the Yankees defeated the Athletics 11-0 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. At just 17 years old, Sting junior pitcher Addy Wallschlaeger achieved perfection on Thursday, May 1.
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hometownsource.com | Erik Nelson
Bruns wins 200th game as Rogers softball coachRogers softball head coach Jerry Bruns won his 200th game as the head coach of the Royals on Monday, May 5. Behind a strong pitching performance by freshman AnnaBelle Waldoch, the defending state champions (11-3, 6-3) defeated Anoka (9-6, 6-3) 2-1 in Rogers. kAm%96 4C2KJ A2CE :D 96 H2D :?
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hometownsource.com | Erik Nelson
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2 weeks ago |
hometownsource.com | Erik Nelson
On Wednesday, April 23, Elks junior Kennedy Stanislowski accomplished something many golfers, both professional and amateur, dream of — she hit a hole-in-one. Stanislowski’s hole-in-one came during a tournament at Baker National Golf Course in Medina. The Elks finished first in that tournament. kAm“xE H2D 2H6D@>6[” $E2?:D=@HD<: D2:5] “xE’D 2 766=:?8 x’G6 ?6G6C 76=E 367@C6] x H2D :?
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