Joe Brown

Willmar

Sports Reporter and Photographer at Forum Communications

Sports reporter for the West Central Tribune in Willmar, MN. Vagabond formerly at St. Cloud, Marshall, Red Wing and Rivertowns. Casserole. Not Hotdish.

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Boys golf roundup: Alex tops the field at Eagle Creek

1 day ago | sports.yahoo.com | Joe Brown |Michael Lyne

May 13—WILLMAR — The Alexandria boys golf team finished six-under-par en route to victory in a Central Lakes Conference meet hosted by Willmar at Eagle Creek Golf Club. Alexandria, which had its four scoring golfers in the top 8, totaled a 282 on Tuesday. That score was low enough to beat Brainerd's 291 and Willmar's 301. AdvertisementBrainerd's Jack Hagberg and Alexandria's Henry Buttweiler and Blake Scholl finished in a three-way tie for first place. All three carded three-under-par 69s.
Softball roundup: Willmar easily takes a pair from Detroit Lakes

1 day ago | sports.yahoo.com | Tom Elliott |Joe Brown |Michael Lyne

May 13—DETROIT LAKES — The Willmar softball completed an impressive sweep of the Detroit Lakes Lakers on Tuesday. Willmar won 23-2 and 10-0. Both games went five innings. In Game 2, Claire Guennigsmann tossed a shutout, striking out 14 and walking one. She allowed two hits. AdvertisementParker Rucks homered and drove in two runs and Isley Ripperger ripped a double and scored two runs, driving in one, for the Cardinals. In Game 1, Willmar scored 10 times in the top of the fifth.
Track and field roundup: Willmar girls 4th, boys 5th at Alex meet

1 day ago | wctrib.com | Joe Brown |Tom Elliott |Michael Lyne

ALEXANDRIA — The Alexandria boys and girls wound up with titles Tuesday at the Lohrman Invitational track and field meet. Willmar’s girls took fourth and the boys were fifth. Alexandria’s girls had 171 points through 17 of 18 events. The pole vault results weren’t posted. Willmar scored 68. It had three first-place finishes. Lauren Eilers won the 800-meter run in 2 minutes, 16.65 seconds.
Softball roundup: Willmar easily takes a pair from Detroit Lakes

1 day ago | wctrib.com | Tom Elliott |Joe Brown |Michael Lyne

DETROIT LAKES — The Willmar softball completed an impressive sweep of the Detroit Lakes Lakers on Tuesday. Willmar won 23-2 and 10-0. Both games went five innings. In Game 2, Claire Guennigsmann tossed a shutout, striking out 14 and walking one. She allowed two hits. Parker Rucks homered and drove in two runs and Isley Ripperger ripped a double and scored two runs, driving in one, for the Cardinals. In Game 1, Willmar scored 10 times in the top of the fifth.
Baseball roundup: LQPV keeps its winning streak alive

1 day ago | wctrib.com | Joe Brown |Tom Elliott |Michael Lyne

SUNBURG — The Lac qui Parle Valley baseball team continued its late-season roll on Tuesday. The Eagles won their fifth straight game with a 9-2 victory over host Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg in a Camden Conference contest at Willie Reigstad Park. The win puts LQPV at 8-6 overall and 5-4 in the Camden. KMS falls to 5-11 overall and 4-6 in Camden play.
Boys golf roundup: Alex tops the field at Eagle Creek

1 day ago | wctrib.com | Joe Brown |Michael Lyne

WILLMAR — The Alexandria boys golf team finished six-under-par en route to victory in a Central Lakes Conference meet hosted by Willmar at Eagle Creek Golf Club. Alexandria, which had its four scoring golfers in the top 8, totaled a 282 on Tuesday. That score was low enough to beat Brainerd’s 291 and Willmar’s 301. Brainerd’s Jack Hagberg and Alexandria’s Henry Buttweiler and Blake Scholl finished in a three-way tie for first place.
Baseball roundup: NLS Wildcats pitch, hit their way past Royals

2 days ago | sports.yahoo.com | Tom Elliott |Joe Brown |Michael Lyne

May 12—SPICER — Kaden Toutges, Nolan Johnson and Andres Rojas combined on a three-hitter Monday for the New London-Spicer baseball team at the Green Lake Diamonds. It helped NLS beat Watertown-Mayer 8-3 in a Wright County West Division game. AdvertisementToutges went the first five innings and got the win. He struck out one, walked no one and allowed four hits and two earned runs. Johnson went one inning, allowing no earned runs, striking out one. Rojas went the seventh, striking out two.
Baseball roundup: NLS Wildcats pitch, hit their way past Royals

2 days ago | wctrib.com | Tom Elliott |Joe Brown |Michael Lyne

SPICER — Kaden Toutges, Nolan Johnson and Andres Rojas combined on a three-hitter Monday for the New London-Spicer baseball team at the Green Lake Diamonds. It helped NLS beat Watertown-Mayer 8-3 in a Wright County West Division game. Toutges went the first five innings and got the win. He struck out one, walked no one and allowed four hits and two earned runs. Johnson went one inning, allowing no earned runs, striking out one. Rojas went the seventh, striking out two.
Softball roundup: Spartans get back on track to beat Willmar

2 days ago | wctrib.com | Michael Lyne |Joe Brown |Tom Elliott

WILLMAR — After seeing its 10-game winning streak snapped by Anoka on Friday, Rocori got the week started off with a 15-7 rout of the Willmar softball team on Monday. Rocori, which is now tied with St. Cloud for the top record in the Central Lakes Conference at 9-2, is 13-4 this season. Willmar is 4-6 in conference games and 6-10 overall. Led by Hailey Salzbrun, the Spartans belted out 17 hits to Willmar’s eight.
Softball roundup: Willmar wins 1, loses 2 at Mound

3 days ago | sports.yahoo.com | Tom Elliott |Joe Brown |Michael Lyne

May 11—MOUND — The Willmar softball team wound up with a 1-2 record Saturday at the Mound-Westonka Tournament. The Cardinals beat Holy Family 10-8 and lost to Hutchinson 9-8 in eight innings and Mound-Westonka 10-4. AdvertisementIn the Holy Family game, Willmar lashed out 15 hits. Norah Neges homered and went 2-for-4 with a walk, a stolen base, three runs and three RBIs for the Cardinals.