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3 days ago | 
messagemedia.co | John Woodrow
Well folks, it was a wild weekend weather-wise around the area and it certainly affected sporting events around the region. The Aitkin Flying Gobblers were in Bemidji for a tourney when bad weather hit and destroyed fields and property and ended up getting the tournament canceled. The boys were in tournaments in Shakopee and St. Cloud and although they got games played, it was very hot and humid for most of the time. kAm|62?H9:=6[ E96 CF??6CD :? sF=FE9 7@C vC2?5>2’D |2C2E9@?
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1 week ago | 
messagemedia.co | John Woodrow
The State track meet is over for the Class “A” participants and the Aitkin Gobblers should be pretty pleased with their efforts. Brita Westman didn’t make the finals in the 100m hurdles, but Isaiah Baker and Ashley Asmus brought home medals in two of the three events they were entered. Baker won the silver medal, second place in the triple jump Tuesday and Ashley Asmus finished sixth in the 800m run Wednesday after leading the 400m in a time of 1:08.526.
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1 week ago | 
messagemedia.co | John Woodrow
The 2025 Rumble at the Roost was another huge success and the Aitkin Flying Gobbler teams did quite well with the 10U and the 12U Red both winning championships. The 10U team beat Pequot Lakes 9-1, Hermantown 7-3 and Hermantown 6-1 in the title game. kAm%96 `a& #65 362E vC2?5 #2A:5D f\e[ r=@BF6E `a\a[ #2A:5D 282:? `_\_ 2?5 w6C>2?E@H? e\` :? E96 7:?2=]k^AmkAm%96 `a& q=24< E62> 925 2 C@F89 H66<6?5 2D E96J 5C@AA65 82>6D E@ !6BF@E {2<6D `_\e[ w6C>2?E@H?
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1 week ago | 
messagemedia.co | John Woodrow
The Aitkin Steam baseball team outhit the Opole Bears at Woock Field Sunday, but came out on the short end of a 4-2 score. The Steam took a 2-0 lead into the eighth, but the Bears scored four runs to take a 4-2 lead and that was the extent of the scoring. Jake McGuire had three of the nine hits recorded by the Steam. Aitkin took a 1-0 lead in the fifth. McGuire reached on a dropped third strike, but was picked off base for the first out.
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1 week ago | 
messagemedia.co | John Woodrow
Four Aitkin baseball teams took part in the Woodbury Invitational last weekend with the 10U and 14/15U both claiming championships in the event. The 10U team was dominant winning games over East Ridge 23-2, Mahtomedi 21-6, Woodbury 17-3 and Lake Elmo 13-6 before beating Mahtomedi 10-5 in the final.
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1 week ago | 
messagemedia.co | John Woodrow
Well folks, imagine this … You are in the race of your life, looking for a State championship in the 3200m. You are in a pack of runners beginning your second lap and someone inadvertently steps on the back of your shoe and it comes off your foot. What do you do, take time to fall back and put your shoe back on, losing valuable seconds in the eight lap race? Or, do you do what McGregor’s’ Garrett Guida did, continue to run with just one shoe and try to keep up?
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2 weeks ago | 
messagemedia.co | John Woodrow
Well folks, hold on, wait, up in the sky, it’s a bird, it’s a plane, no, it’s, it’s Jake Carlson. That’s right, it’s an 80-year-old young lady from nearby Palisade. Jake lost her husband Mike on June 7, 2023, and it would have been easy to just sit around and feel sorry for herself, but that’s not who Jake is. She lives life to the fullest and wanted to celebrate her 80th birthday with a bang and boy did she ever.
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2 weeks ago | 
messagemedia.co | John Woodrow
Sunday’s match-up between the Aitkin Steam and St. Mathias baseball teams turned into an old-fashioned pitcher’s duel that wasn’t decided until the bottom of the 11th inning when a balk by Nathan Ehnstrom brought home the only run of the game. Zack Ehnstrom started for the Steam and went 10 and one-third innings before giving way to his brother Nathan. Zack gave up just four hits while striking out eight. Nathan came on in the 11th with one out and a runner on third.
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2 weeks ago | 
messagemedia.co | John Woodrow
The C-I-A boys golf team finally got to finish their opening round of the Section 6AA tournament June 3 with only Louie Meyer advancing to the second round. Meyer finished 25th in the final standings missing out on a trip to the State Golf Tournament. He shot 82 to get to the second day, but came up short of moving on to State. Other scores included Bennett Sadlowsky with 84, Noah Nyberg and Quinn Crowther each with 86, Seth Parkin with 89 and Matt Prethish with a 92.
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3 weeks ago | 
messagemedia.co | John Woodrow
Well folks, the disappointment of last week’s action on the diamonds was pretty palpable for area teams. The Gobblers were in the unbeaten game against Rush City and their bats went quiet … it continued in the must-win game against Esko who ultimately beat Rush City twice to gain a berth in the State Tournament. That left the Gobblers with a bad taste in their mouth despite a great season that included a split with Rush City earlier in the year.
