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echopress.com | Sam Stuve
DETROIT LAKES — Osakis teacher Kirsten Wessel has won USA Boxing Amateur Masters boxing titles all across the United States in places such as Atlantic City, New Jersey, and Las Vegas, Nevada. And on May 17, 2025, in Detroit Lakes, Wessel had the chance to compete somewhat locally as she fought Michele Jones out of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, at Ignite Fights 108: No Mercy at Kent Freeman Arena in Detroit Lakes.
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echopress.com | Sam Stuve
DETROIT LAKES — Before his fight at Ignite Fights 108: No Mercy on May 17, 2025, it had been 13 years since Alexandria area professional boxer Corey Thompson returned to his old training grounds in Detroit Lakes. Thompson didn’t know for sure what the local crowd would feel like, but when he stepped into Kent Freeman Arena to fight Bobby Deane of Minot, North Dakota, Thompson felt immense support. Thompson made the most of his return to Detroit Lakes, defeating Deane in the third round by TKO.
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echopress.com | Sam Stuve
Alexandria’s Weston Nyberg got off to a strong start at a PGA Minnesota Players Tournament in Fargo on Monday, June 16, as he shot 1-under par (70) at Rose Creek Golf Club to lead the tournament. Nyberg had a tougher time at Oxbow Country Club on Tuesday, June 17, as while he had two birdies in his first seven holes, he also had two bogeys and a double bogey and went to the back nine 4-over par for the day.
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echopress.com | Sam Stuve
With a doubleheader sweep on the road against Detroit Lakes on Tuesday, June 17, the Alexandria Zimny Insurance Post 87 legion baseball team improved to 8-1 on the season. Alexandria won game one 2-0 and game two 12-2 (in five innings). An Easton Klimek RBI single in the bottom of the fourth inning and a Landon Gess-Norling RBI single in the bottom of the fifth inning gave Post 87 the 2-0 win in game one. Zach Iverson struck out five batters in the shutout win.
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echopress.com | Sam Stuve
ALEXANDRIA — The Alexandria girls soccer program has seen a lot of success since the program started in the 1997 season. Alexandria has qualified for the state tournament five times, three of which came in the last four years. The Cardinals have been one of the best in the Central Lakes Conference, finishing in the upper half of the conference consistently.
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echopress.com | Sam Stuve
ALEXANDRIA — The Alexandria, Brandon-Evansville, and Minnewaska trap shooting teams are headed to the MSHSL State Championship on Friday in Prior Lake. These three schools qualified for the state championship by shooting well at the Class Championships at the Alexandria Shooting Park on June 9-17, 2025. Alexandria, Brandon-Evansville, and Lakeville South all finished with scores of 484 in the Class Championships.
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echopress.com | Sam Stuve
OSAKIS â 48 two-person teams took part in the 44th Annual Osakis Lions Walleye Tournament on Saturday, June 14, 2025. Out of the 329 walleyes caught, Brandon Teberg and Kyle Elfering caught the biggest walleye of all. They caught a 29.5-inch (about 10.5 pounds) walleye. They also won the tournament with a total of 26.16 pounds. The entry fee for the tournament was $350, and $12,480 was given out in prize money. The top 10 teams received cash prizes, and the top three teams received plaques.
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echopress.com | Sam Stuve
Alexandria’s Ellie Sticha, who just wrapped up her junior season at the MSHSL Class 3A State Championship, didn’t waste much time getting back in action after the school season ended. Sticha posted a round of 78 to win the Optimist International Junior Championship Qualifier at the Les Bolstad Golf Course (the University of Minnesota’s home course) in Falcon Heights. Sticha competes in the Optimist International Junior Championship at Trump National Doral in Miami, Florida, on July 25-30.
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echopress.com | Sam Stuve
Three Parkers Prairie Panthers and three Brandon-Evansville Chargers were recently named to the 2025 All-Section 6A. Brandon-Evansville’s Evan Dingwall, Blake Koep, and Seth Thoennes, along with Parkers Prairie’s Nolan Steidl, Joe Johnson, and AJ Woodworth, have been named to the 2025 All-Section 6A team. 25 athletes were named to the All-Section 6A team. Steidl, Johnson, and Woodworth helped guide the Panthers to win the Section 6A title and earned a top-four finish in Class A this season.
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echopress.com | Sam Stuve
ALEXANDRIA β After a Nathan Dell RBI single put the Glenwood-Lowry Legion 18U team up 1-0 in the top of the second inning, a big fourth inning by Alexandria Zimny Insurance Post 87 changed the outcome of the third place game at the Cliff Alveshere Tournament on Sunday at Knute Nelson Memorial Park. A Connor Anderson RBI double, followed by a run on a Jackson Waltzing RBI on a groundout, gave Alexandria Post 87 a lead it never relinquished in a 2-1 win on Sunday, June 15 in Alexandria.
