Sports scoop

Girls’ hockey chili and burger feed fundraiser

The Alexandria girls’ hockey team will hold a chili and burger feed and silent auction on Friday, January 18 from 5-8 p.m. at the Alexandria Eagles Club.

Cost is $8 per ticket for adults, with tickets for children younger than 12 at $5, and children ages 4 and younger are free.

Tickets are available at the door or by contacting a Cardinal girls’ hockey player.

Quistorff in national football game

Former Osakis football player Bill Quistorff is a member of the St. Paul Pioneers, an adult amateur football team that will take on the North Texas Longhorns Saturday, January 19, in the USA Bowl Spring-Summer National Championship in Daytona Beach, Florida.

Quistorff is a 5’10”, 230-pound linebacker.

The Pioneers are 12-0 and three-time champions of the Northern Elite Football League (NEFL). North Texas is 15-0 and champions of the Texas United Football League (TUFL).

Kickoff is scheduled for 2 p.m. at Daytona Beach Municipal Stadium.

Team Extreme Ice

Fishing tournaments

Team Extreme Ice Fishing action will continue on Lake Minnewaska in Glenwood on January 27, followed by Pelican Lake in Monticello on February 27, Clearwater Lake in St. Cloud on March 3, Round Lake in Brainerd on March 31 and Mille Lacs Lake in Garrison on April 7.

For more information, contact Gary Rehbein at (320) 217-5144 or gary.teamwildfish@gmail.com.

Polar Plunge registration

Registration is now open for the 2013 Alexandria Polar Bear Plunge, presented by Minnesota law enforcement to benefit Special Olympics Minnesota.

The funds raised benefit more than 7,100 Special Olympics Minnesota athletes.

The Alexandria Plunge will be held at the Arrowwood Resort and Conference Center in Alexandria.

The Plunge begins at 1 p.m. on February 24. Check-in will be at the Plunge site.

For more information or to register, visit plungemn.org or e-mail polarbearplunge@somn.org.

LAR 35-older open gym

Lakes Area Recreation holds open gym on Sundays for 35-older from 7-9 p.m. at the Discovery Middle School gym, running to the middle of April.

Cost is $3 for adults.

For more information, call Lakes Area Recreation at (320) 762-2868.

Tiny Dribblers basketball program at LAR

Lakes Area Recreation will hold the Tiny Dribblers program for boys and girls in kindergarten as an introduction to the game of basketball.

The program will meet seven times at the Lincoln Elementary gym on Saturdays beginning on January 5 and running through February 16. Boys will meet from 9-9:45 a.m. and the girls will meet from 10-10:45 a.m.

Cost is $32 and includes a T-shirt.

For more information, call LAR at (320) 762-2868.

Montevideo youth basketball tournament

There will be a youth basketball tournament in Montevideo for boys and girls in grades 5-7 on Saturday, March 23.

Entry deadline is March 8.

For further information, contact Amy Reidinger at areidinger@monte.k12.mn.us or call (320) 269-5026, extension 3262.

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