Eric Morken
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Eric Morken is the sports and outdoor editor at the Echo Press and Osakis Review newspapers in Douglas County, MN. Follow him on Twitter at echo_sports.
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The Osakis girls basketball team used a 52-point second half to create some distance in a 78-59 road win over Long Prairie-Grey Eagle on Tuesday night. The Silverstreaks (5-0, 2-0...
The Osakis boys basketball team fell behind big in the first half and could never recover in a 66-39 loss on the road against Sauk Centre on Tuesday night. The...
The Alexandria gymnastics team went to Little Falls and came home with a 124.525-94.95 win over the Flyers on Tuesday night. The Cardinals took all three of the top all-around scores. McKena Thoennes was first with 32.375 points. Sydney Quinn took second with 30.575 points and Jacy Roste was third (30.3). Alexandria took all four top spots in each individual event. Abby Forester won the floor routine (7.95). Thoennes was top scorer on the beam (8.475), bars (7.375) and vault (8.7). Thoennes was second on the floor (7.825).
The Alexandria girls basketball team used another solid defensive effort to win its third straight game and move to 3-1 on the season and 3-0 in the Central Lakes Conference after a 67-33 win over Fergus Falls on Tuesday. The game marked the third straight time that the Cardinals have held their opponent to less than 40 points. The Otters fell to 1-5 with the loss. Alexandria led 33-21 at the half and blew things open over the final 18 minutes. Three players finished in double figures as Macy Hatlestad led the way with 16. Kendall Kohler and Kayla Feldhake each had 10 points.
The Alexandria dance team went to Willmar for a five-team invite and finished fourth in both the kick and jazz competitions on Tuesday. "The Cardinals had their best performances of the season thus far," head coach Christine Reilly said. "They improved timing, execution, had fewer mistakes, kick height was better and they performed with confidence. They really came out strong and competed the whole way through.
The Alexandria Nordic ski teams kicked off their season on Tuesday at Andes Tower Hills after a meet that was originally scheduled for Detroit Lakes was postponed. Andes Tower Hills is making snow and the skiers took advantage of the opportunity as Alexandria welcomed Little Falls, Brainerd, Willmar, Fergus Falls, Moorhead, Detroit Lakes, Bemidji and Trek North teams for the meet. "The teams raced on the downhill runs at Andes, as they have been making snow when the temperatures have been appropriate to do so," Alexandria head coach Jeremy Rapp said.
The Brandon-Evansville boys basketball team was riding a three-game winning streak into a match-up with undefeated Hillcrest Lutheran Academy on Tuesday night. It was an opportunity for the Chargers to...
BOYS BASKETBALL Sauk Centre 66, Osakis 39 The Osakis boys basketball team fell behind big in the first half and could never recover in a 66-39 loss against Sauk Centre...
Ole anxiously worked his way along the top of the bank that surrounded a watering pond for cattle where grass bordered a small tuft of cattails. His yellow coat was soaking wet now after busting through the snow-covered slough for the last two hours. Roosters were plentiful here and the promise of another flush pushed him through any fatigue he might have been feeling after a couple straight days of hard hunting. We already had seven birds in our vests when Ole locked up on point right where the cattails met the grass. My dad, Gary Morken, and I got in position right behind him.
BOYS BASKETBALL Osakis at Sauk Centre, 7:30 p.m. Brandon-Evansville vs. Hillcrest, 7:15 p.m. WCA at Ortonville, 7:30 p.m. Ashby at Underwood, 7:15 p.m. Parkers Prairie vs. Rothsay, 7:15 p.m. Minnewaska...
