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The Norby brothers (left to right) Christian, Jaden and Hunter are getting a chance to play together at the varsity level this season and have helped Ashby get out to a 7-3 start after the Arrows had just seven wins all of last season. (Eric Morken / Echo Press)

Boys basketball: Three Norby brothers help turn around Ashby's fortunes

John Holsten has coached basketball for more than four decades, and seen almost everything the game has to offer during that span. It's not that...

sports/basketball 3 hours 20 min ago

Boys Basketball: Minnewaska gets bounce-back win

The Minnewaska boys basketball team snapped a three-game losing streak after taking down the Sauk Centre Mainstreeters (4-8) on the road 59-40 Thursday night. Senior center Shawn Carsten led the Lakers in scoring with 17 points. Carsten also grabbed five rebounds and swatted five...

sports/basketball 8 hours 10 min ago

Kristen Kokett

Girls Basketball: Chargers stymie Hillcrest in 52-12 win

The Brandon-Evansville girls basketball team got one of its easiest wins of the season on Thursday night. The Chargers defeated the Hillcrest...

sports/basketball 8 hours 12 min ago

Girls basketball: Parkers Prairie rolls to 13-0

The Parkers Prairie girls basketball team continues to dismantle teams on its way to a 13-0 record, this time taking down Rothsay in a 65-30...

sports/basketball 9 hours 6 min ago

Tianna Stanek

Girls basketball: Osakis falls in tight game with Upsala

The Osakis girls basketball team had chances to snap a six-game losing streak on Thursday night but fell short in a 43-37 loss at Upsala. The...

sports/basketball 10 hours 5 min ago

Kaye Paschka

Girls basketball: Top-ranked Cardinals drop second straight on the road

The Alexandria girls basketball team came into the week top-ranked in Class AAA and 12-0, but the Cardinals have now dropped a couple games in...

sports/basketball 11 hours 29 min ago

January 17, 2019

Hailey Bennett

Girls basketball: Knights keep cruising in win over Ashby

The West Central Area girls basketball team continues to rebound from a 2-3 start to the season. The Knights have won eight of nine games after...

sports/basketball January 17, 2019 - 9:15am

January 16, 2019

Boys Basketball: Lakers can’t stop undefeated Warriors

The Minnewaska boys basketball team ran into the fourth-ranked BOLD warriors (15-0) Tuesday night. The Lakers found out why the Warriors are one of the top teams after a 60-30 loss. BOLD’s defense held Minnewaska to just 28 percent shooting and forced 28 turnovers. Grant Jensen...

sports/basketball January 16, 2019 - 2:15pm

Kailee Klimek

Girls basketball: Chargers get a 10th win behind their defense

The Brandon-Evansville girls basketball team bounced back from a loss to Parkers Prairie on Jan. 11 by taking care of Ortonville in a 46-37 game...

sports/basketball January 16, 2019 - 12:09pm

Elli Clasemann

Girls basketball: Lakers edge Osakis in defensive battle

The Osakis girls basketball team has kept itself in games recently by using its defense, and that’s what the Silverstreaks did again on Tuesday...

sports/basketball January 16, 2019 - 11:41am

Anders Hedstrom

Boys basketball: Hedstrom’s bucket sends Alex home a winner

The Alexandria boys basketball team has played six straight games on the road but will return home on Friday night with a little momentum after...

sports/basketball January 16, 2019 - 10:56am

Johnny Lara

Boys basketball: Osakis holds off LPGE’s best shot

The undefeated Osakis boys basketball team is going to get every opponent’s best shot, and Long Prairie-Grey Eagle showed that on Tuesday night....

sports/basketball January 16, 2019 - 10:14am

Alexandria's Ella Grove (left) and Kaye Paschka chase down Willmar senior guard Abby Berskow on defense during Tuesday night's Central Lakes Conference game in Willmar. (Jake Schultz / Forum News Service)

Girls basketball: Alexandria’s undefeated run ends at Willmar

The Alexandria girls basketball team saw its undefeated run come to an end on Tuesday night 13 games into the season. The top-ranked Cardinals...

sports/basketball January 16, 2019 - 9:13am

January 15, 2019

Ashby sophomore Jaden Norby (23) boxes out Brandon-Evansville junior Sam Fuller during Tuesday night's game in Ashby. Norby had two free throws with less than two minutes left to give his team a lead it did not relinquish in a 51-46 win for the Arrows. (Eric Morken / Echo Press)

Boys basketball: Improved Ashby team closes out B-E in the final minute

Tuesday night’s boys basketball game in Ashby showed some of the parity in the South half of the Section 6A field this season. It’s a subsection...

sports/basketball January 15, 2019 - 11:54pm

January 14, 2019

Jaden Norby

Boys basketball: Arrows split to end three-game week

The Ashby boys basketball team went into a tough stretch of its schedule during a three-game week last week and came out of it 2-1. The Arrows...

sports/basketball January 14, 2019 - 11:29am