The Mille Lacs County Times

Following are opinions from Mille Lacs County Times  editor-sports editor Gary Larson, reporter Luther Dorr and former Times intern Logan Marxhausen. Note: This feature is written on Monday each week. ******** •Question:  Both the Minnesota Timberwolves and the Minnesota Wild entered the season with new head coaches, Rick Adelman for the Timberwolves and Mike Yeo [...]

By Gary Larson Mille Lacs County Times   Milaca is heading back to the Class AA State Team Wrestling Tournament! The Wolves defeated Mora 45-25 in the Section 7AA Tournament title match Friday at Mora. It was not the easy victory that the score would indicate. Milaca, which will be making its 10th trip to the [...]

Following are opinions from Mille Lacs County Times  editor-sports editor Gary Larson, reporter Luther Dorr and former Times intern Logan Marxhausen. Note: This feature is written on Monday each week. ******** •Question:  The New York Giants tipped the New England Patriots 21-17 Sunday in Super Bowl XLVI. What are your thoughts on the game? -Dorr: [...]

By Gary Larson Mille Lacs County Times   Milaca’s wrestling team hosts Sauk Rapids-Rice Friday night at 7:30. It will be parents night and the final regular-season match for the Wolves. Then, Milaca will turn its attention to what it’s been working for all season – the Section 7AA South Sub-Section Team Tournament. The sub-section meet, [...]

By gary larson Mille Lacs County Times   Albany got off to a fast start and kept rolling as it topped Milaca 69-37 in a non-conference boys basketball game Thursday, Feb. 2, at Albany. The Huskies, who will join Milaca in the Granite Ridge Conference next year, led 41-22 at halftime before outscoring Milaca 28-15 in [...]

One-point victories in basketball are very exciting. Just ask Milaca first year girls coach Amanda Wojciechowski, whose team defeated Pine City 55-54 in a non-conference game at Milaca Tuesday, Jan. 31. “Everyone was happy and excited,” said Wojciechowski, “We played well. Things got a little tense at the end but we held on.” Pine City [...]

By Gary Larson Mille Lacs County Times   When a basketball team shoots over 50 percent from the floor it usually does well. The Faith Christian School boys basketball team shot 51 percent against Christian Life of Farmington Friday night at FCS. The Saints were 22-of-40 from two-point range and 7-16 from three-point range for an [...]

By Gary Larson Mille Lacs County Times   The Faith Christian School girls basketball team ran into a couple of tough cookies last week. Christian Life of Farmington stopped Faith Christian 67-40 Friday night at FCS. On Saturday afternoon, Rochester Area Home School handled Faith Christian 71-35, also at FCS. “We got to see why Rochester [...]

Following are opinions from Mille Lacs County Times  editor-sports editor Gary Larson, reporter Luther Dorr and former Times intern Logan Marxhausen. Note: This feature is written on Monday each week. ******** •Question:  The New York Giants (12-7) face the New England Patriots (15-3) in the Super Bowl Sunday. Who wins and why? -Dorr: I want [...]

By Gary Larson Mille Lacs County Times   It’s reaching that time of the season when wrestling teams are starting to piece together how the seeding for the upcoming sub-section team tournaments is going to go. For Milaca, that means the south sub-section of Section 7AA and right now the Wolves are sitting pretty good. They [...]