Lane, Tappe lead Patriots at True Team meet 

The Pine River-Backus Tigers' baseball team played their season opener against the Menahga Braves Monday, May 6, in Pine River, and suffered their first loss 14-3. Menahga was the first to score as they got a run in the top of the second...

Beth Trout of Hackensack is taking a hike this spring. It's more accurate to say she will take 19 hikes, each five miles or more in length.

The Pequot Lakes Patriots softball team swept the visiting Staples-Motley Cardinals by scores of 5-0 and 6-1 in a Mid-State Conference doubleheader on Friday, May 10.

The Pequot Lakes girls' golf team finished second at the Mid-State Conference meet on Monday, May 13, at The Vintage course in Staples. Detroit Lakes won the title with 306, followed by the Patriots with 347 and Staples-Motley with 369.

The Pequot Lakes Patriots baseball team was roughed up by the host Staples-Motley Cardinals by scores of 2-0 and 9-4 in Mid-State Conference action on Friday, May 10.

Week 4 of the Pine River-Backus/Pequot Lakes High School trap shoot competition resulted in Pequot Lakes student Quinn Harman shooting 25 straight and taking the "top gun" honors by shooting 47 out of 50.

CO Duke Broughten (Longville) spent the week focusing on angling, spring fish run, and ATV activity. Many small lakes in the area are starting to open but large lakes are still ice covered.

The anglers who enjoy Minnesota's sky blue waters are a powerful engine for the state's economy, according to a new survey data released by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Direct spending of resident and non-resident anglers in...

Cody Mager of Pine River-Backus was one of three golfers who carded rounds of 79 to tie for medalist honors at the Mid-Minnesota Conference meet on Friday, May 3, at Whitetail Run.

The Pine River-Backus baseball team finally opened its season with a 14-3 non-conference home loss against Menahga on Monday, May 6. Nick Gravdahl led the Tigers' offense with two hits and a pair of RBI while Brandon Junes was the losing...

SUBMITTED PHOTO Sophie Williams, a senior at Pine River Backus High School, participated in the 31st annual Minnesota Horse Expo on April 26-28 at the Minnesota Fairgrounds in St. Paul.

Vanessa Lane won three events and Tyler Tappe won two events as the Pequot Lakes girls were third and the boys finished fifth at the Detroit Lakes Invitational on Thursday, May 2.

Maggie Heggerston fired a 78 to finish four strokes off the lead as Pequot Lakes finished second in Tuesday's Pre-Section 6AA meet at Blackberry Ridge in Sartell.

Black belt graduation Ultimate Martial Arts in Baxter and Crosslake had five students graduate to first-degree black belt Saturday, May 4, at the Oakdale Prom Center.

Madden's will host a Women's Golf Night kickoff at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, May 16, to kick off the 2013 season. The event will feature a full swing clinic at the Madden's Driving Range followed by a social reception at Parfecto Pizza.

The Pequot Lakes AAU basketball team won two of three games at the MYAS tournament in Superior Wis.