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PREP SPORTS: Red Lake Falls hopes for repeat softball title

With the exception of one hour in a parking lot catching fly balls, Red Lake Falls’ softball team has been practicing indoors this spring like most other Minnesota Section 8A teams.

Former Grand Forks Central standout released from Washington Nationals minor-league team

For Alex Kreis, it started out as just another morning in the Washington Nationals’ minor-league spring training camp. That is, until he was called into an office to meet with people in the Nationals’ organization.

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PREP SPORTS: Inclement weather forces postponements and cancellations

Mike Marek is one of the lucky coaches in the area. While most coaches, regardless of the sport, are waiting to see when they’ll finally be able to get outside to practice and compete, Marek has a softball field that’s game ready.

Greater Grand Forks prep notebook: Red River coach points to West Fargo as Conference favorite

Grand Forks Red River coach Bob Zimney pointed to West Fargo as the Eastern Dakota Conference favorite entering the boys track season.

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GIRLS TENNIS: Roughriders sweep Grand Forks Central 9-0 in the season opener

Lalangi Marasinghe opened the season Friday playing No. 1 singles. Where she’ll be in the lineup for the Grand Forks Red River High School tennis team’s next dual remains to be seen.

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AREA PREP NOTEBOOK: North Border crosses the Red to find hockey fit

North Border has hockey players, but no hockey program. Twenty-six miles to the southeast of Pembina, at Hallock, Kittson Central has a hockey program, but it is low in participation numbers. The fit appears to be a natural.

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PREP BOYS BASKETBALL: Dakota Pride has quite the collection of athletes

Randy Kroeplin of Grand Forks is a retired farmer. He’s also turned out to be an excellent basketball recruiter.

PREP WRESTLING: Crookston's "Franklin Five" each have 100 career wins

They weren’t the million-dollar lineup. For Wyatt Hanson, Cody Weiland, Josh Edlund, Nate Merten and Blake Bergeron, it was more like $500. Each of the five Crookston High School wrestlers finished this season with more than 100 career wins.

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AREA PREP NOTEBOOK: Despite inexperience, Grafton ranked high

Six starters, as well as two of the top three pitchers, graduated from last spring’s state runner-up Grafton High School baseball team. And yet, when the preseason state coaches’ poll came out, the Spoilers were ranked second.

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GREG DEVILLERS LOCAL NOTEBOOK: Roughriders roll into East Region tournament

Grand Forks Red River was one of the slowest-starting boys basketball teams in the East Region this season.

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AREA NOTEBOOK: For a change, there's a new 8A wrestling favorite

For the past 11 seasons, Frazee has met Greenbush-Middle River-Badger in the championship of the Minnesota Section 8A dual wrestling tournament. This season, if they meet, it will be to get to the championship.

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GFC's Roberts is comeback kid

Josh Roberts is a slow starter who's on the fast track to success.

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AREA NOTEBOOK: Defense giving Dakota Prairie a lift in standings

Four of the starters on the Dakota Prairie boys basketball team are three-sport athletes. The fifth regular is involved in two sports.

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An amazing Alsen run

ALSEN, N.D. - The hallways of the one-story, cement-block school here are dark, dusty and musty. More than two decades have passed since students roamed the hallways between classes.

Lakota thriving in close games

Close calls seemed to go against Lakota's girls basketball team last season.

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GGF PREP NOTEBOOK: Rider boys hope to get on a roll

Grand Forks Red River was ranked second in a preseason poll of Eastern Dakota Conference boys basketball coaches. Yet, more than a third of the way into the regular season, the Roughriders are struggling in the won-lost department.

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GREATHER GRAND FORKS HIGH SCHOOL NOTEBOOK: Eagles offense is clicking with no-post look

The no-post look is resulting in a lot of points for East Grand Forks Sacred Heart.

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AREA NOTEBOOK: Ott's character prevails as an inspiration to Cougar runners

Keegan Ott's legacy lives on with the Griggs County Central cross country team.

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LOCAL NOTEBOOK: Brekke's addition balances Green Wave attack

Katrina Brekke became the first person in an East Grand Forks Senior High volleyball uniform to reach 1,000 career kills. . .

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