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SAUK RAPIDS — The Storm notched a power play goal with five seconds left in the third period to upend the Willmar Cardinals 6-5 on Tuesday in Central Lakes boys hockey. The Cards trailed Sauk Rapids 5-4 to start the third but Evan VanDenEinde, from Buzzy Tollefson, tied it with...

MINNETONKA — Willmar won 10 matches in each dual Tuesday at the Minnetonka Triangular, beating the host Skippers 45-15 and hammering Champlin Park 54-15. Clay Carlson at 106, Jonathan Linden at 126, Austin Miley at 138, Estevan Navarro at 145/152, Colten Carlson at 160/170 and...

WILLMAR — Trent Flegel won two individual events and swam a leg on the winning 200-medley relay but the Willmar Cardinals were overwhelmed by the Sauk Rapids Storm 102-81 in the home pool on Tuesday in a CLC boys swimming and diving dual meet. Nash VanKlompenburg won the 100...

ST. CLOUD — The Willmar boys came in fourth and the girls finished fifth at the St. Cloud Cathedral Relays Invite Tuesday at Riverside Park. Ryan Haines (17:11), Isaak Estrada (18:09), Peter Rozendaal (18:41) and Jack Erickson (15:42) made up the Willmar quartet’s time of 1:09:43....

WILLMAR — St. Cloud Tech, the dominant team in the Central Lakes Conference beginning in 2005, beat Willmar on Thursday 141.1-134.1, led by Magaux Schmid who won three events. The Cardinals (0-1, 0-2) looked polished on their concluding event. Alexis Miley scored 9.25 to win...

COLD SPRING — Rocori spoiled Willmar’s opener with a 92-91 win in a Central Lakes meet on Thursday. Willmar’s Trent Flegel won the 200 individual medley with a time of 2:20.01 and the 100 butterfly at 59.68. The Cardinals also got wins from Nash Van Klompenburg in the...

KIMBALL — The Mora boys and the Brainerd girls took first place at the St. Cloud Tech Invite on Thursday at Powder Ridge. The Willmar boys and girls both finished seventh. Jack Erickson was the top Cardinal finisher, coming in at 20th with a time of 13:39 in the 5k freestyle. Erika...

MANKATO — The Willmar boys basketball team fought back from a halftime deficit to take a second-half lead but the Cardinals went cold down the stretch and lost their season opener 62-54 to Mankato West on Saturday. The Cardinals play next at home against St. Cloud Tech at 7:30...

WILLMAR — Annie Johnston’s goal in an overtime shootout lifted the Willmar Cardinals to a 3-2 victory over the Austin Packers on Saturday at the Cardinal Arena. Goalie Johnika Wodash rejected all three Austin shots in the shootout. Willmar’s second straight win after five...

The Willmar Winged Foot Running Club took third on Sunday at the Nike Heartland National Qualifying at Yankton Trails in Sioux Falls, S.D. “Our girls got a very surprising third,” said Willmar coach Jerry Popp. “We were one team spot away from advancing to Nike Nationals...