Willmar Notebook

Occasionally, it is well to remember that the playing field was not always level and give thanks that it got righted -- one free-throw at a time. Carol Gilbertson would...

It's been 10 years since Willmar sent a girls cross country team to Northfield. In that time, the Cardinals boys raked in a pair of Class AA titles and a...

A testimonial regarding the teaching method of the 1990 Boys Golf Class AA Champion, Aaron Jacobson, a 1991 Willmar graduate, that appears on the Rush Creek Golf Club website: "I...

She's only completed her second year on campus, but 2010 Cardinal graduate Alissa Tinklenberg has been voted the Female Student/Athlete of the Year at Gustavus Adolphus College. A six-year varsity...

A long time ago (but not far away), Manny Ronneberg and Rob Anderson were high school athletes. It was the 1960s. Think Beatles, Vietnam, assassinations, Civil Rights marches, men on...

On a Saturday morning in early October, 2009, a shotgun went off when a duck hunter stumbled in the field. Up ahead a few yards, the blast hit Brady Damhof...

Just 41 years ago in the 100-year history of Minnesota state tournament basketball, the Willmar Cardinals finished the regular season 18-0 and headed into a new playoff format that separated...