The Insider: It's aces at Little Crow

Golla nets ace
at Little Crow
Gary Golla of Spicer shot a hole-in-one Saturday at the Little Crow Country Club.
Golla aced the Willows course’s 140-yard No. 2 hole with a 6-iron
Laingen records hole-in-one on LCCC’s Willows course
Larry Laingen shot a hole-in-one on May 19 at the Little Crow Country Club’s Willows course.
Laingen aced the No. 2 hole from 135 yards out using a 5-iron.
Stingers open NWL
season today in Duluth
The Willmar Stingers open their 2015 season at Duluth at 7:05 p.m. today.
The Stingers, now in their sixth Northwoods League season, play their home-opener on Thursday against Thunder Bay at Bill Taunton Stadium in Willmar at 7:05 p.m..
Jonny Ortiz will start against Duluth tonight and Will Lydon will start the home-opener.
Former Minnesota Twins player Jacque Jones will be at Thursday’s game and fireworks will follow the game.
Gopher Road Trip makes stop in Spicer today
The Gopher Road Trip and Chalk Talk makes a stop today in Spicer at Johnny O’Neil’s GReen Lake Social.
The event begins at 11:30 a.m.
University of Minnesota coaches and officials scheduled to appear include AD Norwood Teague, baseball coach John Anderson, men’s golf coach John Carlson, football assistant coach Tracy Claeys, women’s swimming and diving coach Terry Ganley, soccer coach Stefanie Golan, men’s hockey assistant coach Mike Guentzel, men’s head basketball coach Richard Pitino, women’s golf coach Michele Redman and head wrestling coach J Robinson.
The event is free to the public and a complimentary buffet lunch will be served. There will be photo opportunities with Goldy Gopher and coaches, as well as prizes and giveaways.
Ponder takes first-team snaps with Raiders
As the Oakland Raiders began their second week of OTAs on Tuesday, starting quarterback Derek Carr was able to take some snaps on running plays during drills, showing he can hand off and pitch out with an injury to his right hand.
As for throwing the ball, that hasn’t happened yet. Free-agent addition Christian Ponder took snaps as the starting quarterback for the second week. A source close to Carr maintains the injury is minor (ESPN reported it was an issue with the ring finger on his throwing hand) and that he could be back in action soon.
- Reuters/Staff reports