By PATRICK SLACK Sports Editor patrick.slack@mcrecord.com Led by three finishers in the top seven, the Little Falls boys golf team captured third place at Monday’s Princeton Granite Ridge Conference meet. Senior Jon Brill finished four strokes off the lead in fourth place with a 79, while freshman Kyler Erdman and eighth grader Reed Hines tied Read more »
By PATRICK SLACK Sports Editor patrick.slack@mcrecord.com Little Falls suffered its first two Granite Ridge Conference losses Monday at Milaca, falling 9-7 in the completion of a suspended game and 9-6 in the second contest. Completing a game that was suspended with Little Falls trailing 9-4 in the fourth inning April 21, the Flyers cut the Read more »
By PATRICK SLACK Sports Editor patrick.slack@mcrecord.com Little Falls slugged their way out of a 6-3 hole against Melrose Area, Saturday, scoring nine unanswered runs from the fourth inning on to earn a 12-6 home win and remain undefeated. Senior Joey Hanowski and junior Collin Eckman supplied the bulk of the offensive firepower, each reaching base Read more »
By PATRICK SLACK Sports Editor patrick.slack@mcrecord.com After eking out a 2-1 win over Princeton earlier in the season, Little Falls blasted the visiting Tigers 12-0, Friday. Senior Joey Hanowski gave the Flyers a quick 1-0 lead with a solo home run in the first, then senior Matt Valentine broke the game open with a three-run Read more »
By PATRICK SLACK Sports Editor patrick.slack@mcrecord.com To view more photos from Saturday’s action, check out The Record’s online gallery Junior Amber Hines won the discus and senior Derek Toso took second in two events to lead the Little Falls girls and boys track and field teams at Saturday’s Central Minnesota Mega Meet in Sauk Rapids. Read more »
Little Falls took unbeaten Isle to extra innings, May 5, but a five-run eighth by the visiting Huskies resulted in a 9-4 defeat for the Flyers. Jenks finished a single shy of the cycle and Kabanuk went 2-for-4 with an RBI for the Flyers. Isle 9 17 1 Flyers 4 9 5 Read more »
Little Falls Community High School honored standout students at its annual activities banquet held at the Falls Ballroom, April 30. Alayna Kabanuk received the Lyn Halstead Female Athlete of the Year Award. Matt Valentine and Preston Zimny were selected as co-winners of the Wetzel Family Male Athlete of the Year Award. Also receiving awards were Read more »
By PATRICK SLACK Sports Editor patrick.slack@mcrecord.com Freshman Kyler Erdman fired a 42 to tie for seventh and junior Michael Stumpf finished one stroke back to place ninth and lead the Little Falls boys golf team at its home Granite Ridge Conference (GRC) meet, Thursday. The Flyers finished in fifth place as a team, just eight Read more »
By PATRICK SLACK Sports Editor patrick.slack@mcrecord.com To view more photos from Wednesday’s game, check out The Record’s online gallery An 11-run first inning highlighted by back-to-back home runs from senior Britian Conley and junior Jamie Jenks fueled a 13-4 win for the Little Falls softball team over Swanville, Wednesday. After sophomore Alea Cekalla worked a Read more »
By PATRICK SLACK Sports Editor patrick.slack@mcrecord.com Top-ranked Little Falls got off to another slow start in a make-up game Wednesday, as visiting Foley built a 3-0 lead with runs in the second, third and fifth innings. But the Falcons paid for missing out on opportunities to build an even bigger lead, with two runners caught Read more »
By PATRICK SLACK Sports Editor patrick.slack@mcrecord.com Becker’s offense seized control early against Little Falls, April 27, building a 9-0 lead en route to a 9-3 home win. The Flyers advanced runners into scoring position in the first four innings, but couldn’t break through for a run until junior Chelsey Karnowski’s RBI single in the sixth. Read more »
By PATRICK SLACK Sports Editor patrick.slack@mcrecord.com In a match-up of the final two unbeaten Granite Ridge Conference (GRC), Thursday, Little Falls had an answer for every Mora rally, prevailing 10-8. The two teams traded first-inning runs before the visiting Flyers jumped out to a 7-2 lead in the third. Mora closed within 7-5 in the Read more »
By PATRICK SLACK Sports Editor patrick.slack@mcrecord.com Three of Mora’s first four batters of the game scored, but Little Falls was able to keep the visiting Mustangs off the board the rest of the way, Thursday, enabling the Flyers to stay undefeated with a 4-3 win. After Mora jumped on top, Little Falls came right back Read more »
By PATRICK SLACK Sports Editor patrick.slack@mcrecord.com Melrose Area kept the Little Falls softball team from pulling away after the Flyers’ two-run first inning in Tuesday’s non-conference match-up. But Flyers sophomore Alea Cekalla didn’t need any more, shutting out Melrose Area on four hits in a 5-0 Little Falls victory. Junior Jamie Jenks drilled three hits Read more »
