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Baseball: STMA at Sartell-St. Stephen Osakis at Cathedral ACGC at Paynesville Foley at Becker New London-Spicer at Annandale Maple Lake at Big Lake Royalton at Holdingford Softball: Sauk Rapids-Rice at St. Cloud Crush Cathedral at Pierz Holdingford at Royalton Foley at Mora Little Falls at Milaca Annandale at New London-Spicer Paynesville at ACGC Girls Golf: Multiple Teams at Mora Multiple Teams a

District 742 has announced the hiring of Mike Petroske as head girls hockey coach of the St. Cloud Crush. The Crush is a co-op consisting of students from Tech, Apollo and Cathedral High Schools.

Like rainbow sprinkles on a cold scoop of vanilla, Minnesota’s small towns are both abundant and delightful. From well-known small towns like Ely, Pipestone and Nisswa, to the truly tiny towns highlighted below, there’s nothing quite like exploring a small Minnesota town with family, friends or even solo.

Spotted bear activity has picked up in Central Minnesota. I reported yesterday black bears were seen on trail cameras in Cold Spring early this week. I received more confirmation of bear activity from a WJON listener in Cold Spring who sent me this photo taken from a trail camera.

Baseball: St. Cloud Crush 1, Sartell-St. Stephen 0 (8 innings) (Kadyn Mork went 1-3 with the game-winner RBI.  Drew Leiser threw 8 shutout innings with 1 hit allowed and 7 strikeouts for the Crush.  Wesley Johnson threw 7 shutout innings for Sartell) Fergus Falls 8, Sauk Rapids-Rice 7 Brainerd 8, ROCORI 3 Foley 11, Cathedral 3 (John Brew and Jacob Oliver each drove in runs for the Crusaders.) Eden

Earlier this week Emmett Keenan and Julie Murphy each received promotions at St. Cloud Catholic Community Schools and Cathedral High School. Keenan joined me on WJON to talk about his new title, which will take hold starting July 1.

Black bears continue to be active in Central Minnesota. Glen Schmitt from Outdoor News joined me on WJON. He says he's heard reports of bears on trail cameras in the Cold Spring area. Schmitt says this isn't the first time bears have been reported in Cold Spring and suspects it won't be the last.