Youth Sports

What started as an idea to form a single team to give kids a chance to play basketball has morphed into a Central Minnesota institution. School Boys Basketball, founded in 2014, has expanded into an organization offering a place to play for kids of all backgrounds.

The Let Them Play group contends that the emails prove a lack of actionable data concerning last year's 'pausing' of youth sports in Minnesota.

St. CLOUD AREA 18 UNDER BASEBALL REPORT COLD SPRING       4                   SARTELL SABRES 0 The Cold Spring 18 Under defeated Sartell, backed by a very good pitching performance by Brady Linn. He threw a complete game to earn the win, he gave up just three hits, issued three walks and he recorded five strikeouts...

Listen, I know this isn't really a big deal but let me have this moment. .

Hundreds of youth basketball players will be lacing up their shoes in St. Cloud this weekend.

The Minnesota Wild selected Sartell Youth Hockey for this year's Youth Hockey Spotlight Game at Bernick's Arena. The Sartell Pee Wee "B" squad, comprised of 12 and 13-year olds, were featured in the game against Buffalo.

St. Cloud's Todd Dingmann is one of 4 to receive the National Women and Girls in Sports Breaking Barriers Award in 2020. Dingmann has coached youth softball and girls basketball for the past 9 years.

The St. Cloud Blue Sox will be assisting at a Miracle League game Tuesday September 3. The Blue Sox players will be helping with things like assisting the players around the bases, playing catch with the teams before the game, and encouraging the kids as they play ball.

Athletic Partners Senior Partner Jeffrey Schultz joined me on WJON today. We talked about how Athletic Partners works with youth organizations throughout the state and nation to help support those organizations and provide revenue to keep each in existence to allow more and more kids to play competition travel sports.

The Waite Park 11U youth baseball team lost 4-3 today to Winter Park in Florida in the 11U Babe Ruth World Series. The loss eliminates Waite Park. Waite Park won both of their pool play games 5-3 over Pensacola Bill Bond and the Palm Beach Garden Thunder 3-1.