Youth Sports

Two local 6th grade wrestlers claimed national championships over the weekend in the 2024 Brian Keck Memorial Preseason Nationals & Boys National Recruiting Showcase.

Waite Park Babe Ruth baseball/softball is coming off a successful tournament weekend which saw the 10U softball team win first place. The co-President of the organization and head coach of the 10U Waite Park softball team, Tony Dingmann joined me on WJON.

FOURTEEN UNDER AAA BASEBALL (SATURDAY JULY 26th) MANKATO 14U 11 SARTELL 14U 4 The  Mankato 14U defeated the Sartell 14U backed by thirteen hits.  J. Goiffre, he went 2-for-2 for four RBIs and he scored a run and K. Kolbinger went 1-for-4 for a RBI and he scored a run. A. Stubb...

SARTELL 14AAA GAME RECAP: SAUK RAPIDS 14U 8 SARTELL 14U 6 (Tuesday July 25th) The Sauk Rapids 14U defeated their rivals the Sartell 14U, backed by eight hits, including a pair of doubles. They took advantage of a couple of early misplays and they made a couple of plays that could be worthy of ESPN highlight...

SARTELL 14AAA GAME RECAPS SARTELL 14AAA 7 COLD SPRING 14AAA 4 (Saturday July 22nd) The Sartell crew defeated Cold Spring, backed by nine hits, including a pair of doubles. Their starting pitcher was Will Perius, he threw three innings, he gave up three hits, two runs, two walks and he recorded one strikeout...

The Albany Diamond Dawgs 14U tournament team went 6-0-1 on the weekend to take home the Minnesota Baseball Tournaments 14AA State Championship. After going 2-0-1 in pool play, the Dawgs went on to beat Hudson 9-2, St. Paul Highland 4-0, Caledonia 6-3 and the Burnsville Blaze 14-4 in bracket play.

FOURTEEN UNDER AAA BASEBALL SARTELL 14AAA 15 ARMSTRONG COOPER 14AAA 5 (Friday June 30th) The Sartell 14AAA crew defeated the Armstrong Cooper team, backed by nine hits and they were aided by nine walks. Their starting pitcher was Parker Smith, he threw four innings, he gave up six hits, four runs, one walk and he recorded a strikeout...

The St. Cloud Blue Sox 15U youth baseball team has been on a roll in June. The weekend of the 9th thru 11th they were in Fargo at the Liam G Medd Tournament and compiled 4 wins on the way to the championship.

By winning the regional title the team qualifies for the 2023 Cal Ripken baseball national tournament in Indiana next August.

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.