BY THE NUMBERS Latest scores at twincities.com • Compiled by Adam Schmidt Area At Midway Pro Bowl, St. Paul Classic—1, David Bloomquist, Minnetonka, $2,700 ($1,700 from Progressive Pot); 2, Blia Lee, St. Paul, $500; 3, Ronnie Aviles, Inver Grove Heights, $275; 4, Brenda Hagen, Blaine, $275. Stepladder finals—Bloomquist def. Aviles 182-181; Lee def. Hagen 201-195; Bloomquist def. Lee 197-184
The first race in the 11th annual Flint Hills Resources Town Race Series for cross-country skiing is scheduled for Saturday at the Birch Hill Recreation Area.
Two fish left to go on the boat's eight-halibut limit, two fish being battled, and Christine Redman's line, baited with two whole herring, seemed bound to the bottom. Then, it moved a little. Then, it moved a lot.
Two years ago, Kyle O'Brien had a club coach in Juneau named Andrew Billings who taught him to swim the 200-yard freestyle fast. Considering Billings broke the state record in that event for the West Valley Wolfpack at the 1985 state meet and went on to become a three-time all-American at UAF, O'Brien felt lucky to have such an accomplished coach watching every stroke.
A crowd of women gathered in a Midtown coffee shop Friday to rally support for Democratic candidate for governor Tony Knowles. A few hours later and a few blocks away, another crowd of women stood in the snow along the Seward Highway, waving signs in support of Republican candidate Sarah Palin.
D.J. Peterson and Kyle Pichler attacked West early and helped the South Wolverines shut out the Eagles 3-0 in Friday's Cook Inlet Conference game at Ben Boeke Arena.
