Jay Caldwell
The Vikings had a few players miss practice Tuesday in preparation for their game Thursday night at home against Tampa Bay.
Sauk Rapids-Rice took an early lead, but Apollo Made a second half comeback that included a pair of touchdowns.
The High School Football section quarterfinals will be played tonight throughout the area. AM 1390-the Fan will broadcast the section 8 5A quarterfinal game between Sauk Rapids-Rice and St. Cloud Apollo.
The Twins are 'calling up' coaches, not players out their Triple-A clubs to firm up their bullpen, sluggers and catchers.
The Vikings won 21-14 at home against Arizona Sunday afternoon to improve to 5-2. Adrian Peterson ran for 153 yards on 23 carries and 1 touchdown. Peterson tied Robert Smith with his 29th career 100-yard rushing game. Percy Harvin had 2 carries for 10 yards and 3 catches for 37 yards and 1 touchdown. Christian Ponder was 8-17 passing for 58 yards and 1 touchdown with 2 interceptions for Minnesota. Harrison Smith capped the Viking scoring with a 31-yard interception return touchdown.
The St. Cloud State men's hockey team completed a weekend sweep of Alabama-Huntsville 4-0 Saturday after winning 8-3 on Friday night. Nic Dowd, Andrew Prochno, Drew LeBlanc and Kalle Kosilla each scored a goal for the Huskies and Ryan Faragher had 18 saves to earn the shutout in net.
The St. Cloud State football team saw their 4-game win streak come to an end Saturday with a 28-27 loss at Nothern State in Aberdeen, South Dakota. SCSU trailed 14-7 at halftime and 21-7 after 3 quarters. The Huskies outscored the Wolves 20-7 in the 4th quarter. SCSU took a 27-21 lead on a Phil Klaphake 2-run TD run with :42 left but the extra point was blocked. Nothern State won the game on a 34-yard touchdown pass on the last play of the game. They made their extra point to win it.
The Vikings are giving running back Adrian Peterson and defensive end Jared Allen a break this week. Both missed practice Thursday for precautionary reasons.
Wolves' forward Kevin Love will not require surgery after breaking two bones in his shooting hand while doing knuckle pushups during a morning workout. K-Love saw a specialist Thursday but will still be out 5-7 weeks.
The high school football pairing in section 85A and section 53A have been released. In section 85A Moorhead is the #1 seed, Sartell-St. Stephen is the #2 seed, Apollo is seeded #3, Tech is #4, Alexandria is #5 and Sauk Rapids-Rice is seeded #6. The top two seeds get a first round bye with #6 Sauk Rapids-Rice playing at #3 Apollo at 7pm Tuesday night. #5 Alexandria will play at #4 Tech at 8:15pm at SCSU Tuesday night.
The St. Cloud State men's hockey team will host the University of Alabama-Huntsville Friday and Saturday nights at the National Hockey Center in their home openers. The Huskies are 0-2 after dropping a pair of games at New Hampshire last weekend. Sophomore Ryan Faragher is the top goaltender this season with Mike Lee graduating. The Huskies return Drew LeBlanc, and Ben Hanowski amongst others.
The St. Cloud State football team travels to Northern State in Aberdeen, South Dakota this Saturday to play the Wolves at 2:30pm. SCSU has won 4 games in a row and is 5-2 on the season.