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Minnesota United shared a video of various Minnesota athletes congratulating Lloyd on her illustrious career and wishing her well in retirement.

The Cathedral Crusaders jumped out to a 21-0 lead early in the second quarter and didn't look back in a 35-14 win over Milaca in the opening round of the Section 5AAA playoffs Tuesday.

The high school football playoffs begin tonight for many of the Central Minnesota teams. Tonight's games are first round section playoff games with the 2nd round or section semifinals happening Saturday. AM 1390/93.9 FM Granite City Sports will broadcast the Cathedral at Milaca game.

The Tech boys soccer team defeated Rocori 1-0 in the Section 8-2-A final in Sauk Centre. The Tigers posted wins in the section playoffs over Little Falls 6-0 and Apollo 1-0. Tech was the #2 seed in the section with Rocori as the #4 seed.

The ROCORI Spartans snapped a two game skid with a convincing 34-6 win over Big Lake Wednesday night in Cold Spring. Brady Blattner and Luke Van Erp each ran for a pair of scores in the win.

The Cathedral boys and girls soccer teams both won section 8A finals in Sauk Centre Tuesday to advance to the Class A state tournament. The Crusader boys team defeated Pelican Rapids 2-1 in overtime. Cathedral got their only goal in regulation from Zach Plante and won 3-2 on penalty kicks in overt…

The Timberwolves are set to begin their season Wednesday night at 7 p.m. against Houston. Financebuzz.com's survey of NBA teams and their fanbase spending indicates that Timberwolves fans pay the least amount of all NBA teams.

The Vikings improved to 3-3 Sunday with a 34-28 win at Carolina against the Panthers. Kirk Cousins connected with K.J. Osborn for the game-winning touchdown in overtime.

The Sauk Rapids-Rice football team puts their unbeaten 6-0 record on the line tonight when they play at 4-1 Moorhead. Moorhead suffered their first loss of the season last Friday against Elk River 50-46.

Vikings fans are a passionate group but that doesn't always lead to rowdiness. Bookies.com ranked the NFL fanbases and determined who is the most and least rowdy. Vikings fans were determined to be the 4th least rowdy based on their survey.

St. Cloud State is hosting their first homecoming week without football. The week long celebration his happening this week. The focus now and going forward is on hockey. SCSU Athletic Director Heather Weems and Associate Vice President for Strategic Communications Kathryn Kloby joined me on WJON …

The Vikings posted a 19-17 win over the Detroit Lions Sunday to improve to 2-3. Greg Joseph made a 54-yard field goal as time expired to win the game for Minnesota.