Category Archives: KNSI Local Sports

Former Minnesota Vikings Head Coach Bud Grant has Died
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Bud Grant, the stoic and demanding Hall of Fame coach who took the Minnesota Vikings and their mighty Purple People Eaters defense to four Super Bowls in eight years and lost...
Associated Press Mar 11, 2023 AP Photo/Jim Mone

Vikings Cut Wide Receiver Adam Thielen
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The Minnesota Vikings released wide receiver Adam Thielen on Friday for salary cap relief, ending a remarkable 10-year run with his home-state team as an undrafted underdog. Thielen...
Associated Press Mar 10, 2023 Associated Press

Cardinals Soar Above The Storm In Second Half
(KNSI) - Girls' Basketball 8AAA Section Final #1 Alexandria 69, #3 Sauk Rapids-Rice 44: The Storm fell down by double digits early but fought back and had a chance to tie or take the lead just before ...
Ashley Menzemer Mar 10, 2023 Sauk Rapids players display 8AAA second place trophy.
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(War)road To Perdition: Warriors Pull Away Late From Cathedral Boys' Hockey; Boys Basketball Section 6AA Tips Off
(KNSI) - Boys' Hockey Class A State Quarterfinal #1 Warroad 5, St. Cloud Cathedral 1: Crusader forward Joey Gillespie knotted the game at one roughly midway through the second period as Cathedral was ...
Ashley Menzemer Mar 09, 2023 Unsplash

High School Basketball Playoff Results: March 7th
(KNSI) - Boys Basketball 8AAAA #2 Moorhead 57, #7 Sartell 55 8AAA #1 Alexandria 89, #8 Apollo 35 #2 St. Cloud Tech 80, #7 Willmar 44 #6 Sauk Rapids-Rice 70, #3 Detroit Lakes 67 #4 ROCORI 65, #5 Little...
Ashley Menzemer Mar 08, 2023 Justin Ekstrom/KNSI Sports Network

St. Cloud's Camryn Kenning Wins Wrestling State Title; Hugg Finishes Fifth
(KNSI) - Saint Cloud Tech wrestler Camryn Kenning is a state champion. Kenning went 3-0 in the girls' 235 pound weight class over the weekend, securing a pinfall in each of her matches. Kenning had to...
Ashley Menzemer Mar 07, 2023 MSHL/Facebook

Cathedral Boys Make State Hockey Tournament; Girls Basketball Decides Section Championship; Boys Basketball Sectionals Tip Off
(KNSI) - The 16-12 Cathedral Boys' Hockey Team is back in the state tournament. The Crusaders escaped Section 5A with a come-from-behind overtime win against Little Falls last week, 4-3. The comeback ...
Ashley Menzemer Mar 06, 2023 St. Cloud Cathedral High School

Cathedral Honors Student-Athletes Committed To NCAA Division III Schools
(KNSI) - Ten Cathedral High School student-athletes were recognized Wednesday morning at a signing ceremony as they commit to playing collegiately at the NCAA Division III level. The group is made up ...
Ashley Menzemer Mar 01, 2023 Photo courtesy of Cathedral Activities Director Emmett Keenan

Jessie Diggins becomes 1st American to win XC gold at worlds
PLANICA, Slovenia (AP) - Jessie Diggins became the first American to win world championship gold in an individual cross country ski race, finishing 14 seconds in front of Sweden's Frida Karlsson on Tu...
Associated Press Mar 01, 2023 AP Photo/Darko Bandic

Historic Year for College of Saint Benedict Hockey Team Ends in MIAC Semifinal
(KNSI) - An historic season for the College of Saint Benedict Hockey Team came to an end Saturday in the semifinals of the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. The squad finished 14-12-1, wh...
Ashley Menzemer Feb 27, 2023 Unsplash