Longtime Lakers great played a charity game against Fergus Falls area all-stars By Tom Hintgen Otter Tail County Correspondent On April 12, 1960, Minneapolis Lakers star Elgin Baylor, 25, joined his teammates to play a Jaycees-sponsored benefit basketball game in Fergus Falls. Longtime sports fans in Otter Tail County believe that Baylor, who later played with the Lakers… Read More

Teberg, Sonsalla participate on Perham/NYM team By Chad Koenen Publisher The Perham/New York Mills gymnastics team took fourth place at the Class A state gymnastics meet on Friday. The state meet was held at Champlin Park High School.  The Yellowjackets finished just .75 points out of third place and were over an entire point ahead of New… Read More

Salo competes at state wrestling tournament for the second time By Chad Koenen Publisher Dane Niemi took fourth place and Bren Salo dropped a pair of matches at the Minnesota state wrestling tournament on Saturday. The condensed state tournament featured just eight wrestlers at each weight class, as opposed to the conventional 16 wrestlers, and was… Read More

NYM ends season with a record of  17-3 overall By Chad Koenen Publisher Down by as many as 14 points in the first half, New York Mills came just minutes away from pulling off a big upset against the top ranked team in the state on Wednesday night.  The Eagles led top seeded, top ranked and previously… Read More

By Chad Koenen Publisher New York Mills had its season come to an end on Friday night as the third seeded Eagles fell to second seeded Underwood by a score of 58-56. The game came two nights after the Eagles defeated Norman County East/Ulen-Hitterdal by a score of 61-36 in the opening round of the playoffs. The… Read More

By Chad Koenen Publisher The second seeded New York Mills Eagles will try to do something no other team has been able to do this season—hand the undefeated and top ranked Mahnomen/Waubun Thunderbirds a loss. The Eagles and Thunderbirds, who are currently ranked first (M-W) and third (NY Mills) in the QRF in Class A, will… Read More

Niemi, Salo advance to state quarter finals meet By Chad Koenen Publisher Dane Niemi and Bren Salo will represent New York Mills at the state wrestling tournament on Saturday. The tournament will be held at St. Michael-Albertville High School.  Niemi placed first at the 138 lbs. super sectional tournament at Long Prairie-Grey Eagle High School on… Read More

By Chad Koenen Publisher The New York Mills Eagles picked up a pair of wins to enter the postseason with an impressive seven game winning streak and 13-4 record overall. The Eagles received the third seed in the sub section and will host sixth seeded Norman County East/Ulen-Hitterdal (6-9 overall) on Wednesday night at 7 p.m…. Read More

NYM seeded second in sub section tournament By Chad Koenen Publisher New York Mills ended its season with a pair of statement wins in the Park Region Conference, and in the process, pushed its winning streak to 11 games. After securing a 76-75 win over Pillager last Monday night, the Eagles defeated Bertha-Hewitt by a score of… Read More

By Chad Koenen Publisher New York Mills matched its season high winning streak of five games with a pair of wins against Frazee and Sebeka last week. The Eagles have just two games remaining on their schedule as they look to cement their standings in both the Park Region Conference and the sub section. Currently the Eagles,… Read More