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The Wadena-Deer Creek Athletic Department will host its Grades 7-12 Fall Sports Meeting on Thursday, August 11 at 6 p.m. in the Commons at Wadena-Deer Creek Middle/High School. Parents and student-athletes will be asked to fill out mandatory paperwork and pay fees, which are required...

The Wadena-Deer Creek Babe Ruth baseball team will open play in the 13-15 state tournament at 2 p.m. Thursday in Cold Spring against Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton or Litchfield Green. DGF and Litchfield square off in a 10 a.m. game Thursday at Cold Spring. Other teams involved in the 12-team...

•No practice for all levels of Baseball/Softball on Wednesday, July 13 due to the Pee Wee Boys Tourney @ Wadena. Pee Wee boys need to be at the complex by 8:30am. •Practice/Fun Day on Thursday, July 14 with Baseball and Softball Practices at regular times.

Carter Cook drove in two runs and scored another to help Springfield to a 4-2, 11-inning win over Parkers Prairie in the Class A championship game of the MSHSL baseball tournament Monday at Target Field. Sam Baier worked 5.2 innings of scoreless, three hit relief for the Tigers,...

Jordan Kern became the first Wadena-Deer Creek golfer to qualify for state competition since Mike Grieme in 2004 Tuesday in the Section 8AA tournament at Bemidji Town and Country Club. Kern shot an 81 Monday and shaved three strokes off that score Tuesday for a two-day total of 159....

The Wadena-Deer Creek Wolverines will open Section 6AA baseball tournament play Thursday hosting Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale in a 5 p.m. game. The two Park Region Conference rivals have met twice this season. The Wolverines posted a 17-2 win April 26 in Bertha. The Raiders notched a 5-1...

The No. 8 Wadena-Deer Creek Wolverines will travel to Pequot Lakes for a 4:30 p.m. softball playoff game Thursday with the No. 1 Patriots. The game is being played Thursday due to graduation exercises Friday in Wadena.

Patrick Riewer went 2-for-4, homered and drove in three runs Sunday as the Bertha Blazers defeated New York Mills 11-3. Marcus Riewer also had homered for the Blazers. Riewer was 2-for-5 in his leadoff spot, scored three trimes and drove in two runs. Nate Meissner went 3-for-5 in...

Wadena-Deer Creek first and second grade girls are invited to join "Basketball Buddies" - a two-day camp on Feb. 16 and 23, from 3:10-4:10 p.m. at the WDC Elementary gym. Sign-up is required. Registration forms are on school's website.

The Wadena Boxing Club will hold their first local card of the 2015-2016 season Saturday, Dec. 19, at the National Guard Armory in Wadena. Boxing is slated to begin at 7:30 p.m. A card with 10 bouts is being planned.

Tori Ehlert has been doing a lot of teaching as she prepares her new basketball team for Tuesday night’s season opener at Staples. “The team has showed up for the last two weeks and has given their best effort,” Ehlert said. “There has been a lot of teaching.” In addition...

The Wadena-Deer Creek Wolverines will tackle the 2015-2016 hockey season with a new head coach, a large group of seniors and more depth. Kyle Davis, who assisted Chris Holman with last year's squad, will be calling the shots this year. Davis has 11 seniors on his roster including...

Bob Bergman’s Prairie Centre Blue Devils take to the ice Friday for their season opener with the Willmar Cardinals. The new cooperative of Wadena-Deer Creek, Long Prairie-Grey Eagle and Sauk Centre is slated to host the Cards at 7 p.m. at the Sauk Centre arena. The only...

Grand Meadow, Minneota, Becker, and Mankato West have all survived the first round of tournament play and advance with hopes of defending their 2014 titles.