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Marcus Foligno wins NHL's King Clancy award

NEW YORK (AP) — Minnesota Wild forward Marcus Foligno has received this season's King Clancy Memorial Trophy for leadership and service, the NHL announced Thursday. The award is presented annually to the player who "best exemplifies leadership qualities on and off the ice and has made a ...

Freyberg, Turgeon, McCue stand out at state

ST. MICHAEL — The State Track and Field Championships began on Thursday at St. Michael-Albertville High School, with a handful of medals already being earned by some of the area’s top athletes. Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial/Nicollet took home four field medals on Thursday, while Sibley East grabbed one field medal. Thursday featured all Class A preliminary events, along with the boys 3,200 finals and a handful of field event finals. All remaining Class A finals will take place Friday. FREYBERG FLIES FOR LCWM/N For Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial/Nicollet, junior Levi Freyberg ...

Spurs know they have to be better, Knicks feel the same

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer SAN ANTONIO — The road to the NBA Finals was not exactly smooth for the San Antonio Spurs. They had — and lost — home-court advantage in Round 1 against Portland, before recovering to win the series. In Round 2 against Minnesota, the same thing ...

TEL roundup: Mathiowetz slam helps Indians best Bluejays

SLEEPY EYE 9, ESSIG 8 ESSIG — Tyler Mathiowetz’s grand slam led the way for the Sleepy Eye Indians on Wednesday night as the Indians held off the Essig Bluejays 9-8 in a Tomahawk East League amateur baseball game. Mathiowetz’s grand slam came in the eighth to put the Indians up 8-3 ...

Haase hits grand slam as Giants beat Brewers

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Casey Schmitt homered on the game's first pitch, Eric Haase hit the Giants' fifth grand slam in a 17-game span as they opened a nine-run lead, and San Francisco beat the Milwaukee Brewers 12-9 Thursday for a a four-game split. Jung Hoo Lee had four of the Giants' 20 hits, and Chapman and Bryce Eldridge three each. San Francisco scored six times in the seventh inning, opening a 12-3 lead. The Giants' five slams in 17 games is the shortest span in team history; they hit five over 23 games from April 14 to May 10, 1970. Jackson Chourio homered twice for Milwaukee ...

Madelia ends 35-year drought, on to state

SLEEPY EYE — For the first time since 1991, Madelia is headed to the state baseball tournament. After falling 7-3 to third-seeded Sleepy Eye in the first game of the Section 2A Baseball Tournament championship Thursday at Sleepy Eye Ballpark, top-seeded Madelia bounced back, capturing a ...