(2008/08/29)
MINNEAPOLIS — Eventually, Eric Decker must make the decision: Catch the ball, or swing the bat?

(2008/08/26)
Mark Miner typically begins water skiing each year in April or May. By June, Miner’s two sons Sammy, 16, and Hunter, 10, join their father on near-daily ski excursions on the Mississippi River. Weather notwithstanding, the Winona family will continue water skiing every chance they get until at least September.

(2008/08/17)
Erik Mundahl is just starting to feel like his old self again.

(2008/08/17)
There were so many awesome things about the 29th Annual Goodview Gallop it’s hard to know where to begin.

(2008/08/16)
More than 525 people have signed up already to run in the 29th Annual Goodview Gallop.

(2008/08/14)
Mitchell and Marcus Kulhmann have nothing on their mom.

(2008/08/14)
For the first time, Winona State University will offer a combined season-ticket package for football and men’s and women’s basketball.

(2008/08/13)
Times are changing in and around Winona State University’s football team.

(2008/08/09)
After a long week of competitive golf — 99 holes in five days at five area courses — the Around the County junior golf tournament came down to three friends and three strokes between them.

(2008/08/08)
Despite playing 27 holes Thursday at 12-over-par, Matt Beyerstedt holds a four-stroke lead heading into the final round of the Around the County junior golf tournament.

(2008/08/08)
Winona Daily News Fall sports practices in Minnesota begin Monday, meaning games and tournaments are right around the corner.

(2008/08/07)
Coming into the third day of the Around the County golf tournament at Westfield Golf Club, Matt Beyerstedt and Zach Erickson were tied for the lead at 149.

(2008/08/06)
This past March, at the Oak Hill National motocross in Alvord, Texas, 13-year-old racer Cloe Spaeth crashed. Hard.

(2008/08/06)
LEWISTON, Minn. — Matt Beyerstedt joined Zach Erickson at the top of the second round leaderboard as the low scores at the Around the County junior golf tournament continued to pour in Tuesday.

(2008/08/05)
ST. CHARLES, Minn. — Zach Erickson shot a 3-over-par 73 on Monday to grab a one-stroke lead after the first day of the Around the County junior golf tournament.

(2008/08/04)
STEWARTVILLE, Minn. — The Winona Chiefs amateur baseball team lost for the first time in the Region 5C tournament.

(2008/08/03)
Jayson Detert is a peculiar character. He’s kind of like Batman, minus the fighting crime, living in Gotham and, well, wearing a cape — though he does have some massive and creative tattoos. Not sure Batman even has tattoos.

(2008/08/03)
I’ve thrown two punches in my life. It was 1991. I was in sixth grade. I was getting off the school bus and some kid hit me in the face with a snowball.

(2008/08/03)
ROCHESTER, Minn. — The Winona LeJetz American Legion baseball team saw its season come to an end Saturday.

(2008/08/02)
Zach Sanders is living his dream. The former Wabasha-Kellogg High School five-time state wrestling champion is currently wrestling for the United States in Istanbul, Turkey at the Fila-Juniors World Championships.

(2008/08/02)
When they walked into the gym, it was a bit overwhelming. That’s to be expected when competing at nationals.

(2008/08/02)
OWATONNA, Minn. — The Winona Chiefs amateur baseball team moved within one win of the state tournament Friday.

(2008/08/01)
There is a first time for everything. For the Winona Figure Skating Club and Saint Mary’s University, their first meeting was a success.

(2008/08/01)
ROCHESTER, Minn. — The Winona LeJetz American legion baseball team won another pressure-packed First District playoff game.

(2008/07/31)
The Winona Chiefs amateur baseball team was locked up in pitchers’ duel with the Kasson Coyotes on Wednes-day night at Gabrych Park.

(2008/07/30)
After 24 years of coaching American Legion baseball in Winona, Winona LeJetz coach Gary Hoeppner will retire at the end of the season. Ryan Speltz and the LeJetz made sure the last leg of “Hepp’s Farewell Tour” began with another warm memory for the longtime coach.

(2008/07/30)
Cloe Spaeth began her motocross racing career, at the age of four, competing against boys. Little Cloe was a bit of a pest to her competition. She wasn’t very fast and she got in their way.

(2008/07/29)
Baseball and softball in Stockton, Minn., are getting a big league boost.

(2008/07/28)
ALBERT LEA, Minn. — The Winona Buddies VFW baseball team was eliminated from the First District playoffs Sunday, losing 8-7 to Northfield.

(2008/07/27)
FOUNTAIN CITY, Wis. — The USMTS National Tour took over the Tri-Oval Speedway on Friday night — sort of.

(2008/07/27)
ALBERT LEA, Minn. — The Winona Buddies are just three wins away from the VFW baseball state tournament, but they’re also one loss away from season-ending elimination.

(2008/07/26)
The Winona Chiefs amateur baseball team was playing for more than the Twin Rivers East Division Championship on Friday night. They were playing for a home game in the Region 5C tournament.

(2008/07/25)
In the final stretch of games during the regular season, you hope to gather up enough positive momentum to carry you into the playoffs.

(2008/07/24)
Kyle Jumbeck has been racing stock cars since before it was even legal for him to drive.

(2008/07/24)
ROCHESTER, Minn. — The Winona LeJetz American Legion baseball team split its final First District doubleheader, salvaging a 12-2 win after a 6-5 loss Wednesday to the Rochester Eagles.

(2008/07/23)
Tim Verthein’s inside-the-park home run in the fourth inning scored two runs and highlighted La Crescent’s 10-0 first-round victory over Eyota in the District 1 tournament. Levon Mueller was 3-for-3 with three RBIs, driving home single runs in the first, second and fourth innings.

(2008/07/21)
Sheldon Haedtke has a lot to be excited about. Haedtke, a Winona native, finished fourth at the Minnesota Golf Association Amateur Championship Qualifying at Eagle Ridge Golf Course in Coleraine, Minn. on June 23.

(2008/07/20)
He had to work for it, but Jake Dunn finally reinvested in his golf game.

(2008/07/19)
The Winona Chiefs amateur baseball team took a free pass into the regional playoffs.

(2008/07/19)
OMAHA, Neb. — Sandlot baseball, a slice of American life enjoyed for decades by boys from coast to coast, appears on the verge of extinction.

(2008/07/18)
She wakes up early in the morning every weekday for an 8 a.m. training program at Winona Senior High School.

(2008/07/16)
It’s rarely a good thing when you have a practice named after you.

(2008/07/15)
CENTERVILLE, Wis. — Cooper Callaway didn’t want to be interviewed after a grueling race Sunday.

(2008/07/15)
The Winona Chiefs amateur baseball team had one goal to achieve on Sunday afternoon against Plainview and they accomplished it. Win.

(2008/07/13)
Lee Trocinski can count on one hand the number of at-bats he’s had this season for the Winona Chiefs amateur baseball team. But no one had a bigger at-bat — or hit — Saturday then the wiry left-handed pitcher.

(2008/07/13)
STILLWATER, Minn. — The Winona LeJetz American Legion baseball team and Stillwater opened a three-game series Saturday with a doubleheader split, each team picking up a walk-off win in the bottom of the seventh.

(2008/07/12)
Ryker Todd is quite obsessed with BMX racing. The 12-year-old has been racing since he was 3. He was born in Utah, where there were all kinds of places to race.

(2008/07/12)
ST. CLOUD, Minn. — The Winona Buddies had an eventful first day at the St. Cloud VFW baseball tournament. But it wasn’t exactly what the Buddies had in mind.

(2008/07/11)
SPRING VALLEY, Minn. — Rick Eckert drove 16 hours to get to Deer Creek Speedway on Wednesday.

(2008/07/10)
Jonte Flowers finally got the call he’d been hoping to get for quite some time.

(2008/07/10)
After a rough couple games Tuesday, the Winona LeJetz American Legion baseball team got back on track Wednesday.

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