Lake Bemidji fishing contest highlights and golf and sports notes
Cliff Morlan reviews a fishing for fun contest on Lake Bemidji where a big walleye was landed by John Melhus at the DNR weigh station. He praises local organizers and the DNR for cooperation and notes broader sports coverage from Cass Lake golf results to Twins baseball and Bemidji racing events.
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Lake Bemidji
Hank Rupp
Gary Newell
John Melhus
DNR
Minnesota
Kdal-Tv
BSU
Wally Pease
Gangelhoff and Eidsmoe Defend Tony Wold Open Title
Del Gangelhoff and Jamie Eidsmoe of Cass Lake defend their Tony Wold Open at Chippewa Country Club finishing 3 under par with 69. Jeff Nelson and Marcel Thibeault tie for second after a playoff, edging Rod South and Cam Larson. Scott Johnson wins putter-ball with 13 shots.
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Cass Lake
del Gangelhoff
Jamie Eidsmoe
Del
Jamie
Rod South
Cam Larson
Marcel Thibeault
Jeff Nelson
Nelson
Beault
South
Larson
Thibeault
Gangelhoff
Bemidji
Ed Risland
Jim Adams
Bemidji Legion Club
Legion
Jean Johnson
Bonnie Johnson
Stan Thompson
Thompson
Tubby Winans
Adams
Denny Phelps
Jean
Bonnie
Chippewa
Jim Patten
Tipper Hirt
Patten
Bob Strong
Jim
Cliff Morlan
Jamie Eidsmore
Tony Wold
Eidsmoe
Jamie Plan
Scott Johnson
Ken Villiers
Bemidji Legion
Jim Sutton
Terry Jackson
Bemidji Town and Country Club
Legion finishes fourth at Grand Rapids tourney
Bemidji American Legion baseball finished fourth at the Grand Rapids Invitational after a 63 loss to Aitkin in the third place game. They earlier fell to Grand Rapids 14-5 in the semifinals while Brainerd beat Aitkin 18-4 and Grand Rapids edged Brainerd 3-0 for the title.
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Bemidji American Legion
Aitkin
Bemidji
Grand Rapids
Brainerd
Pine City
Princeton
Cloquet
Anoka
Don Miller
Lee Theis
Kevin Kellin
Dave Salminen
Mike Conner
Dave Stanelle
Ricky Nelson
Jeff Hoard
Roger Bishop
Theis
Jim Jetland
Jetland
John Madsen
Tony Montebello
Lance Chambers
Rapids
Heard
Chambers
Montebello
Braves rally to split doubleheader with Thief River Falls
The Bemidji Braves trailed 7-6 in the sixth before Ray Porter’s grand slam gave them a 10-7 win to split the twin bill with the Thief River Falls Elks. TRF won the opener 10-1 as Gutterud held Bemidji to six hits. The Braves improve to 5-5 and host Leech Lake before the Horace May Invitational.
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Jerry Doggett
Thief River
Mark Lundin
Elks
Bemidji
Braves
Ken Bungert
Lundin
Aoe
Fred P
Bemidji Braves
Thief River Falls Elks
Horace May
Thief River Elks
Ray Porter
Craig Erhart
Porter
Steal
Mark Schmittke
The
Schmittke
Mark Schmitt
Mark Dillon
Leon Black
Greg Harder
Chris Menotti
Terry Batchelder
Schmitt
Dillon
Kelly Gutterud
Harder
Randy Nelson
Erhart
Jeff Ulrich
Fred Porter
Beaves
Gutterud
TRF
Ulrich
Schmittke Erhart
Nelson
Leech Lake
Leaders sweep Northern Lakes League action as Redlake, Lions win
Redlake rolled past Leech Lake 20 to 2 while Bemidji area teams posted big wins. Redlake led 6-0 in the second inning and 9-4 through four innings against Leech Lake, Lions defeated Cass Lake 12-0 behind Degerman before a first inning rally and an 18 hit Braves attack beat Laporte 23-3, with Blackfield driving in six for the Braves. Degerman left after being struck in the face. Bryan Hickerson finished the shutout. Lions and Braves share standings with Redlake atop the league. Cass Lake sits winless.
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Bemidji
Lions and Braves
Redlake
Lions
Roger Degerman
Cass Lake
Braves
Laporte
Leech Lake
Degerman
Bryan Hickerson
Jeff Beaulieu
Mike Buckanaga
Jim Cleveland
Leon Black
Wildcats
Black
Fred Porter
Schmitt
Ray Porter
Dillon
Dillon Clyde
J. White
Cermak
D. White
Clyde
Leechlake
Bill McNeil
Jerry Morgan
Eugene Perkins
Mike
Brian Beaulieu
Arnie Chaboyea
McNeil
Mike Beaulieu
John Wind
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Twins
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Rod Carew
Rod
Glenn Adams
RBI
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Chicago
KBUN
Frank Quilici
Herb Carneal
Bemidji Raceway
Bill Matzdorf
Jim Kobe
Kobe
Grand Forks
Lynn Lucken
Winger
Junior Jones
Jones
Ken Matthews
Lucken
Matthews
Matzdorf
Jack Gibson
Don Kirkpatrick
Dan Savage
Don Bibeau
John Taylor
Bob Dvorack
Bernie Laufenberg
Bob Meyers
Paul Folstrom
Alan Gross
Harvey Frazer
Lee Gehrke
Lloyd Folson
Joe Lausche
Bob Palmer
Dan Pappas
Ken Bennett
Ken Villers
Vern Prema
Max Lowe
Jim Davies
Paul Webster
Tubby
Winans
Tim Cooper
Dale Cooper
Bob Price
Doug Collins
Jon Giese
Kevin Hoge
Hoge
Chamber
Mike Organ
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Joe Huttinen
Dave Sarff
Mike Nentl
Bemidji Chiefs
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Northern Lakes League
Blackduck
Mark Beaulieu
Brian Hofmeister
Alvin White
Cal Puttbrese
Buckanaga
Howie Organ
Hofmeister
White
Casslake
Norenberg
Wittner
Hickerson
Marv Nelson
Steve Cermak
Ken Clyde
Joel White
Dean White
Earhart
McNeill
Perkins Wind
T. Fisher
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