Minnesota
Cathedral Crusaders And Kimball Cubs Face Off At College Of St. Benedict
The section softball playoffs are reaching their apex this week throughout Central Minnesota. Here’s a look at some of the local teams’ matchups.
SECTION 6AA
The #1 seeded Cathedral Crusaders (21-4) will take on #2 seed Kimball in the winner’s bracket at the College of St. Benedict. First pitch is scheduled for 5 p.m..
The Crusaders beat Milaca 10-0 in a quarterfinal matchup on May 18th and topped Pequot Lakes 5-0 in the semifinal. On the other side of the bracket, the Cubs beat Royalton 12-1 in the quarterfinals and defeated Eden Valley-Watkins 14-4 in the semis.
ELIMINATION BRACKET
Melrose will play against Holdingford in the day’s first elimination game, which is scheduled to be played at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the College of St. Benedict. That game will be followed by Foley battling against Pierz at 1 p.m., with the winners meeting up at 3 p.m. Tuesday at CSB.
SECTION 8AAA
The top two seeds in the Section 8AAA Tournament will battle it out on Tuesday, with top-seeded Sartell (18-4) set to host second seed ROCORI (15-6). First pitch is scheduled for 4:30 p.m..
The Sabres and Spartans met once during the regular season, with Sartell winning 4-3 in extra innings in Cold Spring on April 22nd.
Sartell beat Fergus Falls 21-0 in their quarterfinal matchup, then beat Willmar 7-0 in the semifinals. ROCORI blanked Detroit Lakes 10-0 in the quarterfinals before beating Sauk Rapids-Rice 2-0 in the semis.
ELIMINATION BRACKET
#3 seed Sauk Rapids-Rice will try to battle its way out of the elimination bracket when they host Hutchinson at 12 p.m. on Tuesday. The other half of the elimination bracket sees #6 Little Falls take on #5 Willmar at 2 p.m. on Tuesday
SECTION 8AAAA
The St. Cloud Crush is set for an elimination bracket semifinal matchup with St. Michael-Albertville in Monticello on Tuesday at 4 p.m.. The other half of the elimination bracket in 8AAAA sees Monticello match up with Moorhead.
The winners will meet at 6 p.m. on Tuesday in Monticello.
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We had another beautiful day across the region. Temperatures were still slightly below average. Winds will continue to be off the lake but our focus for tonight will be the chance for strong to severe thunderstorms across north-central Minnesota. The biggest threats will be hail, gusty winds and lightning.
Additional showers and thunderstorms are expected Wednesday, mainly during the afternoon and early evening.
Strong or severe storms are not currently expected Wednesday. However, some of these pop up storms could produce some damaging winds.
A more summer-like pattern is expected for the end of the week into early next week with increasing moisture and temperatures.
Chances for storms are expected to return on Sunday and continue into the new week.
Tonight
Showers and thunderstorms redevelop later tonight with fog by sunrise, the low will be around 48. East wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph.
Wednesday
AM Fog with afternoon showers and thunderstorms with a high near 63. East wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph.
Thursday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 69. East wind around 5 mph.
Friday
Partly sunny, with a high near 69. East wind 5 to 10 mph.
Saturday
A slight chance of showers after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 69. Breezy, with an east wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Sunday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 74. Breezy, with an east wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Monday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 81. Southeast wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Tuesday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 83. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 15 mph.
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The Portland Trail Blazers picked Minnesota Timberwolves assistant Micah Nori as their next head coach on Tuesday, after making the playoffs for the first time in five years under the direction of interim coach Tiago Splitter.
Nori, who spent the past five seasons with the Timberwolves, has interviewed for multiple head coach vacancies, including the Chicago Bulls earlier this month, the New York Knicks last year, and the Los Angeles Lakers in 2024.
Nori, 52, was the lead assistant under Timberwolves head coach Chris Finch while the club made the playoffs each season, won five series, and reached the Western Conference finals in 2023 and 2024. Nori, who began his NBA career in 1998 as a scout with the Toronto Raptors, has also been an assistant for the Raptors, the Sacramento Kings, the Denver Nuggets, and the Detroit Pistons. His son, Dante, is a minor league baseball player in the Philadelphia Phillies organization.
Splitter, who was hired last week as head coach of the Chicago Bulls, was promoted from assistant to interim coach when then-head coach Chauncey Billups was arrested in October in a federal takedown of a sprawling gambling operation. Billups has pleaded not guilty to charges of wire fraud and money laundering.
The Blazers went 42-40 with a five-game loss to NBA finalist San Antonio in the first round of the playoffs, the first postseason appearance and first time they finished with a winning record in five years.
The news comes a day after the Wolves reportedly traded three-time All-Star Julius Randle to the Brooklyn Nets in a three-team trade that sends Nic Claxton to the Chicago Bulls.
The Minnesota Timberwolves are reportedly trading three-time All-Star Julius Randle to the Brooklyn Nets in a three-team trade that sends Nic Claxton to the Chicago Bulls.
Minnesota is sending the 28th pick to the Nets and will be receiving the No. 33 pick that will be made in the second round on Wednesday night, according to a person who spoke to the Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the deal has not received the required approvals from the league office.
For Minnesota, the trade opens up a slew of financial possibilities. It creates a $33 million trade exception, plus gives the Timberwolves room they can use to re-sign Ayo Dosunmu and target more players in free agency.
Randle, a three-time All-Star, will be moving to his fifth team after stints with New York, the Los Angeles Lakers, New Orleans and the Timberwolves. He averaged 21.1 points this past season, though shot just 39% from the field and 24% from 3-point range in Minnesota’s 12 playoff contests.
Claxton just finished his seventh NBA season, all with Brooklyn. He averaged 11.7 points this past season.
The 2026 NBA Draft begins Tuesday night.
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