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Minnesota curling skips John Shuster and Tabitha Peterson lead teams to U.S. titles

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February 6, 2024

Two Minnesota curling skips, John Shuster and Tabitha Peterson, led their teams to the men’s and women’s titles at the USA Curling national championships Sunday in East Rutherford, N.J.

Shuster, an Olympic gold medalist from Chisholm, rallied his team to an 11-6 win over Team Korey Dropkin in a final between two Duluth-based rinks. Shuster’s team went 7-1 to reach the title match, then took command of the final when the skip delivered an open hit for five points in the seventh end. Shuster’s current lineup, which includes Duluth residents Chris Plys and John Landsteiner, has won four U.S. titles in the past five years.

Peterson, a two-time Olympian from St. Paul, led her team to a 10-5 victory over Team Sarah Anderson in the final. Peterson’s group, which includes Tara Peterson of Eagan and Cory Thiesse of Duluth, won its final eight matches to earn its second consecutive U.S. championship.

Team Peterson will compete in the women’s world championships March 16-24 in Nova Scotia, while Team Shuster moves on to the men’s worlds March 30-April 7 in Switzerland.

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Gophers’ McCauley sits in third place

The Gophers’ Isabella McCauley shot a one-under-par 71 and is tied for third place at four-under 140 after two rounds of the Purdue Puerto Rico Classic at Grand Reserve Golf Club in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico. Kansas State’s Carla Bernat also had a 71 and is in the lead at six under. Furman’s Anna Morgan (71) is in second place at five under.

Minnesota’s Emma Carpenter shot a second-round 72 and is tied for 10th at two-under 142. The Gophers are in 12th place in the team competition at 13-over 589. LSU leads at four under, with Texas A&M one stroke back. The final round is Tuesday.

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Obituary for Marcie Moe at Johnson Funeral Service

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November 28, 2025

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Obituary for Marcie Moe at Johnson Funeral Service

Marcie Lee Moe age 65, of East Grand Forks, Minnesota, formerly of Grygla, MN, passed away peacefully surrounded by loved ones. Born on December 10, 1959 in Thief River Falls, Minnesota. Marcie was the beloved daughter of Adrian Severance Johnson and Edna Irene Christianson Johnson. Marcie was baptized at St.

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5 key takeaways from Minnesota’s loss to Stanford at the Acrisure Invitational

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November 28, 2025

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5 key takeaways from Minnesota’s loss to Stanford at the Acrisure Invitational

Minnesota began its Acrisure Invitational journey with some great energy against Stanford, but an injury to starting point guard Chansey Willis Jr. was too much to overcome in a hard-fought 72-68 loss. Here’s what we learned.

Minnesota has been without North Dakota transfer BJ Omot and Maryland transfer Chance Stephens in every regular-season game, while starting big man Robert Vaihola missed his second straight game on Thursday with a knee injury. Things got even more scarce after two early fouls sent Willis to the bench, and he came out of the locker room with a boot on his right ankle.

The Gophers were already not a very deep team, so taking away four rotational players is a massive issue for Niko Medved and a rebuilding program.

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With Vaihola out for the second straight game due to a knee injury, Minnesota slid Grove into the starting lineup for the first time in his college career. Nehemiah Turner did not see the floor after starting last week’s loss to San Francisco, and it was an eight-man rotation.

The Gophers coughed up 14 turnovers on Thursday night, compared to only eight for Stanford. The biggest difference was that Minnesota’s turnovers resulted in 27 Cardinal points. It’s hard to point to any other stat as the largest factor in Thursday’s result.

Reynolds was the first player off the bench for Minnesota, and he provided some serious energy to begin Thursday night’s game. He had a career-high 16 points in last week’s loss to San Francisco, and it looked like he would remain at that level against Stanford, but he struggled in the second half with six points, six rebounds, four assists and six turnovers on the night.

Asuma generated all the headlines when he opted to stay with the Gophers through the coaching change, but Grove also returned after redshirting last season. The 6-foot-9 big man from Alexandria, Minnesota, got the biggest opportunity of his college career against Stanford. He finished with five points and one rebound in 19 minutes. Medved opted to roll with Durkin in the closing lineup.

The Gophers will face Santa Clara on Friday night in the consolation game of the Acrisure Invitational.

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Stanford Cardinal play the Minnesota Golden Gophers

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November 27, 2025

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Stanford Cardinal play the Minnesota Golden Gophers

Minnesota Golden Gophers (4-2) vs. Stanford Cardinal (4-1)

Palm Desert, California; Thursday, 9:30 p.m. EST

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Cardinal -1.5; over/under is 142.5

BOTTOM LINE: Stanford takes on Minnesota at Acrisure Arena in Palm Desert, California.

The Cardinal have a 4-1 record in non-conference games. Stanford scores 83.8 points while outscoring opponents by 12.2 points per game.

The Golden Gophers have a 4-2 record against non-conference oppponents. Minnesota ranks seventh in the Big Ten with 11.3 offensive rebounds per game led by Jaylen Crocker-Johnson averaging 3.3.

Stanford averages 7.8 made 3-pointers per game, 1.0 more made shot than the 6.8 per game Minnesota gives up. Minnesota averages 74.2 points per game, 2.6 more than the 71.6 Stanford gives up.

TOP PERFORMERS: Ebuka Okorie is shooting 52.1% and averaging 23.8 points for the Cardinal. Benny Gealer is averaging 2.4 made 3-pointers.

Cade Tyson is scoring 21.8 points per game and averaging 4.3 rebounds for the Golden Gophers. Crocker-Johnson is averaging 11.7 points.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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