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Scoggins: New London-Spicer's 'Fallen Heroes' game is one to copy across Minnesota
Braden Long will remove his last name from the back of his New London-Spicer football jersey and wear a different name for Friday’s home game against Glencoe-Silver Lake. Teammate Matthew Gehrke will do the same.
They are honored to do so.
Long will represent the Essler family on his uniform. Gehrke will wear the last name Slinden on his back.
In all, 10 New-London Spicer players will have different names on their jerseys as a tribute to veterans and first responders from their community who have died in the line of duty.
Glencoe-Silver Lake was invited to participate as well, with 10 players exchanging their last name for the name of a fallen service member from their community.
Friday’s game marks the third season that New-London Spicer has hosted their Minnesota Fallen Heroes Game. The event was founded by Tracy and Rick Clark, parents of Ryane Clark, a New London-Spicer athlete who died while deployed to Afghanistan in 2010.
“He’s a hometown boy and probably 10 years after the fact, new people [in town] didn’t know who he was,” Rick Clark said. “What a cool way of honoring all the soldiers and first responders in our area.”
The game is only part of the program. A ceremony is held before the game to share background information on each service member. Players learn the story of those they are honoring.
WADENA, MINN. (Valley News Live) – 25 pounds of meth, 3 pounds of cocaine, and 2.5 pounds of heroin led to federal charges for a group of Minnesota men.
The Wadena County Sheriff’s Office says a drug trafficking investigation conducted by the sheriff’s office, in cooperation with the West Central Drug Task Force, Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA), and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) started in Wadena County and finished in St. Paul.
They say Bill Rude, 62, of Wadena, is charged with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and cocaine.
Robert Anderson, 38, of Wadena, faces those same charges along with three counts of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
Aaron Heifort, 28, of Clitherall, is charged with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and cocaine and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
Carlos Valdovinos-Trejo, 27, of St. Paul is charged with conspiracy to distribute cocaine, three counts of distribution of methamphetamine, and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and heroin.
And there is current a federal arrest warrant for Jesus Valdovinos (not pictured), 41, of St. Paul on a number of drug charges.
The sheriff’s office says the street value of the drugs seized is estimated at over $1-million dollars.
They say the case is being prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
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“To be honest, the formula never changed,” he says. “My goal was for high school football to feel like its own ‘SportsCenter.’ Give me the scores, give me the highlights, tell me what it means.”
At the height of Preps Sports Extra, he dispatched eight TV crews every Friday to games around the metro and beyond. He recalled in amazement a playoff game between Stillwater and Moorhead.
Shaver really wanted video footage but sending a crew to Moorhead by car wasn’t a realistic option. The news director offered an idea: Why not rent a plane and fly there?
“This is no lie,” Shaver says, laughing. “We rented a single-engine plane at Flying Cloud, put a photographer in it, flew him to Moorhead to shoot the first half, get back in the plane, fly back to Flying Cloud, our live truck was sitting at Flying Cloud to send us the video and we got it on the show.”
“Can you imagine even thinking of doing that today?” he says.
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