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ISDRA Musher Ashlyn Jendro of Kimball took 11th place in the Adult 4_Dog Speed class at the Snowflake International Sled Race Sunday, March 6, in Duluth.This event was hosted by the Midwest Skijorer’s Club. The Snowflake International was sanctioned by the International Sled Dog Racing Association and counts towards the International Championship Series for Sled…

The Kimball Elementary boys’ basketball team finished their season Saturday, March 5, by taking part in the Kimball Boys Basketball Tournament. The boys started out the day by defeating Becker-Blue by a score of 26-17. They then came up against a very good Holdingford team who defeated the young Cubs, 35-30. This was an exciting…

The opening round of the Section 5AA playoffs began Thursday, March 3, at Kimball where the third-seeded Cubs hosted a matchup against the sixth-seeded PACT Spectrum Panthers. Kimball led from the start, as they jumped on top of the Panthers leading 29-20 at the half. Kimball pushed its lead to 47-33, with six minutes to…

The Cubs battled their way through the Minnesota State High School League tournament to a fifth-place finish, capping off a season full of new records. Some personal and team records have been broken this year. On their way to a fifth-place finish in state, the Cubs faced 17 ranked teams, beating 15 of them. The…

For the first time in 11 years the Kimball boys’ basketball team won a playoff game. The Cubs hosted the Legacy Christian Academy Lions last Thursday night, March 10, in first-round action. Kimball jumped out to a great start scoring the first 10 points of the game. Legacy answered with a six-point run to trail…

Cubs fall to LakersThe Kimball Cubs traveled to Howard Lake last Tuesday,March 1, to take on the Lakers. The game had to be moved to the old high school because of a power outage at the new school. Both teams started out slowly in a defensive battle. Eventually, the Lakers found their shooting touch and…

By Gary Riess, coachKimball JV finished its 2010-11 season with a thrilling 36-32 win over B-B-E to finish 16-8. The Cubs had defeated B-B-E by one point in their first encounter and this game was equally as close. The final margin of victory, four points, was the biggest lead either team had during the game.…

Cubs upset Falcons, advance to State Tournament March 3By Mike SchindlerThe second seed Kimball wrestling team reached the section finals Friday, Feb. 18, where they faced off against the first seed ACGC. This was a rematch of a dual that happened Jan. 27, when the Cubs lost their only dual of the year to the…

Wrestlers win CMC title Thursday Feb. 10, the wrestlers traveled to Howard Lake to take on the host and Long Prairie-Grey Eagle. In the first match of the night, the Cubs took it to LP-GE, winning with an 82-0 dual-meet score. The Cubs did receive six forfeits in the meet, but also pinned seven of…