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A first-time champion was crowned in the Tenth Annual Kimball Alumni Basketball Tournamant Saturday, Feb. 6. The 1989-1993 team defeated the three-time defending champions 2006-2007 team by a score of 42-39 in the championship game. It is the first time the 1989-1993 team has won the tournament. The 1994-1997 team took the third place game…

The Kimball Elementary School boys’ basketball team traveled to Glencoe Saturday Jan. 29, to play in the Glenco-Silver Lake Elementary Tournament. The team won three games and brought home first-place medals. They defeated Glenco-Silver Lake Silver 32-4, then beat Dassel-Cokato 21-8, and won the championship game against a very tough Glencoe-Silver Lake Purple team 23-16.The…

Kimball Cubs wrestlers took first place in the annual Kimball Duals Saturday, Jan. 15. Mitch Pramann is pictured with his opponent during the match. Travis Schiefelbein picked up his 100th win at the duals Saturday. (Watch for details next week.) Staff photos byMarguerite Laabs.

By Mike Schindler, CoachThursday Jan. 6, the Cubs improved their record in the Central Minnesota Conference to 3-0 with a 46-18 win over Holdingford. The Cubs started off with wins out of the first three weights at (103) Mitchell Mckee won by a decision 9-3, (112) Quinten Berres won by a fall in 3:32, and…

The Kimball Cubs wrestlers are currently undefeated and, as of the Dec. 31 rankings, they are ranked among the top five wrestling teams in Minnesota in “Class A.”After the Christmas break, the Cubs are 7-0 in duals, and champions of the Rush City Open and the Frazee Dual tournaments.The next wrestling match for the undefeated…

Maria Donnay (left) and Luke Serbus have been selected to represent Kimball Area High School in the Excellence in Community, Education and Leadership Award.The EXCEL Award is sponsored by the Minnesota State High School League. The award goes to high school juniors who participate in league-sponsored fine arts and/or athletic activities, hold a leadership position…

The 11th-ranked Cubs faced one more test before the Christmas break, traveling to the cities to face a “Lean and Mean” team in triple A in Shakopee. The Cubs went into the dual without two of their starters, but the back-ups did a great job and saved the team some bonus points. Mitchell McKee(103) started…

With less than one minute to play and the clock ticking, Kimball trailed by seven points, 36-43, while the Holdingford Huskers had possession of the ball, only needing to run out the clock to complete a victory over the Cubs. But the Kimball girls’ basketball team gained possession following a Holdingford shot, took a timeout,…

Nearly 65 professional alumni and others converged on Kimball Area High School for the day Wednesday, Dec. 8, for Career Day. Students, both junior and senior high, could choose four sessions out of a possible 22 based on career fields. Included were medical, law enforcement, entrepreneur, engineering, construction, finance, marketing, government, computers, manufacturing, and science.…