Area Sports
Bearcat girls falter against EGF Green Wave, beat Ponies and Bears
By Mark Johnson, coach KCC 52 – EGF 75 Kittson County Central Bearcats and East Grand Forks Green Wave faced off last Friday evening in a rescheduled contest from the pre-Christmas storm events. The Bearcats won their last three games and were looking to extend that streak. The two teams played each other tight through…
Read MoreBearcats defeat Bears 8-2
By Dylan Johnson The KCC Bearcats hockey team played the Lake of the Woods Bears on Thursday, Dec. 29, for their last game of 2022. The Bearcats started off the game strong, with a dominating pace and two goals from Hayden Olsonawski. Dana Brown added another goal to the board during the first period. The…
Read MoreDNR urges snowmobile riders to ride safely ahead of long weekend
Recent heavy snowfall has made for excellent snowmobiling conditions throughout the state, so the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources wants to remind eager riders to make safety a priority. The upcoming long weekend coupled with moderate temperatures will kick an already busy season into high gear. “Opportunities to ride snowmobiles are entirely dependent upon the…
Read MoreBearcats lose hard-fought opener against Green Wave
By Trent Jerome, coach On Thursday, Dec. 1, the KCC Bearcat boys basketball team opened their season at home against the East Grand Forks Green Wave. The Green Wave struck first with a quick 2-point bucket. Bearcat Braden Faken scored for the Bearcats with a strong drive to the basket. EGF countered quickly and pulled…
Read MoreBearcats girls open season with 56-61 loss to Roseau
By Mark Johnson, coach KCC 56 – Roseau 61 The Bearcats started their basketball season on the road last Thursday with a trip to Roseau to face the Rams in a North Border Conference matchup. It was the first game of the season for KCC and the second game for the Rams. The first half…
Read MoreBearcats defeat Pirates, lose in overtime to Ice Dawgs and Lakers
By Dylan Johnson The Bearcats hockey team started off their second week of hockey for the season with another win — their third in a row — against the Crookston Pirates. The Bearcats started the game with a goal from Tyler Hennen, assisted by Hayden Olsonawski, 1 minute into the game, to set the pace…
Read MoreKCC Bearcats win double-header hockey against Ely Timberwolves
By Dylan Johnson To start off the varsity Bearcats Hockey season, the team traveled to Ely for an overnight trip, with the first game on Friday, Nov. 25, and the second game on Saturday, Nov. 26. The Bearcats started off the game on Friday night with a goal by Hayden Olsonawski, assisted by Ethan Hanson…
Read MoreKCC punches ticket to Section Championship with win over Win-E-Mac
By Mark Bernstrom, assistant coach This past Saturday, the (9-0) Bearcats hosted the (5-4) Win-E-Mac Patriots in the section semi-final game in Hallock. It was a beautiful fall day for an afternoon game, that set a great back drop to a fun afternoon of football. The Bearcats defeated the Patriots 34-0. All season the offense…
Read MoreBearcats volleyball ends season with 18-10 record, losses to BGMR and G-G
By Tina Turn, coach The Bearcats finished the regular season 17-9, which placed them at the four seed. That position secured KCC a home court match the first round of playoffs when they took on the Grygla-Goodridge Chargers, the five seed. The battle took place at the Kittson Central High School on Thursday, Oct. 27.…
Read MoreGirls defeat G-G, SAC for big Conference wins
By Coach Tina Turn Our Oct. 6 match-up with the Grygla-Goodridge Chargers was moved up to Monday, Oct. 3 at Goodridge. Coming into the match, KCC was sitting in third place in the section, closely followed by G-G at fourth place. It was a big Conference match, and the Bearcats were hungry for a win…
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