Football starts Aug. 2

Central Lakes College football players on Thursday, Aug. 2 will report to campus in Brainerd for pre-season workouts, reports Head Coach Greg Medeck (shown). The team has a game-simulation scrimmage set for Saturday, Aug. 11 at Findorff Field. The following Saturday, Aug. 18 is set aside for a service project. The first game is at 6 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 23 at Thief River Falls vs. Northland. Home games are on Saturdays, Sept. 1 vs. Mesabi Range, Sept. 15 vs. Rochester, Sept. 22 vs. Mn State, and Oct. 6 vs. Vermilion. Other away games are at Itasca Sept. 8, Mn West Sept. 29, and Ridgewater Oct. 13. The Minnesota College Athletic Conference has added a quarter-final round to the playoffs (Oct. 20), with the semi-finals on Oct. 27 and the State Championship on Sunday, Nov. 3 at St. Cloud.

New coach

By Mike Bialka
Brainerd Dispatch 6-15-12

After graduating from the College of St. Scholastica in Duluth and entering the working world, Blake Eller realized he wanted to be a baseball coach. The 2004 Brainerd High School graduate, a standout player for the Warriors and in college for the Saints, served the last two years as a graduate assistant coach at Southwest Minnesota State University in Marshall. “I’ve wanted to coach for the last few years,” Eller said. “Obviously, I always loved playing the game and everything involved with it. (The game) teaches you about yourself and about life. I wanted to get involved and help kids who want to play.” On June 11, Eller’s career path took another step in the right direction when he was hired as head baseball coach at Central Lakes College in Brainerd. He succeeds Pat Held, who resigned following last season.

Cederberg is All-American

Cody Cederberg, Central Lakes College, finished 12th in the National Junior College Athletic Association Division III golf tournament June 4-8 at Chautauqua Golf & Country Club, Chautauqua, N.Y. He is a sophomore from Hawley. Cody earned All-American honors. Cody was consistent throughout the event, said Coach Jim Russell. His scores were 78-76-75-78 for 307 over the 72 holes. He finished 19 strokes back from medalist Shane Dobesch of Monroe CC, who fired a 290. Minnesota State Community & Technical College (Fergus Falls) of the Minnesota College Athletic Conference won the team championship.