New Basketball Coach Trying to Rebuild Program

During her high school basketball career at Pequot Lakes, Cassie (Evenson) Carey developed a reputation as an aggressive, scrappy player, one who took the ball to the rim, dove for loose balls, blocked out on the boards and tried to cause turnovers.

She strived to be the kind of player the opposition didn't want to face.

Carey, who begins her first season as head coach of the Central Lakes College Raiders, hopes to instill some of those attributes in her first Raider team.

Courtesy of the Brainerd Dispatch by Mike Bialka

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Four Volleyball Players and Coach Earn All-Division Honors

The Minnesota College Athletic Conference has announced its 2014 volleyball regular season awards. 

CLC players Sam Schlangen and Ashton Kapphahn were selected to the All-Northern Division First Team and Ashley Abear and Shelby Uphoff were Second Team selections.

Sam Schlangen also received the honor of being selected as "Player of the Year" in the Northern Division.

Jane Peterson was also honored by being selected as "Coach of the Year" in the Northern Division.

More information at MCAC

Raider Volleyball Team Region 13B Champions

The CLC Raider volleyball team beat Itasca 3-0 in the Region 13B championship game on Saturday and will advance to the NJCAA Division III national tournament. The Raiders won six straight games in the tournament beating Hibbing on Friday. 

The Region 13B champion Raiders will travel to Rochester, MN to play in national tournament November 14-15. 

Raider Football Team Advances to State Semifinals

The Raider football team wins their firstgame of the postseason by beating the Fond du Lac Thunder 48-10 at Findorff Field on the Brainerd campus of Central lakes College. They extend the perfect season to 9-0 and will host the state semifinal game on Saturday, November 1.

Raider Volleyball to Host Regional Tournament

The Raider volleyball team finished the season with two commanding performance wins over Rainy River on Friday (3-0) and Hibbing on Saturday (3-0). 

The Raiders finish the regular season with a division record of 11-1 and an overall record of 18-9. With the wins over the weekend, CLC will host the Regional Tournament next weekend Friday, October 31 and Saturday, November 1. The winner of the regional tournament advances to the NJCAA Division III national tournament.

Raiders Score Win Over Mesabi

VIRGINIA - The Central Lakes College Raiders, led by 327 yards of passing from Jake Faber (photo) and a pressing defense, ran over Mesabi 59-7 in a Northern Division game Saturday.

With the win, the Raiders finished their division season 5-0 and moved to 7-0 overall. They will have a chance to complete a perfect regular season on Saturday, October 18 with their rivalry game against Ridgewater at Findorff Field. The game begins at 1:30 and will be broadcast on live stream video.

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Raiders Prevail in Match for Top Division Spot

The Central Lakes Raiders, ranked eighth in the NJCAA Division III poll, went up against the Northland Pioneers who entered the Northern Division match Wednesday night ranked fourth with an overall record of 19-2. 

The Raiders were looking to avenge a loss at Northland earlier in the season, and to move up a game on the Pioneers in the race to host the Region tournament. 

Ashton Kapphahn (photo) knocked down 21 kills, and recorded 33 set assists as CLC won in dramatic fashion, pushing to the full five games for the 3-2 win.

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