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Former SCSU hockey standout Ryan Lasch has recently received some news. Team USA’s roster was recently released for the upcoming International Ice Hockey Federation, and Lasch was one of the 18 selected.

Lasch played at SCSU from 2006-10 and became the Huskies all time scoring leader during his senior season. Lasch finished his career with 79 goals and 104 assists to give him a total of 183 points.

In 2007-08, Lasch was the WCHA scoring champion and helped the Huskies reach the first round of the Division 1 East Regional’s. SCSU would fall to Clarkson that game to finish 19-16-5 on the year.

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The first round of the 2012 NFL Draft is tonight, and speculation continues to run rampant as to who will be picked where.

In fact, the only picks that are certain right now are Andrew Luck and Robert Griffin III at No. 1 and No. 2, respectively. Every other pick is fair game, with very few media outlets agreeing on who will go next.

The following are my projections for the first 10 picks of the draft.

1. Indianapolis Colts – Andrew Luck, QB, Stanford

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Zack Dubay
Nick Hendrickson
contributing WRITERs
Calvary may need to clean up its act
“Disc golf is exploding,” Ken Wiggins, owner of Midtown Coffee and Disc Golf Shop in St. Cloud, said.
Calvary Park is being utilized by many people on a daily basis and the park is not being maintained to its highest potential. When visiting the park, the sight of trash lying only a few feet away from garbage cans is a common occurrence.
“They are quite good considering how much they get played, but things can always be cleaner,” Wiggins said regarding the local disc golf parks.
Zach Gilbert has been an employee for the St. Cloud Parks and Recreation Department for over 11 years. “Tim Mackey maintains Calvary Park and about six seasonal employees clean up and mow the park once every week and a half, but the crews are not responsible for picking up the garbage,” Gilbert said.
On the other hand, Riverside Park, home to another disc golf course in town, is being maintained differently. “Riverside Park has its own employee that maintains the bathrooms and takes care of the trash cans on a daily basis,” Gilbert said. “The park also has its own mowing crewing because of Munsinger Garden just up the hill.”
Riverside has much more to offer as a park; such as a splash pad, tennis courts, a large playground, multiple places to grill, walking trails along the Mississippi, flowers, benches by the river, and a warming house that can be rented for large gatherings.There are also multiple wishing wells and a peacock enclosure.
Calvary has a disc golf course, basketball court, and a small playground, but Calvary is open year around and Riverside is only a seasonal course. Gilbert iterated that the Riverside course does not get setup until after school so the grass can get a chance to set. Even though Riverside has more to offer, the seasonal status of its disc golf course continues to divert additional players to Calvary.
At Calvary there are signs at every tee box saying, “Please bring your trash home with you.”
Disc golfer and St. Cloud Parks Department employee Jordan Proell brought up, “The city just put in a brand new parking lot, a long with some new trees and storm gardens at Calvary.” Proell hopes people will notice the city is trying to improve the course and believes this will influence people to pick up after themselves, but he also feels the storm gardens may become a magnet for trash.
Wiggins does his part by offering garbage bags to players so they can pick up trash while they play.

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The SCSU Lacrosse team has battled injuries and a small roster all season, but they are entering the playoffs confident and proud of the effort they have produced.

A club team that does not get any university funding, the lacrosse program was founded at SCSU 20 years ago. Each player has to pay a fee of around $900 for team expenses. The players help set up and tear down the Husky Dome so that they can use the facility for free.

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From the little league diamond to SCSU, Chris Kubitz has proven his prowess on the mound closing games out for the Huskies.

Now he’ll get to take his talents to the Northwoods League, where he may even be scouted by Major League Baseball.

“He’s got pro body and pro arm written all over him,” said Huskies head coach Pat Dolan. “It’s pro prospect written all over it.”

Kubitz signed a deal with the Madison Mallards and he will start playing for them in June when their season begins.

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SCSU will be welcoming a new faculty member in the coming months.

On July 1, Heather Weems will be taking the position of Athletic Director.

This isn’t the first time Weems will be stepping into an upper level position.

She is currently the assistant Athletic Director and senior women director at Drake University in Iowa.

Weems, a mother to four young boys, hiker and outdoor enthusiast, couldn’t ask for a better opportunity.

“I’m excited. People seem very optimistic about the St. Cloud community. There’s a lot of positive energy, especially when it comes to the recent renovations of downtown and the plans for the new National Hockey and Event Center,” Weems said.

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Drew LeBlanc experiences season-ending injury
Hockey wins, ties against Badgers, Brian Gardner, Nov. 6

The most memorable part of the second period, though, was LeBlanc’s injury. His left leg broke and he was carried off the ice on a stretcher about 30 seconds before the end of the second period.

LeBlanc, who went to Hermantown High School in Northern Minnesota, has scored 97 points for SCSU in his career. It’s hoped he’ll be back in playing condition before the end of the season.

Women’s hockey’s first sweep since ’09
Women sweep Mankato State University, Staff report, Jan. 15

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The Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference doubleheader between SCSU Huskies and Minnesota  State University, Mankato Mavericks at Joe Faber Field in St. Cloud.

The Mavericks narrowly took game one by a score of 5-2, but the Huskies were able to score swift revenge routing their rivals by a 11-3 score. The game had a lot of importance as both of these teams are near the top of the NSIC standings and are nationally ranked as the season rolls on.

Game One

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The Husky football team concluded its spring season with the annual spring game Saturday in perfect weather conditions at Husky Stadium that pitted defense against offense and ended in a 29-29 tie with special scoring.

The Huskies are coming off one of the best seasons in recent years being 9-3 and reigning Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference co-champions.

The spring game was the culmination of all 15 practices the Huskies had in the spring. “It was great to be in a competitive phase on such a nice day,” said head coach Scott Underwood. “It also gave us a chance to see where our young players are at.”

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In the year 2006, an unknown pitcher named Francisco Liriano surfaced for the Twins.

Liriano started his playing career in 2000 in the San Francisco Giants farm system before being traded to the Twins in 2003. He spent most of two years in the Twins’ minor league system before playing a few games at the end of the 2005 season, picking up his first career win on Sept. 30 against the Detroit Tigers.

But it was in 2006 when Francisco Liriano burst onto the scene.

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