blast from the past

BLAST: Quartet of players enjoying coaching success

WORTHINGTON — In the past few days, a barrage of ice and heavy snow has made a carnage of trees as broken branches have tumbled to the ground all over the area.

By Les Knutson , April 11, 2013

BLAST: Edgerton wins District 8 in 1963

EDGERTON – A week ago, Southwest Minnesota Christian High School, based in Edgerton, won its fifth Class A boys’ basketball state championship. After a runner-up finish in 2012, the Eagles – who won four straight titles from 1999-2002 – capped a remarkable 30-1 season with a well-played 81-73 victory over Maranatha Christian Academy of Brooklyn Park in the first of four championship games at Target Center.

By Les Knutson , March 30, 2013

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BLAST: Jackson, Edgerton emerge as 1963 district champions

WORTHINGTON — Silverberg’s was selling Minnesota Twins’ youth jackets for $3.99 (sizes 3 to 6x) and sizes 8-16 were priced at $4.99, Schafer’s Grocery was selling three pounds of hamburger for $1.00, a two-pound can of Butternut coffee for $1.15 and nine cans of Campbell’s Tomato Soup for 99 cents, a single issue of the afternoon edition of the Daily Globe was 10 cents and “West Side Story” was showing at the State Theatre in Worthington.

By Les Knutson , March 20, 2013

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BLAST: More 1963 March Madness

WORTHINGTON – As the state of Minnesota still wondered and pondered the results of the closely-contested governor election from four months ago (November, 1962), the 16 surviving area high school boys’ basketball teams were squaring off in tournament play in both District 7 and 8, anticipating action on the big Worthington floor with its large seating capacity.

By Les Knutson , March 12, 2013

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BLAST: Area loaded with fine teams in 1963

WORTHINGTON — A train with Strategic Command troops of the United States Air Force was stationed in Heron Lake, Bob Cousy and Bill Russell were piling up assists and rebounds, respectively, for the Boston Celtics on their way to another NBA championship and “I Will Follow Him” by Little Peggy March was climbing Billboard’s Top 40.

By Les Knutson , February 28, 2013

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BLAST: After late skid, good last week yields 2012 Pigskin Pick’ems win!

HERON LAKE — After skidding badly in Weeks 17 and 18, I recovered with a great final week — going 6-2 — and won the 2012 Daily Globe Pigskin Pick’ems contest by a five picks, finishing the season with a record of 132-56 for a new all-time best correct percentage of .702.

By Les Knutson , January 17, 2013

BLAST FROM THE PAST: Bulldogs attained perfection

BREWSTER — As the world was captivated by the Cuban Missile Crisis and “The Monster Mash,” by Bobby “Boris” Pickett and The Cryptkickers, had replaced the Four Seasons’ classic “Sherry” as Billboard’s top-selling single, the Brewster Bulldogs were completing a dream season as high school football players.

By Les Knutson , November 14, 2012

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BLAST: Saturday thriller in Sioux Falls tops 1971 Nebraska vs. Oklahoma classic

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — In late November of 1971, I watched the ABC television broadcast of what has frequently been dubbed the “Greatest College Football Game of All-Time.”

By Les Knutson , October 21, 2012

BLAST: Pigskin Pick ’ems is back for another exciting season

WORTHINGTON — Once again, summer flew by and here it is already the fourth week of the high school football season — and the fourth week of another Daily Globe “Pigskin Pick’ems” contest.

By Les Knutson , September 21, 2012

BLAST: 1972 Centennial Edition recaps early Trojan football teams, three undefeated seasons

WORTHINGTON — Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky were squaring off in an ever-famous U.S. vs. U.S.S.R. chess match, Mark Spitz and Gary Hall were setting world records at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials in Chicago and Steve Prefontaine had been defeated in the 1,500-meter run at a pre-Olympic track and field meet in Oslo, Norway.

By Les Knutson , August 09, 2012

BLAST FROM THE PAST: A look back at two collegiate decathletes in Holinka and Fest

FULDA — When I was a junior high school student at the Heron Lake Public School in the 1960s, I became intrigued with track and field.

By Les Knutson , August 03, 2012

BLAST FROM THE PAST: Mike Jackson leads ’87 Pirates to state semifinals

WINDOM — The first call came in at 6:52 a.m. on the morning of July 13 when the last “Blast-From-the-Past” was published in the Globe, featuring a story about Ty Wacker’s website information on the 212 Conference — small town high school athletics — from 1947-1974.

By Les Knutson , July 24, 2012

BLAST FROM THE PAST: Three-year project by Tyrone Wacker is fascinating reading

STEWART — It’s been about a month since I visited with Jackson’s Tyrone Wacker and learned about a fascinating project which he worked on for about three years.

By Les Knutson , July 12, 2012

YEAR IN REVIEW: E/E's and JCC's state championships highlight 2011-2012 sports season

WORTHINGTON — With several highly-successful individual performances by area golfers at the Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL) Class A and Class AA state meets, which wrapped up June 13, another year of high school athletics is in the books — a recent “blast from the past.”

By Les Knutson , June 25, 2012

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BLAST FROM THE PAST: 100 years of Minnesota high school state boys' basketball tournaments

HERON LAKE — With Saturday’s selection of the annual Daily Globe All-Area high school boys’ basketball team, the excitement of the recent 2011-12 hoops campaign has officially come to an end.

By Les Knutson , April 08, 2012

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