Story 5

                Wednesday, October 19^th, heading into their last regular season game with a record of 9-6-1 Anoka-Ramsey Women’s soccer pulls out with another win. Adding one more W to their postseason record, they defeated Northwestern JV, 2-0, coming off a win four days prior in Bismarck, North Dakota.

                From when the ball was first kicked off at 4P.M by Anoka-Ramsey Rams, both teams had a sense of urgency to finish out their seasons the way they wanted to, to gain confidence for the upcoming playoffs. Although it was Northwestern JV, Northwestern showed up with almost their entire varsity squad line-up. As the “underdogs” with not much supporting fans for the home team, Rams had pulled out their energy from one another.

                Anoka-Ramsey shattered the Northwestern Wildcats on goal 10-2. Northwestern had put 2 shots on goal, both saved by Rams goalkeeper Alexis Walker. Though Walker didn’t see much action in their final regular season game, Anoka-Ramsey had kept Northwestern’s goalie involved throughout the whole game. They had put 10 shorts on the goal, 8 of which that were saved.

                Going into the 28^th minute, Midfielder Hailey Kramer #24 scored the first goal in the game. From Kramer’s unassisted breakaway, she got her shot off on goal 35 yards out in the first half. The second and final goal to pull the Rams lead up to two was, Brehana Hooker. The goal came off Molly Larson’s corner kick early in the second half, the 60^th minute into the game. The game slowly started coming to an end with fewer shots on goal in the final 30 minutes.

                “It was a great way to end our season, going into the playoffs another win was just what we needed,” Midfielder Molly Larson added at the results of their game. “We just need to keep our teamwork going and our confidence up.”

                Anoka-Ramsey will open up their playoffs October 22^nd, at home against Bismarck State College.

Story 4

                On August 14^th, Megan Meyer and Mickey Cease tied the knot. To finish out the 2008 year, Mickey Cease got down on one knee and devoted the rest of his life to his best friend, his soul mate. It came as no surprise considering after 11 years of being committed to one another they had both discussed marriage and even been on the search for the perfect ring.

                After living just two blocks down the road from one another their whole lives, it took until Mickey’s final years of high school at Totino Grace to meet Megan. “I remember trick-or-treating at her house when I was younger, obviously unaware that it was my future wife’s house.” Mickey was in his junior year as Megan was a younger sophomore. “We do everything together and share in each other’s passions- As cliché as it sounds, she is my soul mate,” Mickey states as to how he knows she’s “the one”.

Although Megan saw it coming, Mickey wanted to make it as unexpected as possible. He took the entire day off work waiting for her arrival.  As Megan opened the front door, there he was….there it was, the ring. The announcement of the engagement was the easy part, seeing as both Mickey’s and Megan’s family were ecstatic and expecting it to say the least. Being that they were already considered part of one another’s family because of their long, strong relationship, Megan and her mother put together the wedding they both imagined it to be and more.

Story 3

One Impulsive death, one unfamiliar man. Around 9 A.M. yesterday morning, Nina Cortez, former bookkeeper of North Point Inn, found Kevin Blohm lying on the floor, dead. What started off an average day of opening up the restaurant, which Cortez had been doing for seven years, along with the cook, Kevin Blohm, we’re the only two in the restaurant at the time. Nina Cortez had just begun counting the revenue of the previous day, when within moments an unfamiliar man turned around the corner carrying a knife. “I started screaming and kicking.” “He reached across my desk and grabbed $130 in $5 bills.”

                “I saw a car in the parking lot when I came in, one I did not recognize.” The robber was described as a man in his early 20’s and around 5 feet 11 inches. Cortez assured he was not the only one involved in the robbery, “I heard someone-a man-say, “Get the money out of there,” then someone tried to open the door to my office, but I’d locked it.” He was last seen wearing a scarf covering his lower face with a plaid button up and blue jeans.  With no clear reasoning and no further information to be reported, the murder of Kevin Blohm remains a mysterious, for now.