Every year, no matter how good you are, no matter what your stats say, when the state postseason awards are given out at the end of the season, the best a local athlete can do is All-State Honorable Mention.
Erica Greene didn’t care where she finished at last week’s state swimming and diving tournament at the University of Minnesota, just as long as it wasn’t 13.
Two North Branch Vikings have been named to the 2003 Rum River Conference volleyball team, and two more named All-Conference Honorable Mention, after the Vikings finished the conference season in a tie for second place.
You might as well call this area the Minnesota State Moorhead farm system. Along with Lindstrom native Chad Olson, Lindstrom’s Bert Nelson has also taken his game north, making a name for himself on the Dragon offensive line.