Jay Caldwell

The St. Ben's volleyball team is carrying a streak of 4 straight match wins into the MIAC Tournament Quarterfinals Tuesday night. The Bennies are 12-11 overall and are hosting Augsburg at 7 p.m. tonight at Claire Lynch Hall.

St. Cloud State's goal is to "Fill the Herb" Saturday November 16 when the 8th ranked SCSU women's hockey team plays Minnesota State at 3 p.m. Select St. Cloud State men's hockey players will be signing autographs prior to the women's game at 2:30 and the women's hockey players will be available for autographs following their game.

The first city park in St. Cloud's history was named Central Park but we now know it as Barden Park near the St. Cloud State University campus. St. Cloud Mayor Dave Kleis joined me on WJON to talk about the history of parks in the city.

St. Ben's volleyball won their 5th match in a row downing Augsburg 3 sets to 2 in the MIAC Tournament Quarterfinals at Claire Lynch Hall in St. Joseph Tuesday night. Kali Jones led the Bennies with 15 kills, McKenna Moehrle added 11 kills and Mackenzie Knofczynski had 7 kills and 9 blocks.

Northern Tier (St. Francis) 4, Sartell-Sauk Rapids 1 (Cameron Lane scored the lone goal for the Stormin' Sabres)

The St. Ben's cross country team will participate in the NCAA Division III North Regional in Northfield Saturday November 16. St. Ben's Cross Country Coach Robin Balder- Lanoue joined me on WJON. She says all teams qualify for the regional event but only the top 7 runners from each team will participate.

Cathedral had 3 athletes official declare their college intentions this morning at a ceremony at Cathedral High School.

The St. Cloud Police Department are reporting a stolen vehicle from the 100 block of 33rd Avenue North. Alicia Mages from Tri County Crime Stoppers says it is a silver Chrysler Town & Country Minivan. Minnesota license plate JTA 557. Mages says the vehicle driver side door has been replaced with a gray one which doesn't match the rest of the vehicle.

Central Minnesota will once again be well represented in the State Swimming/Diving meet today- Saturday at the Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Center in Minneapolis.

The firearms deer hunting opening weekend was last weekend in Minnesota. Glen Schmitt from Outdoor News joined me on WJON. He says approximately 375,000 licenses were sold, and 55,100 deer were shot, which is up about 4% from the opening 2 days from last year.