BRAINERD — All but one player returns from Brainerd’s runner-up Section 8-3A squad from last year.Granted, that one player is Sophia Karsnia, who won the section individual title. Still, the five returning players hope to improve the Warriors' postseason success. “We have some great competitors coming back,” Brainerd head coach Karissa Haugen said. “The girls are super excited. We have some great depth between the varsity and junior varsity. The last two spots on varsity, we’ll have kind of rotating a little bit between junior varsity and varsity players. We’ll have a little bit of competition within our team. I
BRAINERD — Tim Johnson’s second season as Brainerd Warriors head coach is similar to his first.With the graduation of Marty Timmons, Ryan Kennedy and Alex Asche from the Warriors’ third-place Section 8-3A squad and a season-ending injury to Drew Haakonson, Brainerd will be young again when it opens Friday, April 4, at Willow Creek Golf Course in Rochester. “A lot of these guys are right there and they play a lot of competition in the summer,” Johnson said. “I don’t think it’s going to be completely brand new to them. We’re going to be youthful, but if we can get
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