The Morristown Gun Club,located behind the Ahlman’sGun Store and Range, has been making improvements.
Not only are they making improvements, but they are open two times a week for the public to enjoy the facility.
According to Gun Club President Troy Marquardt, the club has been open since 1966.
According to the PULL USA magazine, the club has under-gone a number of changes since its opening.
The main club house was moved to a more centralized location behind the ranges.
A grant was recently received and a fourth trap house was added.

Trista Hering, a 2020 WEM graduate, finished off her outstanding high school softball career by pitching in the Senior Salute Sunday in Waterville. Hering, an All State selection, among 17 seniors of the Gopher and Valley Conference teams who played in the seven inning game, commemorating players who did not have a chance to play in the spring of 2020.
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The Waterville Indians and Morristown Morries amateur baseball teams will begin their quests to make a repeat appearance in the Class C State Tournament this weekend. After finishing up an abbreviated 13-60 League schedule, the two teams will open Region 6C Playoff action Sunday, August 2. Waterville, the No. 3 seed from the 13-60 League, will host Arlington, the No. 7 seed from the River Valley League. Game time in Waterville will be 2 p.m. Morristown, the No. 7 seed, will play at No. 2 seed Minnesota Lake at 6 p.m. Sunday. Minn. Lake edged the Morries, 1-0, last weekend.

Waterville Indians fans were treated to gorgeous weather and a fantastic baseball game Sunday, July 12.
Waterville scored two runs in the bottom of the 10th inning to defeat Blue Earth, 10-9 in 13-60 League action.
The Indians, 2-1 overall, scored single runs in the eighth and ninth innings to tie the game at 8-all after the Pirates exploded for five seventh inning runs to take an 8-6 lead.
In the eighth inning, Nolan Grose led off with a line drive home run to right field.

Walleye angling on Mille Lacs Lake will be catch-and-release only for this year’s open water season, with the exception of the month of July, when walleye fishing will be closed.
Additionally, anglers will not be allowed to use live bait for any species in July, except sucker minnows greater than 8 inches in length for targeting northern pike and muskellunge.
The new walleye rule is among several regulations changes this year. Bass and northern pike also have new regulations.

The WEM girls’ basketball team played one of its best defensive games of the season Monday, March 2 in the South Sub-Section Championship.
All year long the Buccaneers have been a very good defensive team. In their biggest game of the season, their defense again was superb.
WEM limited Springfield to 18 first half points and 44 in the game. a game in which the Bucs won 57-44.
The championship was the first in school history after losing five other times in the Sub-Section title games.

The WEM boys basketball team finished its 2019-20 regular season with three games last week.
Each one of these games were completely different in nature. The Bucs won two of the three.
The week started Tuesday, Feb. 18 with a 72-70 loss to Class AA No. 7 rated Minnesota Valley Lutheran. There were 12 lead changes, eight ties, and the winning basket was scored with 1.5 seconds remaining. Mason Cox scored the winning basket.

The Gopher Conference girls basketball title will go down to the final game this season.
WEM, Medford, and Blooming Prairie will be fighting for the title.
Medford defeated the Bucs 57-43 Friday, Feb. 7 to force a three-way tie for the top spot in the conference with a 10-2 record.
WEM played Blooming Prairie Tuesday, Feb. 11 and Blooming Prairie and Medford play Friday, Feb. 14. WEM will face USC Friday.
The Bucs defeated the Tigers earlier this season and also defeated Blooming Prairie.

The National Wheelchair Basketball Association announced that 16 athletes will remain in consideration for a roster spot on the 2020 U.S. Women’s National Wheelchair Basketball Team.
Among those selected as finalists are Rose Hollermann of Elysian, Abigail Bauleke of Savage, and Josie Aslakson of Jordan.
This announcement comes at the conclusion of the Toyota Team USA Women’s Selection Camp, a three-day camp at the Olympic and Paralympic Training Center in Colorado Springs.

For the first time this season, two different WEM boys basketball players scored more than 30 points in a given week.
Senior Grant McBroom dropped in 31 in a 80-47 win over United South Central Tuesday, Jan. 14.
Senior Cole Kokoschke scored a career-high 33 points in an 87-64 win over K e n y o n - Wa n a m i n g o Thursday, Jan. 16.
The two wins improve WEM’s Gopher Conference record to 6-0 and overall record to 13-1.

The ending of the match-up between two of the top 10 teams in Class A was one of the most interesting in recent history for the WEM boys basketball team.
WEM, rated 8th and Hayfield, rated 7th, battled to the final second and then some Friday, Dec. 13 in Waterville.
The two teams were tied at 66-all after regulation and four minutes later the Bucs pulled out a 72-71 victory.
There were 17 lead changes and 10 times the score was tied. Neither team led by more than seven points.
The Bucs trailed for much of the game after leading 6-0 the first four minutes.

Dover-Eyota won all three duals to win the Dave Scharberg Byron Memorial Wrestling Invitational Saturday, Dec. 14.
WEM/JWP dropped all three of its duals. The Grizzlies were defeated by Westfield (42-31), Byron (64-18), and Dover-Eyota (50-24).
Dover-Eyota also defeated Byron (49-31) and Westfield (51- 23). In the other match, Byron defeated Westfield (51-23).
Two Grizzly wrestlers finished the day with three wins. They were Tucker Rients and Ethan Rider.

A number of WEM graduates have continued their sporting careers this fall in a number of different college sports.
The top performance from a Buccaneer graduate has been that of Gustavus Adolphus senior Tierney Winter.
Winter has been running for the Gusties for four years and this season has been by far her best season.
Winter not only finished second in the MIAC Championships, she also placed sixth in the NCAA C e n t r a l R e g i o n Championship, which advanced her to the Division III NCAA Championships.

Minneota, the No. 1 seed in the Class A State Volleyball Tournament, lived up to their seeding as they defeated the No. 2 seed, Waterville-Elysian-Morristown, 25-19, 25-19, 25-20 in the State Championship match played Saturday, Nov. 9 at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul. The Vikings were the 2018 Class A State Champions, defeating Medford in the title match. Medford defeated Fosston for third place. For more on the tournament check out the Nov. 14 edition of the Life/Enterprise.

The WEM volleyball team advanced to its second Class A State Championship Friday, Nov. 8 after defeating Medford 25-21, 25-20, 25-20 in the State Semifinals. The Bucs (34-2) will face No. 1 seed Minneota (32-3) at 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 9 at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul. Minneota defeated Fosston in four sets in the other State Semifinal. WEM has never lost a State tournament game. They defeated three straight opponents in 2015 to win the Class A State Championship. Check out the Nov.

The WEM volleyball team is one step closer to their second Class A State Volleyball Championship after sweeping Henning (25-11, 25-21, 25-18) in the State Quarterfinals Thursday, Nov. 7 at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul. The Bucs will play Medford Friday at 3 p.m. in the Class A State Semifinals. WEM has defeated Medford three times this season. Medford swept Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa. Fosston and Minneota will play in the other semifinal Friday, with the winners of the Friday matches playing at 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 9 for the State Title.