{"id":141900,"date":"2025-04-07T21:18:41","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T02:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sleepyeyeonline.com\/goodnews\/?p=141900"},"modified":"2025-04-07T21:19:45","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T02:19:45","slug":"141900-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sleepyeyeonline.com\/goodnews\/141900-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Folkens, Currans place at State Free Throw Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_141901\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-141901\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sleepyeyeonline.com\/goodnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250407freethrow.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-141901 size-full\" title=\"20250407freethrow\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sleepyeyeonline.com\/goodnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250407freethrow.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"938\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sleepyeyeonline.com\/goodnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250407freethrow.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.sleepyeyeonline.com\/goodnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250407freethrow-192x300.jpg 192w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-141901\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Charles (left) and Landry pose with their trophies after they won their division at the regional competition in New Ulm.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_141902\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-141902\" style=\"width: 291px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sleepyeyeonline.com\/goodnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250407freethrow2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-141902 size-full\" title=\"20250407freethrow2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sleepyeyeonline.com\/goodnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250407freethrow2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"291\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sleepyeyeonline.com\/goodnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250407freethrow2.jpg 291w, https:\/\/www.sleepyeyeonline.com\/goodnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250407freethrow2-136x300.jpg 136w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 291px) 100vw, 291px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-141902\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Landry proudly holding his third place hardware at the state tournament.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div>St. Mary\u2019s students Landry Folkens and Charles Currans finished among the best at their age levels at the 51st Knights of Columbus State Free Throw Championship on March 29 at Osseo High School. Folkens placed third in the 14-year-old division, and Currans finished fourth in the 10-year-old division.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div>Both boys won their local\u00a0contest in Sleepy Eye, the district contest in Sleepy Eye, and the region contest in New Ulm competing against other boys in their age group from southern Minnesota.<\/div>\n<p>Each year about 2,500 girls and boys compete in over 100 local contests.\u00a0 The state contestants must win the local, district and regional competitions to earn their spot at the state contest. Folkens and Currans are each one of the top 140 free throw shooters in Minnesota.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>St. Mary\u2019s students Landry Folkens and Charles Currans finished among the best at their age levels at the 51st Knights of Columbus State Free Throw Championship on March 29 at Osseo High School. Folkens placed third in the 14-year-old division, and Currans finished fourth in the 10-year-old division. 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