REPORTS ON A FEW SPORTING COMPETITIONS THAT HAVE BEEN HOSTED

RUNNING: Melissa Gacek won the master’s division in the Army 10-Miler and a Minnesota quartet comprised of Sasha Hovind, Colette Celichowski (Minnetonka), Andrea Haus (coach at Hamline University), and Gacek won the women’s team championship. WRESTLING: Patrick Smith (Chanhassen/Chaska) was runner-up at 77kg at the US Senior Greco-Roman Wrestling Nationals in November as Alec Ortiz

ROBB LEER: MINNEAPOLIS SOUTHWEST HIGH SCHOOL CONNECTIONS AND A PASSION FOR HOCKEY LANDED HIM THE JOB AT KSTP

Former sports and news broadcaster and media strategist Robb Leer readily admits he is enthused about chasing the next great story, but you also quickly learn that he is a good storyteller himself.  And he has a lot of material over years of reporting to pluck from to share. The fourth of five sons who