"He was wearing the Simley [High School] Spartans track and field shirt," King said. Simley is King's alma mater in Inver Grove Heights — 8,275 miles away from Kilimanjaro. "[He] couldn't speak ...

Brainerd's 16U fastpitch team won five straight games ... in Sunday's championship game in a rematch with the Inver Grove Heights Spartans, but Brainerd prevailed with an 11-9 victory.