Ben grew up in Mabel, Minnesota before going on to get a degree from Bethany Lutheran College in Mankato. He spent much of his youth listening to Twins games on KFIL. Ben moved on and wrote articles for his college sports website and also wrote Rochester Honkers game summaries while interning with Townsquare Media in Rochester. Ben likes most all the sports, though he knows the letdown that is associated with the Minnesota teams. One of his first CD's was Alan Jackson, and you can hear a mix of country music, from Merle Haggard to Taylor Swift when Ben is on air.
Ben Aberg
Bulldogs Pull Away from Saints
Tuesday night, KFIL brought you more high school girls basketball on the airwaves. The 3rd-ranked class AA Plainview-Elgin-Millville Bulldogs came out victorious against the St. Charles Saints by a score of 63-38.
The early going was a very tight contest, with the score 9 minutes in 14-10, then a tie ballgame at 20-20...
Spring Grove Earns 20th Win
More boys basketball was on KFIL Monday night. Spring Grove took on Fillmore Central, winning by a score of 74-24. Fillmore Central played without senior Riley Means, who was out due to symptoms of the flu. Alex Folz's symptoms had tapered off just enough so he felt just good enough to play for Spring Grove...
Cardinals Squeak Past Trojans
Friday night was a wild on on KFIL. The Lewiston-Altura Cardinals left town with a 47-45 win over the Rushford-Peterson Trojans.
The early going saw a lot of back and forth, with the Trojan defense forcing turnovers, but the Cardinals answering with rebounds to make up for it...
Love+LeBron=Unreal
Last night, there was more greatness happening in the NBA. After a John Wall made free throw, the Cavaliers trailed the Wizards by 3 with 3.4 seconds to go in regulation. There needed to be a good inbound pass and a clutch three-pointer to send the game to OT...
Basketball History
His Airness made slam dunk history on February 6, 1988.
Though many young folks may know Michael Jordan for the memes and the shoes, MJ was the greatest player in the NBA in the generation before LeBron and the Internet became all the rage...
Fat Bike Race This Weekend
With no more football on, there is even more time for winter activities! This weekend in Winona, we have a weekend event just for you!
The 4th annual Snow Bomb Fat Bike Race is coming to Winona this Saturday, February 11th. Not sure what a fat bike is...
Lions Dominate Hurricanes
Thursday night on Southeast Minnesota's Sports Leader, we brought you more high school boys basketball. The Spring Grove Lions got the big win 80-20 over the Houston Hurricanes.
The home Lions scored the first seven points of the game before Houston's Wesley Johnson got inside for the first bucket for the Hurricanes...
Super Bowl Beer Ban?
We're still a week away from Super Bowl Sunday, and things are getting real. The Atlanta Falcons, with no Super Bowl titles are battling the New England Patriots, winners of four big games. The folks in the New England area think pretty highly of their football team, and some don't think Atlanta fans really deserves recognition...
Cougars Girls Beat Cardinals
In Game one of our Friday night doubleheader on KFIL, The Mabel-Canton Cougars defeated the LeRoy-Ostrander Cardinals by a score of 70-50.
The home Cougars got on the scoreboard first, then a 5-0 run gave us our first lead change. The Cougars defense then came to play...
Burros Top Superlarks on KFIL
The Lanesboro Burros hosted the Grand Meadow Superlarks in a Southeast Conference boys basketball game Thursday night. Both teams were looking for their seventh conference win.
The Superlarks hauled in the first three or four rebounds in the game and scored the first four points of the game for an early lead...