Speaking of Sports By John Fragodt, Sports Reporter The Minnewaska Area boys and girls basketball teams are both very balanced this season with 8-10 players playing regularly for both teams. The girls team has had four different players lead the team in scoring, including Sydney Dahl, who recently went over 1,000 career points during a game at… Read More

•  Dahl becomes eighth MAHS girl to reach 1,000 points during win over BOLD The Minnewaska Area girls basketball team stayed hot last week with a pair of conference wins.  The Lakers, who improved to 13-2 overall and 6-1 in the conference, edged BOLD in a game at Olivia last Tuesday night, 59-54, before routing… Read More

The Minnewaska Area wrestling team improved to 6-4 overall with a 50-21 win at home against Ottertail Central last Tuesday night.  The match was supposed to be a triangular including Barnesville, but was switched to a dual meet at the last minute. The Lakers were also set to compete at Alexandria, Thursday and at the Thief… Read More

The Minnewaska Area boys basketball team is in a mid-season slump, dropping its third-straight game with a 64-50 loss at home to BOLD, Friday night. The loss, which dropped the Lakers’ season record to 7-7 and conference mark to 1-4, was also the sixth in the last eight games for Minnewaska Area. So far this season, the… Read More

The Minnewaska Area dance teams competed at the Willmar and Rocori Invitationals last week.  One was a three-team meet, while the other was a multi-team meet that involved some of the best teams in the state. The Lakers placed second at the three-team Willmar meet in the Jazz event.  Minnewaska Area did not have a High-Kick… Read More

Speaking of Sports By John Fragodt, Sports Reporter •• Life goes by much too fast  — I was a tennis player in 8th and 9th grade, playing first singles for the Benson Braves my freshmen year after playing second doubles as an eighth-grader.  I also competed in track during the summer and so, when the track coach… Read More

Miles Wildman and Chase Smith earned individual titles at the Minnewaska Invitational, Friday night in the MAHS gym. The Lakers placed fourth as a team in a meet won by Little Falls.  Adding a runner-up finish for the Lakers was Alex Adams, while Landon Schiffler, Isaiah Rosario, Braylen Scharmer and Noah Jensen all finished third. The Lakers… Read More

The Minnewaska Area girls basketball team earned three convincing wins last week to improve to 11-2 overall and 4-1 in the conference.  The Lakers won at Rocori last Monday night, 79-21 and then won at home last Tuesday over Benson (86-28) before winning again at Litchfield, Friday, 73-25. The average margin of victory for those three… Read More

•  Dragons hold off Lakers to drop Minnewaska Area’s overall record to 7-6 The Minnewaska Area boys basketball team went 1-2 last week, beating Paynesville last Tuesday night (71-60), before losing to West Central Area (72-55) and Litchfield (63-57) later in the week. The Lakers dropped to 7-6 overall with the two losses and 1-3 in… Read More

The Minnewaska Area dance teams competed at two more meets this past weekend.  The Lakers competed at Montevideo, Friday and at St. Cloud Cathedral, Saturday. Results from the two competitions can be found on page 3B. The Lakers have another two-meet week this week with the Willmar Invitational set for Friday and the Rocori Invitational scheduled for Saturday…. Read More