The Starbuck Stars fell to Regal in the final game of the 2024 County Line Baseball League regular-season, 3-0.  The win by Regal gave it the league title with an 8-2 record, while the Stars dropped to 7-3 but still earned a first-round playoff bye. The County Line League playoffs are set to begin this week… Read More

The Minnewaska Area baseball team, coached by Joe Alexander, released its season stats recently.  The Lakers went 20-4-1 this season, winning the West Central Conference while also finishing as runner-up in the Section 3AA Tourney. The 20 victories this season tied with the 2015 team that went 20-4 for the most wins in school history.  The… Read More

Speaking of Sports By John Fragodt, Sports Reporter You’re lucky to have him — There are certain people in your life that you know you’re lucky to have.  There are other people that you might not be aware of who you are also lucky to have in your life, and one of those is Matt Pederson. Pederson is… Read More

The Starbuck Stars amateur baseball team is down to its final three games.  The Stars are having a great season with an 8-7 overall record and 7-2 mark in the County Line League. During last week’s action, the Stars fell to Raymond, Wednesday at home, 10-2.  The Stars were also set to play at Elrosa (eventually… Read More

The Starbuck Jr. Legion was 4-3 heading into last week’s action.   The Jr. Legion, coached by Chris Lence and Andy Goracke, was set to play at the Paynesville Tourney, June 22-23 before hosting Upsala for a doubleheader last Tuesday and also playing a doubleheader at Benson, Friday. No information from those games was available by the… Read More

The Minnewaska baseball team had one of the best seasons in school history in 2024.  The Lakers went 20-4-1 overall to tie for the most wins in school history and Minnewaska was also 13-0-1 in the WCC to claim a 11th league title since 1992. Minnewaska just missed out on a trip to state, losing 3-2… Read More

The Glenwood-Lowry Legion baseball team is 11-4 after the first three weeks of the season.  The Legion team went 2-2 at a tournament at Alexandria before beating Osakis, June 17.  G-L also went 3-1 at a tourney at Omaha and swept a home doubleheader with Sauk Centre, Thursday. In addition, the team went 3-0 to win… Read More

The Minnewaska Area boys tennis team announced its season-ending awards recently.  The Lakers closed out the 2024 schedule with a school record 22 victories in going 22-5 overall. The Lakers also went 6-0 in the WCC to earn another conference title and won the Section 8A Tourney to earn a trip to the state tourney for… Read More

The Willmar West Central Tribune recently came out with its All-Area softball team, which included two selections each from BBE, BOLD, Lac qui Parle Valley and NLS. Among the athletes earning the All-Area honor was Minnewaska Area senior Ally Mogard, who was named to the All-Area second team. Three seniors, four juniors, one sophomore and an eighth-grader… Read More

•  Sherlin and Gugisberg earn honor for boys’ team The Minnewaska Area boys golf team, coached by Dion Harste and Nick Gugisberg, qualified two golfers to the All-Conference team for 2024.  Eighth-grader Thatcher Sherlin placed third overall among the league golfers, while junior Zach Gugisberg earned fifth overall. The top 13 golfers from the WCC earned All-Conference. … Read More