Speaking of Sports By John Fragodt, Sports Reporter What a great time at Waterama again!  This was my third year of covering Waterama for the Pope County Tribune and this year, I covered most of the events on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, which meant I was doing a lot of walking, biking and taking pictures. I helped… Read More

The Starbuck Jr. Legion advanced to the Jr. Division II North Central Sub-State Tournament upper-bracket finals with an 8-5 win over Morris last Tuesday night. The Stars, who improved to 14-7, beat Benson to open up the tourney, 8-5, and were set to face Holdingford in the upper-bracket finals of the double-elimination tourney Saturday morning at Morris…. Read More

The Glenwood-Lowry Legion baseball team went 4-1 last week to win the West Central Sub-State title.  G-L, which improved to 21-5 for the season, will return to the State Legion Division II Tourney, set for Aug. 2-4 at Bird Island. Glenwood-Lowry won three games to win the Pod playoffs and then beat Parkers Prairie twice last… Read More

The Starbuck Stars earned a berth in the upcoming Region Tourney with a 5-1 win over Norway Lake-Sunburg, Friday night at Marthaler Field on the Minnewaska Area High School campus. Starbuck fell to Paynesville in a back-and-forth game two days later, 11-10, but the Stars will go into this weekend’s Region 4C Tourney as the No…. Read More

Speaking of Sports By John Fragodt, Sports Reporter Thanks again to Matt Pederson we have some information about another record with Minnewaska Area sports. Maeson Tank qualified to the state meet nine times during his career, twice in cross-country and seven times in track and field. That is the most individual state appearances for a MAHS male athlete,… Read More

The Starbuck Jr. Legion improved to 13-7 with a 9-5 victory over Benson in the opening round of the American Legion Jr. Division II North Central Sub-State Tournament. Starbuck earned the third seed in the 9-team tourney, which continues this week including the championship game Sunday, July 28 at Morris. In the results that follow is a… Read More

Austin Ver Steeg and Darion Alexander combined for a five-hit shutout over NLS, Friday night, keeping the playoff hopes alive for the Starbuck Stars amateur baseball team in the County Line League playoffs. The Stars, who lost an extra-inning game to Atwater to open up the playoffs the previous weekend, improved to 9-9 overall with their… Read More

Speaking of Sports By John Fragodt, Sports Reporter What a place to live! It’s coming up on two years since I started working at the Pope County Tribune and about seven years since we bought our place on Pelican Lake.  First of all, it’s amazing how quickly time flies.  Second of all, it’s amazing how much I love living… Read More

The Glenwood-Lowry Legion baseball team closed out the regular-season with three more wins last week.  The Legion team won at Osakis last Monday, 9-2, before sweeping a home doubleheader with BBE, Thursday, 10-0 and 7-5. The Lakers finished 14-4 during the regular season, including a current six-game winning streak. Next up is the pod playoffs, set for… Read More

The Minnewaska Area Trap team had a great season in 2024, finishing 24th at the State Shoot at Prior Lake and also having three individuals place among the top 20 at the State Shoot. At the State Shoot, the Lakers had a five-person team score of 461 out of 500 targets to place 24th.  Prior Lake… Read More