Speaking of Sports By John Fragodt, Sports Reporter I kept statistics for the Benson football team for 35 years and there wasn’t one fall/early winter where I didn’t have to fight the rain and/or snow.  This season was a first . . . When I was keeping stats, I used the old-fashioned method of writing everything down… Read More

The Minnewaska Area girls basketball team had a pair of impressive wins during the holiday break, beating Minneota in a game played Dec. 27 at SMSU, 70-41, and also routing WCC nemesis West Central Area at home, Friday, 68-33. The two wins raised the Lakers’ record to 8-2 and conference mark to 3-1, putting the team… Read More

The Minnewaska Area dance teams competed at the Alexandria Invitational, Saturday, a meet that included several other Section 2A teams, including NLS and BBE. The JV Jazz and B-squad Jazz teams both placed second to lead the Lakers, while the Varsity High-Kick team earned fourth and the Varsity Jazz team was fifth Winning the varsity competitions were… Read More

The Minnewaska Area boys basketball team ran into a pair of hot teams last week, losing to Pipestone last Monday in a game played at SMSU, 57-36, and also losing at Morris Area-CA, Friday, 65-41. The first two-loss week of the season lowered the Lakers’ season record to 6-4 and conference mark to 1-2. Montevideo continues to… Read More

The Minnewaska Area wrestling team went 3-1 at the Border Battle at Milbank, SD, Saturday.  The Lakers improved to 5-4 for the season with the three wins, beating Sioux Falls Jefferson (42-34), Milbank (52-27) and Sioux Falls Washington (53-30) while also losing to Harrisburg (51-15). Noah Jensen, Landon Schiffler and Alex Adams each went 4-0 for… Read More

Congratulations to the 2024-25 Minnewaska Area High School Triple “A” winners, seniors Carter Meyer and Rebecca Femrite (pictured above).  In a press release by the MAHS office, “their years of dedication and achievement in the areas of Academics, Arts, Athletics are exceptional.  Carter and Rebecca will compete against winners from all Region 6A schools as… Read More

Speaking of Sports By John Fragodt, Sports Reporter Well, I’ve got my first handful of cross-country treks of 2024-25 under my belt and that’s really not a big deal for me except for the fact that I missed all of last winter for the first time in about 48 years so I was very happy just… Read More

Marc Gruber and Luke Danielson had 16 points each to lead the Minnewaska Area boys basketball team to a 61-45 win over Melrose Area during a game played last Friday at home. The Lakers led 23-22 at halftime before outscoring the visitors 38-23 in the second half. The Lakers were also set to play at EV-Watkins, Thursday,… Read More

Sydney Dahl had 14 points and seven rebounds to lead the Minnewaska Area girls to a 69-26 victory at Melrose Area, Friday night, lifting the Lakers’ season record to 6-2. Minnewaska Area, which also improved to 2-1 in the conference, led 33-17 at halftime before holding the Dutchmen to just nine second-half points. The game had been… Read More

The Minnewaska Area dance teams competed at the Melrose Area Dance Invitational last Saturday, placing third in both varsity competitions. The Lakers were also set to compete at BBE, Thursday, Dec. 19, but that meet was postponed because of snow and it has not been determined if it will be made up or not. Holdingford won both… Read More