The Minnewaska Area boys soccer team snapped a mini losing streak with a 1-1 tie against Melrose Area last Tuesday night at home.  The Lakers scored the first goal of the game on a long, booming shot by Ryan Greseth, but Melrose got the tying goal in the second half. The Lakers also played at Prinsburg… Read More

The Lakers had a long winning streak snapped during a five-game loss to West Central Area, Thursday night at home.   Minnewaska earned a three-game sweep of Montevideo at home last Tuesday, but the Knights made sure it wouldn’t be another undefeated week for the Lakers with a 17-25, 27-29, 25-18, 25-14, 15-8 victory to avenge… Read More

The Minnewaska Area Lakers moved up to fifth place in the state Class A girls rankings recently.  Just behind them is sixth-ranked Wadena-DC, which is also a member of Section 6A. The Lakers raced at the Paynesville-BBE Invitational last Tuesday night, placing third in both the boys and girls races out of 11 full teams. Jillian Deutsch… Read More

The Minnewaska Area-Morris Area Gators swimming and diving team fell for the first time during a dual meet at Melrose Area, Thursday, 106-75.   The Gators had won their first four dual meets before the loss to one of the top teams in the area. A few days earlier, the junior high team raced at Sauk Centre… Read More

Speaking of Sports By John Fragodt, Sports reporter Shohei Ohtani, of the Los Angeles Dodgers, became the first major league baseball player to reach 50 homeruns and 50 stolen bases in the same season last week during a highly-memorable 20-4 rout of the Miami Marlins, Thursday night. Ohtani went 6-for-6 with three homeruns, two doubles, two stolen… Read More

•  Minnewaska scores 27 first-half points on way to 33-8 victory on Homecoming night Asante Adams raced 61 yards for a touchdown on the third play of the game and it was all Minnewaska from there as the Lakers scored 27 first-half points on the way to a 33-8 win at home over Howard Lake-WW during… Read More

Dacia Fleury and Mya VanLuik had 17 kills each to lead the Minnewaska Area volleyball team to a four-game win at West Central Area, Thursday night in a key conference match. The Lakers, who also swept Benson at home last Tuesday, improved to 9-2 overall and 6-1 in the conference with their latest wins. Minnewaska is one… Read More

The Minnewaska Area girls tennis team is approaching the final key stretch of its season.   The Lakers went 5-0 over the last week of play, going 2-0 at the Alexandria quadrangular last Saturday and also winning three WCC matches at home against Montevideo last Monday (4-3), vs. LQP-DB last Tuesday (7-0) and against Benson-KMS, Thursday (6-1)…. Read More

The Minnewaska Area boys soccer team fell twice last week while also being held scoreless for both games. The Lakers have scored just five goals in their last seven games combined, including being shutout three times in the last four games. During last week’s action, the Lakers lost at home to state-ranked St. Cloud Cathedral last Tuesday… Read More

The Minnewaska Area girls cross-country team placed  second for the third time in five meets this fall at the Melrose Invitational last Tuesday. The Lakers, who won the LPGE Invitational the previous week, placed second of 12-team at Melrose, while the boys were fourth. NLS continued its great girls’ season with the team title while the Sauk… Read More