The Minnewaska Area boys golf team is set to open up the season Thursday, April 18 at the Becker Invitational.  The new coach of the Lakers’ boys golf team is Dion Harste. The first two WCC meets are scheduled for Friday, April 19.  The Minnewaska Area boys and girls golf teams will join the other WCC… Read More

The Minnewaska Area baseball team picked up right where it left off last spring.  The Lakers, who went 15-5 overall last year while earning co-share of the WCC title, swept a doubleheader at BOLD, Thursday, scoring 20 runs on the way to the 6-1, 14-4 sweep, and then edged Osakis in a non-conference game, Saturday, 7-5…. Read More

Speaking of Sports By John Fragodt, Sports Reporter Although the college NCAA mens and womens basketball tourneys have taken center stage over the last few weeks, the NBA playoffs are set to begin soon and almost all the teams are in a battle to move up a place or two in the standings before the end… Read More

The Minnewaska Area boys tennis team opened up the new season with a pair of non-conference wins, March 28. The Lakers are coming off an 11-8 season from a year ago, a season in which included  a 5-1 mark in the WCC to place second behind NLS. Minnewaska, which lost only one player from last year’s team… Read More

The Minnewaska Area track and field teams opened up the 2024 season with runner-up finishes at the Pine to Prairie Meet at Concordia College last Tuesday night. The Minnewaska girls had 89 points to place second behind Barnesville (119), while the Laker boys had 116 points to place second behind East Grand Forks (126). Among those winning… Read More

Two members of the Minnewaska Area girls basketball team were named to the West Central Tribune’s All-Area team for 2023-24. A total of 15 players were named to one of three All-Area teams, including Megan Thorfinnson, a junior from Minnewaska Area High School who was named to the All-Area second team, and Sydney Dahl, a junior… Read More

The All-Area boys basketball teams for 2023-24 include three players from Dawson-Boyd, two each from BBE and KMS and one each from NLS, MACCRAY, Prinsburg, BOLD, Montevideo, Paynesville, ACGC and RCW. In all, 11 teams were represented on one of three All-Area teams.  Two players (Dawson-Boyd’s Brayson Boike and KMS’ DeAndre Holloway) are repeat members of… Read More

The Minnewaska Trap team is about to start its 10th season as a lettering sport at MAHS.  The team of 27 was set to begin practice Tuesday April 2 with actual competitions beginning April 21. “It is hard to believe we are starting year 10,” said head coach Jennie Stone.  “Seems like just yesterday that… Read More

The Minnewaska Area softball team got the season underway Friday at home with a doubleheader loss to Melrose Area.  The games had been postponed from Thursday, April 4 and were rescheduled for Friday at the last minute. Melrose is one of the top teams in the area and didn’t show any mercy against the Lakers and… Read More

Treyton Thompson, a native of Glenwood, played in the NCAA Mens Basketball Tournament this winter for the Stetson Hatters.  Thompson, who played high school ball at Alexandria High School from 7th-10th grade before moving on to La Lumiere School in LaPorte, IN for his junior and senior seasons, played for the MN Gophers his first… Read More