Speaking of Sports By John Fragodt, Sports Reporter Wow, this has been a crazy winter! Pelican Lake had its ice-in date Nov. 28 this winter, but by the end of December, the lake had opened up again after a significant rainfall around Christmas. The lake froze again (ice-in) within a week and it stayed that way through March… Read More

The Minnewaska Area track and field teams are hoping for another great season after sending seven athletes in nine events to the State Track Meet last spring. The girls track team also placed third at the Section 5A Meet and first during the WCC Meet, while the boys team was fourth during the WCC Meet and… Read More

The Minnewaska Area boys tennis team is hoping for another great season after going 11-8 last year, including a 5-1 mark in the WCC to place second behind NLS. The Lakers, coached by Tara Reichmann and Chad Quelle, opened up the season Thursday, March 28 with two wins at an indoor triangular at Fargo. Minnewaska beat Moorhead… Read More

by coach Nick Danielson We started the season off strong with two wins against Redwood Valley and Montevideo, but then really struggled to find any consistency and at times, had a hard time scoring the basketball over the next month.  At the midpoint of our season, we were just below .500, but we finished the season… Read More

Miles Wildman is MVP . . . The Minnewaska Area wrestling team had a great season in 2023-24, sending five wrestlers to the State Class AA Wrestling Tourney. The Lakers were moved from Section 5A to Section 8AA, but the change didn’t bother Minnewaska Area one bit as the Lakers sent the second-most wrestlers to the state… Read More

Jayda and Kashton Hormann competed at the MN/USA State Wrestling Tournament at the Mayo Civic Center in Rochester last weekend. Jayda wrestled in the girls 12U 75-pound division, bringing home fourth place, while Kashton wrestled in the boys 10U 53-pound division, coming home with the fifth place medal.  Jayda and Kashton are the children of Devin and… Read More

The Minnewaska Area baseball team, coached by Joe Alexander, Chris Lence, Jesse Johnson and Andy Goracke, is hoping to repeat as conference champions after sharing the WCC title with Montevideo last spring. The Lakers lost only PJ Johnson to graduation.  Although he was the conference MVP, the Lakers have enough returning players to compensate for the… Read More

•  Minnewaska girls earn 20 victories during great season that ends just two wins short of state The Minnewaska Area girls basketball team had another great season in 2023-24.  The Lakers went 20-9 overall this winter, including a 10-2 mark in the WCC to place second behind Sauk Centre. Minnewaska Area, which went 12-13 two years ago,… Read More

The Stetson Hatters are headed to the 2024 NCAA Division I National Tourney after winning their postseason tourney last week.  It was the first-ever Atlantic Sun Conference title for the Hatters, which also earned them a first-ever trip to the NCAA Tourney. Among the members of the team is Treyton Thompson, a native of Glenwood who… Read More

The Minnewaska Area boys basketball team closed out the 2023-24 season with a 2-25 overall record under first-year head coach Zach Traphagen, which included a 2-12 mark in the WCC. The Lakers picked up both of their victories over Benson, winning 67-49 at Minnewaska Area, Jan. 18 and at 67-58 at Benson, Feb. 6. Minnewaska Area also… Read More