The Minnewaska Area boys tennis team boys tennis team finished 11-8 this spring,  including a 5-1 mark in the WCC to place second behind NLS.  The Wildcats, who beat the Lakers in a close match at MAHS, 5-2, finished 6-0 in league play, followed by Minnewaska Area (5-1), Benson-KMS (4-2), Montevideo (3-3), LQP-DB (2-4), MACCRAY-RCW… Read More

The Starbuck Stars won their fifth game in their last six tries and third-straight with a 3-0 victory at Atwater, Friday night.  The Stars are starting to hit their stride at the right time with the start of league playoffs less than four weeks away. The Stars also lost a home game with Norway Lake-Sunburg, Sunday,… Read More

•  Riley Larson back to state again Riley Larson is set to golf at the State Boys and Girls Golf Meet at Ridges on Sand Creek in Jordan, Tuesday and Wednesday, June 13-14. Larson earned his second-straight trip to the state tourney by tying for six place at the Section 3AA Golf Tourney at the Oakdale Golf… Read More

The following student-athletes at Minnewaska Area High School were six-year, three-sport athletes, participating in sports every season from the fall of 2017 through the spring of 2023. •  Nick Ankeny — (football one year, cross-country five years, wrestling six years, track and field six years) •  PJ Johnson — (football six years, basketball six years, baseball six years)… Read More

PJ Johnson, a member of the 2023 Minnewaska Area baseball team, as among players selected to play in the All-Star Baseball Series, set for Thursday through Saturday, June 22-24. Johnson is a starting catcher/pitcher for the Lakers, who recently completed their season with an overall record of 15-5, which included a 13-1 mark in the WCC… Read More

The Starbuck Stars won two games Saturday and Sunday to raise their record above .500.  The Stars won at home against Paynesville, Saturday night, 14-2, and Starbuck also won a close game at Regal, Sunday, 10-9. The Stars, who are 5-4 overall, have two more games on tap this week, including a game at Atwater, Friday,… Read More

The Minnewaska Area trap team is set to compete at the state tournament, Tuesday, June 13 at Alexandria.  There will be 22 team members there competing as a team as well as individually. In the final conference standings, Kenyon-Wanamingo won the 8-team pool with 9,432 points, followed by Minnewaska (9,250), Cambridge (7,873), Mesabi East (5,983), Mora… Read More

Shorts from the world of sports By John Fragodt, Sports Reporter •  Baseball and softball can be such rough sports — Baseball and softball can be such rough sports come tournament time.  Whereas other sports might give athletes a chance to get comfortable and to work their way into the postseason, the section opener for softball… Read More

The Minnewaska Area track and field teams qualified seven athletes in nine events to the State Track Meet during the Section 5A Track Meet last Wednesday at St. John’s University in Collegeville. The Laker girls finished third in the 20-team field, while the Lakers boys were 10th of 19 teams Earning state trips for the boys team… Read More

Riley Larson earned his second-straight trip to the State Boys Golf Tournament by tying for sixth place at the Section 3AA Golf Finals last Wednesday at Oakdale Golf Course in Buffalo Lake. Larson and his teammates finished fourth overall as NLS earned the Section 3AA team title by five strokes over Luverne.  Larson, a senior, had… Read More