•  Lakers earn second seed in sub-section and will host Litchfield, Saturday The Minnewaska Area girls basketball team is on another roll.  The Lakers, who won seven-straight games earlier this season, have won their last four straight and seven of their last nine. The Lakers beat Morris Area, Friday, Feb. 9 (68-31) before winning twice last… Read More

The Minnewaska Area wrestling team ended the team portion of its season at the Section 8AA Team Tourney, Thursday at Pequot Lakes Area High School. The Lakers, who moved from Section 5A to 8AA this season, were seeded third in their half of the section and topped Sauk Centre-Melrose in the opener, 42-27, before losing to… Read More

The Minnewaska Area girls basketball team is set to open up the playoffs, Saturday night.  The Laker girls are set to commence with the Section 3AA Girls Basketball Tournament at 7 p.m., Saturday, with a home game against seventh-seeded Litchfield (6-18).  With a win, the Lakers would play again at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 29… Read More

The Minnewaska Area boys basketball dropped two games last week to fall to 2-21 overall and 2-11 in the WCC.  The Lakers lost a home game to KMS last Monday night, 93-57, and then fell at West Central Area, Friday, 75-55. The Lakers are down to their final three regular-season games before commencing with the playoffs,… Read More

The Minnewaska Area dance teams had  great seasons in 2023-24, competing in 10 competitions throughout the regular-season before placing fourth at the Section 2A Dance Meet last Saturday at NLS High School. The Lakers placed fourth in both the High-Kick and Jazz competitions, while St. Cloud Cathedral, Holdingford and New London-Spicer placed first through third in… Read More

The Minnewaska Area boys basketball team earned its second victory of the season, winning at Benson last Tuesday night, 67-58.  It was the second win against the Braves this season. The Lakers also hosted Morris Area-CA, Thursday, losing 68-47 to a strong Tiger team. The Lakers are now 2-19 overall and 2-10 in the conference with… Read More

The Minnewaska Area girls basketball team lost at Redwood Valley last Saturday, 74-66.  It was only the second time this season the Lakers have lost two-straight games. Minnewaska Area came back from that loss with two wins last week over KMS last Tuesday night at home, 69-45, and against Morris Area-CA, Friday night at home, 68-31. The… Read More

The Minnewaska Area dance teams competed at the Section 2A Dance Meet, Saturday at NLS High School.  The meet had been scheduled for Melrose High School, but was moved to NLS at the last minute. Section 2A has 13 schools and only the top three in each event qualify to the State Dance Meet, set for… Read More

Speaking of Sports By John Fragodt, Sports Reporter Boy, what a tough loss, Thursday night, by the Minnewaska Area girls basketball team to Sauk Centre.  The game was for the WCC title and also would have given the Lakers a big confidence boost heading into the stretch run of the regular-season. Instead, the Lakers might start second-guessing… Read More

Members of the Minnewaska Area 4th grade Youth Basketball team took part in a halftime exhibition recently during halftime of a Laker girls basketball team. The girls raced back and forth across the basketball court for 10 minutes, having a great time the entire time.