•  Schiffler, Wildman, Smith and Kovarik all earn third for the Lakers The Minnewaska Area wrestling team was back in action last week, hosting the 10-team Laker Invitational, Friday. BBE, a late entry to the tourney, placed first with 204.5 points, while Little Falls was second with 159 points and the Lakers were sixth with 80. “We added… Read More

The Lakers girls basketball team is on a roll.  Minnewaska beat Eden Valley-Watkins (61-43) and Melrose Area (75-26) last week to extend a current winning streak to four games and up its overall record to 9-4. The Lakers put everything together at Melrose, Thursday, scoring 46 first-half points and holding the Dutchmen to only 26 points… Read More

The Minnewaska Area boys basketball team fell three times over the last week, dropping the team’s overall record to 0-12 and conference mark to 0-6.  The Lakers dropped a 68-49 decision at Pipestone, Saturday, Jan. 6, before losing twice last week to Melrose last Tuesday (66-43) and to BOLD, Thursday (76-64). Marc Gruber led the Lakers… Read More

Members of the Minnewaska Area dance team compete at the opening meet at home.  The Lakers competed at Alexandria last Saturday and results are posted on page 2B.  The team also competed at Montevideo and SC Cathedral, Friday and Saturday and results of those two meets will be featured next week.

Speaking of Sports By John Fragodt, Sports Reporter •  Vikings sure blew it — Wow, what an up and down season for the Vikings.  I really didn’t pay much attention to the Vikings at the beginning of the season, especially when they started out 1-4.   However, the Vikings won five-straight games to improve to 6-4 through 10… Read More

•  Minnewaska also edges WCA, Friday, to improve to 4-1 in the WCC The Minnewaska Area girls basketball team closed out 2023 and opened up 2024 with big-time wins. The Lakers fell to West Fargo in the opening game of the Sauk Rapids Holiday Tourney, Dec. 29, 69-50, but Minnewaska Area came back to place third by… Read More

The Minnewaska Area wrestling team is set to host the Minnewaska Area Invitational, Friday.  The Lakers are 1-2 so far this season, having also wrestled at the Big Lake and Pine River Invitationals. The pace of the schedule picks up bigtime this week as the Lakers have 10 scheduled competitions set for the final 28 days… Read More

The Minnewaska Area girls basketball team picked up its fifth win of the season during a 50-41 road win at Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa, Thursday, Dec. 21. The Lakers improved to 5-3 overall with the win and Minnewaska Area is also 3-1 in the WCC. It was a balanced effort that paved the way for the victory as Minnewaska had… Read More

The Minnewaska Area boys basketball team came within a 3-pointer of picking up its first win of the season, Thursday, Dec. 21 during a home game against BBE. The Lakers fell to the visiting Jaguars by a 68-66 score after trailing by five (38-33) at halftime. The 66 points is a season high for the Lakers, who… Read More

The Minnewaska Area wrestling team did not have any matches during the final week of 2023.  The Lakers won their last match of the year, beating Benson in a WCC contest at home, Thursday, Dec. 21, 51-22. The Lakers then had two weeks off before resuming the schedule Friday, Jan. 12 when they are set to… Read More