•  Lakers to compete at Section Individuals this weekend at Park Rapids The Minnewaska Area wrestling team had its season end with a 51-12 loss to Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton in the Section 8AA “Final Four”, Friday night at Park Rapids. The Lakers were seeded second in their half of the section and beat third-seeded Alexandria in the quarterfinals,… Read More

The Minnewaska Area boys basketball team split another pair of conference games last week to stay at .500 for the season.  The Lakers are 11-11 with  three regular-season games remaining, including a home game with Sauk Centre, Tuesday (tomorrow) and a game at BOLD, Friday. Montevideo still leads the WCC with a 10-1 record, followed by… Read More

An information and sign-up meeting for the MAHS Trap team is scheduled for 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, March 18 in the high school auditorium.  “Attendance is MANDATORY.  If you have questions, you can direct them to mahstrapteam@gmail.com,” according to coach Jennie Stone.

Speaking of Sports By John Fragodt, Sports Reporter Nine forfeits in one match; what? — I’ll admit high school wrestling has been a lot better recently with its forfeits.  However, there was one recent match which didn’t make any sense. Albany, which has been ranked all year in football, volleyball, and girls and boys basketball, is not quite… Read More

•  Lakers place third at 2A Meet; High-Kick team finishes fourth The Minnewaska Area Jazz dance team earned a state berth during the Section 2A Dance competition at NLS High School, Friday.  The meet had been set for Saturday, but was moved up a day due to the impending snowfall Friday night. Section 2A is one… Read More

•  Lakers to host 8AA openers, Thursday The Minnewaska Area wrestling team has earned a first-round Section 8AA match at home after going 16-6 this year during the regular-season. The Lakers won three more matches at the Pelican Rapids quadrangular, Thursday, beating Wadena-DC (54-20), Pelican Rapids (54-24) and Fergus Falls (53-18) by similar margins. Minnewaska Area also… Read More

The Minnewaska Area girls basketball team won its 20th game, Thursday night at home, routing the visiting Melrose Area Dutchmen 61-40 for its 16th-straight win. The sixth-ranked Lakers also won at KMS last Tuesday night, giving Minnewaska Area a 20-2 overall record with four regular-season games to play. The Lakers and Sauk Centre are currently tied for… Read More

The Minnewaska Area boys basketball team won its 10th game of the season with a 70-61 win at Melrose Area last Tuesday night.  The Lakers also lost a home game to Morris Area-CA, Friday, 70-57. With five regular-season games to play, the Lakers are 10-10 overall and 2-7 in the WCC.  In the current WCC standings,… Read More

Speaking of Sports By John Fragodt, Sports reporter It won’t be long before the start of the postseason as the Minnewaska Area dance teams are set to compete at the Section 2A Meet this Saturday and the Laker wrestlers are set to commence with the Section 8AA Team Tourney, Thursday, Feb. 13. The top four seeded teams… Read More

The Minnewaska Area wrestling team battled seventh-ranked Little Falls, Thursday, during the Albany triangular.  The Lakers led 15-0 after three matches and 26-6 after six before the Flyers won the final seven matches to claim a 44-26 victory. The Lakers also beat Albany the same night, 66-12, winning nine matches by forfeits. Minnewaska Area, which improved to… Read More