The Minnewaska Area boys tennis team announced its season-ending awards recently.  The Lakers closed out the 2024 schedule with a school record 22 victories in going 22-5 overall. The Lakers also went 6-0 in the WCC to earn another conference title and won the Section 8A Tourney to earn a trip to the state tourney for… Read More

The Willmar West Central Tribune recently came out with its All-Area softball team, which included two selections each from BBE, BOLD, Lac qui Parle Valley and NLS. Among the athletes earning the All-Area honor was Minnewaska Area senior Ally Mogard, who was named to the All-Area second team. Three seniors, four juniors, one sophomore and an eighth-grader… Read More

•  Sherlin and Gugisberg earn honor for boys’ team The Minnewaska Area boys golf team, coached by Dion Harste and Nick Gugisberg, qualified two golfers to the All-Conference team for 2024.  Eighth-grader Thatcher Sherlin placed third overall among the league golfers, while junior Zach Gugisberg earned fifth overall. The top 13 golfers from the WCC earned All-Conference. … Read More

•  Reichmann and Schultz tie for 11th in state individuals, Van Zee is 19th The Minnewaska Area Trap team competed at the State Shoot, Friday at Prior Lake.  The Lakers, who placed 28th during the Class Championships one week earlier to earn a spot in the 40-team State Shoot, had a state sendoff Thursday morning before… Read More

The Minnewaska Area softball team recently announced its season awards and season stats.  The Lakers went 7-16 overall this year under first-year head coach Luke Barkeim, a record which included a 4-10 mark in the WCC. Morris Area won this year’s WCC title with a perfect 14-0 record, followed by Melrose Area (11-3), WCA (10-4), BOLD… Read More

The Starbuck Jr. Legion competed at the Melde Meltdown Tourney at Minnetonka last Friday through Sunday, going 2-3 overall. Starbuck, which had opened up the season with a doubleheader sweep of Kerkhoven, is 4-3 through the early part of the schedule. During the Minnetonka Tourney, Starbuck beat Apple Valley (19-11) and Elk River (10-6) while also losing… Read More

The Starbuck Stars amateur baseball team improved to 6-5 for the season with a 2-1 win over Paynesville, Sunday, June 16. The Stars also hosted Norway Lake-Sunburg, Friday, and played at Willmar, Sunday.  No information was received on the NL-Sunburg game, but the Stars did fall to the Willmar Rails, 6-5. A recap of the NL-Sunburg game… Read More

The Glenwood-Lowry Legion baseball team opened up the season with a bang, playing five games over a four-day span last Friday through Monday, June 14-17. The team was supposed to get its season going with games against Brooten (June 10) and Parkers Prairie (June 13), but those games were postponed due to the Lakers having a… Read More

Speaking of Sports By John Fragodt, Sports Reporter That’s a lot of traveling — The Minnewaska baseball team had another great season this year, finishing the year 20-4-1 to tie for the most wins in program history.  The Lakers had an unusual spring this year with one suspended game taking about a month to complete against Montevideo,… Read More