Two members of the Minnewaska Area girls basketball team were named to the West Central Tribune’s All-Area team for 2023-24. A total of 15 players were named to one of three All-Area teams, including Megan Thorfinnson, a junior from Minnewaska Area High School who was named to the All-Area second team, and Sydney Dahl, a junior… Read More

The All-Area boys basketball teams for 2023-24 include three players from Dawson-Boyd, two each from BBE and KMS and one each from NLS, MACCRAY, Prinsburg, BOLD, Montevideo, Paynesville, ACGC and RCW. In all, 11 teams were represented on one of three All-Area teams.  Two players (Dawson-Boyd’s Brayson Boike and KMS’ DeAndre Holloway) are repeat members of… Read More

The Minnewaska Trap team is about to start its 10th season as a lettering sport at MAHS.  The team of 27 was set to begin practice Tuesday April 2 with actual competitions beginning April 21. “It is hard to believe we are starting year 10,” said head coach Jennie Stone.  “Seems like just yesterday that… Read More

The Minnewaska Area softball team got the season underway Friday at home with a doubleheader loss to Melrose Area.  The games had been postponed from Thursday, April 4 and were rescheduled for Friday at the last minute. Melrose is one of the top teams in the area and didn’t show any mercy against the Lakers and… Read More

Treyton Thompson, a native of Glenwood, played in the NCAA Mens Basketball Tournament this winter for the Stetson Hatters.  Thompson, who played high school ball at Alexandria High School from 7th-10th grade before moving on to La Lumiere School in LaPorte, IN for his junior and senior seasons, played for the MN Gophers his first… Read More

Speaking of Sports By John Fragodt, Sports Reporter Wow, this has been a crazy winter! Pelican Lake had its ice-in date Nov. 28 this winter, but by the end of December, the lake had opened up again after a significant rainfall around Christmas. The lake froze again (ice-in) within a week and it stayed that way through March… Read More

The Minnewaska Area track and field teams are hoping for another great season after sending seven athletes in nine events to the State Track Meet last spring. The girls track team also placed third at the Section 5A Meet and first during the WCC Meet, while the boys team was fourth during the WCC Meet and… Read More

The Minnewaska Area boys tennis team is hoping for another great season after going 11-8 last year, including a 5-1 mark in the WCC to place second behind NLS. The Lakers, coached by Tara Reichmann and Chad Quelle, opened up the season Thursday, March 28 with two wins at an indoor triangular at Fargo. Minnewaska beat Moorhead… Read More

by coach Nick Danielson We started the season off strong with two wins against Redwood Valley and Montevideo, but then really struggled to find any consistency and at times, had a hard time scoring the basketball over the next month.  At the midpoint of our season, we were just below .500, but we finished the season… Read More

Miles Wildman is MVP . . . The Minnewaska Area wrestling team had a great season in 2023-24, sending five wrestlers to the State Class AA Wrestling Tourney. The Lakers were moved from Section 5A to Section 8AA, but the change didn’t bother Minnewaska Area one bit as the Lakers sent the second-most wrestlers to the state… Read More