•  Miles Wildman earns first and Chase Smith is second at section meet The Minnewaska Area wrestling team will be sending two wrestlers to the state tourney after Miles Wildman placed first and Chase Smith was second at the Section 5A Individual Wrestling Tournament, Saturday at Minnewaska Area High School. Wildman was seeded first at 106 pounds… Read More

The Minnewaska Area boys basketball team had the week off last week after both of its scheduled games were postponed due to weather. The Lakers had a game last Tuesday with Melrose postponed to Monday, Feb. 27, and a game  Thursday at home against Breckenridge, which had already been rescheduled once, was canceled due to weather. With… Read More

West Central Area rallied from a 42-30 halftime deficit to upset the Minnewaska girls basketball team in the Section 3AA opener, Saturday night at home, 74-59. It was a tale of two halves and unfortunately for Minnewaska Area, the second half was a little better for the WCA than the first half was for the Lakers. … Read More

The Laker C-squad started a stretch of 4-straight home games to close out the season with a game against West Central Area, Friday, Feb. 17.  In the first meeting between the two teams, WCA earned a 19-point win.  This one would belong to Minnewaska Area as it would get a hard-fought 45-35 victory.  The Lakers had… Read More

Speaking of Sports By John Fragodt, Sports Reporter Wrestling losing a class; hate to say it, but should have been more If you had read my columns when I worked at the Swift County Monitor-News in Benson you would have read some of my complaints about high school wrestling.  First of all, there are far too many forfeits. … Read More

The Minnewaska Area Jazz dance team placed 10th at the State Class A Jazz dance competition, Friday at the Target Center in Minneapolis. The Lakers earned a return trip to state this winter after placing second at the Section 4A Dance Tournament at Wadena-DC, Saturday, Feb. 4. Competing against 11 other Class A teams, the Lakers placed… Read More

The Minnewaska Area girls basketball team got its record to .500 with a 59-56 win at West Central Area, Thursday night.  The win was the seventh-straight for the Lakers, who at one time this year were 0-7. The Lakers had a 3-0 week last week, winning at home against Osakis last Monday (61-35), at Melrose Area… Read More

Lakers set to host Section 5A Individual Wrestling Tourney, Saturday The Minnewaska Area wrestling team had the team portion of its season end at the Section 5A Team Wrestling Tourney, Thursday night at KMS High School. The Lakers, seeded eighth of 10 teams in the section, lost to the top-seeded KMS Saints, 49-18.  Earlier in the night,… Read More

The Minnewaska Area boys basketball team is down to its final three regular-season games after going 0-2 last week.  The Lakers lost at Eden Valley-Watkins last Monday night, 54-41, and also lost at home to West Central Area, Friday, 80-46. The Lakers fell to 1-22 overall and 0-13 in the conference after its latest two losses…. Read More

By Coach Brian Walker The Laker C-Squad made its final road trip of the season traveling to Eden Valley Watkins in a non-conference game last Monday night.  Both teams battled throughout, but in the end it would be EVW getting the best of the Lakers in a 40-28 win.   The Lakers would keep it close in… Read More