The Minnewaska Area cross-country teams closed out the regular season with two meets last week at home last Tuesday and at the Perham Invitational, Thursday. Next up is the WCC Meet, set for Tuesday (tomorrow) at Melrose followed by the Section 6A Cross-Country Meet at Wadena-DC, Thursday, Oct. 24. The Lakers girls placed first of five teams… Read More

Take away three plays and the Minnewaska Area Lakers beat the Albany Huskies during a battle of area football powers Friday night on at Veterans Field at Glenwood State Bank Stadium. However, football doesn’t work that way so when the three plays are counted, it added up to a 21-0 Albany victory, clinching the top seed… Read More

The Minnewaska Area girls tennis team came up one win short of reaching the state tourney.  The Lakers, who were seeded second in Section 6A, beat Osakis in the team semifinals last Tuesday at Rogers, 5-2, before falling to the top-seeded Litchfield Dragons in the finals later in the day, 5-2. The Lakers closed out the… Read More

The Minnewaska Area volleyball team improved to 15-6 overall with two more conference wins last week over Morris Area last Tuesday night and at BOLD, Thursday.  Both matches went four games with the opponents winning the second game and the Lakers pulling out victories in close fourth games. The Lakers also competed at the Alexandria Tournament,… Read More

The Minnewaska Area boys soccer team fell to St. John’s Prep in the Section 8A opener last Tuesday night at the College of St. Ben’s, 6-1. The Lakers ended the season with a 2-12-1 overall record, which includes an 0-9-1 mark in the Granite Ridge Conference. Minnewaska Area, coached by David Vinje, came into the game as… Read More

Speaking of Sports By John Fragot, Sports Reporter The playoffs began last week when the girls tennis team hosted Melrose in the Section 6A quarterfinals, Thursday.  This week, the boys soccer team opens up the playoffs and in the following weeks, the football, volleyball and cross-country teams, along with the Gators, will also commence with the postseason…. Read More

The Minnewaska Area-Morris Area Gators are down to their final week of the regular-season after hosting two meets last week against  Holdingford last Tuesday at Minnewaska Area High School (112-72 win) and Perham-NYM, Thursday at UM-Morris (101-81 victory). The Gators improved to 6-1 overall in dual meets and 3-1 in the conference with the two wins. Included… Read More

•  Lakers also set to open up individual tourney, Wednesday The Minnewaska Area girls tennis team opened up the Section 6A Tourney with a 7-0 sweep of St. John’s Prep, Thursday at home. The Lakers now are set to face third-seeded Osakis, Tuesday morning, Oct. 8 at Rogers.  With a win, Minnewaska Area would move on… Read More

The Minnewaska Area boys soccer team closed out the regular season with a 4-0 loss at St. Cloud Cathedral, Thursday.  The Crusaders are ranked second in Class A this fall.  The Lakers finished the regular-season 2-11-1 overall and 0-9-1 in the Granite Ridge Conference. Key to the lack of losses has been a lack of goals… Read More

The Minnewaska Area football team earned its first shutout in almost four years during a 37-0 victory at Montevideo, Friday night. It was also the fourth win of the season and third-straight win for Minnewaska, lifting the Lakers’ overall record to 4-2 going into this Friday night’s game against state-ranked Albany. Five different Lakers scored one touchdown… Read More