Speaking of Sports By John Fragodt, Sports Reporter Nice to get away for a while . . . I just returned from a mini trip to Florida where we stayed at Cocoa Beach for a few days and also took a mini cruise through Carnival to the Bahamas and Carnival’s private island.  I mentioned a cruise to some… Read More

Minnewaska girls move up to third in Section 3AA rankings The Minnewaska Area girls basketball team is one of the hottest teams in the area after winning three games last week to give the team a four-game winning streak and seven wins in the last 10 games. Over the last week, the Lakers beat Redwood Valley (56-49),… Read More

The Minnewaska Area wrestling team is peaking at the right time.  The Lakers have won 10 of their last 11 matches, including two-of-three at the Frazee quadrangular, Feb. 2, and two more at the Henning triangular, Thursday night. At Thursday’s triangular, the Lakers routed Ottertail Central (51-28) and Barnesville (57-24). The Lakers, who also placed sixth of… Read More

The Minnewaska Area boys basketball team is running out of time to earn its second win of the season.  The Lakers had one of their best chances during a game at Benson last Tuesday night, but the Braves picked that night to score a season-high 79 points to beat the Lakers, 79-54.  Two nights later,… Read More

The Minnewaska Area Jazz dance team earned a return trip to state after placing second at the Section 4A Dance Tournament at Wadena-DC High School, last Saturday. The Lakers are set to compete at the State Class A Jazz Meet, Friday, Feb. 17 at Target Stadium in Minneapolis.  The State High Kick Tourney is set for… Read More

By coach Brian Walker The C-Squad boys hosted Sauk Centre last Friday looking to avenge an earlier five point loss in early December.  SC jumped out to a quick lead and went on to earn a 49-35 victory.  Conner Erickson scored all seven of his points in the first half, as the Lakers trailed 28-15 at… Read More

Playoff seedings taking shape . . . By John Fragodt, Sports Reporter The winter sports’ playoffs began Saturday for the Minnewaska Area dance teams and the basketball and wrestling teams aren’t far behind.  I thought it was time to look again at some possible first-round playoff opponents for the Lakers.   •  In girls basketball, which is set… Read More

The Minnewaska Area wrestling team is on a roll, winning six-straight matches over the last two weeks.  The Lakers went 2-0 at a home triangular, Tuesday, Jan. 24, beating Sauk Centre-Melrose (48-29) and Kimball Area (51-28) and also went 2-0 at a quadrangular at Osakis, Friday, Jan. 27 and 2-0 at the EVW triangular last… Read More

The Minnewaska Area boys basketball team dropped four games over the last two weeks, falling to Montevideo last Tuesday night (70-47) and Sauk Centre, Friday (74-55), while also losing to BOLD (79-63) and Litchfield (67-47) the previous week. The Lakers fell to 1-18 overall and 0-10 in the conference and have just seven more regular-season games… Read More

The Minnewaska Area girls basketball team broke a three-game losing streak with a 47-41 victory at Sauk Centre, Thursday.  The Lakers recorded 13 steals and had seven players hit the scoring column during one of the biggest wins of the season for the young team.  “It feels really good to beat a tough Sauk Centre team”… Read More