Jayda and Kashton Hormann competed at the MN/USA State Wrestling Tournament at the Mayo Civic Center in Rochester last weekend. Jayda wrestled in the girls 12U 75-pound division, bringing home fourth place, while Kashton wrestled in the boys 10U 53-pound division, coming home with the fifth place medal.  Jayda and Kashton are the children of Devin and… Read More

The Minnewaska Area baseball team, coached by Joe Alexander, Chris Lence, Jesse Johnson and Andy Goracke, is hoping to repeat as conference champions after sharing the WCC title with Montevideo last spring. The Lakers lost only PJ Johnson to graduation.  Although he was the conference MVP, the Lakers have enough returning players to compensate for the… Read More

•  Minnewaska girls earn 20 victories during great season that ends just two wins short of state The Minnewaska Area girls basketball team had another great season in 2023-24.  The Lakers went 20-9 overall this winter, including a 10-2 mark in the WCC to place second behind Sauk Centre. Minnewaska Area, which went 12-13 two years ago,… Read More

The Stetson Hatters are headed to the 2024 NCAA Division I National Tourney after winning their postseason tourney last week.  It was the first-ever Atlantic Sun Conference title for the Hatters, which also earned them a first-ever trip to the NCAA Tourney. Among the members of the team is Treyton Thompson, a native of Glenwood who… Read More

The Minnewaska Area boys basketball team closed out the 2023-24 season with a 2-25 overall record under first-year head coach Zach Traphagen, which included a 2-12 mark in the WCC. The Lakers picked up both of their victories over Benson, winning 67-49 at Minnewaska Area, Jan. 18 and at 67-58 at Benson, Feb. 6. Minnewaska Area also… Read More

Speaking of Sports By John Fragodt, Sports Reporter Practices for some Minnewaska Area spring sports begin Monday (today), while practices for the other sports will begin one of the next two Mondays.  Yes, the spring sports season is fast approaching and the spring season has traditionally been a very good one for the Lakers. The softball and… Read More

Three new head coaches have been hired and approved to lead Minnewaska Area sports programs this coming spring and fall. The girls softball team has replaced Jason Weber with Luke Barkeim, while the boys golf team has hired Dion Harste to take over for David Drexler, and the Laker volleyball program has hired Mitch McGuire as… Read More

The Minnewaska Area dance teams had great seasons in 2023-24 despite not qualifying to the state meet.  The Lakers placed fourth in the High Kick and Jazz competitions at the Section 2A Dance Meet, Saturday at NLS High School.  St. Cloud Cathedral, Holdingford and NLS claimed the top three spots in both competitions. SCC and Holdingford… Read More

•  DNR offers guidelines to avoid disaster  It has been a particularly deadly winter season on Minnesota waters, with at least four people dead after falling through the ice. While some lakes are largely ice-free, people are still ice fishing on others, particularly those in the north. The late-ice season can be particularly dangerous and in recent… Read More

Speaking of Sports by John Fragodt, Sports Reporter The Minnewaska Area dance program started only 7-8 years ago, but already has earned four state berths. I had listed in the paper two weeks ago that the Lakers missed out on a third-straight trip to state this year when they placed fourth in the High Kick and Jazz… Read More