The Minnewaska Area girls tennis team officially got the 2023-24 sports year underway, competing at two meets last week at Park Rapids.  The Lakers opened up play, Friday, going 1-2 with a 5-2 victory over Roseau along with 5-2 losses to Crookston and Mound-Westonka. One day later, the Lakers competed in the Park Rapids Individual Tourney… Read More

Wheaton-HN and Minnewaska players watch the ball go over the net.  The Lakers were set to participate in the Concordia scrimmage this week before hosting Benson, Tuesday, Aug. 29. Check out more photos in our photo gallery!

The Minnewaska Area boys soccer team has a new coach and that’s a big deal when you consider that the only previous coach for the program was Ted Hill, who retired last season after serving as coach for 27 years. Hill, who was selected the Section 8A Coach of the Year seven times and the State… Read More

The Minnewaska Area cross-country teams, coached by Jennifer Johnsrud, are set to open up the season Monday, Aug. 28 at the Morris Invitational, followed by the Wadena-DC Invitational, Tuesday, Sept. 5 where the Lakers will find out how they match up against a strong WDC team that edged the Minnewaska Area girls for second place… Read More

The Minnewaska-Morris Gators swimming and diving team is set to get its season underway Friday, Aug. 25 at the Willmar Invitational. And, after having no meets at Minnewaska Area High School last season due to work on the pool, the Gators will have three meets at home this year, beginning with a meet against Montevideo, Thursday,… Read More

Mark Hopkins — Villard High School Class of 1971 Going back over a half century, the late sixties and early seventies are considered by many as the golden age of athletics at Villard High School. For young athletes involved in Villard sports in the mid-1960s, a shooting star arrived on the scene in teacher/coach Jim Galvin. Galvin… Read More

With hard work and diligence, and a big idea from five young shooters on the Minnewaska High School trap team– Mason Reichmann, Dylan VanZee, John Jenson, Levi Schultz and Cole Kittelson, the “field of dreams” is now a reality.  It was only fitting that the five who did all the work shot the first targets… Read More

Another fun time at Waterama By John Fragodt, Sports Reporter I forgot to mention in last week’s column how much fun I had covering my second Waterama for the Pope County Tribune.  When I was covering community events for the Swift County Monitor-News of Benson, the major summer events were the Pioneerland Band Festival and Kid Day,… Read More

First day of official high school fall practice is today Here we go again! The start of official high school practices for the 2023-24 school year begins today and the Minnewaska Area Lakers are set to commence with cross-country, football, soccer, swimming and diving, volleyball and girls tennis practices sometime today. And, it won’t be long before the start… Read More

Participants of the Waterama Sand Sculpture contest start to work on their sand creations early Saturday of Waterama weekend. Waterama royalty members, Alicia Boysen, Kiearra Wilmes and Serena Mellgren, helped judge the sand sculpture contest at Glenwood City Beach. Check out more photos in our photo gallery!