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!

The Minnewaska Area volleyball team is looking forward to a great season after going 13-15 overall last year and not graduating any players from that team. The Lakers, coached by Michele Johnson, Bailey Gronner, Kari Nelson and Jacalyn Skoglund, also went 8-6 last year in the WCC to place third of eight teams. Sauk Centre won last… Read More

The Minnewaska Area fall sports schedule will soon be underway and the first team to get an official competition under its belt will be the Laker girls tennis team, which is set to open up the season Friday, Aug. 18 at the Park Rapids quadrangular. The first home match for the team, coached by Tara Reichmann… Read More

Mark Kerfeld — Glenwood High School Class of 1986 Mark Kerfeld shined for the Glenwood Lakers on the hardwood during his four varsity seasons. He also suited up to proudly represent the Blue and Gold on the gridiron and on the diamond in an eventful four-year span that culminated with his graduation in 1986. In Mark’s four… Read More