•  First featured HOF inductee is Frank Noyes — Starbuck High School Class of 1932 The annual Minnewaska Area Schools Hall of Fame Banquet is set for Saturday, Sept. 30 at the Minnewaska House (24895 State Highway 28, Glenwood). Social hour is set to begin at 5 p.m. with the dinner and program/induction ceremony to follow at 6 p.m…. Read More

By John Fragodt, Sports Reporter Don’t miss out on football contest It won’t be long before the Pope County Tribune starts its 8-week Football Contest and here’s an invitation to all our PCT readers to join the free contest this year. All you have to do is find the football contest in each week’s paper (usually found… Read More

•  Legion team goes 1-2, losing two heartbreakers in pair of walk-off losses The Glenwood-Lowry Legion baseball team went 1-2 to place fourth at the State Division II Legion Baseball Tourney at Roseau, July 28-30. The Lakers won their first game over DGF, 8-1, before losing a pair of heartbreakers.  In the semifinals, EV-Watkins scored a run… Read More

The Starbuck Stars amateur baseball team finished the 2023 season with an 8-9 record after losing to Regal last weekend in the consolation bracket of the County Line playoffs. Starbuck, which was seeded fifth in the tourney, beat Norway Lake-Sunburg in the playoff opener (10–5) before losing to Atwater (8-4) and to Regal. Last year, the Stars… Read More

The Starbuck Jr. Legion (age 16 and under) ended its season with a 9-0 loss to Holdingford in a playoff game played Tuesday night at EV-Watkins. Starbuck opened up the playoffs with a 10-0 win over Long Prairie before being sent to the loser’s bracket with a loss to Spicer, 6-0. Morris beat Spicer in the upper… Read More

Speaking of Sports by John Fragodt, Sports Reporter It won’t be long before the Lakers and Gators take to the field, court or pool this fall.  Yes, the start of the first official fall sports practices for high school athletes is three weeks away.  And, the Fall Sports Meeting for parents and student-athletes is also fast… Read More

The Glenwood-Lowry Legion baseball team won four-of-five games last week to win the “Final Four” of the West Central Sub-State, Division II Legion Baseball Tournament.  The Lakers beat Parkers Prairie last Monday and Thursday before winning two-of-three over Kerkhoven during the weekend.  Glenwood-Lowry will now play in the State Division II Legion Baseball Tourney, set… Read More

The Starbuck Jr. Legion (age 16 and under) opened up the North Central Sub-State playoffs with a split of games last week at home.  Starbuck, which was seeded second after finishing the league schedule with a 9-3 record, routed Long Prairie in the playoff opener last Tuesday and Wednesday, 10-0, before falling at home to… Read More

The Starbuck Stars were eliminated for the season with a 15-8 loss at Regal, Sunday afternoon.  The Stars, who were defeated by top-seeded Atwater the previous week (8-4), ended the season with an 8-9 overall record after losing to the Eagles, Sunday. Also eliminated for the season from the County Line was Norway Lake-Sunburg, which fell… Read More

 MSHSL changes section alignments for 2023-24 and 2024-25 affecting every Laker sport, especially track, wrestling and volleyball The Minnesota State High School League recently came out with its new section alignments for 2023-24 and 2024-25 and there are plenty of big changes for Minnewaska Area Laker sports, especially for volleyball, swimming and diving, dance, wrestling, and track… Read More