The Minnewaska Area boys tennis team announced its season awards and honors recently.   Earning All-Conference for the Lakers this spring were Connor Quelle, Tenzin Dahl, Noah Palmer, Carter LeClair and Drew Bleick while Riley Thorfinnson earned recognition on the honorable mention team. In team awards, Noah Palmer earned the Senior Leadership Award, Tyler Kohn and Drew… Read More

•  VanZee places 13th in individual competition for the Lakers With an amazing sendoff, the Lakers traveled down to Prior Lake to compete at the Minneapolis Gun Club in Prior Lake last Friday.  It was probably the hottest day of the year with the heat index around 97 degrees mid day.  “I don’t know how those kids… Read More

The Starbuck Stars, winners of six of their last eight games, were set to host New London-Spicer at 7:30 p.m., Friday, June 30 at Marthaler Field on the MAHS campus. The Stars are 7-5 overall and 4-4 in the County Line League with two league games to go.  After playing NLS, the Stars are set to… Read More

The Minnewaska Area baseball team, coached by Joe Alexander and Chris Lence, recently announced the season awards from the 2023 season.  The Lakers shared the WCC title this spring with Montevideo after both teams finished the season with 13-1 conference records. Minnewaska Area started out 4-3, but came back to finish 15-5 overall after winning 11… Read More

Thanks to the coaches! By John Fragodt, Sports Reporter First of all, thanks to all the coaches for their help throughout the year.  Most people aren’t aware of all the hard work coaches put in, but when you work with them all year and see the amount of work they put in, you appreciate them even more. First… Read More

The Minnewaska Area track and field teams held their season-ending banquet recently, announcing the various team and postseason honors. The Lakers had another great season of track in 2023, sending seven athletes to the state meet in nine different events.  Earning state trips for the boys team was Maeson Tank (400 and 800), while qualifying to… Read More

The Starbuck Stars won their sixth game in their last eight tries with a 10-0 shutout of Kensington, Saturday night at home.  The Stars scored at least one run in six of their seven at-bats, including three runs in each of the sixth and seventh innings to end the game with two outs in the… Read More

The Glenwood-Lowry baseball team is off to a 3-3 start this summer.  The team, coached by Joe Alexander, opened up the season with an 8-7 home loss to Morris, June 8.  The team then went 2-2 at a tournament at Alexandria, June 16-18, beating Tracy (18-7) and Becker (8-1), but also losing to Champlin Park… Read More

The Glenwood City Park pickleball courts are ready for use and already, pickleball players and area residents are raving about the new addition to the community.  About 35 members of the local pickleball association were on hand for the ribbon-cutting ceremony, June 1, and since that time, the courts have been busy with players of… Read More

The Minnewaska Area High School trap team competed at the State Shoot, Friday at Prior Lake.  The MAHS team had earned the first-place varsity trophy at the State Championships in Alexandria the previous week to earn the berth at the State Shoot.   The Minnewaska Area team placed 12th overall in the team competition and also… Read More