The Minnewaska Area dance teams competed at the Willmar and Rocori Invitationals last week.  One was a three-team meet, while the other was a multi-team meet that involved some of the best teams in the state. The Lakers placed second at the three-team Willmar meet in the Jazz event.  Minnewaska Area did not have a High-Kick… Read More

Speaking of Sports By John Fragodt, Sports Reporter •• Life goes by much too fast  — I was a tennis player in 8th and 9th grade, playing first singles for the Benson Braves my freshmen year after playing second doubles as an eighth-grader.  I also competed in track during the summer and so, when the track coach… Read More

Miles Wildman and Chase Smith earned individual titles at the Minnewaska Invitational, Friday night in the MAHS gym. The Lakers placed fourth as a team in a meet won by Little Falls.  Adding a runner-up finish for the Lakers was Alex Adams, while Landon Schiffler, Isaiah Rosario, Braylen Scharmer and Noah Jensen all finished third. The Lakers… Read More

The Minnewaska Area girls basketball team earned three convincing wins last week to improve to 11-2 overall and 4-1 in the conference.  The Lakers won at Rocori last Monday night, 79-21 and then won at home last Tuesday over Benson (86-28) before winning again at Litchfield, Friday, 73-25. The average margin of victory for those three… Read More

•  Dragons hold off Lakers to drop Minnewaska Area’s overall record to 7-6 The Minnewaska Area boys basketball team went 1-2 last week, beating Paynesville last Tuesday night (71-60), before losing to West Central Area (72-55) and Litchfield (63-57) later in the week. The Lakers dropped to 7-6 overall with the two losses and 1-3 in… Read More

The Minnewaska Area dance teams competed at two more meets this past weekend.  The Lakers competed at Montevideo, Friday and at St. Cloud Cathedral, Saturday. Results from the two competitions can be found on page 3B. The Lakers have another two-meet week this week with the Willmar Invitational set for Friday and the Rocori Invitational scheduled for Saturday…. Read More

Speaking of Sports By John Fragodt, Sports Reporter I kept statistics for the Benson football team for 35 years and there wasn’t one fall/early winter where I didn’t have to fight the rain and/or snow.  This season was a first . . . When I was keeping stats, I used the old-fashioned method of writing everything down… Read More

The Minnewaska Area girls basketball team had a pair of impressive wins during the holiday break, beating Minneota in a game played Dec. 27 at SMSU, 70-41, and also routing WCC nemesis West Central Area at home, Friday, 68-33. The two wins raised the Lakers’ record to 8-2 and conference mark to 3-1, putting the team… Read More

The Minnewaska Area dance teams competed at the Alexandria Invitational, Saturday, a meet that included several other Section 2A teams, including NLS and BBE. The JV Jazz and B-squad Jazz teams both placed second to lead the Lakers, while the Varsity High-Kick team earned fourth and the Varsity Jazz team was fifth Winning the varsity competitions were… Read More

The Minnewaska Area boys basketball team ran into a pair of hot teams last week, losing to Pipestone last Monday in a game played at SMSU, 57-36, and also losing at Morris Area-CA, Friday, 65-41. The first two-loss week of the season lowered the Lakers’ season record to 6-4 and conference mark to 1-2. Montevideo continues to… Read More