The Minnewaska Area track and field teams competed at the sub-section meet at Maple Lake last Tuesday.  The girls placed second of 10 teams, while the Laker boys were fifth of 11 teams. Eden Valley-Watkins-Kimball dominated the girls meet with 195 points, while the Lakers placed second with 106.  Sauk Centre meanwhile, edged Howard Lake-WW for… Read More

The Minnewaska Area girls golf team will need to make up eight strokes during the Section 3AA Golf Finals, Wednesday if it wants to return to the state tourney as a team. The Lakers shot a team total of 342 at the Section 3AA Prelims last Wednesday at Oakdale Golf Course in Buffalo Lake, placing second… Read More

The Minnewaska Area boys golf team survived the first day of the Section 3AA Boys Golf Tournament after shooting a 330 total to tie for fourth at the Section 3AA Prelims, Thursday at the Oakdale Golf Course in Buffalo Lake. NLS won the team title with a score of 315, but four teams are within 15… Read More

Shorts from the world of sports By John Fragodt, Sports Reporter •  NBA and NHL playoffs take far too long — I enjoy watching almost any sport and I still like to watch professional sports on TV, but every year I think to myself  that the NBA and NHL playoffs take far too long.  Part of the reason… Read More

The Minnewaska Area girls golf team won its eighth-straight WCC meet title last Tuesday at Morris to give the Lakers another conference title. The Lakers totaled 170 strokes to win by four over BOLD and give Minnewaska 56 points for the season.  BOLD finished second in the league race with 46 points, followed by Melrose (42),… Read More

Ankeny, Kolstoe, Tank, Hagen, Oeltjen, Luetmer win titles for Lakers The Minnewaska Area girls track team won the WCC title last Tuesday night at Montevideo, while the Laker boys team placed fourth of eight schools in a meet won by Sauk Centre. The Laker girls won eight events and the boys’ team had two titleists.  Winning WCC… Read More

The Minnewaska Area softball ended the final week of the regular-season with a 1-2 record after splitting a doubleheader with Benson last Tuesday night at home, 11-13 and 8-7, and falling at Osakis, Thursday. The Lakers go into the postseason with a 2-13 overall record and 2-10 mark in the WCC.  Morris Area-CA won the WCC… Read More

The Minnewaska Area boys golf team saved its best for last, shooting a four-person total of 151 to win the final WCC meet at Morris last Tuesday to claim the WCC team title. The Lakers and WCA Knights came into the final league meet tied with 51 points each, but Minnewaska Area edged WCA by five… Read More

The Lakers had a seven-game winning streak snapped by Paynesville, Friday, but Minnewaska Area is still two wins away from sharing the WCC title with Montevideo after winning four more conference games last week. The Lakers improved to 11-1 in the WCC and 13-4 overall with a pair of conference sweeps over Benson and BOLD last… Read More

The Starbuck Stars fell to 1-2 overall with a 6-0 loss at Paynesville, Sunday afternoon.  The Stars were also set to host Clinton, Friday night, but that game was postponed to a later date due to lack of players from the Clinton team. Next up for the Lakers is a game at New London-Spicer, Sunday, May… Read More