McKenzie Luetmer closed out a great season of swimming and diving for the Minnewaska-Morris Gators by competing at the State Class A Swimming Meet, Thursday through Saturday at the University of Minnesota campus in the Twin Cities. Luetmer, a senior, placed second at the Section 6A Meet to earn the state berth. During the 50-yard freestyle… Read More

Colton Iverson, a former player with the Minnesota Gophers mens’ basketball team, has moved to the Glenwood-Starbuck area with his wife and son.  Colton, who is married to Sarah (Roering) Iverson, a graduate of Minnewaska Area High School, is working as a realtor for Glenwood State Bank. Colton attended Yankton High School in Yankton, SD and… Read More

The Minnewaska Area girls basketball team opened up official practices Monday, Nov. 14 in preparation for the season opener Thursday, Nov. 29 at home against Lac qui Parle Valley. The Lakers, coached by Sidney Schiffler, went 16-10 overall last year, which included a 7-4 mark in the West Central Conference. Montevideo won its first-ever WCC girls’ title… Read More

Result:  Sauk Centre 28, Minnewaska 15, Nov. 8.  “The girls played hard for a great start to the season, showing us the things we do well and things we need to work on a bit more throughout the year,” coach Gabe Eisenbacher said. Result #2:  Minnewaska 22, Melrose 19, Nov. 10.  “The girls battled hard in… Read More

Three members of the Minnewaska Area volleyball team were named to the All-Conference team for 2022. Earning All-WCC honors were juniors Avery Fier, Dreya Barsness and Haley Shea, who were all key members of the Lakers’ team which went 13-15 overall this season and 8-6 in the WCC to place third of eight teams. Sauk Centre won… Read More

The Minnewaska Area cross-country teams announced their season-ending awards recently.  The Lakers had a great season in 2022, with the girls team winning the WCC title and the boys placing second.   At the Section 6A Meet, Lauryn Ankeny and Maeson Tank highlighted the season by earning state berths.  Ankeny went on to place 23rd overall… Read More

Speaking of Sports By John Fragodt, Sports Reporter I was just looking at the 100-win wrestlers in Minnewaska Area school history, and it’s quite an impressive list with 29 wrestlers achieving the milestone, according to my unofficial records.  The top career wrestling list from MAHS can be found on page 3B of this week’s paper and… Read More

The Minnewaska Area girls tennis team had five individuals earn conference honors this year.  Senior Olivia Bleick, sophomores Megan Thorfinnson and Sydney Dahl, and ninth-grader Alia Randt were named to the All-Conference team for 2022, while sophomore Olivia Danielson was selected to the honorable mention team. Dahl also earned All-WCC honors last year and Bleick was… Read More

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources will waive entrance fees to all 75 state parks and recreation areas Friday, Nov. 25 — the day after Thanksgiving.  This “Free Park Day” is one of four days each year on which the DNR waives the vehicle permit requirement to enter state parks and recreation areas. The goal… Read More

Minnewaska Area High School will play in three different sections this winter.  The Lakers play in Section 3AA for boys and girls basketball, Section 5A for wrestling and Section 4A for Dance Jazz and High Kick. The Minnesota State High School League redoes the section alignments every two years and the new section alignments for the… Read More