The Minnewaska Area JV boys basketball team finished the 2022-23 season with a 16-9 record.  The team was coached by Nick Danielson.  “Except for a bad loss to Morris and a couple of lopsided wins against Benson, most of the other games were close and competitive, with several of them coming down to the final… Read More

High school milestone numbers have changed over time . . . By John Fragodt, Sports Reporter First of all, let me say that Antoine Davis and his Detroit Mercy team were not invited to play in the College Basketball Invitational Tournament.  That means Pete Maravich still owns the college scoring record.  Thanks goodness! But, I promised I’d talk… Read More

The Minnewaska Area boys basketball team, which went 1-25 this year, will lose four seniors to graduation from this year’s team; Paul Johnson, Jr., James Ward, Noah Palmer and Hunter Kloos.  However, the team could return as many as 10 other players that hit the scoring column this season. Earning All-Conference for the team this year… Read More

The Minnewaska Area Dance teams announced their final team awards during the season-ending banquet, which also included highlights from the 2022-23 season. The Jazz team earned its second-straight trip to the State Dance Meet this winter, placing 10th in the Class A competition.  The High Kick team was fourth at the Section 4A Tourney to miss… Read More

The Minnewaska Area C-squad boys basketball team finished the 2022-23 season with a 9-14 overall record.  According to head coach Brian Walker, the team played its best basketball at the end of the season, going 7-7 over its last 14 games after starting out the season 2-7. “These players have a bright future ahead of them… Read More

Should that really be a record? By John Fragodt, Sports Reporter Pete Maravich, possibly the first, second or third-best college player of all time, scored 3,667 points in 83 games while playing for his father at LSU from 1966-1970.  That averages out to 44.2 points per game.  That record has stood since 1970 for points in… Read More

The Minnewaska Area girls basketball team had a successful season this winter, going 12-13 overall and 6-6 in the WCC to place fourth of eight teams. The Lakers were 0-7 to start out the season, after playing seven state-ranked teams, but then went 12-5 over their next 17 games before losing to West Central Area in… Read More

The Minnewaska Area wrestling team had a great season, finishing 16-9 overall and sending two wrestlers to the state tourney for the second-straight season. The Lakers, who were also 2-3 in the conference, started out 4-4 and 5-7 before winning 11 of its final 13 matches.  Minnewaska Area tries to stay away from doing too much… Read More

Wildman fifth, Smith sixth at State Tourney The Minnewaska Area wrestling team had two state participants this year and both came home with state hardware after placing among the top six. Eighth-grader Miles Wildman went 3-2 at the state tourney to place fifth at 106 pounds, while sophomore Chase Smith, seeing action in his second-straight state tourney,… Read More

The Minnewaska Area boys basketball team had its season end with a 65-38 loss at Morris Area-CA, Saturday night, during the opening round of the Section 3AA Boys Basketball Tourney.   The Lakers, who trailed 26-12 at halftime before being outscored 39-26 in the second half, made 27 of their 38 points from three-point land with… Read More