The Minnewaska Area track and field teams hosted their first meet of the season last Tuesday with seven other teams taking part.  Perham, one of the strongest Class A track teams in the state, won both titles while the Minnewaska Area girls were second and the boys placed fourth. Winning titles for the Lakers were McKenzie… Read More

The Minnewaska wrestling team competed at the Midwest Wrestling Tournament, April 14 at Northern State University in Aberdeen, S.D.  There was dual wrestling competition, Saturday, April 15 and an individual tourney, Sunday, April 16. The Minnewaska Area team, with the help of one wrestler from Morris and one from Alexandria, placed sixth out of 11 teams,… Read More

Jack Majerus and Alex Panitzke had three hits each and Austin Weber added a two-run homerun to lead the Lakers to an 11-1 victory against Fergus Falls last Monday in a game played at Gustavus Adolphus College. The Lakers were forced to play at Gustavus after having its first three competitions postponed or canceled due to weather…. Read More

Nice time for memories . . . By John Fragodt, Sports Reporter I finally got a chance to get out to take some pictures this spring for sports during an actual competition and it happened to be a boys tennis match against Benson-KMS.  Wow, what a wonderful day it turned out to be to get out and… Read More

The Minnewaska Area girls track team placed third and the boys team was fifth at the 7-team Litchfield Invitational.  The meet took place Thursday at NLS High School due to poor track conditions at Litchfield. Winning titles for the Lakers were Lauryn Ankeny in the 1600 meter run (5:50.36) and the boys 3200 meter relay team… Read More

The Minnewaska Area boys tennis team opened up the season with a 2-2 record after competing at three dates last week.  The Lakers shut out YME during the opener last Tuesday at Granite Falls and then routed Benson-KMS, 6-1, Thursday at home. On Friday, the Lakers traveled to Fargo to play Thief River Falls and Crookston,… Read More

After a two-week delay due to heavy snow and snow pack and hours and hours of snow removal, the Minnewaska Area High School trap team was finally able to start the season at the Glenwood Club recently. “Without all of the volunteer hours that were put in by the parents and shooters, we still would not… Read More

The All-Area girls basketball team this year includes 11 seniors among the 15 players that were selected. Montevideo (22-4 record), BOLD (26-6), NLS (30-2), BBE (27-5) and LQP each had two players named to one of the three All-Area teams, while MACCRAY, KMS, Litchfield, Willmar and Paynesville each had one. Among the area teams, BBE, BOLD and… Read More

The West Central Tribune of Willmar recently came out with its All-Area boys basketball team for 2022-23.  Ten different schools were represented on one of the three All-Area teams, including five schools that had two players each named. Earning placement on the All-Area first team were Dawson-Boyd 6-foot-7 sophomore Brayson Boike, Prinsburg 6-foot-3 senior Ethan Bulthuis,… Read More

The Minnewaska Area boys golf team opened up the new season last week with a pair of away meets.  The Lakers, coached by Dave Drexler, golfed at the Riverside Golf Club in Blue Earth, Friday, and also competed against a strong field at the Hayfield Invitational, Saturday. Coming up next for the team is a pair… Read More