The Minnewaska Area girls basketball team got its record to .500 with a 59-56 win at West Central Area, Thursday night.  The win was the seventh-straight for the Lakers, who at one time this year were 0-7. The Lakers had a 3-0 week last week, winning at home against Osakis last Monday (61-35), at Melrose Area… Read More

Lakers set to host Section 5A Individual Wrestling Tourney, Saturday The Minnewaska Area wrestling team had the team portion of its season end at the Section 5A Team Wrestling Tourney, Thursday night at KMS High School. The Lakers, seeded eighth of 10 teams in the section, lost to the top-seeded KMS Saints, 49-18.  Earlier in the night,… Read More

The Minnewaska Area boys basketball team is down to its final three regular-season games after going 0-2 last week.  The Lakers lost at Eden Valley-Watkins last Monday night, 54-41, and also lost at home to West Central Area, Friday, 80-46. The Lakers fell to 1-22 overall and 0-13 in the conference after its latest two losses…. Read More

By Coach Brian Walker The Laker C-Squad made its final road trip of the season traveling to Eden Valley Watkins in a non-conference game last Monday night.  Both teams battled throughout, but in the end it would be EVW getting the best of the Lakers in a 40-28 win.   The Lakers would keep it close in… Read More

Speaking of Sports By John Fragodt, Sports Reporter Nice to get away for a while . . . I just returned from a mini trip to Florida where we stayed at Cocoa Beach for a few days and also took a mini cruise through Carnival to the Bahamas and Carnival’s private island.  I mentioned a cruise to… Read More

Minnewaska girls move up to third in Section 3AA rankings The Minnewaska Area girls basketball team is one of the hottest teams in the area after winning three games last week to give the team a four-game winning streak and seven wins in the last 10 games. Over the last week, the Lakers beat Redwood Valley… Read More

The Minnewaska Area wrestling team is peaking at the right time.  The Lakers have won 10 of their last 11 matches, including two-of-three at the Frazee quadrangular, Feb. 2, and two more at the Henning triangular, Thursday night. At Thursday’s triangular, the Lakers routed Ottertail Central (51-28) and Barnesville (57-24). The Lakers, who also placed sixth of… Read More

The Minnewaska Area boys basketball team is running out of time to earn its second win of the season.  The Lakers had one of their best chances during a game at Benson last Tuesday night, but the Braves picked that night to score a season-high 79 points to beat the Lakers, 79-54.  Two nights later,… Read More

The Minnewaska Area Jazz dance team earned a return trip to state after placing second at the Section 4A Dance Tournament at Wadena-DC High School, last Saturday. The Lakers are set to compete at the State Class A Jazz Meet, Friday, Feb. 17 at Target Stadium in Minneapolis.  The State High Kick Tourney is set for… Read More

By coach Brian Walker The C-Squad boys hosted Sauk Centre last Friday looking to avenge an earlier five point loss in early December.  SC jumped out to a quick lead and went on to earn a 49-35 victory.  Conner Erickson scored all seven of his points in the first half, as the Lakers trailed 28-15 at… Read More