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
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Minnewaska boys C-squad Hoop Scoop
Sports | Published on February 20, 2023 at 2:45pm CST
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Nice to get away for a while . . .
Sports | Published on February 13, 2023 at 3:42pm CST
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
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Lakers in midst of four-game winning streak
Sports | Published on February 13, 2023 at 3:40pm CST
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
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Wrestlers go 2-1 at Frazee quadranguar
Sports | Published on February 13, 2023 at 3:38pm CST
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
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Minnewaska boys still searching for second win
Sports | Published on February 13, 2023 at 3:35pm CST
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
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Jazz dance team to compete at state, Friday
Sports | Published on February 13, 2023 at 3:34pm CST
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
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C-squad Hoop Scoop
Sports | Published on February 13, 2023 at 3:32pm CST
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
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Speaking of Sports
Sports | Published on February 6, 2023 at 2:48pm CST
Playoff seedings taking shape . . . By John Fragodt, Sports Reporter The winter sports’ playoffs began Saturday for the Minnewaska Area dance teams and the basketball and wrestling teams aren’t far behind. I thought it was time to look again at some possible first-round playoff opponents for the Lakers. • In girls basketball, which is… Read More
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Laker wrestlers win six-straight matches
Sports | Published on February 6, 2023 at 2:46pm CST
The Minnewaska Area wrestling team is on a roll, winning six-straight matches over the last two weeks. The Lakers went 2-0 at a home triangular, Tuesday, Jan. 24, beating Sauk Centre-Melrose (48-29) and Kimball Area (51-28) and also went 2-0 at a quadrangular at Osakis, Friday, Jan. 27 and 2-0 at the EVW triangular last… Read More
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Minnewaska Area boys fall to Monte and SC
Sports | Published on February 6, 2023 at 2:43pm CST
The Minnewaska Area boys basketball team dropped four games over the last two weeks, falling to Montevideo last Tuesday night (70-47) and Sauk Centre, Friday (74-55), while also losing to BOLD (79-63) and Litchfield (67-47) the previous week. The Lakers fell to 1-18 overall and 0-10 in the conference and have just seven more regular-season games… Read More