The Minnewaska Area wrestling team is off to a 2-2 start after competing in two triangulars in December.  The Lakers, who are 0-1 in the WCC, also competed at the Big Lake Invitational to open up the season. At the opening Big Lake meet, Miles Wildman and Nick Ankeny both placed first, while Chase Smith and… Read More

Speaking of Sports By John Fragodt, Sports Reporter Wow, we made it through!  That was a tough few weeks of weather with all the heavy snow, slush, blowing wind and sleet, followed by more snow and a terrible blizzard, but it’s nice to know we can make it through such tough weather. I really don’t mind snow… Read More

The Minnewaska Area girls basketball team is still searching for its first win of the year after losing a home game to Paynesville last Tuesday night, 49-45. The Lakers, who dropped to 0-6 overall and 0-3 in the conference, were also set to play at Morris Area, Thursday, but that game was postponed for the second… Read More

After having both of its meets postponed from the previous week, the Minnewaska Area wrestling team finally got in a few matches last week at the YME triangular last Tuesday. The Lakers beat Quad County in one match, 51-28, but fell to Adrian-Ellsworth in the other, 48-27. “We wrestled a couple of great matches last night,” coach… Read More

The Minnewaska Area boys basketball team had a pair of tough games last week.  The Lakers fell to 0-6 overall, losing at home to Morris Area-CA last Monday night, 69-31, and also losing at Paynesville Area, last Tuesday, 69-30.  Hunter Kloos led the Lakers during the loss to Morris with 15 points, while Tenzin Dahl… Read More

By coach Brian Walker After a week of wintery weather that moved games around, the C-squad team finally got back on the court last Friday to host the New London-Spicer Wildcats.  It had been a week between games, but in the first half it looked like the layoff didn’t bother the Lakers as the team put… Read More

Speaking of Sports By John Fragodt, Sports Reporter Some weekends of sports are better than others, but this past weekend was one of the most exciting weekend of sports I’ve seen recently. Start with a great Vikings’ football game, Saturday.  Add in some World Cup soccer, Sunday.  And sprinkle in some other sports action, including a great… Read More

The Minnewaska Area boys basketball team had two games scheduled last week, but the Lakers were only able to get in one game due to weather. The Lakers were set to host NLS last Tuesday, but that game was pushed back to Friday and Minnewaska lost a close game with the Wildcats, 65-54. Minnewaska Area trailed early… Read More

A three-game week turned into one game for the Minnewaska Area girls basketball team last week due to weather.  The Lakers were set to at NLS last Tuesday and at Morris Area-CA, Friday, but both of those game were postponed due to weather.  The only game the Lakers were able to get in was a game… Read More

The Minnewaska Area wrestling team had two meets scheduled last week, but both were called off due to weather.  The Lac qui Parle quadrangular, set for last Tuesday, was postponed to a later date yet to be determined, while the Minneota triangular, set for Friday, was canceled. The Lakers have competed in only two meets so… Read More