Result:  Minnewaska 7th grade 37, Melrose Area 24, Thursday, Dec. 1 Scoring:  Berlynn Green 14 points, Hannah Hoeper 8, Molly Cassidy 7, and Mileigh Lundebrek, Sadie Daniels and Miranda Grossman also scored. Next up:  The Lakers are set to host Morris Area-CA, Tuesday and play at Sauk Centre, Thursday Coach:  Gabe Eisenbacher Next up for the 7th and 8th… Read More

The West Central Tribune of Willmar recently announced its All-Area volleyball team for 2022. The seven-person All-Area first team includes players from BBE, MACCRAY, Montevideo, Paynesville, Willmar and Yellow Medicine East. Six of the All-Area members are seniors with five of them set to go on to play college volleyball. Four were also named to the 2021 All-Area… Read More

The Minnewaska Area  volleyball team announced its season-ending awards recently.  The Lakers went 13-15 overall this year and 8-6 in the WCC to place third of eight teams. The Lakers won’t graduate any players from this year’s varsity team, coached by Michele Johnson, Caleb Greene, Kari Nelson and Jacalyn Skoglund. Earning the Best Offensive Player award was… Read More

The Minnewaska Area football team announced several season-ending awards recently at its season-ending banquet.  The Lakers went 0-9 this season, including an 0-5 record in the Mid State 1 District. Earning All-District honorable mention this season were junior Jack Majerus and senior Brady Blair. Majerus ended the season with 548 yards rushing and four touchdowns on 127… Read More

The Minnewaska Area boys soccer team announced its season-ending awards recently and selected as the Most Valuable Players for this year’s squad were seniors Aaron Feigum and Genaro Contreras Mondragon. They helped lead the Lakers to an 8-7 season this year, which included a 5-4 mark in the Granite Ridge Conference.  The Lakers ended the season… Read More

Changes seem to always be taking place in area sports conferences and the WCC is no exception.  Benson High School recently applied to join the Camden Conference beginning in 2023-24, hoping to leave the West Central Conference due to declining enrollment. However, BHS was denied entry into the Camden Conference by a 7-5 vote in favor… Read More

The Minnewaska Area girls basketball team is set to get the season underway Tuesday, Nov. 29 at home against Lac qui Parle Valley.  The Lakers, coached by Sidney Schiffler, are coming off a 16-10 record from a year ago, which included a 7-4 mark in the West Central Conference. The Lakers also have a game at… Read More

Alia Randt, Katie Sorenson, Olivia Danielson and Grace Jensen were among the award winners for the 2022 season, which were announced during the season-ending banquet held recently. The Lakers, coached by Tara Reichmann, Chad Quelle and Carter LaMont, went 9-10 this season, which included a perfect 8-0 record in the WCC to win an eighth-straight WCC… Read More

Speaking of Sports By John Fragodt, Sports Reporter I was reading a book the other day about Bobby Jones, one of the top golfers of all time who competed on the amateur golf scene in the 1920s, eventually retiring after winning the “Grand Slam” of golf at the time in 1930.  Jones was a tremendous golfer,… Read More

The Minnewaska Area wrestling team is set to open up the season Friday, Dec. 2 at the Big Lake Invitational.  The Laker wrestling program has been an area power for the past five years, going 91-42 during that period.  The Lakers, who were 12-9 last year, return a handful of athletes from last year’s team,… Read More