Speaking of Sports By John Fragodt, Sports Reporter Wrestling losing a class; hate to say it, but should have been more If you had read my columns when I worked at the Swift County Monitor-News in Benson you would have read some of my complaints about high school wrestling.  First of all, there are far too many… Read More

The Minnewaska Area Jazz dance team placed 10th at the State Class A Jazz dance competition, Friday at the Target Center in Minneapolis. The Lakers earned a return trip to state this winter after placing second at the Section 4A Dance Tournament at Wadena-DC, Saturday, Feb. 4. Competing against 11 other Class A teams, the Lakers placed… Read More

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