The Minnewaska Area volleyball team improved to 15-6 overall with two more conference wins last week over Morris Area last Tuesday night and at BOLD, Thursday.  Both matches went four games with the opponents winning the second game and the Lakers pulling out victories in close fourth games. The Lakers also competed at the Alexandria Tournament,… Read More

The Minnewaska Area boys soccer team fell to St. John’s Prep in the Section 8A opener last Tuesday night at the College of St. Ben’s, 6-1. The Lakers ended the season with a 2-12-1 overall record, which includes an 0-9-1 mark in the Granite Ridge Conference. Minnewaska Area, coached by David Vinje, came into the game as… Read More

Speaking of Sports By John Fragot, Sports Reporter The playoffs began last week when the girls tennis team hosted Melrose in the Section 6A quarterfinals, Thursday.  This week, the boys soccer team opens up the playoffs and in the following weeks, the football, volleyball and cross-country teams, along with the Gators, will also commence with the postseason…. Read More

The Minnewaska Area-Morris Area Gators are down to their final week of the regular-season after hosting two meets last week against  Holdingford last Tuesday at Minnewaska Area High School (112-72 win) and Perham-NYM, Thursday at UM-Morris (101-81 victory). The Gators improved to 6-1 overall in dual meets and 3-1 in the conference with the two wins. Included… Read More

•  Lakers also set to open up individual tourney, Wednesday The Minnewaska Area girls tennis team opened up the Section 6A Tourney with a 7-0 sweep of St. John’s Prep, Thursday at home. The Lakers now are set to face third-seeded Osakis, Tuesday morning, Oct. 8 at Rogers.  With a win, Minnewaska Area would move on… Read More

The Minnewaska Area boys soccer team closed out the regular season with a 4-0 loss at St. Cloud Cathedral, Thursday.  The Crusaders are ranked second in Class A this fall.  The Lakers finished the regular-season 2-11-1 overall and 0-9-1 in the Granite Ridge Conference. Key to the lack of losses has been a lack of goals… Read More

The Minnewaska Area football team earned its first shutout in almost four years during a 37-0 victory at Montevideo, Friday night. It was also the fourth win of the season and third-straight win for Minnewaska, lifting the Lakers’ overall record to 4-2 going into this Friday night’s game against state-ranked Albany. Five different Lakers scored one touchdown… Read More

The NLS and Minnewaska Area girls were separated by only six points during the Sauk Centre Invitational last Tuesday.   NLS had the top finisher on the way to winning the meet with 37 points, while the Lakers had racers finish 5-6-9-11-12 and 14 on the way totaling 43 points during one of the most-complete races… Read More

The Minnewaska Area volleyball team lost a three-game match at Sauk Centre last Tuesday, ending any chance for the Lakers to earn at least a share of the WCC title. The Lakers, who fell at home to the Mainstreeters in five games earlier this season, needed a win over Sauk Centre to give them a possibility… Read More

Speaking of Sports By John Fragodt, Sports Reporter The postseason begins this week for Minnewaska Area Laker fall sports teams.  The Lakers are having a great fall season with the volleyball team 10-3 overall, the football team 3-2, the girls tennis team 17-3 and the cross-country teams among the top teams in the area.  In addition,… Read More