The Minnewaska Area girls tennis team is the first Laker sports team to get its season underway this fall.  The Lakers, who finished 12-7 overall last year, are set to open up the season, Friday, Aug. 16 at the Park Rapids Area quadrangular. The Lakers won their ninth-straight WCC title last fall with a perfect 8-0 record…. Read More

The Minnewaska boys soccer team possibly lost the most players to graduation from any of the fall sports teams at MAHS. The soccer team, which was 6-6-4 last year, graduated five key players from last year’s team, including the Golden Boot, Most Assists Award, The Engine Award and the Goal of the Season awardwinners from 2023. The… Read More

Speaking of Sports By John Fragodt, Sports Reporter The high school Falls Sports season will soon be on us and, in fact, the start of official fall sports practices is one week away on Monday, Aug. 12. The fall sports season has always been my favorite and even after 37 years I’m still excited about beginning coverage… Read More

•  Glenwood-Lowry falls to Sleepy Eye in Division II title game, 7-4 The Glenwood-Lowry baseball team placed second at the State American Legion Division II Baseball Tournament this past weekend at BOLD. The G-L Legion Posts 187/253 won their first two games over Esko (12-5) and Rushford-Peterson (5-2) before losing to Sleepy Eye in the finals, 7-4…. Read More

The Starbuck Jr. Legion was eliminated from the Jr. Legion Division II North Central Sub-State Tournament last weekend at Morris.  The Stars opened up the tourney with two-straight wins over Benson (8-5) and Morris (5-2), but in the upper-bracket finals, Starbuck fell to Holdingford (12-1) and in the first game of the consolation bracket, the… Read More

The Starbuck Stars were eliminated from the Region 4C Amateur Baseball Tourney with two losses this past weekend at Willmar.  The Stars, who earned a berth in the region tourney by placing third in the County Line League playoffs, lost a heartbreaker to Raymond in the opener, Saturday, 2-1, and then were sent packing for… Read More

The Minnewaska Trap fall league will again be available for students in grades 7-12 with a completed gun safety.  The league will run Aug. 12-Sept. 23, shooting 10 rounds on your own schedule.   There will be a closing tournament in St Cloud on Sept. 28 (not mandatory).  For more information, contact Jennie Stone at mahstrapteam@gmail.com… Read More

The start of official high school sports practices is Monday, Aug. 12.  Minnewaska Area High School student-athletes are reminded to take care of any preliminary tasks they need to take care of before the start of practices, including physicals for those who need them. In addition, all 7th and 8th graders participating in a fall activity… Read More

Speaking of Sports By John Fragodt, Sports Reporter What a great time at Waterama again!  This was my third year of covering Waterama for the Pope County Tribune and this year, I covered most of the events on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, which meant I was doing a lot of walking, biking and taking pictures. I helped… Read More

The Starbuck Jr. Legion advanced to the Jr. Division II North Central Sub-State Tournament upper-bracket finals with an 8-5 win over Morris last Tuesday night. The Stars, who improved to 14-7, beat Benson to open up the tourney, 8-5, and were set to face Holdingford in the upper-bracket finals of the double-elimination tourney Saturday morning at Morris…. Read More