Alia Randt is the first Minnewaska Area “Athlete of the Week” for the 2022-23 school year, selected by Tara Reichmann, the head coach of the Minnewaska Area girls tennis team. Alia is a ninth-grader on the girls tennis team playing first singles and is off to a 1-6 start playing against the toughest competition each team… Read More

The Minnewaska Area volleyball team is set to open up the season Tuesday (tomorrow) at Benson followed by the home opener against BOLD, Thursday. The Lakers are coached by Michele Johnson, who is assisted this year by Caleb Greene, Jackie Skoglund and Kari Nelson. Minnewaska Area has seven of its first nine scheduled competitions at home this… Read More

The Minnewaska Area Gators swimming and diving team opened up the season with a sixth-place finish at the Willmar Invitational, Friday.  The Gators, led by McKenzie Luetmer, totaled 192 points to place sixth of seven teams in a meet won by Melrose Area with 514 points. The home opener for the Gators’ swim team is set… Read More

The Minnewaska Area cross-country schedule is set to begin Monday, Aug. 29 at the Morris Invitational followed three days later with the Lac qui Parle Invitational, Thursday, Sept. 1.   The Lakers have 10 meets scheduled during the regular-season leading up to the Section 6A Meet, Friday, Oct. 28, and the State Cross-Country Meet at St…. Read More

The Minnewaska Area Schools Athletic Hall of Fame Banquet is set for Saturday, Oct. 1 at the Minnewaska House in Glenwood. A reception and dinner is set for 5 p.m. that night followed by the induction ceremony at 7 p.m.  Tickets can be purchased on the Vanco Events website at https://www.vancoevents.com/us/book/search. This year’s Minnewaska Area Schools Athletic… Read More

The Minnewaska Area girls tennis team kicked off the 2022 schedule by playing two matches at the Roseau Invitational, Friday at Moorhead.  The Lakers, who are coming off a 13-8 season from a year ago, lost both their opening matches to Mound-Westonka (6-1) and Becker (4-3). Minnewaska Area also competed in an individual tourney at Park… Read More

Dylan Alexander (right) and PJ Johnson (left), students at Minnewaska Area High School, were among 60 players from around the state selected to play in the Minnesota Legion Prospect All-Star Series, Aug. 5-7.  The All Stars were divided into four teams with Dylan playing with the Blue team and PJ competing with the Gold team. … Read More

The Starbuck Stars finished the 2022 season with an 18-8 overall record, which is the best record for the team ever, percentage-wise.  The team was 10-4 through the regular season before going 8-4 in the playoffs.  Starbuck won the County Line playoff title and then went 2-2 in the Region 4C Tourney to place fourth,… Read More

Football Final Mid State 3 Team MS All **Kimball Area 8-0 9-1 **BOLD 7-1 9-2 **Upsala-Sw Area 6-2 7-3 **BBE 5-3 8-4 **Browerville-EV 4-4 5-5 **Benson 3-5 3-6 **Atwater-CGC 3-5 3-6 **KMS 2-6 3-7 **Maple Lake 1-7 1-8 **Long Prairie-GE 1-7 1-8 ———————————- Final Mid State 1 Team MS All **Rockford 5-0 6-3 **Pierz 4-1 7-4 **Morris Area-CA 3-2 6-4 **Melrose Area 2-3 3-6 **Montevideo 1-4 1-8 **Minnewaska 0-5 1-8 —————————— Final Mid… Read More

Speaking of Sports By John Fragodt, Sports Reporter After covering Benson and KMS High School sports for so long, I’m really looking forward to covering the Minnewaska Area Lakers this school year.  The Lakers always seem to find success on the field, track or courts, and this year should be no exception. The Lakers officially opened up… Read More