Minnewaska Area School wrestlers in grades 7-12, and coaches, enjoyed a road trip to the Wisconsin Dells June 27-30 for the annual Malecek Wrestling Camp. Over 1200 wrestlers were reported to have taken part in the camp for team and individual development, team building, strength and conditioning and nutrition and motivation. There were also breakout… Read More

The Starbuck Jr. Legion team defeated Eden Valley-Wakins in dramatic frashion with a 7-6 walk-off victory in the bottom of the seventh inning. Starbuck trailed EV-W 6-1 going into the bottom of the sevent and scored six runs to take the victory.  And, it all started with two outs.   Thomas Poegel grounded out to shortstop to… Read More

The Starbuck Stars jumped out to an early 3-1 lead on their way to a 10-2 victory over Norway Lake-Sunburg (NL-S) at Marthaler Field on Wednesday night. The visiting team did score one run in the first inning, but the Stars answered with 3 in the bottom of the first.  After Michael Gruber singled and Darion… Read More

Katherine Chevalier and her friend, Kathy, sent in this photo from their recent trip to Canada. They both caught a walleye within a minute of each other. Kathy’s was 24.5” and Katherine’s was 20.5”  They sent both fish back into the water to make more fish for them to catch.

The Minnewaska Area Schools Baseball Awards Banquet was held on June 22.

The West Central Tribune released its All-Area Baseball Team for 2022. In this year’s All-Area team, 11 schools are represented. Among the 18 players selected — nine on the first team and nine on the second — are 12 seniors. KMS, Paynesville and MACCRAY lead the way with three sections each. One of the youngest members… Read More

This past Monday, June 28, the Minnewaska Area Girls’ Basketball Team took part in the Breakdown Summer Series basketball tournament in Alexandria, and won. The tournament champions pictured are (left to right): front, Mikalyn Andreas, Olivia Bleick and Leslie Murken; and back, Jayda Kolstoe, Brooke Kolstoe, Sydney Dahl, Megan Thorfinnson and Lauryn Ankeny. Nice job, ladies!

The Glenwood Lowry Legion team kept up its winning ways defeating Wheaton away  last Monday and then winning both games of a double header against Parkers Prairie on Thursday at Marthaler Field. June 20 at Wheaton  Glenwood-Lowry 10  Wheaton 5 Glenwood Lowry Legion team stole the lead late and defeated Wheaton 10-5.  The game was tied 5-5… Read More

After falling to Raymond last Wednesday night, the Starbuck Stars had a good weekend shutting out Kensington 9-0 on Saturday night and then defeated Regal 5-1 on Sunday.  The Stars improved their record to 9-4 on the season.   June 22 at Marthaler Field Stars 3 Raymond 8 Starbuck outhit Raymond 9 to 8, but couldn’t turn those… Read More

The  Minnewaska Lakers hosted a Youth Track & Field Meet on June 15. The event attracted teams from Minnewaska, Sauk Centre and Brooten-Belgrade-Elrosa (BBE).  Participants were in grades 3-6.  Pictured is the Minnewaska Area Lakers Youth Track Team.