The first day of the Class AA Minnesota State Championship Boys’ Golf Tournament turned out to be a difficult golf day with extremely high temperatures and high winds.  Throw in some nerves and Riley Larson did not shoot his typical score, carding an 88 on the first 18 holes of the tourament. Wednesday,  Larson was… Read More

The Laker Trap Team brought 21 shooters to compete at the Class 3A championships on Wednesday June 15th in Alexandria.   There was a total of 41 schools with 863 athletes shooting for top honors.  With decent weather and a slight back wind, the Lakers started the first half of shooting strong with Micah Mahoney shooting… Read More

June 14 at PRBA (Prairie Rivers Baseball Association) Starbuck 18 PRBA 1 Game 1 Starbuck Junior Legion Post 4582 was PRBA for a doubleheader on Friday, June 3. Starbuck got things started in the first inning when Austin Ballhagen singled on a 1-1 count, scoring the first run. Starbuck notched six more runs in the second inning and… Read More

The Minnewaska 4X400 girls relay team placed fifth at state. The team consisted of Teagan Stark, Olivia Danielson, Lauryn Ankeny and McKenzie Luetmer. The girls placed second in state prelims breaking the school record running a 4:05.34 on Thursday and placed fifth on Friday running a 4:07.71 in finals. Overall, the Laker girls team placed seventh in… Read More

The Glenwood Lowry Legion baseball team defeated the Ashby Arrows 6-4 at Marthaler Field last Tuesday then defeated Granite Falls 4-1 last Wednesday at Granite Falls. Against Ashby, Jacob Blair got the win pitching the full seven innings and giving up four runs on five hits and striking out 4.   Glenwood Lowry Legion built a five-run… Read More

June 14  at Sunburg Stars 10  Norway Lake-Sunburg 3 The Starbuck Stars punched out 10 hits, including a pair of home runs, to beat the Norway Lake-Sunburg Lakers 10-3 on Sunday in a County Line League amateur baseball game. Homering for Starbuck were Aaron VerSteeg and Matt Gruber. Gruber was 3-for-4 with a double, two runs and four RBIs. VerSteeg… Read More

The Minnewaska boys’ tennis team enjoyed familiar environs on Tuesday as they hosted the Section 8A tournament. May 24 at Minnewaska Section 8A team tourney Minnewaska 6 East Grand Forks 1  The Section 8A quarterfinals pitted the #2 seeded Lakers against the #7 seed from East Grand Forks. Minnewaska took a 6-1 win behind a sweep of the singles matches…. Read More

The Lakers had a great week 5 competition, but they didn’t realize how great until the final standings came out Sunday morning.  “The weather, of course, was not great, but looking at the standings, we were in third place, and I saw the opportunity for our team to move into second place. That would be a… Read More

May 24 at Sauk Centre Section 5A Sub-section West On Tuesday the Minnewaska track and field team was in Sauk Centre for the Section 5A West Sub-section meet. The girls’ team was edged out by Eden Valley-Watkins-Kimball for first place while the boys took third place. The girls’ 4 x 800 relay team, ran by Lauryn Ankeny, Makena Thoen,… Read More

May 24 @ Morris Section 3AA playoffs West Central 14  Minnewaska 13 The Minnewaska softball team began the Section 3AA playoffs on Tuesday in Morris. The Lakers were the #5 seed and took on the #4 seed from West Central. The Lakers and Knights had played twice during the regular season, with the Knights winning both contests, including… Read More