Kevin Bertels
High school sports team leader
High school sportsBertels is a native Kansan and now a determined Minnesotan, living in Oak Grove, where he raised three sons with his wife. He graduated from the University of Kansas with a journalism degree. Kevin dabbles in fishing, canoe camping, golfing and gambling, and he was way too involved in youth sports until his youngest son went to college.
Latest from Kevin Bertels
High Schools
Maple Grove sports programs will move to Lake Conference in fall 2025
Maple Grove will leave the Northwest Suburban Conference and join the Lake, home to four of the seven biggest schools in Minnesota.
September 10, 2024
High Schools
Bloomington Kennedy, citing low participation at youth levels, will drop boys hockey
After Bloomington Kennedy completes its 60th season this winter, a co-op with Bloomington Jefferson will begin in 2025-26.
August 30, 2024
Olympics
Meet the Minnesotans competing for Team USA at the Paris Paralympics
Thirteen athletes with ties to Minnesota are scheduled to compete in the Paris Paralympics, and a dozen of them have been to the Games before.
August 28, 2024
High Schools
St. Anthony, Breck to meet at TCO Performance Center for Zero Week football
The two teams will play the state’s lone Zero Week game, getting a start ahead of the others.
August 23, 2024
High Schools
St. Paul Academy soccer teams, state champions times two, begin the push for more
The start of fall practice pulls together the St. Paul Academy squads that swept the Class 1A titles in 2023.
August 12, 2024
High Schools
Stillwater, state champion four years in a row, is the Metro Team of the Year in synchronized swimming
Stillwater won 12 of the 15 events at the state meet and improved on a record that shows the Ponies in the top two for all 49 years a champ has been crowned.
June 26, 2024
High Schools
Monticello’s Lance Klersy, for perfection at state, is the high school Clay Target Shooter of the Year
Lance Klersy went 100-for-100 at the state championships, his second perfect score, two years after his first. “My last box, I could barely put my shells in my gun, I was shaking so much,” he said.
June 26, 2024
High Schools
Mark ‘Dolo’ Harris, driven to help at Minneapolis Henry, is the All-Metro Sports Awards Difference Maker
Mark “Dolo” Harris is back at Henry, where, one of his 16 nominators said, “the effort Dolo puts in to help these kids is inspiring.”
June 26, 2024
High Schools
St. Paul Academy soccer teams, state champions times two, begin the push for more
The start of fall practice pulls together the St. Paul Academy squads that swept the Class 1A titles in 2023.
August 12, 2024
High Schools
Stillwater, state champion four years in a row, is the Metro Team of the Year in synchronized swimming
Stillwater won 12 of the 15 events at the state meet and improved on a record that shows the Ponies in the top two for all 49 years a champ has been crowned.
June 26, 2024
High Schools
Monticello’s Lance Klersy, for perfection at state, is the high school Clay Target Shooter of the Year
Lance Klersy went 100-for-100 at the state championships, his second perfect score, two years after his first. “My last box, I could barely put my shells in my gun, I was shaking so much,” he said.
June 26, 2024
High Schools
Mark ‘Dolo’ Harris, driven to help at Minneapolis Henry, is the All-Metro Sports Awards Difference Maker
Mark “Dolo” Harris is back at Henry, where, one of his 16 nominators said, “the effort Dolo puts in to help these kids is inspiring.”
June 26, 2024