50 years in the making: Andy Sires of Houston and Joel Bauman of Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg became heroes on their schools' only state championship season.
St. Michael-Albertville senior Tessa Johnson was sold on South Carolina when she watched the national champion Gamecocks during the Final Four at Target Center last April.
50 years in the making: Jayden Heisler's takeaway secured victory for Mahnomen/Waubun in the 2018 state football playoffs, which are turning 50 years old this fall.
Jalen Suggs' plan didn't work, and that left Cold Spring Rocori to celebrate a football title in 2019 — and is featured in our look back on the state playoffs that turn 50 this year.