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Ellsworth's Cody Schilling gestured to the crowd as he left the game as his team captured the Class 1A boys' basketball championship in 2008 at Target

Reusse: For first time since 1952, fan doesn't get his boys' state tournament fix

Wendell Fredin's 67-year streak of making it to the Twin Cities for the tournament came to an end.
  • When Minneapolis North and Khalid El-Amin dominated boys' basketball
  • No Minnesota high school spring sports until May 4 at earliest
  • Minnehaha's Jalen Suggs named Minnesota AP Player of Year
High Schools
March 28
Minneapolis North players and their head coach celebrated after the Polars won their third consecutive state title in 1997. Clockwise, from top left a

When Minneapolis North and Khalid El-Amin dominated boys' basketball

This Week in Minnesota Sports: Khalid El-Amin, Jabbar Washington and Ozzie Lockhart. The backbone of one of the most impressive runs in Minnesota high school boys' basketball history
High Schools
March 27
The scene on Edgerton's main street in 1960 when the team returned home after winning the state title. The Flying Dutchmen spent Sunday in the Twin Ci

'Touched by stardust.' Edgerton's magical basketball title turns 60

This Week in Minnesota Sports: Today is the 60th anniversary of the 1960 state basketball title game, in which tiny Edgerton captured the hearts of Minnesota by beating Austin to cap an amazing tournament run.
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Coronavirus
March 26
Esko players watched a game from the outfield fence as they waited for their game to start last June 6 at the girls' softball state tournament in Nort

No Minnesota high school spring sports until May 4 at earliest

The move came in response to Gov. Tim Walz ordering state residents to stay at home and limit movements outside their homes beyond essential needs for two weeks beginning this weekend.
Coronavirus
March 24
The Blake girls’ lacrosse team played Minnehaha Academy in a game at Blake’s south campus in Hopkins on April 18, 2019.

Blake School extends sports shutdown to May 1; spring coaches hope, wait

The private school, one of the metro area's prominent athletic powers, is believed to be the first in the state to extend its sports program cancellations through April.
High Schools
March 24
The 1970 boys’ basketball state championship trophy resided in a glass case at the Cup N’ Saucer Cafe in Sherburn.

Reusse: An epic ending to the era of Minnesota's one-class basketball

This Week in Minnesota Sports: There were the usual 18,000 customers inside Williams Arena to watch a state one-class basketball champion in 1970, when tiny Sherburn ended that era by beating South St. Paul.
Wayzata received the Bay Bell trophy, part of the rivalry between these two teams. Wayzata beat Minnetonka 14-0. Friday, September 28, 2012
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Sports
March 24
Austin and Edgerton players stood for the national anthem just before tip-off at Williams Arena during the 1960 boys’ basketball state tournament.

Splitsville: When the boys' basketball tournament went to two classes

This Week in Minnesota Sports: The long-discussed format change came in 1970, five decades ago.
High Schools
March 24
The second of Edina’s boys’ basketball championships came in 1967, with a roster including, from left, Jay Bennett, Bob Zender, Jeff Wright and Pe

When Edina became the first three-peat basketball champs

This Week in Minnesota Sports: Fifty-two years ago this week, the Hornets ended a remarkable three-year run with a 70-45 victory over Moorhead in the 1968 state championship game.
Gophers
March 24
A young woman found a basketball hoop to herself at Theodore Wirth Park in Minneapolis on Monday.

Scoggins: Gym rats missing places where they could shoot in solitude

They know that staying home is necessary because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but there is something comforting about being alone in a basketball gym, shooting in silence.
Blake forward Carly Bullock (22) is a prolific goal-scorer and a tough player defensively as well. The senior is bound for Princeton next year.
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High Schools
March 23
The family of Hill-Murray hockey player Charlie Strobel (from left): Brother Ryan, mother Jill, father Mike, Chevy the dog, Charlie.

Heartbeat of an angel: Minnesota-bound Strobel removes all doubts

Charlie Strobel, the star of Hill-Murray’s hockey state tournament title run, brings a blue-collar mentality to his game, inspired by a brother whose life he helped save in 2015.
High Schools
March 22
Hopkins guard Alayna Contreras (4) stripped the ball from Stillwater forward Lizzie Holder (22) during the second half of their Class 4A semifinal at

Hopkins named national girls' basketball champs by ESPN

The Royals have a 62-game winning streak and missed their chance to extend it when the scheduled title game against Farmington was called off.
Gophers
March 20
Kerwin Walton, Hopkins.

Hopkins star Kerwin Walton waits, and maybe for U

The unsettled state of recruiting could bode well for the Gophers.
Phaizon Scott brought the Minneapolis North championship trophy to the crowd after the Polars defeated Rushford-Peterson 30-14. ] Shari L. Gross / sgr
High Schools
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Coronavirus
March 20
The combined Hopkins and Farmington bands played several tunes together at the end of the Hopkins vs. Stillwater game.

High school league will base future actions on government directives

The meeting stemmed from what MSHSL executive director Erich Martens called the ''unbelievable and unpredictable'' disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Coronavirus
March 20
Seats were empty at the Amway Center in Orlando, home of the Magic, on March 12 - and will be for some time to come.

Business as unusual: Being a sports fan during a pandemic

Yes, the sports world has gone dark at the start of what would have been one of the most active periods in American sports. The fun is gone. But what's also gone are millions upon millions of interactions in the midst of a pandemic.
High Schools
March 18
Minnehaha Academy's Jalen Suggs dunked against the defense of Willie Wilson of Minneapolis North. ] LEILA NAVIDI • leila.navidi@startribune.com BACK

Mr. Football winner Suggs named Minnesota Mr. Basketball, too

The Minnehaha Academy star, who will play basketball at Gonzaga, became the first prep athlete to win the award as the state’s top senior in football and basketball.
Minnehaha Academy celebrated winning the Class 2A girls' basketball title in 2019.
Watch and listen Minnesota high school sports live on the web
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Watch and listen to high school sports from around the metro area and around Minnesota. Here are the web sites that get you to the games.
High Schools
March 18
Minnehaha's Suggs wins McDonald Award from state's coaches

Minnehaha's Suggs wins McDonald Award from state's coaches

Jalen Suggs, a senior guard from Minnehaha Academy, was one of 12 finalists picked for the honor earlier this month.
Coronavirus
March 18
This spring’s virus scare poses Benilde-St. Margaret’s girls’ lacrosse coach Ana Bowlsby difficulties for team bonding.

Minnesota spring sports teams cling to hope despite forced spring break

The COVID-19 restrictions challenge prep teams to train in creative ways but the spring sports seasons have not been called off outright.
High Schools
March 17
Hopkins guard Paige Bueckers

Bueckers adds Miss Minnesota Basketball to senior season honors

The UConn-bound Hopkins star was named Minnesota’s top high school girls’ basketball senior.
High Schools
March 17
Josh Sampson of Mounds View won the 300-meter hurdles at the MSHSL track and field state meet last June.

High school league shuts down all spring sports practices

The announcement came before the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Sunday night recommended no gatherings of 50 or more people anywhere.
High Schools
March 16
DeLaSalle forward Nurjei Weems (22) made a steal in the second half.] Jerry Holt •Jerry.Holt@startribune.com DeLaSalle defeated Hermantown 85-52 in

Nurjei Weems of DeLaSalle leads the Star Tribune's Metro Athletes of the Week

Also recognized: Peyton Blandin (Farmingon basketball), Lamar Grayson (Richfield basketball) and Gabe Myren (Spring Lake Park basketball).
High Schools
March 16
Chet Holmgren, Minnehaha Academy Redhawks; Kerwin Walton, Hopkins Royal; Jalen Suggs, Minnehaha Academy Redhawks; Drake Dobbs, Eden Prairie Eagles and

Meet the 2020 Star Tribune boys' basketball All-Metro Team

See who made the second and third teams as well.
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