Prep football: East Ridge at Eden Prairie football
Eden Prairie hosted Woodbury's East Ridge High School for the prep football season opener Thursday evening.
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State boys' volleyball meet set despite league's vote against sanctioning
Sixteen teams will participate in the tournament, which will be held Wednesday and Thursday in Shakopee.
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Nine in a row: Washburn extends boys' tennis title streak with hard work, fun
The next challenge for the City Conference champions is battling for a state tournament berth in a section that has rivals from a suburban power and Minneapolis private school.
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Q&A: Haley Reeck, Edina's career scoring leader in girls' lacrosse
Reeck set the mark in the fourth game of the season and entered this week with 165 goals. Her roots in the sport run deep.
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The last team to defeat Trey Lance? The Packers (of South St. Paul)
The No. 3 pick in the NFL draft hasn't lost a game since the one in 2017 that, after getting a network TV callout, has the victors recalling memories of a chilly night and a special player in their midst.
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Girls' flag football league set to launch this summer in Twin Cities
The Go Girl Flag Football League allows young women in grades 6-8 and 9-12 throughout the metro area to develop their skills and grow interest in the sport.
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Class 1A boys' semifinals Hancock vs. Sleepy Eye
Class 1A boys' basketball semifinals game between Hancock and Sleepy Eye St. Mary's at the Target Center on April 7, 2021. Hancock won 65-53
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Class 1A boy's semifinals basketball Hayfield vs. Badger-Greenbush-Middle River
Class 1A boys' basketball semifinals game between Badger-Greenbush-Middle River and Hayfield on April 7, 2021 at the Target Center. Hayfield won 79-53.
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Husband's math error doesn't wave off hockey mark for 'Tonka coach
Believed to be the first Minnesota female hockey coach with 200 victories, Tracy Cassano reached the mark two games sooner than her husband (also an assistant coach) thought she had.
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Wrestling coaches pleased with tricky-to-plan state tournament concept
Where it will be held is still unknown, but the March 25-27 event will crown team and individual champions, something that had been much in doubt two months ago.
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Commemorative patch honors Minnesota pioneering Black official Jimmy Robinson
A $10,000 fundraising effort has been started to get patches distributed to all 2,000 game officials in the state.
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MSHSL challenges ruling in eligibility case over learning disability
The family of Ashby senior Deklin Goeden had sought to restore his eligibility to play sports after he repeated seventh grade.
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Podcast: Hopkins girls' basketball looks even better than last year, if that's possible
The Star Tribune's Jim Paulsen and David La Vaque wondering if the Royals, with a 64-game winning streak, will lose a game this year.
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Ashby senior sues MSHSL and wins, regaining eligibility
Deklin Goeden repeated seventh grade for academic reasons and was out of eligibility as a senior before taking legal action.
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Complaint from smaller metro schools prompts meeting with MSHSL
A metro-area region representing 67 schools, hinting that members would resist paying big increases in fees sought by the league, will meet Friday with MSHSL executives.
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New Hopkins girls' basketball coach: "I just want to get into the gym.''
Highly successful AAU coach Tara Starks, taking over a talented team with a 62-game winning streak, has only been able to virtually coach her players.
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Minnetonka girls' tennis coach Stearns dies at 72
He led Skippers' teams for 33 years, including the last 27 as the girls' team coach.
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Prep athlete going to court to regain eligibility in dispute over learning disability
Deklin Goeden of Ashby repeated seventh grade for academic reasons, a move that cost him two semesters of high school sports eligibility.
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Elk River's 80-70 victory over Buffalo: An exercise in keeping up
For reporter Jim Paulsen, covering a football game that set a state record for combined points, 150, was a frenetic overload of statistics and tweets and big plays. And fun.
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