The Minnesota high school trap shooting championship this year will attract more than 8,000 students over nine days, but youth participation in bird hunting, deer hunting and fishing has been declining rapidly.
Rain on Saturday forced the postponement of the last of four high school baseball state championship games at Target Field, meaning the big-school title will be decided Monday instead.
The Lakers, who won the state championship in 2016, got five goals from Alex Rejda in a 10-8 victory that left the Red Knights as runners-up for the second consecutive year.
The Skippers, down 5-0 early against St. Michael-Albertville, scored twice in the bottom of the seventh for a 7-6 victory, the final run scoring on a bases-loaded walk.
Five-star Minnehaha Academy junior Jalen Suggs and Hopkins senior forward Zeke Nnaji start competing Friday in Colorado for the Team USA's U17 World Cup team.
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