As the 2019 season kicks off with games Thursday and Friday night, staff writers David La Vaque and Jim Paulsen recite the alphabet along with 26 reasons to get excited.
Declines in football and basketball were the biggest contributors, according to a 2018-2019 nationwide survey. Minnesota showed a tiny increase overall last year and one official said its football numbers are stable.
For the second year in a row, regular-season high school games will take place at the home of the Vikings. Eden Prairie will play Shakopee, Chaska will play Apple Valley and Rochester Mayo will meet Mankato West.
Coon Rapids, which had defeated Bowling Green, Kentucky, 2-1 on Friday in its first game of the double-elimination tournament, will now play at 7 p.m. Monday
Rob McClanahan was elevated from assistant coach after Greg May resigned as Blake's head coach to become director of operations for the University of Minnesota men's hockey team.
Minnehaha Academy's junior center Chet Holmgren was one of the hottest prospects in the country even before his video with Stephen Curry went viral last week. Holmgren's the Gophers' No. 1 target in the 2021 class.
The Class 1A powerhouse has high standards, even curfews, but its talented players — many who play together in the offseason — wouldn’t have it any other way.
The girls’ team won the Class 2A state title in 2016 and hasn’t been back since. The boys reached state for the first time last year and are itching to get back, too.
Junior Chet Holmgren took on NBA superstar Stephen Curry during a summer-camp scrimmage and pretty much took him down with a move that's gone overnight vital on the Internet
Coverage of high school sports in the Twin Cities and around Minnesota, from the regular season through the tournaments, with discussion forums and stats.