Minnesota High School Prep Sports

High Schools

March 29, 2020

Ellsworth's Cody Schilling gestured to the crowd as he left the game as his team captured the Class 1A championship over Minnesota Transitions Charter

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.

High Schools

March 28, 2020

-- At Civic Center courtside following thier winning final game Saturday night, are (l. to r.-top) Jabbar Washington, Kevin Holley, (l. to r.-bottom)

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, 2020

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.

Local

March 26, 2020

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.

Local

March 24, 2020

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, 2020

Twin Cities couple Seth and Elizabeth Lintelman won ownership of a Sherburn, Minn. cafe through a national essay writing contest. The Cup N' Saucer is

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.

High Schools

March 24, 2020

March 11, 1967 Other Edina players show determination, Happiness L to R: Jay Bennett, Bob Zender, Jeff Wright, Pete Kieley. March 10, 1967 Charles Bjo

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, 2020

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.

High Schools

March 23, 2020

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, 2020

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, 2020

Hopkins star Kerwin Walton waits, and maybe for U

The unsettled state of recruiting could bode well for the Gophers.

Local

March 20, 2020

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.

Local

March 20, 2020

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, 2020

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.

High Schools

March 18, 2020