High Schools
Stillwater coach gives history lesson: There's never been a time without trauma
Longtime Stillwater boys’ cross-country coach Scott Christensen opened the new high school season Monday with a meditation on fear and resiliency.
High Schools
'Stay in your pods.' Lakeville South girls welcome return to soccer
Seeing what happened to last year’s seniors, when seasons were shut down and canceled, has players on this year’s team grateful to be back.
High Schools
Under new rules, Edina tennis dynasty continues with new coach
Jaime Gaard Chapman, who played for newly retired Hornets legend Steve Paulsen, plans to balance COVID awareness with the program’s tradition of excellence.
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Tara Starks named new girls' basketball coach at Hopkins
Starks is the mother of former Royals star TT Starks and was a longtime AAU basketball coach and mentor to UConn-bound Paige Bueckers.
Local
High school sports begin today, with goal of finishing what gets started
Virtual swim meets — each team in its own pool — are on the horizon for some schools as four sports start practice Monday, 156 days after the pandemic shut down high school sports in March.
High Schools
Minnesota's shortened fall high school sports season starts Monday
Without football or volleyball this fall in Minnesota and with other sports having shortened seasons, the high school regular season will be wrapped up by Oct. 17.
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Altered high school sports season to begin practices on Monday
Teams in boys' and girls' soccer and cross-country, girls' tennis and girls' swimming and diving start up with shorter seasons and limits on number of competitions, the result of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Club-high school volleyball balance knocked askew by prep season delay
Moving the sport to spring collides with the state’s significant club programs, which draw top players honing skills and seeking to earn college offers.
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Minnesota prep football, volleyball, traditional spring sports can hold fall practice
Three-week practice seasons were approved for sports moved from this fall or canceled last spring because of COVID-19 concerns.
Coronavirus
With no fall proving ground, what's a Minnesota prep football recruit to do?
The Minnesota State High School League’s decision to move football and volleyball to spring — a result of the COVID-19 pandemic — has left recruiting plans for many hopeful college players in disarray.
High Schools
Reusse: Tennis? With no volleyball, Glencoe-Silver Lake's Monahan may try
Miah Monahan will be a Glencoe-Silver Lake senior, and in May accepted a scholarship to play guard for Eastern Illinois. She also plays volleyball but with that sport delayed until spring there could be a new challenge.
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Minnesota State High School League targets schools for more money
As it approved plans to restart fall sports with limitations, the league's board signaled a new direction for financing its $9 million budget by relying less on state tournaments.
High Schools
Shorter season this fall way better than nothing for St. Croix Prep boys' soccer
Along with relief to be playing, there also was a sense at the Stillwater school that sports still pale against the magnitude of uncertainties with the pandemic.
High Schools
Duluth Denfeld finds its way through new fall sports landscape
Athletes at Duluth Denfeld want to play — if they can.
Local
High school football, volleyball move to new spring season
The Minnesota State High School League also cleared soccer and individual-based sports — cross country, girls' tennis and girls' swimming — to start as scheduled Aug 17 with limitations.
High Schools
Scoggins: Moving football to spring hurts in football-crazy Hutchinson
Spring football won't have the same aura towns like Hutchinson have come to embrace. It's still football, and that's better than nothing, but you can understand the disappointment players felt Tuesday.
High Schools
No lights on fall Friday nights
Starting in mid-March: Football season of six regular-season games, no scrimmages.
High Schools
Faced with impossible situation, MSHSL comes up with reasonable plan
Is it perfect? No. But the high school league, faced with navigating the 2020-21 sports calendar in a way that would make everyone happy, arrived at a reasonable compromise.
High Schools
High school league meets today, considering 'fourth season' for prep sports
On the eve of arguably one of the most anticipated recommendations in its 105-year history, the Minnesota State High School League discussed two scenarios Monday for fall sports.
Local
Longtime Roseville wrestling coach dies of COVID-19 complications at 97
Kenneth Bergstedt started the wrestling program at Roseville's Alexander Ramsey High School in 1953 — the school's first year — and taught at the school for 32 years.
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