High Schools
Podcast: Volleyball exits on talented note as football signing period approaches
The Star Tribune's David La Vaque and Jim Paulsen talk all-metro volleyball and more.
Local
Jon Hersch, hall of fame track coach and educator, dies of COVID-19 complications at 74
One of the highlights of his career was working as an official at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
Local
Target dates for return of prep sports address uncertainty of managing virus
The plan puts a priority on games over season length, though there would be as many as 30% fewer games than in a normal season.
Inspired
Apple Valley basketball star defying the odds after spinal cord injury
A spinal cord injury left basketball star Jordan Bolton fighting to walk again. He's already defying the odds.
High Schools
Shortened season but long on talent: Meet the 2020 Star Tribune All-Metro volleyball team
See who made the second and third teams as well.
High Schools
Unglamorous work elevates Crowl to metro volleyball player of year
Already elite from the front row, Eastview senior Lauren Crowl, who will play for the Gophers next year, became a more complete player and rallying force as a team leader.
High Schools
Podcast: Hints of a winter sports return, celebrating prep football's finest
The Star Tribune's Jim Paulsen and David La Vaque critique their work picking their All-Metro football teams and the Minnesota State High School League's plan for getting sports back in action.
Local
MSHSL proposes restarting sports Dec. 21, plans for state tournaments
The league's board of directors is expected to vote Thursday on a recommendation to approve starting the winter sports season three days after Gov. Tim Walz's four-week pause is scheduled to end.
High Schools
St. Paul native Robinson, pioneering Black basketball official, dies at 88
Jimmy Robinson was the first Black official to work a high school state tournament in 1971 and among the first Black officials to work in the Big Ten Conference.
High Schools
Richfield quarterback directs 2020 Star Tribune All-Metro first team offense
See who made the second team as well.
High Schools
Star Tribune All-Metro football first team defense stacks up tough, talented
See who made the second team as well.
High Schools
Football's Metro Player of the Year Jake Ratzlaff is 'just a different cat'
The big-hitting two-way player, who plans to play college football for Wisconsin, helped lead the Rosemount to an undefeated season. He's also a first-rate hockey player.
Gophers
Rosemount two-sport star Ratzlaff says he'll play football at Wisconsin
A talented hockey player who played with the U.S. U-18 national team, Jake Ratzlaff had given a verbal commitment to Minnesota after his freshman year.
Gophers
Great debut: Minnehaha's Suggs scores 24 as No. 1 Gonzaga beats Kansas
Jalen Suggs stepped onto the floor for his first college basketball game on Thursday — against one of the nation's blue bloods and ion front of a national audience.
High Schools
Late start, early end: How the prep football season played out
From the first kickoffs on Oct. 9 to the final whistles on Nov. 20, the games offered a slice of normal.
South Metro
Former Lakeville South high school softball coach charged with stealing from booster club
Eric Heflin, 65, of Rosemount, was charged with three felony counts of theft by swindle.
East Metro
Longtime North St. Paul basketball and softball coach Erickson dies at 80
He is a member of the Minnesota Girls' Basketball Coaches Association and the Minnesota Softball Coaches Association halls of fame.
High Schools
Chaotic playoffs produced Minnesota prep football section champions every which way
Thirty-six championships were awarded, far fewer than the number of sections statewide, as teams switched opponents or in some cases didn't play at all as COVID-19 disrupted postseason playoffs.
High Schools
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Talking Preps podcast: Who are the mythical No. 1 teams in Minnesota prep football?
The Star Tribune's Jim Paulsen and David La Vaque make the case for their favorites in a season that offered no clear answers, call out some personal football highlights and, with the winter season on pause, walk through recent high school league budget news.
High Schools
Smaller MSHSL fee hikes still leave some schools displeased
Some still believe the league didn't go far enough, and a legislator is calling for additional belt-tightening. Without state tournaments budgeted for this year, schools are being asked to fund more than half of the Minnesota State High School League's budget.
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