High Schools
April 25
Edina's Mason West is a sought-after recruit as a football quarterback and a hockey forward.

Edina sophomore two-sport standout on recruiting: 'Gotten a little busy'

Mason West quarterbacked the Hornets to the Class 6A football final and starred on the school's state-title winning hockey team. The 6-6 standout also wants you to know about how he sees himself.
TV & Media
April 25
Paul Blume (left) and his daughter, Beatrice, alongside Lou Raguse and his daughter, Violet, after their team won a championship.

Caitlin Clark helps KARE 11 and Fox 9 reporters bond with their daughters

Lou Raguse and Paul Blume teamed up to coach a winning basketball team.
Outdoors
April 25
Twin Cities angler Cory Villaume bought his first forward-facing sonar unit about four years ago. Here, Villaume's friend, Justin Wathke, holds a wall

Anderson: Trailblazing sonar will be in thousands of boats for opener

The futuristic "forward-facing sonar" is here and becoming much more common in Minnesota boats. One impact: Releasing fish might become necessary as catch rates improve.
Vikings
April 25
An NFL draft cleat is displayed near the Spirit of Detroit statue in Detroit, where the draft will be held beginning Thursday.

From your basement to U.S. Bank Stadium: How to follow the draft

No matter where you are over the next three days, there will be ways to keep up with the NFL draft. Here's how.
Twins
April 25
Twins closer Jhoan Duran has yet to make a major-league appearance this season after picking up an injury in spring training.

Duran, Correa hope to return during Twins' upcoming road trip

If it's up to a couple of their injured players, the Twins' roster will have a different look during the road trip that starts Friday in California.
Vikings
April 25
Among possible players for the Vikings to select in the first round of the NFL draft, from left: North Carolina QB Drake Maye, Michigan QB J.J. McCart

Vikings mock draft: seven rounds, eight picks and, yes, one quarterback

Star Tribune Vikings beat reporter Ben Goessling predicts how the team will use its nine draft picks and secure a quarterback of the future.
Vikings
April 25
Vikings GM Kwesi Adofo-Mensah, left, and coach Kevin O’Connell need to be able to live with giving up any quarterbacks they leave on the table in th

Scoggins: Worried about costly trade to draft a quarterback? Don't be.

Which one, at what pick, for what cost? If the Vikings draft a quarterback who becomes a star, you won't remember what they paid to get him.
Wolves
April 25
Wolves center Naz Reid passes the ball around Phoenix center Jusuf Nurkic during the fourth quarter Saturday at Target Center.

Naz Reid. That's the NBA's Sixth Man of the Year winner.

Reid is the first player in Wolves history to win the award and only the undrafted player to win it. The vote was very close.
Vikings
April 25
Vikings coach Kevin O'Connell, a former NFL quarterback drafted in the third round in 2008, is expected to select the team's quarterback of the future

Next phase of O'Connell's quarterback journey begins tonight

In the first round of the NFL draft tonight, the Vikings could make franchise history with a choice coach Kevin O'Connell was hired two years ago to make.
Twins
April 25
The Twins' Willi Castro rounds the bases on his three-run homer in the second inning Wednesday night.

Castro's three-run birthday blast helps Twins beat White Sox

Willi Castro celebrated his 27th birthday with a three-run home run Wednesday night, and the Twins defeated the MLB-worst Chicago White Sox 6-3.
High Schools
April 24

Wednesday's prep sports results

Scores and results from around the metro area.
Sports
April 24
Al Shaver, pictured in 1979, arrived with the North Stars in 1967 and chose not to follow the franchise to Dallas after the 1993 season. He instead wo

Reusse: Shaver was 'Voice of the North Stars' and an all-time great guy

Al Shaver, who had a premier standing among Minnesota sports radio voices, died Monday at 96. He made many friends and called it like he saw it.

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