Minnehaha Academy boys basketball coach Lance Johnson retires from coaching
Lance Johnson led the Redhawks to five state championships and produced two top-five NBA draft picks in Jalen Suggs and Chet Holmgren.
Meet the 2024 Difference Maker, who aspires to inspire inner-city athletes
Mark "Dolo" Harris is a familiar face and voice at Henry, his alma mater, working to improve opportunities in north Minneapolis.
She'll stop you. You won't stop her. Meet the Female Athlete of the Year
Olivia Olson of Benilde-St. Margaret's got national attention, and a state title, with her basketball skills, and she played goalie on a soccer champion,
From August into March, Male Athlete of the Year is unstoppable
Maxwell Woods led Chanhassen to a football state championship as a running back and defensive back and wasn't far from averaging a triple-double in basketball.
Courage in Competition winner chased history instead of victory
Northfield's Caley Graber was already a state champ in girls wrestling and was set up to win more. She chose to wrestle in the boys division, where she didn't take state but reached heights never achieved before.
How Cashman found his way home to the Vikings
Linebacker Blake Cashman, the former Eden Prairie and Gophers standout, has returned to Minnesota, where he used to root for the Vikings as kid. Now he'll be on the field in their uniform.
Perham's Morris named boys cross-country national coach of year
Jeff Morris has guided Perham to 21 consecutive state cross-country meets, including this past year as the Class 2A runner-up.
Wild
Minnesota players chosen in the NHL draft
Two UMD recruits were first off the local board Saturday in Las Vegas.
Sports
Ed Prohofsky, state basketball coach for five decades from high schools to Timberwolves and Lynx, dead at 90
Ed Prohofsky's legacy includes helping Minnesota begin sanctioning adapted high school sports.
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Here are the top-ranked Minnesotans eligible for NHL draft
NHL Central Scouting ranks players ahead of next weekend's draft in Las Vegas.
High Schools
Academics and athletics ran on parallel paths for Student First winner
Harlow Tong is headed from St. Paul Central to Harvard for education with a focus on the environment and for more sprinting. "I just want to see how much I can do," he said.
High Schools
Two seconds left, two points needed? Time for the Play of the Year.
Maple Grove won a girls basketball state quarterfinal with "Iowa," involving a sweet screen and a lob pass. It worked, that time.
High Schools
Boys Team Coach of the Year led a rise from the ashes
Joe Hyser, whose Minneapolis South team lost eight transfers a season prior, coached the 2023-34 Tigers to state for the first time in his long tenure.
High Schools
Metro Team of the Year in synchronized swimming builds on history
Stillwater won the state championship for the fourth year in a row and improved on a record that shows the Ponies in the top two for all 49 years a champ has been crowned.
High Schools
A day of perfection produces the Clay Target Shooter of the Year
Lance Klersy of Monticello went 100-for-100 at the state championships, his second perfect score, two years after his first. "My last box, I could barely put my shells in my gun, I was shaking so much," he said.
High Schools
The Boys Team of the Year features heavy hitting and no hype
Centennial won the Class 6A state championship, opening up the offense just a little but mostly sticking to the blue-collar behavior that suits coach Mike Diggins.
High Schools
The Dance Team of the Year came back for more. Lots more.
Wayzata hadn't won either division, jazz or high kick, since a sweep in 2019, until it won jazz in 2024 and finished second in high kick.
High Schools
All-Metro Sports Awards: Here are the 2024 winners
The Star Tribune is recognizing the best of metro area high school athletes with its sixth annual All-Metro Sports Awards. Here are the 2024 winners.
High Schools
Perfection will do when it comes to picking a Girls Team of the Year
Undefeated Edina girls soccer team made certain it won the state championship that eluded it the last time the stars aligned that way.
High Schools
Credentials pile high for Girls Team Coach of the Year
Scott Jackson's Wayzata volleyball teams have won every big-class state championship available since 2018, and in 2023 the squad went 34-0.
High Schools
Adapted Sports Team of the Year shook off a bad memory
Dakota United overcame eerily familiar late-game circumstances in the state final to win its first state championship.
Olympics
Wilkinson is second in 3,000-meter steeplechase at U.S. trials and claims berth in Paris
Former Minnetonka High School, Carleton and Gophers track athlete Matthew Wilkinson finished second in the 3,000-meter steeplechase final Sunday at the U.S. Olympic track and field trials.
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Meet Minnesota's newest first family of hockey: the Plantes
There will be a familiar name called in the NHL draft, and UMD is happy to have two new rising stars on board.
High Schools
Wayzata's Leatherman, Rosemount's Hanson named Mr. Baseball, Ms. Softball
The awards are presented to the state's top high school seniors in baseball and softball.
High Schools
Two final baseball champions conclude the prep sports year
East Ridge scored the winning run in the bottom of the seventh against Mounds View in Class 4A, and Totino-Grace defeated Mahtomedi behind Tommy Heifort's pitching in Class 3A.
High Schools
Two baseball state champions are known, two are awaited
Springfield won a fast-paced Class 1A final, and Rockford was just as quick in Class 2A. The 3A and 4A title games will be played Saturday at Target Field.
Gallery: Boys state championship 1A & 2A
Springfield won the Class 1A Boys State Championship 5-1 over Parkers Prairie and Rockford won the Class 2A Boys State Championship 6-0 over Foley at Target Field in Minneapolis on Friday, June 21, 2024.
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