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RJ Chakolis opens 2021 season by setting Hopkins career mark for victories
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 01/14/2021, 9:00pm CST
The senior recorded his 158th victory, breaking the mark set by Alex Agate, son of the Royals' current coach.
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RJ Chakolis opens 2021 season by setting Hopkins career mark for victories
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 01/14/2021, 9:00pm CST
The senior recorded his 158th victory, breaking the mark set by Alex Agate, son of the Royals' current coach.
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Rough-and-tumble Reid Ballantyne seeks to achieve wrestling rarity
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 01/12/2021, 3:00pm CST
The Stillwater senior, whose brawling style has brought 158 victories and injuries along the way, is seeking to become the seventh Minnesota wrestler to win five individual state titles.
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Wrestling notebook: New Shakopee coach, team rankings, 11 among nation’s best
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 01/12/2021, 2:45pm CST
Marcus LeVesseur takes over the Sabers’ defending championship team, plus other news and notes about the upcoming season.
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RJ Chakolis opens 2021 season by setting Hopkins career mark for victories
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 01/14/2021, 9:00pm CST
The senior recorded his 158th victory, breaking the mark set by Alex Agate, son of the Royals' current coach.
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Rough-and-tumble Reid Ballantyne seeks to achieve wrestling rarity
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 01/12/2021, 3:00pm CST
The Stillwater senior, whose brawling style has brought 158 victories and injuries along the way, is seeking to become the seventh Minnesota wrestler to win five individual state titles.
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Wrestling notebook: New Shakopee coach, team rankings, 11 among nation’s best
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 01/12/2021, 2:45pm CST
Marcus LeVesseur takes over the Sabers’ defending championship team, plus other news and notes about the upcoming season.
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With hockey, basketball set to resume, masks are taking a bit to get used to
By DAVID LA VAQUE, RON HAGGSTROM and JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 01/07/2021, 7:15pm CST
They're not required during wrestling competitions. But athletes and coaches, grateful to be playing, are finding ways to cope with a new reality.
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Shakopee's Jim Jackson steps down as head coach
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 10/19/2020, 2:30pm CDT
After leaving highly successful Apple Valley, Jackson led the Sabers to back-to-back state championships. He will be replaced by assistant coach Marcus LeVesseur.
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Star Tribune All-Metro Sports Awards roll out June 15-19
By Star Tribune 06/15/2020, 3:30pm CDT
Without a banquet this month, the show goes on with daily reveals of 10 top honors for performances in the 2019-20 season.
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Minnesota high school league sets summer plans despite hazy fall outlook
By David La Vaque and Jim Paulsen, Star Tribune staff writers 06/03/2020, 9:15am CDT
ADs, coaches, athletes, parents have questions; answers few.
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Whether winless or in last place, dignity comes out on top for three Minnesota prep athletes
By David La Vaque, Star Tribune 04/20/2020, 10:30am CDT
A trio of prep athletes rise above fates that are dealt early.
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Derrick Cardinal is the Star Tribune Metro Wrestler of the Year
By Star Tribune 03/30/2020, 2:04pm CDT
The Forest Lake senior wore a t-shirt during his undefeated, title-winning season to honor his coach's wife, who was stricken with cancer before the season.
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Girls' Hockey

Future Ivy Leaguers, Gopher set the tone for Star Tribune preseason all-metro dream team
By DAVID LA VAQUE, Star Tribune 01/13/2021, 5:45pm CST
Along with 10 more players to watch, an early-in-the-year look at who's set to stand out between now and, let's hope, a state tournament.
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Normal or not, Minnesota high school hockey masked up, ready to play and in a ‘happy place’
By DAVID LA VAQUE, Star Tribune 01/13/2021, 4:30pm CST
An 18-game schedule and the hope of a state tournament greet players and coaches as games begin Thursday.
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Avery Cheeseman of Minneapolis Washburn kept her mind and body active with her sport stuck on pause.

Artistic talents fill downtime for Minneapolis girls’ hockey player
By DAVID LA VAQUE, Star Tribune 01/04/2021, 11:45pm CST
When she wasn’t involved in hockey training, Avery Cheeseman made earrings, wrote short stories and dabbled in poetry.
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Boys' Hockey

Winter games open with masks and sighs of relief to be back
By DAVID LA VAQUE, Star Tribune 01/15/2021, 9:45am CST
Parking lots replaced locker rooms but after a six-week delay, more than 400 hockey and basketball teams finally got to play.
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As first puck drop nears, meet the Star Tribune preseason all-metro dream team
By DAVID LA VAQUE, Star Tribune 01/13/2021, 4:45pm CST
An early look at who figures to be in the discussion among top players this season, along with10 more to watch.
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Normal or not, Minnesota high school hockey masked up, ready to play and in a ‘happy place’
By DAVID LA VAQUE, Star Tribune 01/13/2021, 4:30pm CST
An 18-game schedule and the hope of a state tournament greet players and coaches as games begin Thursday.
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Girls' Basketball

Hopkins dominates Wayzata 102-52
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 01/19/2021, 9:15pm CST
Hopkins was led by 25 points from junior Maya Nnaji and got 18 from freshman guard Liv McGill.
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Life after Paige Bueckers: Talent-laden Hopkins sets sights on being even better
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 01/18/2021, 6:00pm CST
Tara Starks has replaced longtime coach Brian Cosgriff, inheriting a team with the second-longest winning streak in state history and six players eyeing Division I futures.
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As top girls' players drive metro scene, will Hopkins vs. Farmington end season in championship game again?
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 01/18/2021, 5:00pm CST
See who’s among the Star Tribune’s top 10 players and teams as the season swings into its first full week.
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Boys' Basketball

As Division I offers come in, Braeden Carrington set to lead Park Center
By RON HAGGSTROM, Star Tribune 01/18/2021, 1:15pm CST
The Pirates, with 12 former players now on college teams, have a 6-3 shooting guard who has blossomed into one of the state’s most improved players.
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National recruit Chet Holmgren, two teammates among Star Tribune top metro players to watch
By RON HAGGSTROM, Star Tribune 01/18/2021, 11:30am CST
In addition to 10 players, see who's listed -- including three top smaller-enrollment schools -- in the early season team ranking.
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Chaska opens season with 67-49 victory over Cooper
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 01/15/2021, 10:30pm CST
Chaska’s Spencer Goetz shined in a long-awaited season opener.
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Skiing

Skier Luke Conway of Minneapolis Washburn leads Metro Athletes of the Week for Feb. 10-15
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 02/17/2020, 1:00pm CST
Also recognized: Dawson Garcia (Prior Lake basketball), Kirby Gilbertson (Maple Grove adapted hockey), Molly Moening (St. Paul Highland Park Nordic skiing), Sophia Palmquist (Eagan Alpine skiing), Luke Pepin (Rockford basketball), and Grace Treanor (Wayzata gymnastics).
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Double-win for St. Paul Highland Park, Nordic ski champ Molly Moening
By BROOKS JOHNSON, Star Tribune 02/14/2020, 11:30pm CST
The sophomore won the individual state title and helped the Scots to their first team title. The boys' winner was Henry Snider of Mounds Park Academy while Forest Lake claimed the team championship.
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Nordic skier Victor Sparks of Minneapolis Southwest leads Metro Athletes of the Week for Feb. 3-8
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 02/10/2020, 1:15pm CST
Also recognized: Maggie Czinano (Watertown-Mayer basketball), Payton Mielke (Elk River basketball), Joe Miller (Blake hockey), Jenna Ruiz (Eagan hockey), Jayden Seifert (Farmington hockey) and Frankie Vascellaro (Holy Angels basketball).
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Gymnastics

Final 2020 metro gymnastics honor roll
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 02/10/2020, 5:45pm CST
Top individual scores through Saturday, Feb. 8
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Norwegian talent bolsters defending gymnastics state champ Stillwater
By Jim Paulsen, Star Tribune 02/21/2019, 3:42pm CST
Ida Bjoerklund, spending a year studying in the U.S., has brought her elite-level skill and training to the Ponies, seeking another Class 2A team title on Friday.
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2019 metro gymnastics honor roll - FINAL
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 02/11/2019, 5:00pm CST
Through Sunday, Feb. 10
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Swimming & Diving

Ten top Minnesota boys’ swimmers to watch as season gets underway
By RON HAGGSTROM, Star Tribune 01/12/2021, 5:00pm CST
Meets can be held starting Thursday, with swimmers among those not required to wear masks while competing.
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Swimming season tested Edina’s Keegan Duffy, even before the pandemic
By RON HAGGSTROM, Star Tribune 01/05/2021, 12:15am CST
The standout proved his determination over the past two years after suffering a back injury while strength training over the summer.
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Hutchinson’s Grace Hanson caps trying season as Star Tribune Metro Girls’ Swimmer of the Year
By RON HAGGSTROM, Star Tribune 12/14/2020, 1:30pm CST
The junior earned All-America consideration after a section meet performance that included winning times in two individual events and two relays that were the fastest in each respective event in Class 1A.
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