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Meet Skylar Little Soldier: Girls state champ. National champ. Proud Native American. Olympian?
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 02/02/2023, 2:30pm CST
A junior at Hastings, Little Soldier is ranked as the ninth-best girls wrestler in the nation.
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Meet Skylar Little Soldier: Girls state champ. National champ. Proud Native American. Olympian?
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 02/02/2023, 2:30pm CST
A junior at Hastings, Little Soldier is ranked as the ninth-best girls wrestler in the nation.
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New Prague's Joey Novak (photo courtesy of Mary Christen, The Guillotine)

2023 Metro wrestling honor roll
By Jim Paulsen, Star Tribune 01/30/2023, 6:00pm CST
Through Jan 21, 2023. Listed are wrestlers with 23 or more reported victories.
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The top 10 wrestlers in state history and three aiming at them
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 01/25/2023, 10:00am CST
Seniors Ryder Rogotzke, Max McEnelly and Gavin Nelson are all beyond 220 victories.
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Star Tribune Athletes of the Week

Star Tribune Athletes of the Week returns for the fall season
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 09/03/2019, 11:45am CDT
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Meet Skylar Little Soldier: Girls state champ. National champ. Proud Native American. Olympian?
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 02/02/2023, 2:30pm CST
A junior at Hastings, Little Soldier is ranked as the ninth-best girls wrestler in the nation.
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New Prague's Joey Novak (photo courtesy of Mary Christen, The Guillotine)

2023 Metro wrestling honor roll
By Jim Paulsen, Star Tribune 01/30/2023, 6:00pm CST
Through Jan 21, 2023. Listed are wrestlers with 23 or more reported victories.
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The top 10 wrestlers in state history and three aiming at them
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 01/25/2023, 10:00am CST
Seniors Ryder Rogotzke, Max McEnelly and Gavin Nelson are all beyond 220 victories.
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Ryder Rogotzke, Stillwater pinning machine, picks a new target
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 01/23/2023, 7:45am CST
He’ll wrestle in a higher weight class at state on a mission to avenge a loss to Waconia’s Max McEnelly.
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By the dozen: 12 Minnesotans with big deeds
By JIM PAULSEN and RON HAGGSTROM, Star Tribune 01/12/2023, 9:15am CST
Eight have already won national championships, and four recently set school records.
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He won 132 in a row? Yes, and it gets better: Minnesota’s top 10 high school wrestling streaks
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 01/06/2023, 12:15pm CST
Max McEnelly’s run ranks eighth on a list led by Mitch Bengtson’s 179 and Gable Steveson’s 173.
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Christmas Wrestling Tournament produces familiar champions
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 12/19/2022, 4:00pm CST
The big event in Rochester revealed that wrestlers expected to succeed are doing just that.
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2022-23 wrestling: The best of the best, the girls are back and more
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 12/03/2022, 12:15pm CST
Also, meet Jim Paulsen's Sweet 16, a list of wrestlers to watch.
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Stillwater's Rogotzke takes on nation and wins
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 10/20/2022, 4:30pm CDT
Other Minnesotans finished in the top 10 of their classes at the Super 32 Tournament.
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Girls' Hockey

Ten hockey deeds deserving mention
By RON HAGGSTROM, Star Tribune 02/03/2023, 3:30pm CST
The moments range from bursts of success to complete dominance.
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Lopez strikes again, lifts Orono over Holy Family Catholic in OT
By Heather Rule, SportsEngine 02/03/2023, 12:00am CST
Sophomore Zoe Lopez notched her second overtime game-winner this season, this time with her team-leading 27th goal that put out the Fire.
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Lakeville South shuts out Eastview
By Ethan Olson, SportsEngine 02/02/2023, 3:15pm CST
Junior Claire Bronson recorded her seventh shutout of the season while sophomore Josie Grossman tallied two assists.
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Boys' Hockey

Ten hockey deeds deserving mention
By RON HAGGSTROM, Star Tribune 02/03/2023, 3:45pm CST
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Buffalo gains little in rankings, lots in section standing with upsets
By DAVID LA VAQUE, Star Tribune 02/01/2023, 7:45am CST
The Bison defeated two top-10 teams and thrust themselves into the mix in Class 2A, Section 8.
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By Kassondra Burtis, SportsEngine 01/30/2023, 9:00am CST
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Girls' Basketball

Norwood-Young America coach Lembcke retiring after 39 years
By KEVIN BERTELS, Star Tribune 02/03/2023, 5:00pm CST
He has 681 victories, ranking him fourth in state history among girls coaches.
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Get ’em by the dozen: 12 basketball accomplishments
By RON HAGGSTROM, Star Tribune 02/03/2023, 7:45am CST
Point totals piled up, school records fell and milestones became memories in a week of hoops.
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Lakeville North holds off Rosemount rally to win 51-49
By Ryan Williamson, SportsEngine 01/31/2023, 12:30pm CST
The Panthers lost a 14-point second-half lead before regaining control in the game's final minute.
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Boys' Basketball

No. 1 all around: Minnehaha Academy honors Suggs, retires jerseys
By KEVIN BERTELS, Star Tribune 02/03/2023, 11:30am CST
Suggs, in his second season in the NBA, was in town for a game against the Timberwolves.
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Get ’em by the dozen: 12 basketball accomplishments
By RON HAGGSTROM, Star Tribune 02/03/2023, 7:45am CST
Point totals piled up, school records fell and milestones became memories in a week of hoops.
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Wayzata defeats Lake Conference rival Buffalo
By Mike Randleman, SportsEngine 02/03/2023, 7:15am CST
The Trojans had consistent control in the victory over the Bison on Friday.
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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

How to stop a six-year skid? Just win, and Burnsville did
By RON HAGGSTROM, Star Tribune 02/01/2023, 10:15am CST
The Blaze boys swimming team recently ended a winless run that went back to 2017.
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Visitation advances 17 swimmers, three relay teams to girls’ state meet finals
By JOEL RIPPEL, Star Tribune 11/19/2021, 10:45pm CST
Delano junior Emma Kern set a state meet record in the 100 backstroke.
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Familiar names dot girls' state swimming and diving meet
By JOEL RIPPEL, Star Tribune 11/17/2021, 7:45pm CST
Minnetonka in Class 2A and Visitation in Class 1A are favored but those teams have plenty of company.
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