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Minneapolis, St. Paul area senior girls honored for athletic achievements
By Joel Rippel, the Minnesota Star Tribune 04/16/2025, 6:00pm CDT
Among this year’s winners are Burnsville volleyball player Mesaiya Bettis and Maple Grove basketball standout Jordan Ode.
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Minneapolis, St. Paul area senior girls honored for athletic achievements
By Joel Rippel, the Minnesota Star Tribune 04/16/2025, 6:00pm CDT
Among this year’s winners are Burnsville volleyball player Mesaiya Bettis and Maple Grove basketball standout Jordan Ode.
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100 more Minnesota high school athletes sign Division I and II scholarships
By Jake Epstein, for the Minnesota Star Tribune 04/16/2025, 6:00pm CDT
Here’s the list of Minnesota athletes signing their financial aid and athletic scholarship documents in the coming weeks.
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Recent state champs in football, boys hockey will become section foes next year
By Cassidy Hettesheimer, the Minnesota Star Tribune 04/11/2025, 2:30pm CDT
In football, Maple Grove, Minnetonka and Moorhead will compete in 6A Section 6. For boys hockey, Rogers will join the same section as 12-time state champion Edina.
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100 more Minnesota high school athletes sign Division I and II scholarships
By Jake Epstein, for the Minnesota Star Tribune 04/16/2025, 6:00pm CDT
Here’s the list of Minnesota athletes signing their financial aid and athletic scholarship documents in the coming weeks.
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Minneapolis, St. Paul area senior girls honored for athletic achievements
By Joel Rippel, the Minnesota Star Tribune 04/16/2025, 6:00pm CDT
Among this year’s winners are Burnsville volleyball player Mesaiya Bettis and Maple Grove basketball standout Jordan Ode.
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Recent state champs in football, boys hockey will become section foes next year
By Cassidy Hettesheimer, the Minnesota Star Tribune 04/11/2025, 2:30pm CDT
In football, Maple Grove, Minnetonka and Moorhead will compete in 6A Section 6. For boys hockey, Rogers will join the same section as 12-time state champion Edina.
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Meet Charli Raymond of Simley, the Star Tribune All-Minnesota Girls Wrestler of the Year
By Jim Paulsen, the Minnesota Star Tribune 03/27/2025, 12:00pm CDT
A fourth state title this year has Charli Raymond, a sophomore, on pace to become the most successful girls wrestler in state history.
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Meet St. Michael-Albertville’s Landon Robideau, the Star Tribune All-Minnesota Boys Wrestler of the Year
By Jim Paulsen, the Minnesota Star Tribune 03/27/2025, 11:30am CDT
Robideau set state records for consecutive victories and career takedowns while winning his fourth consecutive state title.
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As high school girls wrestling gains popularity, changes are sought and will be considered
By Alyce Brown, for the Minnesota Star Tribune 03/02/2025, 6:30pm CST
The MSHSL will review a proposal to separate sections so more wrestlers will qualify for state.
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Northfield wrestler Ella Pagel savors one last go — and another title — at Xcel Energy Center
By Alyce Brown, for the Minnesota Star Tribune 03/01/2025, 10:00pm CST
After missing all of last season, Ella Pagel got back to state for her senior season and won at 190 pounds.
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Landon Robideau of St. Michael-Albertville builds on history at wrestling state championships
By Jim Paulsen and Alyce Brown, for the Minnesota Star Tribune 03/01/2025, 9:15pm CST
Robideau won his fourth state title and extended his state-record winning streak to 188 matches.
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Anoka’s Gigi Bragg, standing alone as a girl wrestling boys at state championships, opens with a loss
By Jim Paulsen and Alyce Brown, for the Minnesota Star Tribune 02/28/2025, 6:15pm CST
She doesn’t call it a setback. She calls it a way to get ready to wrestle the world. Here’s that and much more from Friday’s competition.
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Star Tribune Athletes of the Week

EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Edina’s Mason West leads Hornets into boys hockey state tournament and is one of our Prep Athletes of the Week
By Joel Rippel, the Minnesota Star Tribune 03/04/2025, 3:15pm CST
Other athletes recognized this week include Braden Hegenbarth (Eagan), Mason West (Edina), Trenton Woodall Jones (Fridley), Sam Rupnow (Liberty Classical), Reymie Keenan (Minneapolis Edison), Cail Jahnke (St. Michael-Albertville), Brayden Olsen (Lakeville South).
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EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Prep Athletes of the Week: Lehla Gaulden of Minneapolis Southwest goes big on boards
By Joel Rippel, the Minnesota Star Tribune 02/24/2025, 1:30pm CST
Prep Athletes of the Week include Max Anderson of Cretin-Derham Hall, Logan Bender of Chisago Lakes, Andersyn Changamire of Becker, Addison Hoof of Lester Prairie, Adam Lybeck of Minneapolis and Riccardo Marzetti of St. Croix Lutheran.
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Girls Hockey

Recent state champs in football, boys hockey will become section foes next year
By Cassidy Hettesheimer, the Minnesota Star Tribune 04/11/2025, 2:30pm CDT
In football, Maple Grove, Minnetonka and Moorhead will compete in 6A Section 6. For boys hockey, Rogers will join the same section as 12-time state champion Edina.
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Hill-Murray topples Edina in two overtimes for the Class 2A girls hockey title
By David La Vaque, the Minnesota Star Tribune 02/23/2025, 1:00pm CST
A goal at 2:04 of the second OT period by Ella Hornung gave Hill-Murray vengeance for last season’s final.
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O Pioneers! Hill-Murray defeats Edina in double overtime to win Class 2A title
By Star Tribune staff 02/22/2025, 8:45pm CST
Follow this state tournament game here, where you'll find up-to-the-minute scoring and in-game player and team stats.
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Boys Hockey

Joe Dziedzic steps down as coach of Minneapolis public school cooperative boys hockey team
By Jim Paulsen, the Minnesota Star Tribune 04/22/2025, 2:00pm CDT
After 13 years with the boys program, Dziedzic is taking over at Breck.
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Recent state champs in football, boys hockey will become section foes next year
By Cassidy Hettesheimer, the Minnesota Star Tribune 04/11/2025, 2:30pm CDT
In football, Maple Grove, Minnetonka and Moorhead will compete in 6A Section 6. For boys hockey, Rogers will join the same section as 12-time state champion Edina.
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Edina’s Freddie Schneider, Benjamin Geiger of Northfield among six Minnesotans selected for USA Hockey under-17 national team
By Cassidy Hettesheimer, the Minnesota Star Tribune 04/10/2025, 10:00pm CDT
Hill-Murray defenseman Carson Scott also will join the under-17 residency program, which competes in the United States Hockey League, the only Tier I junior hockey league in the U.S.
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Girls Basketball

Recent state champs in football, boys hockey will become section foes next year
By Cassidy Hettesheimer, the Minnesota Star Tribune 04/11/2025, 2:30pm CDT
In football, Maple Grove, Minnetonka and Moorhead will compete in 6A Section 6. For boys hockey, Rogers will join the same section as 12-time state champion Edina.
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Brian Cosgriff, one of Minnesota’s best girls basketball coaches, to retire
By Ron Haggstrom, the Minnesota Star Tribune 04/09/2025, 9:00pm CDT
Brian Cosgriff guided Minnetonka to the Class 4A state championship in 2024 but previously coached the Hopkins program — and Paige Bueckers — over 21 seasons.
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Jordan Ode of Maple Grove, Minnesota’s top Class of ′25 recruit, is honored as Miss Basketball
By Ron Haggstrom, the Minnesota Star Tribune 04/07/2025, 8:45pm CDT
Jordan Ode, headed to Michigan State for college, led the Maple Grove Crimson to second place in the Class 4A tournament.
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Boys Basketball

Alexandria’s Wendy Kohler, second winningest girls basketball coach in state history, retires
By Ron Haggstrom, the Minnesota Star Tribune 04/24/2025, 12:45pm CDT
Kohler led the Alexandria Cardinals to all 14 of their state tournament appearances, winning their lone championship in Class 3A in 1997.
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Longtime Mounds View boys basketball coach Ziggy Kauls dead at 84
By Joel Rippel, the Minnesota Star Tribune 04/22/2025, 10:15am CDT
Kauls coached the Mustangs for 45 years, winning two state championships.
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Joe Madson steps down from coaching boys basketball at Mankato East
By Ron Haggstrom, the Minnesota Star Tribune 04/21/2025, 12:15pm CDT
Madson led the Mankato East basketball program for 24 seasons. He is also the school’s softball coach.
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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

Hutchinson swim coach Rory Fairbanks announces retirement
By Ron Haggstrom, the Minnesota Star Tribune 04/22/2025, 11:15am CDT
Fairbanks guided the girls program for 25 years and added the boys program into the mix 10 years later.
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Recent state champs in football, boys hockey will become section foes next year
By Cassidy Hettesheimer, the Minnesota Star Tribune 04/11/2025, 2:30pm CDT
In football, Maple Grove, Minnetonka and Moorhead will compete in 6A Section 6. For boys hockey, Rogers will join the same section as 12-time state champion Edina.
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Meet Evan Witte of Minnetonka, the Star Tribune All-Minnesota Boys Swimmer of the Year
By Alyce Brown, for the Minnesota Star Tribune 03/26/2025, 11:30am CDT
Witte proved to be the best sprinter in the 2025 Class 2A boys swim meet after winning the 50-yard freestyle and the 100-yard freestyle.
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