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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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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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Outstate dream team, players to watch
By Loren Nelson, SportsEngine 01/15/2021, 9:30am CST
From outside the metro: Meet the top players at each position, plus 15 more to keep an eye on.
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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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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.
Read More

Outstate dream team, players to watch
By Loren Nelson, SportsEngine 01/15/2021, 9:30am CST
From outside the metro: Meet the top players at each position, plus 15 more to keep an eye on.
Read More

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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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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Minnesotans taken in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft
By John Kelsey, SportsEngine 10/08/2020, 12:30pm CDT
Former Andover defenseman Wyatt Kaiser was one of eight players from the State of Hockey who were selected in the two-day event.
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Wayzata product Alex Schilling begins reign as Air Force's starting goaltender
By Chris Bayee, SportsEngine 09/23/2020, 5:15pm CDT
The Trojans alumnus made his first start for the Falcons as a sophomore last fall, proving to be a steady force in net while helping his team erase an 0-7 record to start to the season.
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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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A hockey first for Minneapolis in 1970 that stands even taller today
By David La Vaque, Star Tribune 06/03/2020, 6:30pm CDT
Minneapolis Southwest's victory over neighboring Edina for the first — and only — hockey championship won by a city public school carried a much different vibe in 1970.
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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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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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Basketball court — his getaway place — open again for Richfield’s Jaden Wollmuth
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 01/04/2021, 8:15pm CST
An injury and a pandemic curtailed his AAU basketball season. Then a declaration by Gov. Tim Walz put the winter high school sports season on hold, stretching his inactive period for more than a month. The pause was finally lifted Monday.
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College countdown narrows as 7-foot Chet Holmgren adds polish to his game
By RON HAGGSTROM, Star Tribune 06/26/2020, 7:15pm CDT
The 7-foot Minnehaha Academy senior, rated the top boys' basketball prospect in the nation, included Minnesota among his seven final schools to consider.
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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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Girls' Basketball

SuperPreps 365: Ranking the top 10 girls’ basketball players in Minnesota
By RON HAGGSTROM, Star Tribune 10/28/2020, 6:45pm CDT
Plus Lindsay Whalen’s attempt to close borders in recruiting is starting to pay off.
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Tara Starks named girls’ basketball coach at Hopkins
By Star Tribune 08/17/2020, 12:15pm CDT
Starks, an AAU coach who mentored Royals superstar Paige Bueckers, also has more than a decade of coaching experience at Minneapolis North.
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Farmington's Sophie Hart announces she's headed to North Carolina State
By RON HAGGSTROM, Star Tribune 07/15/2020, 11:00am CDT
The 6-4 senior is the top-rated state recruit in the girls' basketball class of 2021.
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Wrestling

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.

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.

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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Skiing

Top girls', boys' Nordic skiers and teams to watch on the Minnesota high school scene
By RON HAGGSTROM, Star Tribune 01/12/2021, 6:15pm CST
Meets will be duals and triangulars only but the possibility of a state meet exists, even with COVID-19 guidelines limiting fans.
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Top Minnesota boys' and girls' Alpine skiers, teams to watch in shortened 2021 season
By RON HAGGSTROM, Star Tribune 01/12/2021, 5:45pm CST
Competition resumes as soon as Thursday with COVID-19 restrictions on fans and the possibility of having state meets.
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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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Gymnastics

From perfection to coaching, three-time state champ Chaney Neu turns injury into opportunity
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 01/14/2021, 6:45pm CST
Neu’s unprecedented score of 10 in a vault in the 2019 state meet epitomized her stature atop the Minnesota high school gymnastics scene until a knee injury ended her athletic career.
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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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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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The senior recorded his 158th victory, breaking the mark set by Alex Agate, son of the Royals' current coach.

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.

Marcus LeVesseur takes over the Sabers’ defending championship team, plus other news and notes about the upcoming season.

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