By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune04/28/2021, 6:00am CDT
The junior took a less-traveled path to gymnastics excellence. This season she was the metro area's top-placing all-round performer in leading her team to the Class 1A state championship.
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune04/28/2021, 6:00am CDT
The junior took a less-traveled path to gymnastics excellence. This season she was the metro area's top-placing all-round performer in leading her team to the Class 1A state championship.
By NICK KELLY, Special to the Star Tribune03/26/2021, 10:30pm CDT
The No. 1 Royals won their first Class 1A title in 17 trips to state for their coach, while Olsen, of Perham/New York Mills, prevailed despite a fall on the beam.
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune04/28/2021, 6:00am CDT
The junior took a less-traveled path to gymnastics excellence. This season she was the metro area's top-placing all-round performer in leading her team to the Class 1A state championship.
By NICK KELLY, Special to the Star Tribune03/26/2021, 10:30pm CDT
The No. 1 Royals won their first Class 1A title in 17 trips to state for their coach, while Olsen, of Perham/New York Mills, prevailed despite a fall on the beam.
By NICK KELLY, Special to the Star Tribune03/25/2021, 7:15pm CDT
Watertown-Mayer/Mound Westonka has 10 top three finishes in 16 trips to state. In Class 2A, top-ranked Stillwater faces four returning state meet teams ranked in the top six statewide.
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune01/14/2021, 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.
The Greyhounds alum, with 30 years of experience as a player, coach and hockey volunteer, replaces Mike Randolph, who resigned earlier this year after leading the program for 32 years.
By DAVID LA VAQUE, Star Tribune 04/09/2021, 7:45pm CDT
The Bulldogs, 70-58 victors over previously undefeated Tigers, prevailed a year after their appearance in the 2020 title game was denied by the pandemic.
From the boys' and girls' tournaments, respect from old teammates now coaching at Wayzata and Shakopee, an early 2A girls' favorite next year, and southwestern Minnesota's title town.
By Paul Patane, SportsEngine05/14/2021, 8:30pm CDT
The 7-1 center received the prize on Thursday, following his dominant senior season which resulted in his Redhawks winning their first Class 3A state title.
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune03/02/2020, 5:30pm CST
Also recognized: Derrick Cardinal (Forest Lake wrestling), Soren Dunn (Eden Prairie swimming), P.J. Hayes (Waconia basketball), Lauren Jensen (Lakeville North basketball), Anna Olson (Monticello basketball), and Annika Stewart (Wayzata basketball)
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune02/17/2020, 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).
By BROOKS JOHNSON, Star Tribune02/14/2020, 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.
By JOEL RIPPEL, Star Tribune03/19/2021, 9:30pm CDT
The Hornets didn't win an event but had at least one athlete in every event as well as all three relay teams. Meanwhile, St. Louis Park's Hayden Zheng added two more individual state titles.
