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New Prague’s Ava Bruegger in 2A, Monticello’s Lauren Hansen in 1A are all-around gymnastics state champs
By Jim Paulsen, the Minnesota Star Tribune 02/22/2025, 6:30pm CST
Bruegger defeated freshman teammate Hailey Proshek on a tiebreaker, and the other meet came down to the final two routines.
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New Prague’s Ava Bruegger in 2A, Monticello’s Lauren Hansen in 1A are all-around gymnastics state champs
By Jim Paulsen, the Minnesota Star Tribune 02/22/2025, 6:30pm CST
Bruegger defeated freshman teammate Hailey Proshek on a tiebreaker, and the other meet came down to the final two routines.
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Gymnastics state meet: Owatonna wins Class 2A, Detroit Lakes returns to the peak in 1A
By Jim Paulsen, the Minnesota Star Tribune 02/21/2025, 11:00pm CST
Owatonna clinched on the tricky balance beam. Detroit Lakes won its sixth team championship, its first since 2019.
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Gymnastics state meet: Detroit Lakes returns to the peak in Class 1A
By Jim Paulsen, the Minnesota Star Tribune 02/21/2025, 8:00pm CST
The Lakers won their sixth team championship, their first since 2019.
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New Prague’s Ava Bruegger in 2A, Monticello’s Lauren Hansen in 1A are all-around gymnastics state champs
By Jim Paulsen, the Minnesota Star Tribune 02/22/2025, 6:30pm CST
Bruegger defeated freshman teammate Hailey Proshek on a tiebreaker, and the other meet came down to the final two routines.
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Gymnastics state meet: Owatonna wins Class 2A, Detroit Lakes returns to the peak in 1A
By Jim Paulsen, the Minnesota Star Tribune 02/21/2025, 11:00pm CST
Owatonna clinched on the tricky balance beam. Detroit Lakes won its sixth team championship, its first since 2019.
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Gymnastics state meet: Detroit Lakes returns to the peak in Class 1A
By Jim Paulsen, the Minnesota Star Tribune 02/21/2025, 8:00pm CST
The Lakers won their sixth team championship, their first since 2019.
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High school gymnastics state meet: A half-century later, four athletes to remember
By Jim Paulsen, the Minnesota Star Tribune 02/21/2025, 10:15am CST
As the gymnastics state meet enters its second 50 years, here’s a look at four gymnasts who left their mark on the first 50.
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East Ridge’s Laney Schwellenbach is named Miss Gymnastics 2025
By Jim Paulsen, the Minnesota Star Tribune 02/20/2025, 8:15pm CST
The Minnesota Girls Gymnastics Coaches Association presented the award at a banquet preceding the state championships.
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Unrivaled rivalries: We asked you about electric high school matchups in Minnesota, and we boiled a long list down to 10
By Cassidy Hettesheimer, the Minnesota Star Tribune 02/13/2025, 9:00am CST
Star Tribune readers who double as prep sports fans made their cases for the best grudge matches in the state.
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Here’s where Division I and II recruits across Minnesota are signing during the regular period
By Star Tribune staff 02/05/2025, 8:00am CST
Starting Wednesday, football recruits who didn’t sign financial aid agreements during the early period in December can make their college choices official.
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Rochester gymnast Abbi Ryssman to compete among nation’s best at Utah
By Sean Baker, the Minnesota Star Tribune 01/25/2025, 10:30pm CST
Ryssman, a senior at Century High School, has signed to compete for the Utah Red Rocks, one of the nation’s top programs, after a stellar run that included a national title on the beam in 2023.
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Exclusive video highlights: Top plays from MN high school basketball and hockey games
By NSPN.tv 12/21/2024, 7:45pm CST
Watch some of the best moments from NSPN.tv’s coverage of boys and girls teams from across the state for the week of Dec. 16, 2024.
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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

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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Dodge County wins Class 1A girls hockey title in overtime, ends Warroad’s push for four in a row
By Cassidy Hettesheimer, the Minnesota Star Tribune 02/22/2025, 7:45pm CST
A review showed the Wildcats had scored with 1:03 left in overtime, after the Warriors surged in the third period to tie it.
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Boys Hockey

Mike Randolph resigns as coach of Northern Lakes boys hockey program
By David La Vaque and Jim Paulsen, the Minnesota Star Tribune 03/11/2025, 11:15am CDT
Randolph, who owns the most career victories as a Minnesota high school boys hockey coach with 727, led team to Class 1A state quarterfinals this season.
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Moorhead’s Mason Kraft, White Bear Lake’s Leo Gabriel win Mr. Hockey, Frank Brimsek awards
By David La Vaque, the Minnesota Star Tribune 03/10/2025, 7:45pm CDT
Given to Minnesota’s top seniors, Kraft led Moorhead to the Class 2A state championship while Gabriel recorded a state record-tying 18th career shutout.
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Moorhead wins its first boys hockey state championship, outracing Stillwater
By David La Vaque, the Minnesota Star Tribune 03/08/2025, 9:30pm CST
The Spuds' Mason Kraft equaled John Mayasich with four first-period goals, but the Ponies made it close by the end.
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Girls Basketball

Hopkins sinks Maple Grove in Class 4A final, sets record for girls basketball state championships
By Cassidy Hettesheimer, the Minnesota Star Tribune 03/15/2025, 11:45pm CDT
Hopkins, with 28 points from sophomore Erma Walker, won its ninth title, breaking a tie with Rochester Lourdes.
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Providence Academy rolls by Crosby-Ironton for Class 2A girls basketball championship
By Ron Haggstrom, the Minnesota Star Tribune 03/15/2025, 11:30pm CDT
The Lions, lifted by Maddyn Greenway’s 40 points, became Minnesota’s first girls basketball team to win four titles in a row.
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Benilde-St. Margaret’s stops Marshall, takes third consecutive Class 3A girls basketball title
By Jim Paulsen, the Minnesota Star Tribune 03/15/2025, 11:15pm CDT
The Red Knights are the sixth girls basketball team to win three titles in the MSHSL era.
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Boys Basketball

Twelve players to watch at the boys basketball state tournament
By Marcus Fuller, the Minnesota Star Tribune 03/17/2025, 2:45pm CDT
A ‘Dandy Dozen’ list of talented prospects you shouldn’t miss in the 2025 boys basketball tournament.
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Boys basketball state tournament: Final four and champion predictions for each class
By Ron Haggstrom, the Minnesota Star Tribune 03/17/2025, 11:00am CDT
Longtime Star Tribune sportswriter Ron Haggstrom forecast which teams will advance to the semifinals and the championship game and which one will win.
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Longtime Mankato East basketball coach Joe Madson seeks first title with son Brogan leading charge
By Ron Haggstrom, the Minnesota Star Tribune 03/17/2025, 10:45am CDT
Brogan Madson, committed to Sioux Falls, is the program’s all-time leader in points, assists and steals.
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Wrestling

Wrestler Reid Ballantyne of Stillwater leads Metro Athletes of the Week for Feb. 24-29
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 03/02/2020, 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)
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Final 2020 metro wrestling honor roll
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 02/03/2020, 5:15pm CST
Updated through Sunday, Feb. 9
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Shakopee wrestler Ben Lunn leads metro Athletes of the Week for Dec. 30-Jan. 4
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 01/06/2020, 3:00pm CST
Also recognized: Nadia Abid (Maple Grove gymnastics), Mallory Brake (Hastings basketball), Adelaide Burton (Blake hockey), Adrik Kraftson (Stillwater Nordic skiing), Jordan Parent (Forest Lake Nordic skiing) and Simeon Sharp (St. Paul Harding basketball).
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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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Swimming & Diving

Boys swimming state meet features a Breck/Blake juggernaut, a Minnetonka-Edina grudge match and more
By Ron Haggstrom, the Minnesota Star Tribune 03/05/2025, 6:30pm CST
Highlighting the individual competition are superstar St. Cloud swimmer Micah Davis and dominating Rosemount diver Lucas Gerten.
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Meet Micah Davis, St. Cloud swimmer with a record in hand and one in mind
By Jenny Berg, the Minnesota Star Tribune 02/24/2025, 1:15pm CST
Davis holds the state record in the 100-yard butterfly and has his eye on the national mark. Also in the realm of possibility: the 2028 Olympics.
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MN high school boys swimming results for Dec. 27, 2024
By Star Tribune staff 12/27/2024, 9:45pm CST
Scores and results from the Twin Cities and greater Minnesota.
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