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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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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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Meet the 2025 Star Tribune All-Minnesota high school boys basketball team
By Ron Haggstrom, the Minnesota Star Tribune 03/18/2025, 9:15am CDT
The team runs 25 players deep, chosen from a search area that spans the entire state.
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Alexandria’s Chase Thompson is the 2025 All-Minnesota Boys Basketball Player of the Year
By Ron Haggstrom, the Minnesota Star Tribune 03/18/2025, 9:00am CDT
A 6-8 senior forward committed to Clemson, Chase Thompson averaged 25.4 points and 10 rebounds per game during the regular season.
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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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Orono standout Nolan Groves will play college basketball at Texas Tech
By Marcus Fuller, the Minnesota Star Tribune 04/19/2025, 10:00pm CDT
The state’s leading scorer at 34.2 points per game this season backed out of his previous commitment to Yale and had an offer from the Gophers.
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Christian Wiggins, Minnesota’s top Class of 2026 boys basketball recruit, commits to Iowa State
By Cassidy Hettesheimer, the Minnesota Star Tribune 04/19/2025, 6:15pm CDT
The Wayzata guard had scholarship offers from various Big 12 and Big Ten teams, including one from new Gophers coach Niko Medved.
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Minnesota Top 25

Minnesota Top 25: The Star Tribune’s statewide ranking of boys basketball teams
By Ron Haggstrom, the Minnesota Star Tribune 03/24/2025, 12:30pm CDT
Now that the state tournament has concluded, here’s where Minnesota’s best teams fall in line according to writer Ron Haggstrom.
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State Rankings

Minnesota high school boys basketball Class 4A rankings: The final week
By Star Tribune staff 03/05/2025, 10:45am CST
See which teams hold spots in the statewide rankings by Minnesota Basketball News released March 5, 2025.
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Minnesota high school boys basketball Class 3A rankings: The final week
By Star Tribune staff 03/05/2025, 10:30am CST
See which teams hold spots in the statewide rankings by Minnesota Basketball News released March 5, 2025.
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Minnesota high school boys basketball Class 2A rankings: The final week
By Star Tribune staff 03/05/2025, 10:15am CST
See which teams hold spots in the statewide rankings by Minnesota Basketball News released March 5, 2025.
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Minnesota high school boys basketball Class 1A rankings: The final week
By Star Tribune staff 03/05/2025, 10:00am CST
See which teams hold spots in the statewide rankings by Minnesota Basketball News released March 5, 2025.
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EXCLUSIVE VIDEO ON DEMAND: Hopkins faces Wayzata for third time this season, but this game has the highest stakes of them all
By NSPN.tv 03/11/2025, 3:00pm CDT
Watch only on startribune.com: Watch the Royals take on the rival Trojans for the Class 4A, Section 6 championship and trip to the state tournament.
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EXCLUSIVE VIDEO ON DEMAND: Hopkins defense key in helping Royals defeat Wayzata in section final
By NSPN.tv 03/05/2025, 10:00pm CST
Watch only on startribune.com: See a full-game replay from the matchup on March 6.
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VIDEO ON DEMAND: Edina boys basketball vs. Minneapolis Southwest in Star Tribune livestream
By NSPN.TV 03/03/2025, 12:15pm CST
Watch only on startribune.com: The third-seeded Hornets host the sixth-seeded Lakers in the Class 4A, Section 6 quarterfinals.
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VIDEO ON DEMAND: Washburn boys basketball vs. St. Louis Park in Star Tribune livestream
By NSPN.tv 03/03/2025, 12:00pm CST
Watch only on startribune.com: The fourth-seeded Millers play the fifth-seeded Orioles in the Class 4A, Section 6 quarterfinals.
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Star Tribune Athletes of the Week

EXCLUSIVE VIDEO, Prep Athletes of the Week: Kiah Blalark of Lakeville North finds sprinter speed at its source — within her
By Ron Haggstrom, the Minnesota Star Tribune 04/22/2025, 10:15am CDT
The other Prep Athletes of the Week are Brandon Cooper (Annandale), Keira Limpert (East Ridge), Luke Ehlers (Marshall), Sydney Klar (Stewartville), Eli Busse (Edina) and Emily Spencer (Bloomington Kennedy).
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Basketball Across Minnesota

What’s it like to score 60 points in one high school game? Two more Minnesotans can explain.
By Marcus Fuller, the Minnesota Star Tribune 02/19/2025, 12:30am CST
Basketball Across Minnesota: Champlin Park’s Tyler Wagner and Jackson County Central’s Rylie Cother just did it one week apart.
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Recruiting news

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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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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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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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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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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