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Minnesota’s class of 2026 quarterback group shrinks suddenly to a single Division I-bound recruit
By Oliver West, for the Minnesota Star Tribune 07/09/2025, 4:00pm CDT
Nick Kinsey left Stillwater to play in Ohio, and Mason West of Edina chose hockey for his college pursuit. That leaves Maple Grove’s Kaden Harney, headed to South Dakota State.
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Minnesota’s class of 2026 quarterback group shrinks suddenly to a single Division I-bound recruit
By Oliver West, for the Minnesota Star Tribune 07/09/2025, 4:00pm CDT
Nick Kinsey left Stillwater to play in Ohio, and Mason West of Edina chose hockey for his college pursuit. That leaves Maple Grove’s Kaden Harney, headed to South Dakota State.
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A look at the 2025 and 2026 high school football districts
By Joe Gunther, the Minnesota Star Tribune 07/03/2025, 4:00pm CDT
Teams are assigned to districts every two years by the MSHSL. Changes in districts mean some football teams will have different opponents the next two years.
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The winners: All-Minnesota Sports Awards athletes, coaches, teams of the year
By Ron Haggstrom, Jim Paulsen, Cassidy Hettesheimer and Nick Williams, the Minnesota Star Tribune 06/25/2025, 8:00pm CDT
Awarded by the Minnesota Star Tribune, the honors recognize outstanding accomplishments from the 2024-2025 high school sports season.
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Minnesota’s class of 2026 quarterback group shrinks suddenly to a single Division I-bound recruit
By Oliver West, for the Minnesota Star Tribune 07/09/2025, 4:00pm CDT
Nick Kinsey left Stillwater to play in Ohio, and Mason West of Edina chose hockey for his college pursuit. That leaves Maple Grove’s Kaden Harney, headed to South Dakota State.
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A look at the 2025 and 2026 high school football districts
By Joe Gunther, the Minnesota Star Tribune 07/03/2025, 4:00pm CDT
Teams are assigned to districts every two years by the MSHSL. Changes in districts mean some football teams will have different opponents the next two years.
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The winners: All-Minnesota Sports Awards athletes, coaches, teams of the year
By Ron Haggstrom, Jim Paulsen, Cassidy Hettesheimer and Nick Williams, the Minnesota Star Tribune 06/25/2025, 8:00pm CDT
Awarded by the Minnesota Star Tribune, the honors recognize outstanding accomplishments from the 2024-2025 high school sports season.
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2025 All-Minnesota Sports Awards Difference-Maker winners: Krista Flemming and Jenny Kilkelly
By Jim Paulsen, the Minnesota Star Tribune 06/25/2025, 7:30pm CDT
Without the dedication and drive of Shakopee volleyball supporters Krista Flemming and Jenny Kilkelly, the MSHSL’s sanctioning of boys volleyball may never have happened.
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2025 All-Minnesota Sports Awards Courage in Competition winner: Park of Cottage Grove’s Hollen Thompson
By Jake Epstein, for the Minnesota Star Tribune 06/25/2025, 7:00pm CDT
Born without the lower half of her left arm, Hollen Thompson developed into one of Minnesota’s best lacrosse players.
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2025 All-Minnesota Sports Awards Student First winner: Edina High’s Jiarui Xue
By Ron Haggstrom, the Minnesota Star Tribune 06/25/2025, 6:00pm CDT
Jiarui Xue, who will swim for Princeton in college, achieved a cumulative GPA of 3.971 and is a four-time member of the USA Swimming Scholastic All-America team.
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Pierce Petersohn, a four-star football recruit from Triton, picks Penn State over Gophers
By Randy Johnson, the Minnesota Star Tribune 06/25/2025, 2:15pm CDT
The Gophers have landed commitments from the top three recruits in Minnesota but missed out on No. 4, Pierce Petersohn.
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Girls flag football

How an all-female coaching staff built a girls flag football team from scratch
By Cassidy Hettesheimer, the Minnesota Star Tribune 07/03/2025, 4:00pm CDT
St. Louis Park paved its own path to a conference title in the Orioles’ first year of the Minnesota Vikings-sponsored flag football league.
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2025 Girls Leaders

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How an all-female coaching staff built a girls flag football team from scratch
By Cassidy Hettesheimer, the Minnesota Star Tribune 07/03/2025, 4:00pm CDT
St. Louis Park paved its own path to a conference title in the Orioles’ first year of the Minnesota Vikings-sponsored flag football league.
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All-Minnesota Player of the Year in flag football: Anoka’s Maddy Freking
By Cassidy Hettesheimer, the Minnesota Star Tribune 06/19/2025, 9:00am CDT
From the Little League World Series to flag football, the Tornadoes’ senior quarterback has found plenty of places to show off her impressive arm.
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How an all-female coaching staff built a girls flag football team from scratch
By Cassidy Hettesheimer, the Minnesota Star Tribune 07/03/2025, 4:00pm CDT
St. Louis Park paved its own path to a conference title in the Orioles’ first year of the Minnesota Vikings-sponsored flag football league.
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All-Minnesota Player of the Year in flag football: Anoka’s Maddy Freking
By Cassidy Hettesheimer, the Minnesota Star Tribune 06/19/2025, 9:00am CDT
From the Little League World Series to flag football, the Tornadoes’ senior quarterback has found plenty of places to show off her impressive arm.
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Football Across Minnesota

Football Across Minnesota: Behind the face mask, a spiritual leader
By Chip Scoggins, the Minnesota Star Tribune 12/06/2024, 12:45pm CST
The strong young man blocking for his fellow St. Anthony Village Huskies this fall was Jalue Dorjee, who deftly balances life as a fun-loving teenager and a reincarnated Buddhist lama recognized around the world.
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Football Across Minnesota: How handshakes and hellos conjured football magic in Mankato
By Chip Scoggins, The Minnesota Star Tribune 12/03/2024, 1:30pm CST
Mavericks coaches reintroduced themselves to players to signal a fresh start in the playoffs. Two walk-off wins later, we can say: it worked.
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2024 Mr. Football

MN high school football: 10 finalists for Minnesota’s Mr. Football announced
By Jim Paulsen, The Minnesota Star Tribune 11/13/2024, 11:45am CST
The Minnesota Football Coaches Association announced Tuesday the 10 finalists for the 2024 Mr. Football award.
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Highlights

EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Thursday Night Highlights from the MN high school football state tournament on Nov. 15, 2024
By NSPN.tv 11/15/2024, 11:30pm CST
Watch the best moments from state semifinal games from a variety of classes held at U.S. Bank Stadium in this exclusive video produced by NSPN.tv
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Recruiting news

Pierce Petersohn, a four-star football recruit from Triton, picks Penn State over Gophers
By Randy Johnson, the Minnesota Star Tribune 06/25/2025, 2:15pm CDT
The Gophers have landed commitments from the top three recruits in Minnesota but missed out on No. 4, Pierce Petersohn.
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Why Roman Voss chose the Gophers, even after Alabama rolled out the red carpet
By Randy Johnson, the Minnesota Star Tribune 06/25/2025, 2:00pm CDT
“That coaching staff believes in me more than any coaching staff in the country,” Roman Voss told the Star Tribune after committing to the Gophers.
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Star Tribune Athletes of the Week

EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Ryan Meagher becomes Minneota’s all-time rusher and scorer, and is one of our Athletes of the Week
By Ron Haggstrom, The Minnesota Star Tribune 11/25/2024, 5:30pm CST
This week's list includes girls basketball players Ava Litecky of Totino-Grace and Aubrey Cochran-Starr of Fridley, Walker Andersen of New Prague boys hockey, Taylor Thompson of Forest Lake girls hockey, Parker Wangen of Stewartville football and Ben Dahlin of Jackson County Central football.
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2024 Star Tribune All-Minnesota

The winners: All-Minnesota Sports Awards athletes, coaches, teams of the year
By Ron Haggstrom, Jim Paulsen, Cassidy Hettesheimer and Nick Williams, the Minnesota Star Tribune 06/25/2025, 8:00pm CDT
Awarded by the Minnesota Star Tribune, the honors recognize outstanding accomplishments from the 2024-2025 high school sports season.
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2025 All-Minnesota Sports Awards Difference-Maker winners: Krista Flemming and Jenny Kilkelly
By Jim Paulsen, the Minnesota Star Tribune 06/25/2025, 7:30pm CDT
Without the dedication and drive of Shakopee volleyball supporters Krista Flemming and Jenny Kilkelly, the MSHSL’s sanctioning of boys volleyball may never have happened.
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2025 All-Minnesota Sports Awards Courage in Competition winner: Park of Cottage Grove’s Hollen Thompson
By Jake Epstein, for the Minnesota Star Tribune 06/25/2025, 7:00pm CDT
Born without the lower half of her left arm, Hollen Thompson developed into one of Minnesota’s best lacrosse players.
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2025 All-Minnesota Sports Awards Student First winner: Edina High’s Jiarui Xue
By Ron Haggstrom, the Minnesota Star Tribune 06/25/2025, 6:00pm CDT
Jiarui Xue, who will swim for Princeton in college, achieved a cumulative GPA of 3.971 and is a four-time member of the USA Swimming Scholastic All-America team.
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EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Highlights from Blaine’s last-second victory over Rosemount
By NSPN.tv 10/25/2024, 10:15pm CDT
Watch the best moments from Friday’s matchup, including Blaine kicker Jared Killian's 29-yard FG, in this exclusive video produced by NSPN.tv.
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Free MN high school football livestream replay: Watch Blaine and Rosemount go back and forth in Game of the Week
By NSPN.tv 10/25/2024, 5:15pm CDT
The Bengals and Irish scored almost at will in the second half, but it was Jared Killian's field goal that sealed a Blaine victory.
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2024 Leaders

The Top 10

2025 All-Minnesota Sports Awards Student First winner: Edina High’s Jiarui Xue
By Ron Haggstrom, the Minnesota Star Tribune 06/25/2025, 6:00pm CDT
Jiarui Xue, who will swim for Princeton in college, achieved a cumulative GPA of 3.971 and is a four-time member of the USA Swimming Scholastic All-America team.
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Rankings compiled by the Star Tribune.

How the votes are tallied: Each voter picks a top 10 in each class. No. 1-ranked teams get 10 points, No. 2s get 9, etc.

The voters: Randy Shaver, Talk North; Gary Giombetti, Mesabi Daily News; Ron Haggstrom, Minnesota Star Tribune; Jamey Malcomb, Duluth News Tribune; Joe Brown, West Central Tribune; Brian Jerzak, PrepRedZone; Steve Thomson, WCCO Radio; Chad Courrier, Mankato Free Press; David La Vaque, Minnesota Star Tribune; Pat Ruff, Rochester Post Bulletin; Jace Frederick, St. Paul Pioneer Press; Jim Paulsen, Minnesota Star Tribune.

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Volleyball

Minnesota’s top-rated volleyball seniors Elena Hoecke, Rayna Christianson finish club careers shining on national stage
By Marcus Fuller, the Minnesota Star Tribune 07/07/2025, 11:15am CDT
Hoecke, a Gophers recruit, and Christianson, going to Creighton, led Minnesota Select and Northern Lights to success one last time.
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All-Minnesota Boys Volleyball Player of the Year: Owen Barnett of Hopkins
By Jim Paulsen, the Minnesota Star Tribune 06/17/2025, 7:45am CDT
Barnett entered the boys volleyball state tournament leading the state with 511 kills.
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Eden Prairie pulls off comeback against Rogers to win first MSHSL-sanctioned boys volleyball title
By Jim Paulsen, the Minnesota Star Tribune 06/13/2025, 9:45am CDT
Rogers won the first two sets before Eden Prairie, ranked first all season, pushed back for the championship.
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Tennis

All-Minnesota Boys Tennis Player of the Year: Soren Swenson of Mounds View
By Heather Rule, for The Minnesota Star Tribune 06/17/2025, 7:45am CDT
Mounds View sophomore Soren Swenson won the Class 2A singles title and dropped just one match – in the team state tournament – all season.
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Mounds View’s Soren Swenson wins Class 2A boys tennis singles title; St. Paul Academy sweeps in 1A
By Jake Epstein and Heather Rule, for the Minnesota Star Tribune 06/06/2025, 4:15pm CDT
Soren Swenson wore the same headband his brother Bjorn wore as a state champion. SPA freshman Winston Arvidson won the title that barely eluded him as an eighth-grader.
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Wayzata, St. Paul Academy add to streaks at boys tennis state tournament
By Heather Rule and Cassidy Hettesheimer, the Minnesota Star Tribune 06/04/2025, 11:00pm CDT
Wayzata won its third Class 2A title in a row, and St. Paul Academy took its fourth consecutive Class 1A championship.
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Soccer

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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Three Minnesotans make history in new era for women’s soccer
By Cassidy Hettesheimer, the Minnesota Star Tribune 03/10/2025, 7:15pm CDT
Edina’s Maddie Dahlien, Orono’s Clare Gagne and Centennial’s Khyah Harper turned successful college careers into pro contracts and set a new standard for Minnesota prep soccer.
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Swimming & Diving

Top swimmers in 2026 class to swim for Gophers, others pick Notre Dame, Virginia
By Ron Haggstrom, the Minnesota Star Tribune 07/01/2025, 12:15pm CDT
Top two girls swimmers Faith Lamah and Libbi McCarthy will compete for Minnesota while top boys Micah Davis and Nathan Carr are headed to Virginia.
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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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Cross Country

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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MN high school cross country state meet results for Nov. 2, 2024
By Star Tribune staff 11/04/2024, 5:30pm CST
Team and individual scores from the Class 3A, 2A and 1A competitions at the University of Minnesota's Les Bolstad Golf Course.
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MN high school cross country state meet: Forest Lake’s Norah Hushagen, Roseville’s Robert Mechura repeat as Class 3A champions
By David La Vaque, The Minnesota Star Tribune 11/02/2024, 11:45pm CDT
St. Paul Highland Park’s girls team had the top two finishers and won the Class 2A team title.
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