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Meet Minnesota’s top 10 Class of 2024 recruits and learn their plans
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 04/21/2023, 7:30am CDT
Esko’s Koi Perich and four others have picked the Gophers. The other five? To be determined.
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Meet Minnesota’s top 10 Class of 2024 recruits and learn their plans
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 04/21/2023, 7:30am CDT
Esko’s Koi Perich and four others have picked the Gophers. The other five? To be determined.
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Elk River’s Cade Osterman changes plan to Gophers for college football
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 03/27/2023, 11:45am CDT
A quarterback in high school, he’s expected to play wide receiver at the U, just as his dad did.
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St. Thomas Academy hires college assistant Travis Walch to lead team
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 03/09/2023, 3:15pm CST
Walch coached and played at Winona State and also coached at Carleton, Macalester and St. Thomas.
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Meet Minnesota’s top 10 Class of 2024 recruits and learn their plans
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 04/21/2023, 7:30am CDT
Esko’s Koi Perich and four others have picked the Gophers. The other five? To be determined.
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Elk River’s Cade Osterman changes plan to Gophers for college football
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 03/27/2023, 11:45am CDT
A quarterback in high school, he’s expected to play wide receiver at the U, just as his dad did.
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St. Thomas Academy hires college assistant Travis Walch to lead team
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 03/09/2023, 3:15pm CST
Walch coached and played at Winona State and also coached at Carleton, Macalester and St. Thomas.
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Elk River’s Osterman, Maple Grove’s Kilzer pick colleges
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 02/01/2023, 2:45pm CST
Each played quarterback for a state champ; Osterman chose Iowa State, and Kilzer picked Air Force.
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Cooper’s Howard makes it official with LSU
By DAVID LA VAQUE, Star Tribune 12/22/2022, 7:45am CST
Howard, with more than 60 offers from Power 5 schools, was Minnesota’s top football recruit.
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If you watch the news or the Vikings, Minnetonka linemen are familiar
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 12/21/2022, 12:45pm CST
Jack Liwienski is the son of former Viking Chris Liwienski, and Dakota Egert is the son of Ch. 5 anchor Chris Egert.
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For Division I signing day, meet five players who got there one way or another
By DAVID LA VAQUE, JIM PAULSEN and KEVIN BERTELS, Star Tribune 12/21/2022, 8:00am CST
Their back stories involve a wrestling family, a winless season and a love for the Badgers. One’s a basketball standout. One just stands out.
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Five Minnesotans who chose the U, five who will leave
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 12/21/2022, 7:45am CST
The Gophers' group is heavy on offensive linemen; the player with the highest profile is off to LSU.
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Volleyball

McKenna Melville, from NCAA All-America to Eagan volleyball coach
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 03/29/2023, 9:45am CDT
She’s excited to replace her mother, Hall of Famer Kathy Melvin, as leader of the program.
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Kathy Gillen, winner of seven state titles at Eagan, to be replaced by daughter
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 03/23/2023, 1:00pm CDT
McKenna Melville was Metro Player of the Year at Eagan and was an All-America pick last season at Central Florida.
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An opportunity emerges and optimism builds for boys volleyball
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 12/06/2022, 9:30am CST
The high school league used a new task force to set up a vote for May 2023.
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Tennis

Eden Prairie boys team sets aside distraction, wins state quarterfinal
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 06/06/2023, 5:15pm CDT
Coach Brett Lundell sat out because of a dispute involving another team he coaches.
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Coach of champion girls teams at Minnetonka states case to keep job
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 06/06/2023, 9:45am CDT
Brent Lundell, who has been told his contract won't be renewed, and his supporters spoke at a school board hearing.
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Isaac Maddock of Osakis makes it with more country, less country club
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 06/06/2023, 8:30am CDT
Because indoor space is unavailable nearby, Maddock practices outdoors well into November.
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Soccer

Defense makes St. Paul Academy the Class 1A boys’ champion
By HEATHER RULE, Special to the Star Tribune 11/04/2022, 11:15pm CDT
The Spartans didn’t give up a goal in the postseason, ending the season with six shutouts in a row.
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St. Anthony’s quick starts lead to 1A girls’ title
By HEATHER RULE, Special to the Star Tribune 11/04/2022, 10:00pm CDT
The Huskies scored in the first two minutes of each half in their victory over St. Paul Academy.
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DeLaSalle ends Hill-Murray’s perfection, takes the Class 2A boys’ championship
By JOE GUNTHER, Star Tribune 11/04/2022, 7:15pm CDT
The Islanders, with a shootout victory, gave the Pioneers their first loss of the season.
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Swimming & Diving

Meet the Star Tribune’s 2022-23 Metro Boys Swimmer of the Year: Luke Logue of Eden Prairie
By JOE GUNTHER, Star Tribune 03/27/2023, 4:45pm CDT
A three-peat in one event, a breakthrough in another and parts in two winning relays added up.
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Eden Prairie ends Edina’s run of boys state titles at four
By HEATHER RULE, Special to the Star Tribune 03/04/2023, 10:45pm CST
The Eagles swept the three relays; Rosemount diver Lucas Gerten repeated as champ.
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Breck/Blake ties record with seventh consecutive Class 1A title
By HEATHER RULE, Special to the Star Tribune 03/04/2023, 3:45pm CST
Rochester in 1953-59 had been the only boys swimming and diving team to win seven in a row.
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Cross Country

Analee Weaver’s new push leads to Star Tribune Metro Girls’ Cross-Country Runner of the Year
By DAVID LA VAQUE, Star Tribune 12/14/2020, 1:30pm CST
The Stillwater senior set a new state record for girls in a 5K high school race and won a showcase of top runners at the end of the season.
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‘Perfect leader’ Ethan Vargas is Star Tribune Metro Boys’ Cross-Country Runner of the Year
By DAVID LA VAQUE, Star Tribune 12/14/2020, 1:15pm CST
Vargas won all six of Stillwater’s meets, defeating highly ranked runners in five of them, and won a year-end meet of top runners from across the state.
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Minnesota prep 5K record for Analee Weaver, surprising section win for Armstrong boys
By DAVID LA VAQUE, Star Tribune 10/26/2020, 7:30pm CDT
The boys' and girls' seasons will be extended for some teams by a privately run showcase on Oct. 30-31 in Atwater, Minn.
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