By JOEL RIPPEL, Star Tribune12/02/2019, 3:30pm CST
Also recognized: Dain Dainja (Park Center basketball), Ali Granovsky (Roseville hockey), Jade Hill (Minneapolis South basketball), Jenna Johnson (Wayzata basketball), Charlie Strobel (Hill-Murray hockey), and Christian Vasser (Wayzata football).
By David La Vaque, Star Tribune11/28/2019, 8:00pm CST
Chaska (11-1) has posted five shutouts this season and reached its first state tournament championship game since 1974. The same playing style worked for St. Thomas Academy (11-1), author of six victories by shutout.
Star Tribune prep writers David La Vaque and Jim Paulsen weigh in with their predictions for the Nine-Man through Class 5A championship games Friday and Saturday at U.S. Bank Stadium.