Mark 'Dolo' Harris, driven to help at Minneapolis Henry, is the All-Metro Sports Awards Difference Maker
Mark "Dolo" Harris is back at Henry, where, one of his 16 nominators said, "the effort Dolo puts in to help these kids is inspiring."
Caley Graber, Northfield girl who sacrificed a wrestling title for something more, is the All-Metro Sports Awards Courage in Competition winner
Caley Graber was already a state champ in girls wrestling, and another title was achievable. She chose to wrestle in the boys division, where she made history.
St. Paul Central sprinter Harlow Tong, whose grades and speed rose together, is the All-Metro Sports Awards Student First winner
Harlow Tong is headed to Harvard for education with a focus on the environment and for more running. "I just want to see how much I can do," he said.
Olivia Olson of Benilde-St. Margaret's, at the peak in girls basketball and soccer, is the All-Metro Sports Awards Female Athlete of the Year
Olivia Olson got national attention, and a state title, with her basketball skills, and she played goalie on a soccer state championship team.
Chanhassen's Maxwell Woods, two-way football star and dominating basketball guard, is the All-Metro Sports Awards Male Athlete of the Year
Maxwell Woods led Chanhassen to a football state championship as a running back and defensive back and wasn't far from averaging a triple-double in basketball.
Perfect Edina soccer squad is the All-Metro Sports Awards Girls Team of the Year
Edina went 22-0, making certain to win the state championship that eluded it the last time the stars aligned that way.
Centennial's football squad, featuring heavy hitting and no hype, is the All-Metro Sports Awards Boys Team of the Year
Centennial won the Class 6A state championship, opening up the offense just a little but mostly sticking to the blue-collar behavior that suits coach Mike Diggins.
Scott Jackson, for leading Wayzata volleyball to annual state titles, is the All-Metro Sports Awards Girls Team Coach of the Year
Scott Jackson's Wayzata teams have won every big-class state championship available since 2018, and in 2023 the squad went 34-0.
Joe Hyser, from Minneapolis South basketball, is the All-Metro Boys Team Coach of the Year
In his long tenure, Joe Hyser coached his team to the state tournament for the first time, the season after eight players transferred away.
The All-Metro Sports Awards Play of the Year: Maple Grove's girls basketball team kept it simple and made it perfect
Maple Grove needed two points in two seconds to win a girls basketball state quarterfinal. "Iowa," involving a sweet screen and a lob pass, worked, that time.