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High school football, volleyball move to new spring season
The Minnesota State High School League also cleared soccer and individual-based sports — cross country, girls' tennis and girls' swimming — to start as scheduled Aug 17 with limitations.
Scoggins: Moving football season to spring hits hard in Hutchinson
Spring football won't have the same aura towns like Hutchinson have come to embrace. It's still football, and that's better than nothing, but you can understand the disappointment players felt Tuesday.
Duluth Denfeld finds its way through new fall sports landscape
Athletes at Duluth Denfeld want to play — if they can.
No lights on fall Friday nights
FALL FRIDAY NIGHT: NO LIGHTSMost Minnesota high school fall sports will start on time Aug. 17, but two big ones — football and volleyball —…
Shorter season this fall way better than nothing for St. Croix Prep boys' soccer
Along with relief to be playing, there also was a sense at the Stillwater school that sports still pale against the magnitude of uncertainties with the pandemic.
RandBall: Faced with impossible situation, MSHSL comes up with reasonable plan
Is it perfect? No. But the high school league, faced with navigating the 2020-21 sports calendar in a way that would make everyone happy, arrived at a reasonable compromise.
High school league meets today, considering 'fourth season' for prep sports
On the eve of arguably one of the most anticipated recommendations in its 105-year history, the Minnesota State High School League discussed two scenarios Monday for fall sports.
Longtime Roseville wrestling coach dies of COVID-19 complications at 97
Kenneth Bergstedt started the wrestling program at Roseville's Alexander Ramsey High School in 1953 — the school's first year — and taught at the school for 32 years.
New Prague team wins Senior Salute baseball tournament
The victory capped a two-week event, created by area baseball coaches with the St. Paul Saints, to give recent Minnesota high school graduates an opportunity to compete after losing the 2020 high school season to the coronavirus pandemic.
Shortened or deferred fall seasons two of 4 Minnesota prep sports options
A Minnesota State High School League task force also is considering a traditional season that starts on time as well as having teams practice this fall and seek to play games later in the school year.
Minnesota coaches face challenges in push to restart prep sports
Adhering to safety guidelines only goes so far when kids aren't at practice. Prep sports also have a connection to education that, mindful of COVID-19's ability to spread, distinguishes them from summer and club programs.
Prep sports delayed in 24 states as Minnesota waits on Walz for guidance
The National Federation of State High School Associations says states from the Southeast to Far West have shifted to later starts, some by a few weeks, others by full seasons.
Hopkins guard Bueckers receives biggest award yet
Paige Bueckers and Marietta (Ga.) High School tight end Arik Gilbert will appear on the advance flip cover of the September 2020 issue of Sports Illustrated.
Esko change its nickname? Dueling petitions on whether to keep 'Eskomos'
The small district south of Duluth is the latest to be caught up in a national reckoning over racist place names, statues and team mascots.
Xcel, Shakopee and others collaborate to build new mountain bike park
Shakopee partnership's trail designed for them.
Work of restarting high school sports gets down to the tough stuff
Travel between games, positive COVID tests, athlete safety, spectators and the state's new mask policy were among the things came up during a virtual meeting attended by more than 300 people.
Delays crop up around country as fall practice start nears in Minnesota
As Minnesota and neighboring states hold to August start dates, coronavirus concerns recently prompted California to move all fall sports to winter while Texas has delayed the football season in larger communities.
Washington moves its prep football season to the spring
Several other moderate- and high-risk team sports also were moved to the spring: girls' soccer, 1B and 2B boys' soccer and volleyball.
Fleck and Pitino both have eyes on Caledonia two-sport star King
Caledonia junior Eli King is on the radar of Gophers football coach P.J. Fleck and basketball coach Richard Pitino.
Five-star former East Ridge hoops standout Brown picks Baylor
Former East Ridge and current Sunrise Christian (Kan.) senior forward Kendall Brown announced his commitment to Baylor on Monday. Brown had offers from the Gophers, Ohio State, Marquette and others.